Podcast appearances and mentions of stuart kells

In this episode, a conversation with Stuart Kells, author of the new book, Alice(TM). This book is the extraordinary story of Alice Corporation, a company created to reimagine financial markets, that brings together an unlikely cast of characters: renowned author Kate Jennings, international banking insider Ian Shepherd, Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, German-born World War II historian Sigrid MacRae, J.P. Morgan deputy chair Roberto Mendoza - and his dog, Stanley.

Author/historian Stuart Kells has been chasing rare books and other bookish treasures since childhood. In the 1980s he went for classic sci-fi paperbacks from Ace and Dell, and authors such as Philip K. Dick and Robert Heinlein.   When he moved to Melbourne in the summer of 1989 he was amazed by the city's bookshops, especially secondhand shops - notably Alice's and Sainsbury's in Carlton. When ​he wasn't looking for books​ here he was fossicking in the Co-op bookshop at Melbourne University, or hunting for ​them at markets and fetes. For the past 26 years​ he's been a regular at Camberwell Market where great books can be found, along with almost everything else. Vividly remembered finds include Iain Banks and Vikram Seth firsts; classic Australian crime pulps; rare maps; and advertising and ephemera of every kind.   I connected with Stuart recently via Zoom to talk about Penguin and the Lane Brothers, ​his revealing, myth-busting book about the intimate partnership of Allen, Richard and John Lane – and how it explains the success of Penguin Books, the twentieth century's "greatest publishing house." We talk about the spirit of daring and creative opposition that drove the brothers to publish so many quality books on such a massive scale at such affordable prices – and how together they achieved a revolution in modern book publishing. 

Chaired by Michael West “Water policy is hard,” says Malcolm Turnbull, subject as it is to so many fiercely competing interests. Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells interviewed many of these interests for their book, Sold Down the River: How Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia's Water Market. Opening the trade in water was supposed to make its allocation more efficient, but as the authors show, it has created a whole host of perverse outcomes. They demonstrate how we have failed to protect our most precious resource.

I guess you've seen these fish death events happening in Australia at least once in the news. Hundred Thousand, Millions of dead fish! But why did it happen? Probably not for the reason you'd spontaneously think. For sure, droughts and irrigation don't help, but those are symptoms over a root cause: the inception of water trading in the 1980s. What's the link? Well the Australian regulators, that designed the Water Trading Market didn't think of a vital concept: Low-Flow. And they didn't believe, that building a paradise market for financial arbitrage would turn thus bad... Let's dive into this terrible Water Story!  Wanna join the conversation? Come tell me on LinkedIn! *** ➡️  Do you like this short format, answering one key question/topic? Let me know on LinkedIn!  ➡️  Get the Full Podcast Series here: https://dww.show/ ➡️  Check the Video Version of this Bonus Episode: https://youtu.be/wAj7lUy0ILA

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Scott Hamilton shares some of the key findings and stories of the book he wrote with Stuart Kells on Water Trading in the Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia's largest river system.

Historian and author Stuart Kells talks about his new book, 'Sold Down The River: How Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia's Water Market.' He and co-author Scott Hamilton look at how the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the marketisation of water has gone horribly wrong. Stuart Kells is also adjunct professor at La Trobe Business School. He has twice won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. Broadcast on 26 October 2021.

Perry and David celebrate St. Crispin's Day by discussing recent awards, what they've been reading, both non-fiction and fiction, and summarising their thoughts about this year's Hugo Award nominees. News (04:36) Ursula K. Le Guin prize (01:08) Ditmar Awards (01:14) Prime Minister's Literary Awards (02:03) Critic vs Reviewer (02:46) What we've been reading (41:05) The Library by Stuart Kells (04:22) Beeswing by Richard Thompson (07:28) Dead Wake by Erik Larson (08:02) A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain (06:35) The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (07:03) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (07:10) Summary of our 2021 Hugo reading (04:23) Windup (01:33) Illustration: production still from Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh.

