Library Collection

Podcasts

Header Image

Library Locator


Map of Library Locations

Alert

Library Closed Monday, May 27

All locations of The Seattle Public Library and the book drops at the Central Library will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

Subscribe to The Library's Free Podcast of Programs & Events

Author Readings & Library Events Podcasts

See the Calendar of Events & Classes for a complete list of upcoming programs. Subscribe to podcasts of author readings and other Library events:

 

Subscribe to our podcast using the iTunes Music Store

Subscribe to our podcast using the iTunes Music Store.

Subscribe to our podcast via other podcatchers or RSS feed site using this URL

Subscribe to our podcast via other podcatchers (such as Juice) or RSS/Podcast aggregator (Bloglines, My Yahoo, Google Reader) using this URL:
http://www.spl.org/Audio/podcasts/podcast.spl_author_feed.xml

 

Audio Archive

2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011| 2012

 

Kate DiCamillo, May 3

Kate DiCamillo discusses "Bink and Gollie, Best Friends Forever," the third and final book in her award-winning series.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 56 Minutes /file size: 26 MB]


 

Isabel Allende, April 24

Isabel Allende tells a troubled coming-of-age story about teenager Maya Vidal, in "Maya's Notebook."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 50 Minutes /file size: 24 MB]


 

John Freeman, April 24

Granta editor John Freeman converses with winners of the 2013 Best Young Novelists series.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 8 Minutes /file size: 32 MB]


 

Elizabeth Strout, April 19

Elizabeth Strout talks about her new book, "The Burgess Boys." covering the themes of race, immigration, and class that are woven into this new tale of family loss and the destructive power of secrets.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 45 Minutes /file size: 21 MB]


 

Caroline Kennedy, April 8

Caroline Kennedy, joined by students from Writers in the Schools and Washington State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken, present an evening of poetry. Caroline Kennedy's book "Poems to Learn by Heart," discusses how relevant poetry can be for children of all ages.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 26 Minutes /file size: 12 MB]


 

Marci Alboher, April 4

Looking for a road map to your next career? Join Marci Alboher, author of "The Encore Career Handbook," for a conversation about how to make a living and a difference in the second half of life.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 59 Minutes /file size: 28 MB]


 

Jamaica Kincaid, April 3

Jamaica Kincaid reveals a marriage in all its joys and agonies in her book "See Now Then."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 54 Minutes /file size: 25 MB]


 

Natalie Goldberg, March 25

Poet, painter, teacher and writer Natalie Goldberg presents in book form what she's been teaching for years in small, intensive workshops.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 5 Minutes /file size: 30 MB]


 

Rebecca Miller, March 15

Rebecca Miller talks about her latest book, "Jacob's Folly."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 50 Minutes /file size: 23 MB]


 

Jodi Picoult, March 14

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult reads from her new book, "The Storyteller."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 50 Minutes /file size: 24 MB]


 

Joyce Carol Oates, March 12

Joyce Carol Oates reads from her latest novel, "The Accursed," an eerie story of possession, power and loss in early 20th century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 54 Minutes /file size: 25 MB]


 

Madeleine Albright, February 23

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright, discusses "Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 18 Minutes /file size: 36 MB]


 

Lorraine McConaghy & Judy Bentley, February 22

In their young adult biography, Judy Bentley and Lorraine McConaghy tell the true story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West's Underground Railroad.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 7 Minutes /file size: 31 MB]


 

John Wood, February 19

"Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy" tells the inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries and promote education around the world.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 56 Minutes /file size: 26 MB]


 

Michelle Rhee, February 19

Education reformer Michelle Rhee talks about her new book "Radical: Fighting to Put Students First" and the state of education in the United States.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 8 Minutes /file size: 32 MB]


 

Carver Gayton, February 9

Carver Clark Gayton reads from a new "facsimile edition" of his great grandfather Lewis George Clarke's slave narrative.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 5 Minutes /file size: 30 MB]


 

Colleen McElroy, February 6

Colleen McElroy, award-winning writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, reads from her newest poetry volume, "Here I Throw Down My Heart."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 48 Minutes /file size: 22 MB]


 

Cory Doctorow, February 5

Cory Doctorow reads from his new novel "Homeland," the sequel to the multiple award-winning "Little Brother."


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 8 Minutes /file size: 32 MB]


 

Aaron Dixon, February 4

Aaron Dixon, author of "My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain," reads from his book and talks about his experiences and the history of the Black Panther Party in Seattle.


Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 1 Hour 11 Minutes /file size: 33 MB]


 



Audio Archive

2012 Podcasts


2011 Podcasts


2010 Podcasts


2009 Podcasts


2008 Podcasts


2007 Podcasts


2006 Podcasts