Good Librations - A Kiama Library Podcast

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Episode 31 - Science Fiction Double Feature
23/12/2025 | 1h 2 mins.
It's Alive! Plug in and enter the fray as we look at science fiction through the ages. Also, we discuss who the father - or mother - of Science-Fiction really is; how Star Trek very nearly fell at the final frontier and was saved by Lucille Ball; and whether science-fiction is reaching its event horizon. And seriously, Homer, you don't belong in this episode.
Episode 30 - A Vindication of the Rights of Trash
23/10/2025 | 46 mins.
What really are 'trashy' books and why are they so verily looked down upon? This month we inspect the shame and snobbery around readership. And to lighten things up, we leave season 3 with a puddle of bloopers.
Episode 29 - What a Classic
15/09/2025 | 1h 16 mins.
What makes a classic book? Come along on a journey through the classics as we discover how a book becomes exalted above others - and whether they're still relevant today. Oh, and, yeah, the Odyssey makes its episodic appearance.
Episode 28 - Judging the Book by its Cover
07/07/2025 | 1h 9 mins.
When George Eliot wrote "don't judge a book by it's cover' in the Mill on the Floss in 1860, it is certain she did not know just how strange a relationship we would have to her enduring idiom 160 years later. Open the book on a journey through the history and importance of cover design from clay tablets to jewel-encrusted tomes to open-shirted men - we find out why we're still absolutely judging books by their covers.
Episode 27 - (Novels set in) One Fine Day
24/04/2025 | 37 mins.
What might be achieved in a single day? Come with us as we stride across an investigation of pacing and character and breadth and in which we find out what connects Aristotle to a 16th century Italian humourist to Shakespeare to James Joyce to Ferris Bueller.

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About Good Librations - A Kiama Library Podcast

Welcome to the Good Librations podcast, an entertaining dive down the rabbit hole of all things books, reading, libraries and more. Discover how much you really do love poetry (who knew!?), why the book is always better than the movie (or is it?), and the allure of niche genres (yes, food-pun murder mysteries are a thing!).And, just because 45 mins of bookish fun is never enough, we'll have a new episode available every month (or so ...). Check this page or subscribe via Spotify, Google, Apple or wherever you find your podcasts. Presented by Kiama Library and hosted by Lauren Watkins and Carla James (and guests) Produced by Carla and Griffin James. Music by Lauren Watkins.

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