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by Keri Schroeder
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    February 15, 2021

    Dictionaries are an ever-changing record of language, constantly being updated, amended and added to. This goes for all dictionaries: Merriam-Webster, Oxford English Dictionary, Collin’s. Updates to the dictionary can be new words…

  • Episode 19: The Book Makers Film

    January 25, 2021

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  • Episode 18: Quarantine Public Library, Zines, and Time

    January 11, 2021

    Today I talk a little about pandemic projects, zines, and artist’s books, and have a wonderful discussion with the Quarantine Public Library. The Quarantine Public Library (QPL) is a collaborative project dreamed up by artists Katie…

  • Episode 17: Jap Herron and Mark Twain's Ghost

    December 8, 2020

    In 1917, a new novella was published by Mark Twain. The weird part? Twain died in 1910 and the book was purportedly written by his ghost.

  • Episode 16: Bookworms, Printer's Devils, and Type Lice, Oh My!

    November 23, 2020

    Follow the process of making a book while we cover specialized book terms, and some surprising idioms with bookish origins that we use in daily language.

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  • Blue Skies for Austin Book Arts Center

    November 11, 2020

    Interview with Mary Baughman, co-founder of the Austin Book Arts Center about the history of book arts in Austin, and the vision of the ABAC

  • Episode 14: James Cook Bookbinder Murderer of John Paas

    October 26, 2020

    This episode covers the true story of James Cook, a bookbinder who murdered tool engraver John Paas the town of Leicester, bookbinder James Cmurdered tool engraver John Paas over a dispute about brass finishing tools. The tale is…

  • Episode 13: The Grey Lady of Willard Library

    October 12, 2020

    Willard Library is the oldest library in Evansville, IN, established in 1885. There have been reports of apparitions and poltergeist activity from patrons and employees of the library since 1937 that continue to this day. In this episode…

  • Episode 12: Book Talk with BookLab II

    March 4, 2019

    We at BookLab II have just returned from a fabulous but exhausting trip to the CODEX Symposium and Book Fair, held every other year in the Bay Area, California. Today I am joined by my fellow BookLab colleagues: Craig Jensen, conservator…

  • Fake News(papers)!

    March 13, 2018

    If you've ever watched any television shows or movies ever, you may have seen a familiar looking newspaper read by many fictional characters for decades. This exact same newspaper has been spotted in Scrubs, Modern Family, No Country for…

  • Episode 10: Unreadable Books

    December 26, 2017

    Today’s episode is all about unreadable books. What does it mean to read? How do we garner read meaning from text written in a language that we do not understand? Today We will talk about the process of reading, and I have some fun…

  • Episode 9: A Guide to Witch Hunting - The Malleus Maleficarum

    October 30, 2017 · 38 min

    Now that we are in October,  we are getting into the Halloween spirit by talking about an infamous book called The Malleus Maleficarum, also known as The Hammer of Witches. A book responsible for fueling the heinous witch trials throughout…

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About the show

Books in the Wild is a podcast investigating the hidden stories behind books and printed matter. Instead of reviewing books for solely on their written content, we try to offer varying perspectives on everything from conception to creation to reception. This is a podcast about book arts: letterpress printing, bookbinding, artists' books, small press and independent publishing, and stories from book history.