Welcome to Professional Book Nerds Podcast
A podcast for book lovers, by book lovers.
We’re not just book nerds, we’re professional book nerds.
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April 11, 2024
Don’t Lose Your Whimsy – Coming of Ages Stories for All Readers
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
- The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
- Tumble by Celia Perez
- Huda F are You? By Huda Fahmy
- Mid-Air Alicia D Williams
- Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
- Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
- Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
- Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
- Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez
- If I Can Give You That by Michael Gray Bulla
- Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
- What the Fireflies Know by Kai Harris
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Meet the nerds
Emma Dwyer is a Product Trainer at OverDrive, where she provides training to Public Library partners on OverDrive products and services, like Libby and Marketplace. Prior to joining the Training team, Emma was an OverDrive Digital Content Librarian and she brings a great deal of library, publishing, and book knowledge to her current team.
Learn moreJoe Skelley is a Marketing & Events Specialist at OverDrive, where he leads the coordination of the Digital Bookmobile tour route and Digipalooza conference, and helps introduce new users to Libby through virtual training sessions. You can usually find him listening to an audiobook while walking his dog Roscoe.
Learn moreWhat we do
We’re not just book nerds, we’re Professional Book Nerds® (PBN) who work at OverDrive, the industry-leader for ebooks and audiobooks through your local library and school. With over 2 million downloads, readers and librarians turn to the PBN team for weekly expert book recommendations, author interviews and all things books.
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