Podcast

About Podcast

Capital Area District Libraries is excited to produce the Book Bound podcast which is hosted by some of CADL's literary experts. Content centers around the library and its collection, book recommendations, events, partnerships and services.

Publisher

Capital Area District Libraries

Category

arts · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Aug 2017

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

393 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Episode 34: Spirits, Craft, and Quirky Characters

   We wend from crafting to Gothic horror, through quirky humor and lyrical verse. Cheryl’s Books: Story Telling: A Writing Life (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/256cc6aa-40e4-849d-0abf-bb918d03c1b3-eng)—Isabel Allende Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31791396?searchId=21955028&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Meritt Turetsky The Juniper Tree (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31841892?searchId=21955040&recordIndex=4&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Barbara Comyns Cloud Runner: Poems (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31791062?searchId=21955036&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Joy Harjo Mentioned: Other books by Isabel Allende (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Allende%2C%20Isabel%22) including My Name Is Emilia del Valle (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/6240a317-528c-a262-9d0f-2cb9a00da740-eng/) and The House of the Spirits (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/7e6d13c8-3e69-c2da-52a3-50061b980626-eng) The Vet’s Daughter (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/e239bb22-e2b4-4ced-a842-ff4eb5901f99-eng/Home?searchId=21955081&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Barbara Comyns Jessica’s Books: Stitched (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/937f2841-302f-2b15-06b5-1f4ab46865ba-eng/)—Eli McCann A Year of Marvelous Ways (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/d06e9493-72be-0b3d-4a28-3582f085e6bc-eng/)—Sarah Winman The Glowing Hours (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/7ca610b4-be09-f3d7-6a99-4db640c8bb23-eng/)—Leila Siddiqui When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/f9e2b8b7-b292-9cae-6f49-ec7e8518e121-eng/) —Ilse S. Carter Mentioned: Chirstopher Guest Movies (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Guest%2C%20Christopher%22) Works of Wade Rouse (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Rouse%2C%20Wade%22) / Viola Shipman (https://catalog.cadl.org/Author/Home?author=%22Shipman%2C%20Viola%22) P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/a5e9a5a1-0d09-9b6b-ad3f-9590aaeaf8f9-eng/)—Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau The Keeper of Lost Things (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/b689f57f-ce15-8b89-18e2-76e105f70168-eng/)—Ruth Hogan The Ferryman and His Wife (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/433e0531-82a8-7414-dcd0-a18d584a6c25-eng/)—Frode Grytten Mari’s Books: La Bandera: Poems of Resistance and Pride (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31855799?searchId=21955212&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Anika Aldamuy Denise Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimley’s Classroom (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31789109?searchId=21955227&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Chris Priestley The House of Gardenias (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/80b1e441-3055-4be9-6684-8656c5c7fbc1-eng/Home?searchId=21955237&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex)—Isabel Cañas Mentioned: Where is Puerto Rico? (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31784677?searchId=21955251&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)—Tracy Vonder Brink The Night (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31885950?searchId=21955101&recordIndex=12&page=)—Mariachiara Di Giorgio Bog Bodies, Human Sacrifices, and other Natural Mummies (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/53b75fb1-9ad0-f4cd-f6e0-92a8016ad656-eng/Home?searchId=21955166&recordIndex=3&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex)—Megan Cooley Peterson The Hacienda (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/8bae0c41-4fe1-532e-6e62-3ea66a973c90-eng/Home?searchId=21955196&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex)—Isabel Cañas

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Episode 33: Legacy, Gathering, and Nature

   This month we touch on books that explore heritage, community, and the natural world. One Grand Read (https://onegrandread.com/) There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/dfdf8444-9991-4d92-0d37-a3b551bb4a86-eng/) by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: A Fortune for Your Disaster: Poems (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/fd8a3188-9ad0-ee26-300f-aeefc4865f6b-eng/Home?searchId=21848512&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Hanif Abdurraqib Hannah Coulter (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/1bc944f9-7a84-530a-e27b-26a276ecd439-eng/Home?searchId=21848521&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Wendell Berry Bees (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b22984975?searchId=21848495&recordIndex=2&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Wojciech Grajkowski Story Rug (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31797908?searchId=21848541&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex)  by Sophie Blackall Mentioned: OneGrandRead.com (https://onegrandread.com/) and more books (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?view=list&lookfor=hanif+abdurraqib&searchIndex=Author&searchSource=local&showCovers=on) by Hanif Abdurraqib Books (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Berry%2C%20Wendell%2C%201934-%22) written by Wendell Berry The Book of Eels (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?view=list&showCovers=on&lookfor=the+book+of+eels+patrik&searchIndex=Keyword&searchSource=local) by Patrik Svensson (discussed in Episode 53 (https://www.cadl.org/about/who-what-why/blog/readers-roundtable-episode-53-summer-reading) of our Reader's Roundtable podcast) Books (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Wahl%2C%20Phoebe%2C%22) written and/or illustrated by Phoebe Wahl Jessica’s Books: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/88d6a571-13d7-2ece-2b6f-139625e90ad4-eng/) by Priya Parker The Birthing Tree (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/441dee0c-1e55-3aca-6147-7eed9470b885-eng/) by Amanda Peters The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/f92f1e6d-beed-c8ae-c9dc-5655db333b94-eng/) by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris The Witches of Cambridge (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/5c0b941c-71e6-de3e-1c4c-978f75edfbe7-eng/) by Alice Hoffman Mentioned: The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/39c43212-430c-b0b6-dc6b-7d9a5da734d9-eng/) by Julian Randall The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/54409440-1390-ceb4-bdf7-431ed42f3276-eng/) by Priya Parker The Berry Pickers (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/43edfc4e-5c67-b32a-0387-f1e8375fbde0-eng/) by Amanda Peters (discussed in Reader's Roundtable Episode 88 (https://www.cadl.org/about/who-what-why/blog/readers-roundtable-episode-88-november-reads)) The Rules of Magic (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/d870d26b-549b-bb8e-db5c-d9c0aa98c708-eng/) by Alice Hoffman aka Practical Magic 2 Mari’s Books: My Sugar Beet Summer (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/f794ae9a-c18e-54f8-179e-88bdde46f9bc-eng/Home?searchId=21848596&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Rachael Elisa Moreno Shook (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/2ad1faf5-1404-55be-b802-4a6b7c96735c-eng/Home?searchId=21848604&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Julian Randall A Riddle of Eels (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31865392?searchId=21848608&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Nicholas Day Stone by Stone: A Rock’s Journey Through Time (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31845964?searchId=21848618&recordIndex=3&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Melissa Koch Mentioned: Love and Basketball (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/afe7bfc7-3cfb-bde0-3649-94cdc6c2e06f-eng/Home?searchId=21848591&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood The Crossover (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/dccfa8d1-63ad-f52a-f7c0-f678b5ff3d3a-eng/Home?searchId=21848593&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Kwame Alexander

