Hillsboro Reads 2026 - An Interview with Author Emma Pattee
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Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. Her debut novel, Tilt, is the 2026 selection for the Hillsboro Reads program and is a national bestseller, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, Time, Vogue, and Bustle. Set in Portland, Oregon, Pattee’s powerful debut novel tells a gripping story of survival, resilience, and human connection after a massive 9.0 earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest—an especially resonant story for our...
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TV FOMO: The First and Last Episodes of Dawson's Creek
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You don't want to wait for your life to be over, you want to know right now, is Dawson's Creek worth watching? There is never enough time in the day to watch all those television shows that people are always talking about, or to catch up on the ones you missed. On today's podcast episode, we experiment with a new way to alleviate TV FOMO by only watching the first and last episode of a series. Does it do the trick? Can you go to parties and pretend you've seen the whole show? Find out as Jen, Brendan, and Rob give it a try with Dawson's Creek! Check out the whole show from the library...
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Find Your Next Read - Cozy Winter Edition ❄️📚❄️
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Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are back to share some upcoming winter book releases they are excited about, and to share their favorite audiobook narrators. Check out the list of books recommended in this episode:
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Late Night with the Library 👻😈💀
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For this year's Halloween episode, Jen, Rob, and Brendan watch the 2023 film Late Night with the Devil on Kanopy, the library's streaming video service. Tune in to listen to their review, and find out if it's really a good idea to commune with devil on live television!
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Spooky Season on Kanopy! 👻😱🧛
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Jenny, Rob, and Brendan are back on the pod to explore more of Kanopy, the steaming video service you have access to with your library card. This time around, they pick out some horror movie selections, discuss which ones they think would work well for a group watch, and land on a flick you'll (hopefully) love. So go on over to , spend a credit to watch and tune in to our next episode to hear our reviews! Click to see a list of all the Kanopy films talked about in this episode.
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Hey You Guys! Rose City Comic Con Preview
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Jen and Elizabeth from Hillsboro Public Library's SciFi Fantasy Collective return to the pod to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the show! They join Brendan to preview this year's Rose City Comic Con coming to the Oregon Convention Center Sept. 05-07. They talk about what they've been reading lately, which authors and comics creators will be at the con, how excited they are about the Goonies and Battlestar Galactica reunions, and what they think will be this year's most popular cosplay! Check out this of books and graphic novels talked about on the show Here is a of all the manga deluxe...
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Find Your Next Read - Sizzlin' Summer Edition!☀️📚⛱️
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Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are here to help you get ready for summer with some of the hottest upcoming releases! Check out the list of books recommended in this episode: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2793482017
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Librarian Brendan's Super Happy Fun Riddle Game Where the Winner Gets 5 Bucks!!
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On this month's episode of the podcast, library staff members Kate & Jen face off in the library's Thunderdome of Riddles to see who will prevail in this devastatingly difficult gauntlet of trivia, riddles, song lyrics, and lateral-thinking problems. Two will enter, only one will leave!
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March Madness - Best Literary Villain
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March Madness is back! This month, Jen and Brendan tackle a bracket of literary villains to determine who is the most conniving, most ruthless, and most cold-blooded of them all. to see the list of books mentioned in the episode. Find the incomplete bracket , and the completed bracket .
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Find Your Next Read: February Releases & Romantasy 🐉💘⚔️
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Ah, love is in air... and it's hurtling across the sky on the back of an enormous fire-breathing dragon! Julie and Karen are back with another Find Your Next Read episode. This time around, they're talking about what upcoming February titles they are looking forward to and try their best to define Romantasy, the hottest book genre out there right now. Check out this list of books talked about in the episode: https://tinyurl.com/3v2dryuw
info_outlineGet your sleigh bells and airhorns ready, its time for the holiday movie showdown! In this episode repost, Jen and Brendan browse the holiday collection at the library and put together a 32-movie bracket, March Madness-style. Only one movie can take it all, but which will it be? Tune in to find out!
Check out our holiday movie collection here: https://tinyurl.com/2wyarzmr