It’s episode 200, which means it’s (finally) time for us to discuss Library Fiction! We talk about the stereotypes and tropes of library fiction, unacknowledged work of library workers,and more. Plus: we talk way more about our actual jobs than we usually do. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark LawrenceEx Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore by Paula Guran (below are direct links to many of the stories from this collection) In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen KlagesIn Libres by Elizabeth BearThose Who Watch by Ruthanna Emrys Paper Cuts Scissors by Holly Black Summer Reading by Ken Liu Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link With Tales in Their Teeth, From the Mountain They Came by A.C. Wise The Librarian’s Dilemma by E. SaxeyThe Green Book by Amal El-MohtarA Woman's Best Friend by Robert ReedIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Xia Jia, translated by Ken LiuThe Sigma Structure Symphony by Gregory BenfordThe Fort Moxie Branch by Jack McDevitt The Last Librarian: Or a Short Account of the End of the World by Edoardo Albert How Can I Help You by Laura Sims Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen Other Media We Mentioned The Library of Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The Empty Crown by Rosemary Edghill Meghan meant The Abortion by Richard Brautigan (not Trout Fishing in America) The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanBookhunter by Jason ShigaUnshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill BarnesLibrary Comic by Gene Ambaum and Willow PayneWelcome to Night ValePiranesi by Susanna Clarke Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonAbbott Elementary Pounded In The Butt By My Handsome Sentient Library Card Who Seems Otherworldly But In Reality Is Just A Natural Part Of The Priceless Resources Our Library System Provides by Chuck Tingle My Librarian Is A Beautiful Lesbian Ice Cream Cone And She Tastes Amazing by Chuck TingleParty GirlPublic Enemy - Fight the Power Fictional Librarians 50 Fictional Librarians, RankedRupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)Barbara Gordon (DC Comics)The Librarian (Discworld) Lucien (The Sandman) Evelyn Carnahan (The Mummy)Marian Paroo (The Music Man)Librarians (Welcome to Night Vale) “While their description is never fully given, minor details of their physical characteristics have been described:” yellow, gnarled teethsharp claws and pincersWingsTentaclesthousands of spiny legsrattles (that make noise when they move) thoraxes Links, Articles, and Things Two-Fisted Library Stories zines North Boulder Library is ready to open (there’s a slide in image 6!) 15 Librarian & Library Fiction by POC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison WattsCora's Kitchen by Kimberly Garrett Brown The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu The Library of Fates by Aditi KhoranaThe Plotters by Kim Un-Su The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle MonáeOur Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiThe Library Thief by Kuchenga ShenjéThe Cartographers by Peng ShepherdBookhunter by Jason Shiga Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, October 1st we’ll be getting ready for spooky season with the Weird West! (That’s Supernatural Horror Westerns) Then on Tuesday, October 15th it’s time for our “We All Read the Same Book” episode as we discuss A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher.
