Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Time to Read: a podcast book club
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| Episode 083: The Fifth Season | 03 Jan 2025 | 00:55:50 | |
Happy New Year, Dear Readers! This month we are discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
Dennis focused on reading some funny books, including Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots and John Dies at the End plus Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits both by Jason Pargin aka David Wong Toby reread a number of books this past year. Circe and Station Eleven in particular really hold up after a second look. Trevor got to a number of books he found in his house, including: Theodore Roosevelt: a Life by Nathan Miller The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Agatha Christie: Murder on the Links Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World by Candace Savage Selections from The Complete Sherlock Holmes Selections from P.G. Wodehouse Selections from Tintin by Hergé Selections from his newly repatriated comic book collection from his Mom's basement NEW YEARS READING RESOLUTIONS FOR 2025! Toby will attempt to get all the way through an audiobook. (Way to reach for the stars, Toby!) The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh Starter Villain by John Scalzi Translation State by Ann Leckie Witch King by Martha Wells NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: torus Trevor: Hugo Dennis: kakistocracy Next month we will be discussing Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. Thank you to everyone who read The Fifth Season with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 082: Small Things Like These | 06 Dec 2024 | 00:49:59 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from a couple of locations around Winnipeg. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: baby power Next month we will be discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Thank you to everyone who read Small Things Like These with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 073: Moon of the Turning Leaves | 01 Mar 2024 | 01:00:14 | |
Welcome, Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice and we have a special guest joining us: WPL’s Writer-In-Residence Susie Moloney. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Cory Doctorow comes to Winnipeg on March 26th to talk about “Enshittification”, a nerd word from last month. If you go to the show and talk to him, mention that you heard about it on Time to Read! Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cory-doctorow-tickets-798820071337 Moon of the Turning Leaves Anishinaabemowin Pronounciation Guide An evening with Waubgeshig Rice, hosted by Rosanna Deerchild, October 27, 2023 at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg Turbo Kid (2015 Movie) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman Trevor: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Dennis: The Stand by Stephen King Susie: The Reformatory by Tananirive Due NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: wonderworks Trevor: walleteer Dennis: The (as in the more the merrier) Susie: shenanigans and katywampus Next month we will be discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Thank you to everyone who read Moon of the Turning Leaves with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.
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| Episode 072: French Exit | 02 Feb 2024 | 00:59:35 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing French Exit by Patrick deWitt. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Our 2024 Reading Resolutions! Toby: will make an effort to REREAD some of her favourite books. What will she pick? Trevor: will make an effort to READ books that are ALREADY IN HIS HOME. What will he find? Dennis: will make an effort to READ lighter, humorous fare. What makes him laugh? NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: tyromancy Trevor: rizz Dennis: enshittification Next month we will be discussing Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice with special guest Susie Moloney, WPL’s writer-in-residence. Thank you to everyone who read French Exit with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 071: If Beale Street Could Talk | 01 Dec 2023 | 00:54:24 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Next Page Live! (online program where librarians make book recommendations. The Dec 4 edition is all about books that would make great gifts. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong Haircutpedia: a wiki for haircuts! TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Trevor: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (play) Dennis: Serial Podcast (Season 3) and Ear Hustle Podcast NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: umwelt Trevor: conk Dennis: earnest Next month we will be discussing French Exit by Patrick deWitt. Thank you to everyone who read If Beale Street Could Talk with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 070: Gilead | 03 Nov 2023 | 00:59:44 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Gileadby Marilynne Robinson. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood Trevor: Stoner by John Williams Dennis: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby and Trevor (both!): susurrus Dennis: Cognitive Shuffling Next month we will be discussing If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. Thank you to everyone who read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 069: Hell of a Book | 06 Oct 2023 | 00:59:04 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Trevor: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Dennis: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: Moxie Trevor: Hell Dennis: Hypnagogia Next month we will be discussing Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Thank you to everyone who read Hell of a Book with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 068: Half of a Yellow Sun | 01 Sep 2023 | 01:00:17 | |
Welcome, Dear Readers, to our latest episode where we discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE We should all be feminists (Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE Toby: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Trevor: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Dennis: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby and Dennis: “High Life” (musical genre) Trevor: Shrapnel Next month we will be discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott Thank you to everyone who read Half of a Yellow Sun with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Trevor Lockhart, and Dennis Penner. | |||
