Blogs & Podcasts

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NPL Celebrates 10 Years of Changing Lives in Nashville with NAZA

October 6, 2020

Ed Brown

NAZA Team is Reimagining the Way Youth Learn and Lead in the Next Decade

Library Science Theater 3000: Halloween Hauntings

October 5, 2020

Megan Adovasio-Jones

Bad movies, good books. Halloween edition.

Children's Book Review: A New Kind of Wild

October 2, 2020

Klem-Mari Cajigas

When Ren has to move to a gray and concrete city, will he miss his home in the wild and beautiful el Yunque too much to see anything magical ever again? Published just this year, A New Kind of Wild is a delightful, imaginative picture book.

Podcast

When Did You Notice?

October 2, 2020

Learn more about the cultural lessons from Andrea and Tasneem's childhoods. When did they begin to notice social injustice? Who guided them toward careers that prioritize conversations about race and identity as more than than just talk? When have you noticed?

Southern Festival of Books 2020

October 1, 2020

Beth Deeb

This year’s Southern Festival of Books has gone online and will take place October 1-11.

Summer Reading Challenge Closes with Strong Results

October 1, 2020

Ed Brown

Nashville Logs More Than 13 Million Minutes in the Face of COVID-19

Klem-Mari Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator for Bringing Books to Life

Focus on Hispanic Heritage Month: BBTL Employee Works for Justice at Our Library

September 30, 2020

Ed Brown

Klem-Marí Cajigas Serves as a Touchpoint for Families to Discover NPL

Lil’ Readers Bid Farewell in Final Update as Read to Rise Turns Two

September 29, 2020

Ed Brown

But Read to Rise Continues, and It’s Always the Perfect Time to Join

Spotlight: Kadir Nelson

September 29, 2020

Cassandra Welch

Award-winning Artist, Author, and Illustrator

Harleen and The Whispers in the Abyss

September 28, 2020

Sade Johnson

Harleen has spent her whole psychiatric career trying to understand and rehabilitate criminals. She's now in Arkham Asylum, interviewing the most deranged and maladaptive criminals anyone has ever seen, but one stands out above the rest:The Joker. With strange dreams come intense longing and obsession for the good doctor's Mr. Jay. This is Harleen's fall, and the rise of Harley Quinn.