Episode 5: Melissa Hart - The Building Books of Empathy
In this week's episode we talk to Erin Nevitt, a children's librarian with the local library system. She tells us why summer reading is the busiest time of the year, how you can explore some of the city's bet kept secrets with the Cultural Pass, and what makes a book tantalizing for young readers.
Episode 4: Amy Attaway - Making Shakespeare Unscary
On this show, we welcome Amy Attaway, Associate Artistic Director for Kentucky Shakespeare. She will share with us her favorite Shakespeare characters, what is so special to her about live theater, and how memorizing monologues makes you popular at cocktail parties. We are talking all things Shakespeare and the many programs Kentucky Shakespeare has to offer.
Episode 3: Abigail Harrelson - Being Inspired to Write by a Hometown Hero
On this show, your hosts, Amy Smalley and Carrie Vittitoe, interview Abigail Harrelson, a 20-year old author from La Grange, inspired to write about a local native son known in Hollywood as Buddy Pepper. Her book is called "Pepper at the Piano: The Stories and Songs of Oldham County's Buddy Pepper”
Episode 2: Tricia Taylor and Jennie Mulhall - Gamma Girls Talk Books
On this show, your hosts, Amy Smalley and Carrie Vittitoe, interview two sisters who started a book club (Gamma Girls) nearly two decades ago that is still going strong. They discuss WWSHR (What Would Silas House Read?) and how spreadsheets can go wonderfully with book clubs.