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Book Bound

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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.





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Episodes
  • Episode 34: Spirits, Craft, and Quirky Characters

    Episode 34: Spirits, Craft, and Quirky Characters
    6 Oct 2026

    We wend from crafting to Gothic horror, through quirky humor and lyrical verse.


    Cheryl’s Books:
    Story Telling: A Writing Life—Isabel Allende
    Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life—Meritt Turetsky
    The Juniper Tree—Barbara Comyns
    Cloud Runner: Poems—Joy Harjo
    Mentioned:
    Other books by Isabel Allende including My Name Is Emilia del Valle and The House of the Spirits
    The Vet’s Daughter by Barbara Comyns

    Jessica’s Books:
    Stitched—Eli McCann
    A Year of Marvelous Ways—Sarah Winman
    The Glowing Hours—Leila Siddiqui
    When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice —Ilse S. Carter

    Mentioned:
    Chirstopher Guest Movies
    Works of Wade Rouse / Viola Shipman
    P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance—Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
    The Keeper of Lost Things—Ruth Hogan
    The Ferryman and His Wife—Frode Grytten

    Mari’s Books:
    La Bandera: Poems of Resistance and Pride—Anika Aldamuy Denise
    Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimley’s Classroom—Chris Priestley
    The House of Gardenias—Isabel Cañas
    Mentioned:
    Where is Puerto Rico?—Tracy Vonder Brink
    The Night—Mariachiara Di Giorgio
    Bog Bodies, Human Sacrifices, and other Natural Mummies—Megan Cooley Peterson
    The Hacienda—Isabel Cañas
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    51 min
  • Episode 33: Legacy, Gathering, and Nature

    Episode 33: Legacy, Gathering, and Nature
    16 Sep 2026
    This month we touch on books that explore heritage, community, and the natural world. One Grand ReadThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: A Fortune for Your Disaster: Poems by Hanif AbdurraqibHannah Coulter by Wendell BerryBees by Wojciech Grajkowski Story Rug by Sophie BlackallMentioned: OneGrandRead.com and more books by Hanif AbdurraqibBooks written by Wendell BerryThe Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson (discussed in Episode 53 of our Reader's Roundtable podcast)Books written and/or illustrated by Phoebe Wahl Jessica’s Books: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya ParkerThe Birthing Tree by Amanda PetersThe Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie MorrisThe Witches of Cambridge by Alice HoffmanMentioned: The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian RandallThe Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict by Priya ParkerThe Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (discussed in Reader's Roundtable Episode 88)The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman aka Practical Magic 2 Mari’s Books: My Sugar Beet Summer by Rachael Elisa MorenoShook by Julian RandallA Riddle of Eels by Nicholas DayStone by Stone: A Rock’s Journey Through Time by Melissa KochMentioned: Love and Basketball written and directed by Gina Prince-BythewoodThe Crossover by Kwame Alexander
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    49 min
  • Episode 32: End of Summer Reads

    Episode 32: End of Summer Reads
    10 Aug 2026
    Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari discuss selections from their summer reading adventures. One Grand ReadThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Cheryl’s Books: Python’s Kiss: Stories by Louise ErdrichRiding Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by E.B. LewisAt the Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayMentioned: The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise ErdrichThe Master Butcher’s Singing Club by Louise ErdrichThe Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichThe Black Cowgirl website – Catlin GoochWorks written and/or illustrated by Floyd CooperWorks by Nina Mingya Powles, Jessica J. Lee, Deborah Moggach, Margaret Drabble, Esther Freud, and Katherine MayPicnic at Hanging Rock (1975 film) Jessica’s Books: Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. EnglandThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettNot Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America's Most Radical Revolutionary by Nina SankovitchCountry People by Daniel MasonMentioned: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville Mari’s Books: Holloway by Elana K. ArnoldThe Rare Bird by Elisha CooperOh Brother: A Graphic Memoir by Georgina Chadderton Mentioned: Bat series by Elana K. ArnoldWhat Girls are Made Of by Elana K. ArnoldRiver by Elisha Cooper
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    52 min
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