Skip to main content

Blogs & Podcasts

Find early literacy tips and children's books on the Children's Blog. Discover your next great read on the Books Movies Music Blog. Dig into Nashville history with the Community History Blog. Listen to stories, history, and culture on NPL Podcasts. Please see this Note for Readers.

Podcast
family folk tales logo

Who is Schippeitaro? And will he be able to defeat the Spirit of the Mountain, freeing a community from providing a human sacrifice every year?

Kendrick Lamar leaning on Buick GNX
Kendrick Lamar dropped a surprise album right before the holidays. The best part, you can listen to it in full with your library card!
Podcast
truth b told logo

We are here, friends. Thank you for wanting to get to know the women behind the masks and mics. Thank you for the invitation to keep telling our truths, our way. Together long enough to be curious and connected enough to have answers...or at least responses! We still tote the truth that we know: no one truth is true in all ways. Dimensions exist. So does your inquiry.

Podcast
truth b told logo

Parts of us want to slumber for the next 48 months. Parts of us are trying to understand and reframe. Are you moving into your soft life season or are you led to still try and balance tough and tender personas? While we continue to grapple with where we are in the BFF (Black Fierce Feminism) space, we dug into the TBT vault and found this unaired episode from 2022. Still relevant?

Podcast
The Spark Logo

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.
Today, we're joined by Alexie Smith--pottery instructor, warehouse manager, and kiln repair specialist at the Clay Lady's Campus--to discuss the hands-on creativity of ceramics.

Find out more at https://theclaylady.com/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Podcast
The Spark Logo

Welcome to NPL's new podcast all about art and creativity—The Spark!
On this inaugural episode, we're joined by Jordan and Deezy, the co-owners of Novelette Booksellers in East Nashville, to talk about problem-solving and community-building through books and small business.

Find out more at https://www.novelettebooksellers.com/ or find them on Instagram @novelettebooksellers

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Podcast
family folk tales logo

A prince who has taken work with a magician escapes with the magician’s talking horse. Will the horse give the prince sage advice, or lead him right into trouble?

Transgender Awareness Week happens every year from November 13th through 19th and serves as a reminder of what it means to be transgender and how allies can help spread awareness and advocate for the trans community. In recent years, many trans authors have shared their important stories in literature, and more and more children's books are being published on the topic of gender identity. Read this article to learn about some transgender authors who have written picture books to spread the word about the transgender experience and make children feel that they belong no matter who they are!