My friend and fellow librarian Bruce hosts the weekly Puget Soundz on North Seattle’s low-powered KBFG 107.3 FM. Last week his show featured music about libraries! You can listen to a recording a of the broadcast at http://www.mixcloud.com/bruce-greeley/kbfg-puget-soundz-2-28-22-library-music/ . (Bruce’s show […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Tidesong by Wendy Xu
Tidesong by Wendy Xu. Quill Tree Books / Harper Alley, 2021. 9780062955807. 236pp. Sophie is a twelve-year-old member of the Wu Clan, water witches descended from a dragon who still have a portion of his magic. She’s off to stay […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati
Paul at Home by Michel Rabagliati. Translated by Helge Dascher and Rob Aspinall. Drawn & Quarterly, 2020. 9781770464148. 204pp. Paul is a cartoonist in his early 50s, though folks tell him he looks older. He lives alone with his dog, […]
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Book Review: Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee
Otto: A Palindrama by Jon Agee. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. 9780803741621. 144pp. Agee gives credit for palindromes by others in the acknowledgements at the end. Picture book creator Agee’s first graphic novel is told entirely in palindromes — […]
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Gene and Willow Interviewed on the Circulating Ideas Podcast
https://circulatingideas.com/2021/06/29/202-library-comic-gene-ambaum-and-willow-payne/ Listen to Willow and I talk with Steve Thomas on the latest episode of Circulating Ideas! We cover Unshelved a bit — the last time I was on the podcast was 10 years ago, on Episode #2 with […]
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Willow on The Never Games podcast Episode 2.9
Willow was a guest on the most recent episode of The Never Games, “Sir Never Games of Boca Raton Scotland,” which was released yesterday! (Willow appears at about 32:00 if you want to skip ahead.) She explains how to pronunce […]
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Today’s comic (717)
As Willow just told me, this comic worked three months ago when I wrote it, back when the CDC was telling folks that masks didn’t matter. I looked at it this morning before posting it and thought that it read […]
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Alternate version of 675
Willow and I had a misunderstanding about 675. I thought it was about a guy who thought he heard the phone ringing (something that’s happening to me personally more and more often when I work the reference desk), she thought […]
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Custom Library Tarot winner!
Congratulations to Theresa from NJ (center) and her colleagues who won the custom Library Tarot cards. Thanks again to Macmillan Library Marketing for sponsoring the contest, and to Willow Payne for doing an amazing job on the art.
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All These Monsters!
Willow has been drawing monsters all month and posting them to her tumblr. These are my favorites, but you should click on that link and have a look at the rest.
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