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Pottering Off - Episode 3: Son of a Trickster w/ Guest Spencer Miller

Pottering Off

Release Date: 09/09/2024

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Pottering Off

We're Pottering Off with Megan Kelly, Michael's former Potter podcasting cohost. She's visiting The Library looking for complex YA stories of friendship. Oh, and they must be British! Seeing flowers and sparks everywhere? Don't panic! It's a normal side effect from entering the . We're exploring not one, but three books that go beyond the Heartstopper graphic novels: Radio Silence, Loveless, and Solitaire.

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We're Pottering Off with Delia Gallegos, podcaster with and host of . She's sailing through The Library searching for a hearty crew of LGBTQIA+ pirates. Climb aboard and discover buried treasure with the streaming comedy, Our Flag Means Death.

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We're Pottering Off with Spencer Miller, Canadian educator and Editorial Coordinator for . He's searching the shelves for an Indigenous author who combines the contemporary with the fantastical and mythological. Author Eden Robinson has the answer with her darkly humorous and utterly wild novel, Son of a Trickster, the first in The Trickster trilogy and winner of the ! Seeking diverse novels for youth? Visit for additional resources.

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We're Pottering Off with , the Library Management Consultant and former Youth Services Consultant for the Texas State Library! She's leading us through the library shelves to find positive queer representation in graphic novel form with  The Magic Fish.

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We're Pottering Off with Mike Schubert, host of  and ! He's searching the library shelves for something that combines basketball, rap, hip-hop, movies,  humor, good vibes, and lots of "other things"! The perfect fit? Writer !

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Pottering Off

When the Harry Potter series ended, Michael Harle’s mother wisely told him “Some people only have one good story to tell.” Perhaps her words were prophetic, as J. K. Rowling now busies herself spinning tales of divisiveness that betray the morals of her own franchise. Longtime fans are looking for somewhere else to go, but with so many options, where do they even start? That’s where Michael comes in. As a former Harry Potter superfan who podcasted about the franchise for ten years, a lifelong librarian who champions all forms of media, and an individual with multiple intersectional...

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We're Pottering Off with Spencer Miller, Canadian educator and Editorial Coordinator for Top Grade: Can Lit for the Classroom. He's searching the shelves for an Indigenous author who combines the contemporary with the fantastical and mythological. Author Eden Robinson has the answer with her darkly humorous and utterly wild novel, Son of a Trickster, the first in The Trickster trilogy and winner of the Canada Reads 2020 competition!

Seeking diverse novels for youth? Visit We Need Diverse Books for additional resources.