Perry and David celebrate St. Crispin's Day by discussing recent awards, what they've been reading, both non-fiction and fiction, and summarising their thoughts about this year's Hugo Award nominees. News (04:36) Ursula K. Le Guin prize (01:08) Ditmar Awards (01:14) Prime Minister's Literary Awards (02:03) Critic vs Reviewer (02:46) What we've been reading (41:05) The Library by Stuart Kells (04:22) Beeswing by Richard Thompson (07:28) Dead Wake by Erik Larson (08:02) A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain (06:35) The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (07:03) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (07:10) Summary of our 2021 Hugo reading (04:23) Windup (01:33) Click here for more info and indexes. Illustration: production still from Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh.

Historian and author Stuart Kells talks about his new book, 'Sold Down The River: How Robber Barons and Wall Street Traders Cornered Australia's Water Market.' He and co-author Scott Hamilton look at how the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and the marketisation of water has gone horribly wrong. Stuart Kells is also adjunct professor at La Trobe Business School. He has twice won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize.

My guest is author and bookman Stuart Kells of Melbourne, Australia. Stuart and I chat about various things bookish—private presses, pulp paperbacks, typefaces, and university presses. We even talk about two of his books a bit, The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders and Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature. Both highly recommended. You don't want to miss the story about Stuart's mystery find that cost him $3 but turned into the most valuable thing he owned. Cultural Debris Patreon - Support the podcast!   Stuart Kells | website | Twitter   Cultural Debris on Twitter Front Porch Republic Archives

Ebikes are being touted as a solution to our transport woes in a Climate Conscious story - "Could e-Bikes Solve Our Transportation Problems?" Other stories mentioned today are: The Melbourne Age - "Australia's emissions fell 5 per cent during first year of coronavirus pandemic"; And there's a related report from the Federal Government - "National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Quarterly Update: March 2021"; A further story from The Melbourne Age warns about sea level rises - "Even 1.5C warming will still leave world's coasts exposed to extremes"; A story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy alerts us to the potential of renewables - "Renewables could meet 100% demand in Australia at certain times of day by 2025, report says"; Another story from The Guardian, this time an essay, discusses the fires in Greece - "Greece's deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure"; And on The Conversation it's - "1,600 years ago, climate change hit the Australian Alps. We studied ancient lake mud to learn what happened"; Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells also write on The Conversation - "Robber barons and high-speed traders dominate Australia's water market"; And on Climate Conscious George Dillard gives his view on how GM engineered capitalism and the climate crisis in the story - "How GM Enabled Modern Capitalism — and Environmental Crisis"; The New York Times writes about the intensity of America's wildfires - "Evacuations Ordered Near Lake Tahoe as the Caldor Fire Intensifies"; Yale Climate Connections tell readers - "Cities can play a key role in the transition to electric vehicles"; A guest essay in The New York Times tells readers - "The Point Is That People in the South Are Suffering"; Wind farms of America's Long Island and job opportunities, according to this Yale Climate Connections story - "Wind farms off Long Island, New York, to create new jobs"; Giles Parkinson from RenewEconomy has some good news with - "Sun Cable: World's biggest solar and battery project is about to get a lot bigger". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Laura Tingle on the latest divisions in Canberra, Stuart Kells on the high risks of water trading and Kevin Coombs on his Paralympic career as a wheelchair basketballer.

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Stuart Kells about the search for Shakespeare's lost library. Follow Stuart on Twitter. Visit Stuart Kells' official website. Find out more about your host at On the Tudor Trail. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break courtesy of guitarist Jon Sayles.          

