The Best Books of 2021
Librarians talk about staff picks for the best books of 2021. We also chat about books we're looking forward to reading in 2022 and the valu...
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The Desk Set
A bookish podcast for reading broadly. Librarians interview authors, share reading suggestions and explore literary topics through lively conversations. Each episode is based on reading chal...
The Desk Set Podcast Guide
Listen to The Desk Set, a Arts podcast by King County Library System. Stream 36 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 36 episodesEpistolary Time Travel
Hear interviews with authors Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, and E.J. Koh. El-Mohtar and Gladston chat about their spy novella, This Is How Y...
Race, Place, and Coming of Age
Hear interviews with authors Monica West and Brittany Ackerman. West talks about Revival Season , a story about a Black evangelical family a...
Feed Drop: Mateo Askaripour
Hear Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck , in conversation with Marcus Harrison Green of the South Seattle Emerald moderates.
The Future, Real and Imagined
Explore the future through the lens of science and fiction. We chat with scientist Kelly Weinersmith about the nonfiction book Soonish. Then...
Feed Drop: Syed Masood
Syed Masood, author of The Bad Muslim Discount, in conversation with Shahina Piyarali. This feed drop is an audio recording of a live webcas...
Wild Characters and Re-Reading
Hear interviews with authors: Emily St. John Mandel (The Glass Hotel, Station Eleven) and Kira Jane Buxton (Hollow Kingdom) We chat about re...
Fake It Til You Make It
Authors Rachel Lynn Solomon and Gabrielle Korn join us as guests to chat about their new books. Rachel talks about her adult debut The Ex Ta...
Reading and Reflecting in 2021
We interview Jenny Odell, the author of How To Do Nothing and chat about reading in 2021. We talk about new books we're excited to read and...
The Best Books of 2020
Librarians share the best books of the year. In this episode, we're joined by KCLS staff members Vicki Huggins and Rachel Adams. We also cha...
Long-distance Book Club
We talk with Sarah Gailey, author of Upright Women Wanted. Then, Emily chats with two friends about Tana French's new novel.
Feed Drop: Cristina Henríquez
Cristina Henríquez, author of The Book of Unknown Americans, joins us for a conversation about immigrant experiences, writing a novel with m...
Feed drop: Nancy Pearl
In this bonus listen, we're sharing a recording of a live event. Emily talked to super librarian Nancy Pearl about her new book, The Writer'...
Feed Drop: Terese Marie Mailhot in conversation with Sara Ortiz
In this bonus listen, we're sharing a recording of a live event. Enjoy a conversation between Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart Berries...
The Great Outdoors
We're talking about books about nature and books about journeys. We chat with Nancy Blakey, author of By the Shore , about the benefits of s...
Feed Drop: Pramila Jayapal in conversation with Nick Licata
In this bonus listen, we're sharing a recording of a live event. Enjoy a conversation about political engagement with U.S. Representative Pr...
Feed Drop: Molly Wizenberg and Katrina Carrasco In Conversation
In this bonus listen, we're sharing a recording of a live event. Seattle writer Molly Wizenberg joined us for a discussion of her new memoir...
Staff Picks: We Love Inclusive Romance
On this episode of the Desk Set, we're talking about diverse and inclusive romance. If you're working on this year's 10 to Try reading chall...
Juneteenth
This special episode of The Desk Set is a feed drop recording of a live webcast we shared in celebration of Juneteenth. Author Ijeoma Oluo (...
2020 Reading Goals
In this mini-episode, we're talking about reading in the new year! We share our personal reading goals, discuss this year's 10 to Try challe...
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