Meet Me at the Library Podcast

06/12/2021

Amazing news! Meet Me at the Library Podcast won Best New Radio Program in the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Awards. 🏆🌈💕
Feeling pretty proud and happy for all the good people who worked with me on the program, and also those who supported it. 🙏 MAINfm Goldfields Library Corporation

27/10/2021

Woo-hoo!! 🎉We're a finalist in the 2021 Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Awards in the Best New Radio Program category. I'm so happy for the acknowledgement.

Winner or not, the library lovers who shared their stories as part of this project, offered skills (Hamish Robertson, Eliza Hull, Jane Curtis), and support (Goldfields Library Corporation, Community Broadcasting Foundation, MAINfm) are truly the stars of this show.

The moral of the story is love your library and all will be well. 📚

The 2021 CBAA Community Radio Awards Finalist announcements are here!

We are thrilled to begin our finalist announcements with the finalists for the Best New Radio Program.

COAST FM 963 Gosford - At Home with the Gardening Gang
Eastside Radio 89.7FM - Breaking Waves
JOY 94.9 - How Do You Do That?
MAINfm - Meet Me at the Library
3WAY-FM - The Beat
3KND Kool 'N' Deadly - Turnt Up

Congratulations to all the finalists! Tune in at 10am today for Best Online Content.

Check out the full announcement schedule here: bit.ly/2021CBAAAwards-fin

Do you want to be included in this list next year? Take your skills to the next level at the CBAA Conference 2022. Register today: bit.ly/3zvwXKr

20/05/2021

Who's coming to tonight's Meet Me at the Library listening party?!

The SilentSounds headphones are ready for your ears!!

See you at the Castlemaine Library from 6pm tonight. 🎧
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/meet-me-in-the-library-castlemaine-tickets-148548772377?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

10/02/2021

Come hang out with me, and some of the celebs from Meet Me at the Library Podcast next week!

I'll bring some fancy pants headphones so we can (individually, but together) listen together to clips from Season 1. 🎧🎧

All you've gotta do is bring your ears!! Booking details are below 👇

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

Listen to some of the amazing, surprising and funny stories of how public libraries bring us together at this podcast listening party.

30/12/2020

What do you do if you can’t get to your local library?
Call for help from the Home Library Service! 📞📞📞

Meredith is a volunteer with the service at her local library, selecting and delivering books and other library items to people in her community who are unable to visit the library.

Find out why the service matters so much, from those that rely on it in Episode #7 of Meet Me at the Library.

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-87ns2-f55d33

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17/12/2020

How do public libraries fight racism? 💪
Find out in Episode #6 of Me at the Library Podcast. 🎤🎧

Paris-born Bruno (pictured) shares his culture at a public library in Central Victoria and says libraries are a great equalizer. 🌈

“They are democratic in themselves, and forums for people to come together. You can discover the world when you go to a library.”

So, why are the places where we borrow our books a major tool in fighting racism and discrimination?

LISTEN NOW and find out! 🎧🎧
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-aqutw-f51ede

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

09/12/2020

Ever wondered what it’s really like to be a librarian? 📖📚

According to Angela Graystone – librarian and Storytime VIP – it’s more than fun, it’s actually a dream come true.

Ange spends her days singing nursery rhymes, blowing bubbles and reading storybooks aloud to children as part of the Storytime library program for babies and children.

Twenty years ago though, the library was the last place she thought she’d end up.

🎧Check out Episode #5 of Meet Me at the Library Podcast and discover how Ange found her path to gold. 🌟💫🌈

Listen & share: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-hyv8k-f483b0

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08/12/2020

“I think Australia should be embracing our native foods, and not just seeing them as exotic foods you can use in your recipes. This stuff is supposed to grow here.” 🌱🍽

Say hello to Aunty Julie McHale. She’s an adopted Indigenous elder, living on Dja Dja Wurrung country, and has more than 90 native Indigenous plants growing on her property in Harcourt.

Find out how she’s using her local library to share knowledge of indigenous plants in Episode #4 of Meet Me at the Library Podcast. OUT NOW! 🎤🎧

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-zaqeg-f3d87c

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

03/12/2020

Want to learn more about native Indigenous plants and foods? 🌱

🎧Take a listen to Episode #4 of Meet Me at the Library Podcast.
Aunty Julie McHale, adopted Indigenous elder living on Dja Dja Wurrung country, gives us a crash-course in native Indigenous plants and foods. 🌱

Sunshine limes, lemon myrtle, bush tomatoes and cherry ballard are all on the menu. 🍽

Find out how Aunty Julie, and the group of Indigenous women she works with are using their local library to share knowledge of indigenous plants and foods with the wider community.

🎧🎤 Subscribe, listen and share: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-zaqeg-f3d87c

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

02/12/2020

If you haven’t discovered Dingee yet – the little town that could – what are you waiting for? 🎤🎧
It’s the heart of Episode #3 of Meet Me at the Library Podcast, along with some marvellous country folk. And a library in a train station. 🚂
Subscribe, listen and share: www.meetmeatthelibrary.podbean

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

25/11/2020

Fancy your library books delivered to you on a bicycle? 🚴‍♂️
What about a library ship that sails the high seas to reach you? 🌊

Across the world there are libraries popping up in all sorts of unusual and creative locations.

