Free Library Podcast

Tamala Edwards

Booking Overview

This podcast spotlights major author events and lectures from the Parkway Central Library, bringing prominent writers and public figures into a live, audience-facing program. For PR teams, it’s a strong local-to-national literary platform where high-profile authors and notable advocates can reach engaged readers and community members.

Metrics

Episodes: 300

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.2/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 3.1k subscribers

Instagram: 55.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@freelibrary.org

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Host

Tamala Edwards - Joined 6abc in January of 2005. She is the weekday co-anchor of Action News Mornings (4 a.m. to 7 a.m.) and a regular co-host of Inside Story, conducting interviews with newsmakers including Govern...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Well-known authors (bestsellers, major award winners) and/or prominent public intellectuals/advocates (e.g., nationally recognized attorneys). Guests are typically associated with a current book or major published work tied to their public platform.

Required Achievements:

Major book awards or national recognition, Bestseller status, High-visibility public advocacy work (for advocates/attorneys), Publication by major publishers and widespread translation/impact

Recent Guest Discussions

Amitav Ghosh - A Novel Exploring Reincarnation, Family Memory, Environment, And Narrative Intersections Across Time.

Ben Crump - Legal Advocacy For Wrongful Cases And Social Justice; Themes Behind Worse Than A Lie.

Geraldine Brooks - Memoir Of Sudden Loss And Grief; Cultural And Religious Grief Rituals; Rebuilding Life After Tragedy.

Recent Topics

Literature, Authors, Memoir, Legal Advocacy, Social Justice

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Free Library Podcast

Jill Lepore | The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

September 18, 2026

The Author Events Series presents Jill Lepore | The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State In Conversation with Tamala Edwards Meelya Gordon Endowed Lecture Montgomery Auditorium is now sold out. We have opened a rush line for anyone interested in purchasing Auditorium tickets at the door for $5. Please register for the rush line. Inspired by Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism, which argued in 1951 that the machinery of modern life was reshaping the very fundamentals of hum...

Geraldine Brooks | Memorial Days

June 24, 2026

The Author Events Series presents Geraldine Brooks | Memorial Days In Conversation with Tamala Edwards Barbara Gohn Day Memorial Lecture A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world. In contemporary life, we are more often met with red tape and to-do lists. This is exactly what happened to Ger...

Ben Crump | Worse Than A Lie

June 24, 2026

The Author Events Series presents Ben Crump | Worse Than A Lie First 100 people to arrive onsite receive a free copy of the book. It's the night of November 4, 2008. America's first Black president has just been elected. And fifty-three-year-old Hollis Montrose-a Black ex–police officer from the suburbs of Chicago-has become the latest victim of a brutal attack. As the result of a traffic stop gone wrong, Hollis is shot ten times in cold blood, by four white men who could have been his co...

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