Episodes
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
What’s Your Type?
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Ellyn is giving us a lesson in personality types. She recently introduced the concept of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator to several of our booksellers which prompted the question of readers and their types. Listen to find out if you think they match the type the results concluded.
Please note. We are not MBTI professionals and this was all for fun. If you would like to take the same test we did, you can do so HERE.
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Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Poppin’ Off: Esme Symes-Smith
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Meet Esme in person, and join us at the Ames Public Library on Wednesday, November 15, at 6 PM. Esme will give a quick reading, talk about the book, and answer audience questions before signing books. It’s a great opportunity to get a look behind the scenes of a middle grade book series they’re sure to love.
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Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Ask Us Anything!
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
We asked and you delivered. We wanted to know all your burning questions about the indie bookstore world, Dog-Eared Books and more. Amanda & Ellyn go through and answer some of the questions that were sent our way. We loved doing this with you all, and will definitely be doing it again!
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Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Poppin’ Off: Claire Lombardo
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Amanda is fangirling hard, Ellyn is excited, and we are so happy for this episode of Poppin' Off. Today we have author Claire Lombardo who's debut book The Most Fun We Ever Had became an instant favorite of both our store owners and many others.
Claire, who currently lives in Iowa City, made the drive to join us in the Dog House for Poppin' Off. Listen in to learn more about her debut novel, inspiration to her writing process, books she's enjoying and recommends, and what's next for her.
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Read the Book First, DUH!
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
How do you feel when a book you love is adapted for TV or Film? Sometimes it's a win, and sometimes a total flop. This week Amanda & Ellyn are discussing recent and upcoming book to film or tv adaptations. Let us know what some of your favorite adaptations have been!
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Poppin’ Off: Pedro Ramirez
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
We're heading back to our time in New York, and bringing you an episode of Poppin' Off with New York City bookseller, Dog Pack subscriber, friend of Rachel, the incredible Pedro Ramirez. Pedro brings wonderful insight to the book world of New York and offers fantastic reading recommendations. Bubbles were popped, and laughs were had. Thank you to Pedro and Lindsay for joining us on this special Bubbles & Books episode.
In this episode, Pedro mentions a poem called "Sporting Life" from Adrian Matejka's poetry collection, "The Big Smoke". You can find the poem online here. Check out what Pedro had to say about this book as one of his staff picks at McNally Jackson here.
You can find Pedro on Instagram at @prettymuchbooks
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
New York Bookstore Recap
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Ellyn, Amanda and Rachel recently visited 13 bookstores in New York. This episode is all about the experiences, bookstores they visited, cocktails and more. One of the best things is when indie support indies, and that's what this New York Trip was all about. Tell us what region we should go explore bookstores next!
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Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Poppin’ Off: Freedom to Read Foundation
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
In honor of Banned Books Week 2023 we're coming to you with an episode of Poppin' Off with Joyce McIntosh of the Freedom to Read Foundation. We are also joined by Dog-Eared's Tanvi Rastogi, a former youth librarian, who faced book banning challenges during her career. The episode focuses on the fight against book banning, what that means in our community and the problematic and dangerous nature of book banning.
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is a non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association. FTRF protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information.
https://www.ftrf.org/? (the Freedom to Read Foundation)
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif (the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and challenge support)
merrittfund.org (a fund supporting librarians who are facing discrimination in the workplace or whose job is being threatened due to their defense of intellectual freedom)
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Horror, Retellings, Short Stories OH MY
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
It's been an exciting past week since we added another shelving unit on the floor, expanded some much loved sections, AND added new sections for customers to browse! Hear all about the new shelf changes happening and from Bookseller Bailey and Event Coordinator Emily on why they're excited for these changes.
Order a copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and help us try and bring her to Dog-Eared Books! email rachel@dogearedbooksames.com to place and order.
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
This Episode is Bangin’
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
This episode is inspired by Emily and her fresh new bangs. Ellyn and Amanda discuss everything that is currently bangin'. From books (duh), to movies and they even share what's not bangin'. *cough* book banning *cough*. With this chaotic episode we also get our event coordinator Emily on the episode! It's a fun mix of all things bookish and what we're loving.
Listeners of today's podcast will also hear about an exclusive offer Bookshop.org has given us.
Order a copy of Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and help us try and bring her to Dog-Eared Books! email rachel@dogearedbooksames.com to place and order.
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