Stuart Kells' life as a bibliophile began with one ancient, leather-bound, blue book (R)

Stuart Kells' life as a bibliophile began with one ancient, leather-bound, blue book (R)

Nuns, inmates, community vs corporation, Australia, oasis in a metropolis. The Abbotsford Convent left to languish for years after the last of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd had gone. In its prime it had been a school, a refuge, a retreat, a workhouse and a prison-the single largest charitable institution in the southern hemisphere. In the late 1990s a proposed high-density development threatened the idyllic riverside location, sparking outrage in the local community and further afield. Years of protesting, negotiating and fundraising followed and the convent, now on Australia's National Heritage List, has started a new life as a vibrant centre for art and culture. The Convent: A City Finds Its Heart (Miegunyah Press, 2020) tells the story of the site's rich history and the efforts to preserve it. It is an uplifting tale of community activism-a tangible reminder that the magic of the past can endure and what people-power can achieve. Stuart Kells, Adjunct Professor, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University in Melbourne. His other roles include Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, member of Monash University’s Centre for Regulatory Studies, roles in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office, and as an economist at accountancy firms PPB Advisory and KPMG. In addition, and maybe most pleasingly for us readers, Stuart is an accomplished and prized author of several genres: social history; science; literary history; economic and business history, and recently fiction. Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nuns, inmates, community vs corporation, Australia, oasis in a metropolis. The Abbotsford Convent left to languish for years after the last of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd had gone. In its prime it had been a school, a refuge, a retreat, a workhouse and a prison-the single largest charitable institution in the southern hemisphere. In the late 1990s a proposed high-density development threatened the idyllic riverside location, sparking outrage in the local community and further afield. Years of protesting, negotiating and fundraising followed and the convent, now on Australia's National Heritage List, has started a new life as a vibrant centre for art and culture. The Convent: A City Finds Its Heart (Miegunyah Press, 2020) tells the story of the site's rich history and the efforts to preserve it. It is an uplifting tale of community activism-a tangible reminder that the magic of the past can endure and what people-power can achieve. Stuart Kells, Adjunct Professor, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University in Melbourne. His other roles include Research Fellow at Melbourne University’s Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, member of Monash University’s Centre for Regulatory Studies, roles in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office, and as an economist at accountancy firms PPB Advisory and KPMG. In addition, and maybe most pleasingly for us readers, Stuart is an accomplished and prized author of several genres: social history; science; literary history; economic and business history, and recently fiction. Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Brokering and improving source texts explains how his crowd-pulling plays rapidly had an audience, and how he rapidly came to be known as a man of the theatre. The pillaging of sources also accounts for the early dates of several plays, and the fact that plays with confusingly similar names, plots and characters existed before Shakespeare could have written them. Substantially freed from the need to conceive of scenarios, characters and plots, Shakespeare could focus on the writing, and the drama.” - Stuart Kells, Shakespeare’s Library When we think of Shakespeare, too often the image comes to mind of a lone writer hunched over his parchment, scribbling away on his quill as the candle burns down to the wick. There are no books around him, no stories he is pulling from, just an author, his mind, and his pen. That’s not accurate though. That is a carefully curated image designed to raise Shakespeare to this higher level than all other authors. We have to think differently though. We have to see Shakespeare for what he was to properly appreciate the work behind the works. That is what Eli and I will be discussing today, Shakespeare as a Writer. We will look at how he got his stories and honed his skills. Grab your quill and ink, it’s time to meet Shakespeare. Sources:Shakespeare’s Library by Stuart KellsGlobe by Catherine ArnoldThe Globe Guide to Shakespeare Teller of Tales by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4467-teller-of-the-talesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Minstrel Guild by KevinMacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4056-minstrel-guildLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Historian and author Stuart Kells came in to discuss his new book, The Convent. Amy and Stuart explore the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of Melbourne’s much loved Abbotsford Convent.

Dr Emma Shortis from RMIT came in to chat about the latest in US politics, including the Democratic primaries and the Super Tuesday result which saw Joe Biden overtake Bernie Sanders, and sealed the demise of Elizabeth Warren. Steve Meacher, President of Friends of Leadbeater's Possum Inc and longtime native forest advocate, discussed the imminent logging of large native trees in the Toolangi State Forest. The logging coupe is near one of Victoria’s largest and most loved trees; the Kalatha Giant, which is 400 years old and 65 metres tall. Historian and author Stuart Kells came in to discuss his new book, The Convent. Amy and Stuart explore the fascinating and sometimes controversial history of Melbourne’s much loved Abbotsford Convent.