3. 

   10 Aug 2026

   Episode 32: End of Summer Reads

   Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari discuss selections from their summer reading adventures. One Grand Read (https://onegrandread.com/) There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/dfdf8444-9991-4d92-0d37-a3b551bb4a86-eng/) by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: Python’s Kiss: Stories (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/a2316f82-caf0-d33f-9137-8547a736c845-eng/Home?searchId=21698702&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Louise Erdrich Riding Magic (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31780210?searchId=21698850&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E.B. Lewis At the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Record/.b31804974?searchId=21698859&recordIndex=5&page=1&referred=resultIndex) Picnic at Hanging Rock (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/9cafb79c-18a4-b775-ac1b-17e845d2c8f3-eng/Home?searchId=21698870&recordIndex=2&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Joan Lindsay Mentioned: The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/2aa57d28-c1f3-1764-3e6e-b39e5f37daa6-eng/Home?searchId=21698685&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Louise Erdrich The Master Butcher’s Singing Club (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/b04ed11d-d267-0ca9-ee38-1c48ae036ace-eng/Home?searchId=21698692&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Louise Erdrich The Painted Drum (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/0a9a2b20-6820-a00d-32fc-82619e0411fd-eng/Home?searchId=21698693&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Louise Erdrich The Black Cowgirl website (https://www.theblackcowgirl.com/about) – Catlin Gooch Works written and/or illustrated by Floyd Cooper (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Cooper%2C%20Floyd%22) Works by Nina Mingya Powles (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?view=list&showCovers=on&lookfor=nina+mingya+powles&searchIndex=Author&searchSource=local), Jessica J. Lee (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Lee%2C%20Jessica%20J%22), Deborah Moggach (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Moggach%2C%20Deborah%22), Margaret Drabble (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22Drabble%2C%20Margaret%22), Esther Freud (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Union/Search?view=list&showCovers=on&lookfor=esther+freud&searchIndex=Author&searchSource=local), and Katherine May (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/Author/Home?author=%22May%2C%20Katherine%22) Picnic at Hanging Rock (https://cadl.aspendiscovery.org/GroupedWork/f22da893-32d0-d8ef-b38b-0043dd90618c-eng/Home?searchId=21698604&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) (1975 film) Jessica’s Books: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/2689e75b-767b-6984-c28d-0b7d59ed50a4-eng/) by Autumn K. England The Tainted Cup (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/94567fd0-c7dc-6d29-f3e1-e67b16a7d2ac-eng/) by Robert Jackson Bennett Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/2b1249e8-f966-f0a3-c532-6914a8f1826e-eng/) by Nina Sankovitch Country People (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/2fd3841d-9c3a-8646-94aa-7bf6c69c79df-eng/) by Daniel Mason Mentioned: Perdido Street Station (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/df571c8f-5fd1-8b1d-77c0-1f8c3ad001b9-eng/) by China Miéville Mari’s Books: Holloway (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/c5b346a6-e8a9-1a5e-4c07-4926ac5f70c7-eng/Home?searchId=21698644&recordIndex=12&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Elana K. Arnold The Rare Bird (https://catalog.cadl.org/Record/.b31648046?searchId=21698675&recordIndex=1&page=1&referred=resultIndex) by Elisha Cooper Oh Brother: A Graphic Memoir (https://catalog.cadl.org/Union/Search?view=list&lookfor=georgina%20chadderton&searchIndex=Keyword&searchSource=local) by Georgina Chadderton Mentioned: Bat series (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/084a13b9-a4c6-5960-12d6-ae10868a86f9-eng/Series) by Elana K. Arnold What Girls are Made Of (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/21e1eee7-f667-0051-3788-8a0df7649932-eng/Home?searchId=21698703&recordIndex=15&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Elana K. Arnold River (https://catalog.cadl.org/GroupedWork/e98bf4a7-91a7-6200-5bdf-ec83094d244e-eng/Home?searchId=21698844&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex) by Elisha Cooper

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5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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5.0 / 5

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Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100

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