🎧Episode #3 of Meet Me at the Library visits country Victoria, and discovers a library located in an historic train station. 🚂

Get an insight into the town through the salt-of-the-earth characters who live there. OUT NOW!
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-a9ypq-f33692

Image (l-r): Russell Easton, Beverly West, Robyn Brown, Christine Fitchett.

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CWA Bendigo Northern Group

19/11/2020

🌱“I started planting and thought this is just really good therapy.” Meet Kylie - gardener, mum, and all-round amazing woman, who transformed her pain into something beautiful. 🌺
🎧Find out how she's helping her community connect to the healing powers of growing in Episode #2 of Meet Me at the Library. https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-wuh83-f27dd7

Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm Goldfields Library Corporation

18/11/2020

If you haven't downloaded Episode #1, Steve, the Keyboard Warrior yet - hop to it! 🎤🎧
Steve is a wise fellow (not to mention real-life trivia champion), with an inspiring outlook on life. Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

17/11/2020

“We’ve always been told not to tear apart library books!”.
Patrons at the Woodend Library have been busy making envelopes out of ex-library books and turning them into seed packets for their new seed library, situated within the library.
Find out how it works, and the story behind the initiative in Episode #2 of Meet Me at the Library – coming out THIS THURSDAY. 🎧🎤
Community Broadcasting Foundation MAINfm

13/11/2020

Have you met Steve, the Keyboard Warrior from Episode #1?
Here he is after winning a small fortune in prizes on the long-running TV quiz show, Sale of the Century in 1987.
Spoiler alert: Steve is a gun at trivia. He played for 8 nights and was untouchable in the fast money section. Kapow!!
Check out the full episode here: www.meetmeatthelibrary.podbean
Community Broadcasting Foundation

12/11/2020

🎤🎧After more than a year of planning, interviewing, recording and editing, Meet Me at the Library – the podcast and radio series - is out in the world! Get stuck in to Episode #1 - Steve, the Keyboard Warrior.
SUBSCRIBE now wherever you get your podcasts, or listen live each Thursday via MAINfm from 8.30am.
Thanks to everyone involved in the process library corporation MAINfmand all of the public library users who’ve shared their story.
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-62y2k-f1d99f

“It’s really good to see people come to a new country, and make a big success of being here.” Steve Campbell’s own bamboozling experience of Australia’s immigration system led him to his local public library, where he now uses the free wi-fi to help reunite migrant and refugee families. He...

09/11/2020

“Steve helped me to bring my family to Australia.”
Meet Azim (left) and Steve (right), who are sharing their stories in Episode #1 of Meet Me at the Library, coming OUT this Thursday.
Discover what unites them, the library’s role in their friendship, and why you’re going to want Steve on your pub trivia team.
SUBSCRIBE now wherever you get your podcasts.

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09/11/2020

Look at Reggie go! I love how he uses the self-serve counter.

05/11/2020

Drum roll... 🥁 How do public libraries fight racism? Can you be addicted to books? What’s it really like to be a librarian?
Find out in our trailer OUT NOW!

Meet Me at the Library is a new podcast and radio series that takes you inside public libraries in Central Victoria to discover how these remarkable spaces bring us together.

Throughout the season, you’ll find out why these surprising, creative and democratic places – our public libraries - might just be among the most valuable spaces we’ve got!

LAUNCHING Thursday 12 November - SUBSCRIBE at meetmeatthelibrary.podbean.com

Support from Community Broadcasting Foundation🎤🎧⚡️

Each episode of Meet Me at the Library takes you inside a public library in Central Victoria to discover how these remarkable spaces bring us together. You’ll hear stories of people finding hope and happiness through their library, and tales of heartache and loss. Throughout the season, you’ll f...

05/11/2020

04/11/2020

Too funny 😆😆

2020 Lonely Planet Travel Guides! 😂🤣😅

01/11/2020

The English language has some tricky words 🤓 Are you pronouncing Worcestershire (woostuhshear) correctly? What about anemone(uh'nemuhnee)? Tell us about any words you or others have mispronounced 😉

25/10/2020

Picked this up yesterday from the local library.

Anyone read it?

Apparently you can reserve up to 50 items using the Click & Collect service.

So little time, so many books!!

22/10/2020

What a lovely way to welcome back our superhero librarians...

15/10/2020

We’ve been playing family ‘word of the week’ during ISO-lockdown.

My mother-in-law calls on a Sunday with a new word we need to investigate, spell and use in a sentence.

14/10/2020

We love a community library.

14/10/2020

How many have you read? ⚡️👇

Last week was Banned Books Week. ~Kate

14/10/2020

Let's just agree to skip the rest of 2020 and go straight to a lazy Boxing Day – in fact, writer Nina Cullen can transport you there right now through her short story in our Fiction Edition!

Dive into this bumper 62-page edition thanks to the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Grab your copy from your local vendor, or if you're in Melbourne, through the link below.

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11/10/2020

The pandemic service offered by many of Victoria's 280 public libraries has proven so popular that, for the first time, many risk running out of adult fiction and children's books.

10/10/2020