Good Librations - A Kiama Library Podcast
Welcome to the Good Librations podcast, an entertaining dive down the rabbit hole of all things books, reading, libraries and more. Discover how much you really do love poetry (who knew!?), why the book is always better than the movie (or is it?), and the allure of niche genres (yes, food-pun murder mysteries are a thing!).And, just because 45 mins of bookish fun is never enough, we'll have a new episode available every month (or so ...). Check this page or subscribe via Spotify, Google, Apple or wherever you find your podcasts. Presented by Kiama Library and hosted by Lauren Watkins and Carla James (and guests) Produced by Carla and Griffin James. Music by Lauren Watkins.
Podcasting since 2021 • 32 episodes
Good Librations - A Kiama Library Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 30 - A Vindication of the Rights of Trash
What really are 'trashy' books and why are they so verily looked down upon? This month we inspect the shame and snobbery around readership. And to lighten things up, we leave season 3 with a puddle of bloopers.
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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46:01
Episode 29 - What a Classic
What makes a classic book? Come along on a journey through the classics as we discover how a book becomes exalted above others - and whether they're still relevant today. Oh, and, yeah, the Odyssey makes its episodic appearance.
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:16:14
Episode 28 - Judging the Book by its Cover
When George Eliot wrote "don't judge a book by it's cover' in the Mill on the Floss in 1860, it is certain she did not know just how strange a relationship we would have to her enduring idiom 160 years later. Open the book on a journey through ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:09:45
Episode 27 - (Novels set in) One Fine Day
What might be achieved in a single day? Come with us as we stride across an investigation of pacing and character and breadth and in which we find out what connects Aristotle to a 16th century Italian humourist to Shakespeare to James Joyce to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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37:47