Literary Notes
Literary Notes
Podcast Description
Join the volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library as they interview local authors about books they’ve written in the WTBBL catalog. New episodes every other Thursday!
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a free library service available to all Washington state residents who struggle to read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, a reading disability like dyslexia, or any other condition which might impact an individual’s ability to read standard print. WTBBL has over 150,000 audiobooks and over 25,000 braille books available to check out, as well as assistive equipment such as talking book machines, and refreshable braille displays.
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Content Themes
Explores themes of literature, accessibility in publishing, and author experiences, with episodes highlighting a diverse range of books including science fiction, historical narratives, and sports biographies, exemplified by discussions on Michio Kaku's exploration of hypothetical physics and Blaine Harden's journalistic insights into historical events.
Join the volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library as they interview local authors about books they’ve written in the WTBBL catalog. New episodes every other Thursday!
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a free library service available to all Washington state residents who struggle to read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, a reading disability like dyslexia, or any other condition which might impact an individual’s ability to read standard print. WTBBL has over 150,000 audiobooks and over 25,000 braille books available to check out, as well as assistive equipment such as talking book machines, and refreshable braille displays.
Musician, record producer, and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin dropped by our studios back in 2008 to talk about his book The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Library volunteer Dave Watson conducted the interview.
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