Book Talk with BG Authors: Episode 2

BG Authors Staff

This week on Book Talk with BG Authors, Mary Ross, with the help of guest contributors Emma Keeling, Orion Emerick, Nathan Halm and Kylie Tusing, highlights the books members of the BG Authors community is reading, books to read during Black History Month, and book related events in the Northwest Ohio area. All of the books and events discussed are discussed in more detail below.

Interested in Contributing for Next Week’s podcast? Answer the following prompt (typed or voice recorded) to Mary Ross (mkross@bgsu.edu) by 10p.m. on Thursday, February 18th, 2021.

Prompt: Many authors have created a unique world full of magic, legendary figures, not yet created scientific technology and more. If you had to pick a fantasy world to live in, what world would you pick and why? Examples of fantasy worlds include the magical world of Harry Potter, Narnia, Middle Earth from the Lord of the Rings, and the galaxies from Star Wars. 

 

Books Discussed in this Podcast

• Book of the Week: Lovely War by Julie Berry | Recommended by Content Editor Emma Keeling
• For Kylie Tusing’s “Books to Read during Black History Month” article, click here. 
• What If It’s Us? by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silver
• Evicted by Matthew Desmond
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine El Rashidi
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Events Discussed in this Podcast

• BGSU’s Beyond the Dream Keynote Speaker, Talithia Williams, will speak via zoom on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 6-7:15pm. For more information, click here. 
• Wood County Public Library’s Warm Up and Read is a contest going on from January 22 until March 15. For more information, click here. 
• Wood County Public Library’s Coffee Talk Book Discussion on “Evvie Drake Starts Over” by Linda Holmes will occur this Thursday, Feb. 18 from 11am-12pm via Zoom. For more information, click here. To register, contact woodref@wcdpl.org or 419-352-5050.
• BRAVE’S Soul Speaking will happen on Friday, Feb. 26 starting at 7:30pm. For more information, visit BRAVE’s social media pages.