Do you have a book that means something special to you? 400 years ago, when printed books were a fairly new thing, they meant something to their owners too. But what they meant was, in many ways, much different from what they mean today. In this episode we talk to two authors about how people read, acquired, and collected books in Shakespeare’s time. Stuart Kells is the author of Shakespeare’s Library (Counterpoint, 2019). It speculates on what books the Bard might have owned and tells some intriguing stories about people over the years who’ve claimed either to have found the library or to have owned pieces of it. Jason Scott-Warren’s book is Shakespeare’s First Reader (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), which dissects the library of Richard Stonley, an Elizabethan bureaucrat who was the first person we know of to buy a printed book written by Shakespeare—a copy of Venus and Adonis that Stonley picked up on June 12, 1593. Kells and Scott-Warren are interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. Stuart Kells is an Australian writer. He is the author of Penguin and the Lane Brothers, and The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders. Jason Scott-Warren is a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Cambridge University in England. Recently, we had him on Shakespeare Unlimited when he discovered, based on research by Claire M.L. Bourne, that the First Folio at the Free Library of Philadelphia was once owned by John Milton. From the Folger's Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published February 4, 2020. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “Give Me Some Ink and Paper,” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Ben Lauer is the web producer. We had technical helped from Andrew Feliciano and Evan Marquart at Voice Trax West in Studio City, California, Roger Chatterton at Kite Recording Studio in Cambridge, England, and Simon Knight in the recording studio at La Trobe University’s College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce in Melbourne, Australia.

We are joined by author & bibliophile Stuart Kells, who has written a book called Shakespeare’s Library. He investigates the mystery of what happened to Shakespeare’s library. For centuries, people have searched for it – but there has been no trace of the Bard’s manuscripts, books, or letters. We also touch on booksellers, fraudsters, actors and the vital question of who actually wrote the Shakespeare plays.

One Infinity, featuring a live score by Genevieve Lacey and the Jun Tian Fang Music Ensemble, brings together dancers from Dancenorth and the Beijing Dance Theatre, author Stuart Kells outlines the hunt for the Bard of Avon's personal collection and why it matters in Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature, and a vocal impressionist, a surrealist drag artist and a lonely soul singer welcome us to Fringe World 2019.

You mean accounting has a history? Yes, it does, and it should matter to you, because the accounting profession, and the audit function that it serves, affects all the companies in your 401(k) program. Remember WorldCom, remember Enron? Every time a large holding of yours writes off the goodwill from a failed acquisition--there are too many examples to recite here--you've just had an accounting moment. In The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018), Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells describe the history of the auditing profession and how it has come to be concentrated in four global entities. They assess the current challenges the industry faces and where it could head to address those challenges. People in finance, business owners, and anyone with a 401(k) should find this book of interest. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You mean accounting has a history?  Yes, it does, and it should matter to you, because the accounting profession, and the audit function that it serves, affects all the companies in your 401(k) program.  Remember WorldCom, remember Enron? Every time a large holding of yours writes off the goodwill from a failed acquisition--there are too many examples to recite here--you've just had an accounting moment. In The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018), Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells describe the history of the auditing profession and how it has come to be concentrated in four global entities. They assess the current challenges the industry faces and where it could head to address those challenges. People in finance, business owners, and anyone with a 401(k) should find this book of interest. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You mean accounting has a history?  Yes, it does, and it should matter to you, because the accounting profession, and the audit function that it serves, affects all the companies in your 401(k) program.  Remember WorldCom, remember Enron? Every time a large holding of yours writes off the goodwill from a failed acquisition--there are too many examples to recite here--you've just had an accounting moment. In The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018), Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells describe the history of the auditing profession and how it has come to be concentrated in four global entities. They assess the current challenges the industry faces and where it could head to address those challenges. People in finance, business owners, and anyone with a 401(k) should find this book of interest. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You mean accounting has a history?  Yes, it does, and it should matter to you, because the accounting profession, and the audit function that it serves, affects all the companies in your 401(k) program.  Remember WorldCom, remember Enron? Every time a large holding of yours writes off the goodwill from a failed acquisition--there are too many examples to recite here--you've just had an accounting moment. In The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018), Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells describe the history of the auditing profession and how it has come to be concentrated in four global entities. They assess the current challenges the industry faces and where it could head to address those challenges. People in finance, business owners, and anyone with a 401(k) should find this book of interest. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You mean accounting has a history?  Yes, it does, and it should matter to you, because the accounting profession, and the audit function that it serves, affects all the companies in your 401(k) program.  Remember WorldCom, remember Enron? Every time a large holding of yours writes off the goodwill from a failed acquisition--there are too many examples to recite here--you've just had an accounting moment. In The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018), Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells describe the history of the auditing profession and how it has come to be concentrated in four global entities. They assess the current challenges the industry faces and where it could head to address those challenges. People in finance, business owners, and anyone with a 401(k) should find this book of interest. Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Trained as a historian of modern Russia, he is the author most recently of Getting Back to Business: Why Modern Portfolio Theory Fails Investors. You can follow him on Twitter @Back2BizBook or at http://www.strategicdividendinvestor.com

