The Bookish State - Intro

Grace and Melissa introduce The Bookish State podcast. Listen to find out more about the format and what you can look forward to season one!

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Episode 1 - Everything Nutmeg

Interview with librarian Anne Porier.

Anne Porier is a school librarian at Moses Y. Beach Elementary School in Wallingford, CT and has recently served as co-chair of the Nutmeg Book Award Steering Committee.

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Episode 2 - Janae Marks & Leslie Connor Webinar

This episode features a 30 minute Q&A webinar with CT authors Janae Marks and Leslie Connor about their books that have been on the Nutmeg Award list! September 30th at 1pm EST.

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Episode 3 - Don’t Want to Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton Book Talk

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Episode 4 - So You Want to be on a Book Award Committee

This episode features information about how librarians and students can apply to join one of the 2028 Nutmeg Selection Committees. Our guest is Malena Abadia, a high school student who served as a student reader on the Middle School 2026 Committee.

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Deke Moulton Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Deke Moulton, author of Don’t Want to Be Your Monster.

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Episode 6- Moongarden by Michelle A. Barry Book Talk

Tune in to hear more about Moongarden—the first book book in a fabulous dystopian trilogy.

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Episode 7 - Battle of the Books

This episode features a conversation with middle school library media specialist, Shannon McNeice.

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Episode 8 - Michelle A. Barry Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Michelle A. Barry, author of Moongarden.

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Episode 9- Alone by Megan E. Freeman Book Talk

Tune in to hear more about Alone—the first book book in a fabulous dystopian survial trilogy.

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Episode ?- Alone by Megan E. Freeman Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Megan E. Freeman, author of Alone.

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Episode ?- Trex by Christyne Morrell Book Talk

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Episode ?- Trex by Christyne Morrell Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Christyne Morell, author of Trex.

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Episode ?- What Happened to Rachel Riley by Clair Swinarski Book Talk

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Episode ?- What Happened to Rachel Riley by Clair Swinarski Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Clair Swinarski, author of What Happened to Rachel Riley.

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Episode ?- Air by Monica Roe Book Talk

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Episode ?- Air by Monica Roe Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Monica Roe, author of Air.

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Episode ?- Grounded by Aisha Saeed Book Talk

Tune in to hear more about Grounded.

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Episode ?- Grounded by Aisha Saeed Webinar

This episode features a conversation with Aisha Saeed, author of Grounded.

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