Back Of The Stacks from the Teton County Library

Cindy Satagaj-Rada, Brennan, and Jerry discuss the book the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood as well as the movie and Hulu TV series.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - Handmaid's Tale

Jerry, Brennan, and Diana discuss librarian Nancy Pearl's method of recommending books. The three discuss plot, prose, people, and place in some of our favorite books to recommend.

Back of the Stacks on KHOL - The Four P's of recommending a book

Cabin Fever Story Slam-Teton County Library’s popular Cabin Fever Story Slam took place at Mike Yokel Park on July 17. The theme was regrets. This episode of Back of the Stacks features two of the stories. The first story is by Jeff Moran and the second story is told by Jeff’s mother.

Back of the Stacks on KHOL - Cabin Fever Story Slam - Regrets

Jerry, Stephanie, and Brennan discuss all of the digital content that is available at the Teton County Library. Digital versions of books, magazines, audiobooks, music, movies, and classes are all free to download or stream with your library card. They also discuss print vs. digital and the role of libraries in the digital age.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - Digital Content

Diana, Brennan, and Jerry discuss various ways to stay informed about new releases. The Teton County  Library is rolling out a new service for patrons to help people stay informed about new books, e-books, and tracking their favorite authors.

Back of the Stacks on KHOL - Finding New Books

Banned Books is annual celebration of banned and challenged books. Jerry and Angela discuss why books end up on the list and this year’s top ten list of the most challenged books.

BACK OF THE STACKS ON KHOL - BANNED BOOKS

Joe and Jerry discuss some of their favorite picture books that both kids and adults will enjoy. Peggy Rathman, Mo Willems, and David Wiesner are just a few of the authors discussed.

BACK OF THE STACK on KHOL - ADULT PICTURE BOOKS

The author Hank Shaw has written a number of books on cooking with game. Wren and Jerry discuss Hank’s books focusing on Buck, Buck, Moose as well as his website honest-food.net

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - GAME COOKING

Jerry, Joy, and Max talk about Little Free Libraries. The Teton County Library Friends has set up four Little Free Libraries around Jackson making it even easier to find something good to read.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES

Jerry and Joe discuss holiday music available at the library. They play a few of their favorite songs from the collection.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - Ugly sweaters and Holiday Music

Everyone knows books make great gifts. If you are looking for some great recommendations, your local librarians have some bookish ideas. Jerry and Pauline talk about the Teton County Library Foundation’s annual holiday gift list.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - GIFT GUIDE

Cabin Fever Story Slam returned to the Pink Garter Theater in December. Listen to two of the winning stories by Wolfgang and Anne-Marie.

BACK OF THE STACKS  on KHOL - CABIN FEVER STORY SLAM

This week’s episode of Back of the Stacks features two stories from the September Cabin Fever Story Slam in Mike Yokel Park.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - Cabin Fever Story Slam - September

The Teton County Library is adding Vinyl records to the music collection. Jerry and Joe discuss the selection of records and the music listening party on January 31 while they play a few tunes.

BACK OF THE STACKS on KHOL - VINYL COLLECTION

This week's episode of Back of the Stacks replays two of the stories from the January Cabin Fever Story Slam. Skydiving, boating and the obstacles one could encounter while doing each are the topic of these two highly entertaining stories.

BACK OF THE STACKS: Cabin Fever Story Slam — Obstacles

This week's episode of Back of the Stacks replays two of the winning stories from the January Cabin Fever Story Slam.

BACK OF THE STACKS: January Story Slam

Anna, Cindy, and Jerry hold a roundtable on armchair travel. The trio discuss learning about different cultures from reading cookbooks, fiction, and travel guides.

BACK OF THE STACKS: Armchair Travel

The Teton County Library’s new director, Dawn Jenkin, stopped by to discuss her new job. Jerry and Dawn also discuss the role of libraries in a rapidly changing world.

BACK OF THE STACKS: Dawn Jenkin Interview

This episode features two of the winning stories from the March edition of the Cabin Fever Story Slam at the Pink Garter Theater. You will also get to hear some of the Mad Libs contributed by audience members.

BACK OF THE STACKS: Cabin Fever in March

Cabin Fever Story Slam at the Pink Garter Theater is always a good time. This episode features a Facebook story by the host Jeff Moran and a parenting story. In between are a few mad libs.

BACK OF THE STACKS: Summer Reading

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