Ep. #22 — Interview with Jewell Parker Rhodes

In today’s episode, Adam sits down with writer Jewell Parker Rhodes, an author who is familiar writing for both adults and juveniles/YA. Her forthcoming book, Towers Falling, is all about teaching the story of the 9/11 attacks to children who weren’t born when it happened. Like all of Jewell’s books, Towers Falling features a diverse […] Read more

Posted on: May 19, 2016 Category:

• Middle Grade

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Ep. #21 — Young Adult book recommendations and why YA matters

Newcomers to the podcast Christina and Andrea join Adam to discuss their favorite Young Adult books and series. They also discuss why they think YA is such a popular genre. Christina and Andrea share their favorite types of characters and subgenres to read about, whether or not Christina would survive the Hunger Games and the […] Read more

Posted on: May 12, 2016 Category:

• YA

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Ep. #20 — All Things Audiobooks & OverDrive’s Audiobook SYNC Program

May 5th marks the start of OverDrive’s AudioSYNC program so the OverDrive team is spending this episode talking about all things audiobooks! if you ever visit our Blue Sky Campus and walk around the office you’ll see lots of staff members with headphones on — there’s always a good chance that they are listening to an […] Read more

Posted on: May 5, 2016 Category:

• YA

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Ep. #19 — If Books Be the Food of Love, Read On! Celebrating #Shakespeare400

400 years ago this month, William Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil but the show must go on, so OverDrive’s Professional Book Nerds are discussing the man behind the myth in our latest episode. We also talk about whether or not it really matters if William Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays attributed to him. […] Read more

Posted on: April 28, 2016 Category:

• Literature

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