Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. Her debut novel, Tilt, is the 2026 selection for the Hillsboro Reads program and is a national bestseller, a New York Times Editor's Choice, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, Time, Vogue, and Bustle. Set in Portland, Oregon, Pattee's powerful debut novel tells a gripping story of survival, resilience, and human connection after a massive 9.0 earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest—an especially resonant story for our community.

Find Tilt and the books Emma recommends in the catalog here: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2976820967

Hillsboro Reads 2026 runs through the month of March. Learn more about the Hillsboro Reads selection and events here: https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/our-city/departments/library/events-and-programs/hillsboro-reads

You don't want to wait for your life to be over, you want to know right now, is Dawson's Creek worth watching? There is never enough time in the day to watch all those television shows that people are always talking about, or to catch up on the ones you missed. On today's podcast episode, we experiment with a new way to alleviate TV FOMO by only watching the first and last episode of a series. Does it do the trick? Can you go to parties and pretend you've seen the whole show? Find out as Jen, Brendan, and Rob give it a try with Dawson's Creek!

Check out the whole show from the library here: https://tinyurl.com/53mx82hm

Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are back to share some upcoming winter book releases they are excited about, and to share their favorite audiobook narrators.

Check out the list of books recommended in this episode:

For this year's Halloween episode, Jen, Rob, and Brendan watch the 2023 film Late Night with the Devil on Kanopy, the library's streaming video service. Tune in to listen to their review, and find out if it's really a good idea to commune with devil on live television!

Jenny, Rob, and Brendan are back on the pod to explore more of Kanopy, the steaming video service you have access to with your WCCLS library card. This time around, they pick out some horror movie selections, discuss which ones they think would work well for a group watch, and land on a flick you'll (hopefully) love. So go on over to Kanopy, spend a credit to watchLate Night with the Devil and tune in to our next episode to hear our reviews!

Click here to see a list of all the Kanopy films talked about in this episode.

Jen and Elizabeth from Hillsboro Public Library's SciFi Fantasy Collective return to the pod to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the show! They join Brendan to preview this year's Rose City Comic Con coming to the Oregon Convention Center Sept. 05-07. They talk about what they've been reading lately, which authors and comics creators will be at the con, how excited they are about the Goonies and Battlestar Galactica reunions, and what they think will be this year's most popular cosplay!

Check out this list of books and graphic novels talked about on the show

Here is a list of all the manga deluxe and perfect editions in HPL's collection

Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are here to help you get ready for summer with some of the hottest upcoming releases!

Check out the list of books recommended in this episode:

https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2793482017

On this month's episode of the podcast, library staff members Kate & Jen face off in the library's Thunderdome of Riddles to see who will prevail in this devastatingly difficult gauntlet of trivia, riddles, song lyrics, and lateral-thinking problems. Two will enter, only one will leave!