Literary Notes

About Literary Notes

Join the volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library as they interview local authors about books they’ve written in the WTBBL catalog. New episodes every other Thursday! The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a free library service available to all Washington state residents who struggle to read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, a reading disability like dyslexia, or any other condition which might impact an individual’s ability to read standard print. WTBBL has over 150,000 audiobooks and over 25,000 braille books available to check out, as well as assistive equipment such as talking book machines, and refreshable braille displays.

Publisher

Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2025

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   46 | ARCHIVE: R.A. Salvatore | Forgotten Realms (series)

   In 2010, fantasy author R.A. Salvatore came by to discuss his series of fantasy novels taking place in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of the Forgotten Realms. He speaks with library volunteer R.C. Winter about the origins of the series.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   45 | Maya Prasad | Sejal Sinha (series), Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms

   Author Maya Prasad visits us to talk about her children's series Sejal Sinha, about an Indian-American girl with a big imagination and a bigger love of science. She sat down with library volunteer Sherlyn Menezes to discuss her career path, how her child inspired her writing, and much more.

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   44 | Renee Patrick | Design for Dying (Lillian Frost & Edith Head series)

   Renee Patrick visits our studio to discuss Design for Dying, the first book in their murder mystery series set in 1930s Hollywood. Library volunteer Kymmberly Myrick chats with them about the origins of their novels, movies long forgotten by the public, and Seattle's Zig Zag Café.

Who has been a guest on Literary Notes

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amy Hevron
• Jonathan Tropper
• Robert Dugoni
• Ellie Belew
• Dr Marie Rose Wong

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

15

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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