Local author Clyde Ford stops in to talk about Think Black, Dr. Ford’s memoir of his father which recently won the 2021 Washington Center for the Book Award in the Creative Nonfiction category. Also, City of Ferndale Communications Officer, Riley Sweeney discusses his role as “Roving Reporter” during Library Card Sign-up Month. Book Recommendations Book … Read more
We hear part two of my interview with Mary Vermillion about Library Card Sign-up Month and then we do a speed round of book recommendations with our Collection Development Librarians Mary Kinser and Emma Radosevich. Also the Library of Things and more. Library of Things Authors that Emma and Mary K. have met Audio books … Read more
Our ILS Administrator Carmi Parker won a Movers and Shakers award from the ALA for coordinating a boycott of Macmillan Publishers and taking a stand for patron access to eBooks and eAudiobooks. Then we talk to Mary Vermillion about Library Card Sign-up Month. Get a card today at wcls.org/getacard/
Deming Library Manager Katrina Carabba takes us on a tour of the Deming Library and the Library Learning Garden and we solve the Deming Duckling Mystery. WCLS Collection Services Manager Lisa Gresham interviews upcoming Read & Share author Erica Bauermeister about her memoir House Lessons: Renovating a Life.
Historical WCLS Bookmobile photos on Washington Rural Heritage website Photos and video of current WCLS Bookmobile Birch Bay Library Building Project Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce Books by Dean Koontz Puppy and Dog books by Victoria Stilwell Historical Blaine Library photos on Washington Rural Heritage website Blaine Library Building Project Blaine Chamber of Commerce Outlander … Read more
Say hello to Liz Andre on the South Whatcom Facebook page Read The Tubman Command by Elizabeth Cobbs Read Washington Black by Esi Edugyan Search our collection for Playaway reads Read the Britannica Library article about Shrewsbury, UK (log in with your library card) Here’s a graphic novel about Charles Darwin! New Teen Fiction and … Read more
Visit our Summer Reading page here See photos and images from past Summer Reading seasons including Tammy LaPlante’s reading lists from when she was a child. Watch our 2019 History Harvest interview with Tammy LaPlante on the Washington Rural Heritage website here Welcome North Fork Manager Katrina Buckman on the North Fork Facebook page here
