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223. Getting Ready for Nebraska Celebration of Books on Nov. 15

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This week, we talk with Nebraska Library Commission's Tessa Timperley, and local author, Tosca Lee.
Happening at the Library

  • Imagine, Write, Explore! with Danielle Herzog | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Benson Branch
  • Repujado Art Workshop | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at South Omaha Library
  • It’s All Relative Book Club Monday | Nov. 10, 6 to 7 p.m. at Genealogy & Local History Room

Explore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.
All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found below!
“The Book With No Pictures” and “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” by B.J. Novak
Nebraska Celebration of Books on Nov. 15

Nebraska Center for the Book: centerforthebook.nebraska.gov

Nebraska Celebration of Books: bookfestival.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx

One book One Nebraska: onebook.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx

Tosca Lee: toscalee.com

The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific” by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee

Tosca’s Book Recs

K-Jane” by Lydia Kang

Where He Left Me” by Nicole Baart

Circle of Days” by Ken Follett

The Egypt Game” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Midnight Creed” by Alex Kava

Parents Weekend” by Alex Finlay

Tessa’s Book Recs

That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You” by Elyse Myers

The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje

Amy’s Book Recs

Ted Kooser: More Than A Local Wonder” by Carla Ketner

The Antidote” by Karen Russell

Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky” by Joel Sartore

North Woods” by Daniel Mason

Gumbo Life Tales From the Roux Bayou” by Ken Wells

The Bookshop: a History of the American Bookstore” by
Evan Friss

Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips

Query of the Week Responses

The Big Short movie

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed” by Maureen Callahan

Everything Is Tuberculosis: the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection” by John Green

Death March: The Survivors of Bataan” by Donald Knox

Join the conversation for the next episode!
Answer the Query of the Week “What’s your favorite board game?” by email at [email protected] or DM on social media!

  continue reading

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This week, we talk with Nebraska Library Commission's Tessa Timperley, and local author, Tosca Lee.
Happening at the Library

  • Imagine, Write, Explore! with Danielle Herzog | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Benson Branch
  • Repujado Art Workshop | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at South Omaha Library
  • It’s All Relative Book Club Monday | Nov. 10, 6 to 7 p.m. at Genealogy & Local History Room

Explore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.
All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found below!
“The Book With No Pictures” and “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” by B.J. Novak
Nebraska Celebration of Books on Nov. 15

Nebraska Center for the Book: centerforthebook.nebraska.gov

Nebraska Celebration of Books: bookfestival.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx

One book One Nebraska: onebook.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx

Tosca Lee: toscalee.com

The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific” by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee

Tosca’s Book Recs

K-Jane” by Lydia Kang

Where He Left Me” by Nicole Baart

Circle of Days” by Ken Follett

The Egypt Game” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Midnight Creed” by Alex Kava

Parents Weekend” by Alex Finlay

Tessa’s Book Recs

That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You” by Elyse Myers

The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje

Amy’s Book Recs

Ted Kooser: More Than A Local Wonder” by Carla Ketner

The Antidote” by Karen Russell

Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky” by Joel Sartore

North Woods” by Daniel Mason

Gumbo Life Tales From the Roux Bayou” by Ken Wells

The Bookshop: a History of the American Bookstore” by
Evan Friss

Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips

Query of the Week Responses

The Big Short movie

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed” by Maureen Callahan

Everything Is Tuberculosis: the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection” by John Green

Death March: The Survivors of Bataan” by Donald Knox

Join the conversation for the next episode!
Answer the Query of the Week “What’s your favorite board game?” by email at [email protected] or DM on social media!

  continue reading

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