Author Stuart Kells discusses his book, 'The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders,' which has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in the Non-Fiction Category. Amy and Stuart discussed the wonder of books, libraries and the sometimes quirky and passionate behaviours of bibliophiles across history. Broadcast on 27 November, 2018.

Author Stuart Kells on his book,The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders,which has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in the Non-Fiction Category. Amy and Stuart discussed the wonder of books, libraries and the sometimes quirky and passionate behaviours of bibliophiles across history.

Stuart Kells investigates the controversy surrounding the authorship of Shakespeare's works in 'Shakespeare's Library'.It is the entire family that undergoes change in 'The Last Summer of Ada Bloom' by Martine Murray.

This week, Melissa Cranenburgh speaks to Stuart Kells about his new book, Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature, a new take on the endless mystery of who or even what was Shakespeare, taking us through both different conceptions of the man himself and the library that purportedly constitutes his works.Mel is then joined by Astrid Edwards to talk about Shaun Tan's children's book Cicada as well as Jessica Townsend's Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow series. They then swap notes on what it takes to do a good literary interview.

Quinn Mecham of Brigham Young Univ. on reconciliation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Juliana Schroeder of Univ. of California, Berkeley describes physical rituals that increase self-control. Kevin Shafer of Brigham Young Univ. discusses emotionally available dads. Ian Puente of BYU Broadcasting explains subscription theater services. Book-trade historian Stuart Kells describes libraries without books. Paula Franzese of Seton Hall Univ. explores how eviction works.

Stuart Kells and Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting, which is detailed in their book, 'The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly.' Stuart Kells is a Melbourne-based author and Ian D. Gow is the Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation. Broadcast on 24 April, 2018.

Author Stuart Kells and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation Professor Ian D. Gow, discussed the surprising history of accounting in their new book,The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly.

On today's episode Adam is back in the office from a whole bunch of travels just in time for our April book picks! Join in as Jill and Adam get a little weird talking Zelda, Duck Tales and, of course, the books they're most excited about coming out this month!   Books mentioned in this episode Circe by Madeline Miller   The Geraldo Show by Geraldo Rivera   Noir by Christopher Moore   My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris   Rebound by Kwame Brown   Sunny by Jason Reynolds   Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes   God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright   The Only Story by Julian Barnes   Inseparable by Yunte Huang   Happiness by Aminatta Forna   The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson   The Milk Lady of Bangalore by Shoba Narayan   The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman   Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich   Make Trouble by Cecile Richards   My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie   How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee   Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller   The Library by Stuart Kells   North by Scott Jurek   Say Hello! Find us on Instagram and Twitter at @ProBookNerds. Email us directly at professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

We see the challenging life around Justine through her young eyes in Sofie Laguna's 'The Choke'.'The Library: A calalogue of Wonders' is authored by Stuart Kells and is published by Text Publishing.