| Episode 067: The Thursday Murder Club | 04 Aug 2023 | 00:56:20 | |
Welcome, mystery lovers, to our latest episode where we discuss Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper I am Homeless if this is not my Homeby Lorrie Moore The Donkey Sanctuary (in Dorset) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE Toby: Taskmaster Game Show Trevor: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten Dennis: The Mrs Polifax Mysteries by Dorothy Gilman and By Book or by Crook by Eva Gates NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: grass (British Slang) Trevor: asinine Dennis: subvocal oscillations Next month we will be discussing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Thank you to everyone who read The Thursday Murder Club with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 066: A Grandmother Begins the Story | 07 Jul 2023 | 00:51:09 | |
You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: The Strangers by Katherena Vermette Trevor: Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson Dennis: VenCo by Cherie Dimaline NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: tawnshi and marcee (hello and thank you in michif) Trevor: ablaut reduplication Dennis: crooked Next month we will be discussing The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Thank you to everyone who read A Grandmother Begins the Story with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 065: Migrations | 02 Jun 2023 | 00:58:07 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Next Page Live! (June 27th at noon on ZOOM) Tales at Night at the Good Will Social Club (June 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Weather by Jenny Offill Trevor: The History of Bees by Maja Lunde Dennis: The Children of Men by P.D. James, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, Don’t Look Up (2021 film) NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: Starboard and Port Trevor: Point Nemo Dennis: skipper Next month we will be discussing A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter. Thank you to everyone who read Migrations with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 064: The Bluest Eye | 05 May 2023 | 00:53:08 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Trevor: The Color Purple by Alice Walker Dennis: The Break by Katherena Vermette NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: The Maginot Line Trevor: asafetida bag Dennis: psychrophilic Next month we will be discussing Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy. Thank you to everyone who read The Bluest Eye with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 081: Pride and Prejudice | 01 Nov 2024 | 01:00:14 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Han Kang, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 Trevor: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: condescend Trevor: profligacy Next month we will be discussing Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Thank you to everyone who read Pride and Prejudice with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 063: Tatouine | 07 Apr 2023 | 00:51:21 | |
Welcome, Dear Readers, and a special welcome to those of you joining us as part of One eRead Canada – A digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club (1ereadlivrelcanada.ca) You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. We are discussing Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel. DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE One eRead Canada – A digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club (1ereadlivrelcanada.ca) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Nam-Joo Cho Trevor: Death Sentences by Suzanne Myre Dennis: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: sidekick (not to be confused with sidekick) Trevor: Kyrgyzstan Dennis: latibulate Next month we will be discussing The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Thank you to everyone who read Tatouine with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 062: Women of the Fur Trade | 03 Mar 2023 | 00:47:46 | |
Welcome, Dear Readers. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. We are discussing Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Colette: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Toby: Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton Trevor: Hamilton (Musical) Dennis: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Colette: брат (brother in Ukrainian) Toby: tartle (from Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day by Susie Dent) Trevor: Dun Dun Dunnnnnn! Dennis: panic Next month we will be discussing Tatouine by Jean-Christophe Réhel. Thank you to everyone who read Women of the Fur Trade with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Colette Dufault, Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 061: Rebecca | 03 Feb 2023 | 01:01:16 | |
EPISODE 061: REBECCA Welcome, Dear Readers. Last night we dreamt we recorded a podcast again… You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. We are discussing Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and the Netflix series Wednesday Trevor: Mrs de Winter by Susan Hill, Rebecca’s Tale by Sally Beaumann, and The Winters by Lisa Gabriele Dennis: Fifth Business by Robertson Davies NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: Goth/Gothic Trevor: Winkles Dennis: Avenger Next month we will be discussing Women of the Fur Trade by Frances Koncan. Thank you to everyone who read Rebecca with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 060: Dawn | 06 Jan 2023 | 00:58:37 | |
Welcome, Dear Readers. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. We are discussing Dawn by Octavia Butler. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Tyree Cayer The Lighthouse Mystery Series by Eva Gates Network Effect by Martha Wells Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers A libertarian walks into a bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling Kindred by Octavia Butler Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Taft by Ann Patchett The podcast Overdue, especially the Jagged Little Mill series NEW YEAR’S READING RESOLUTIONS Toby: Will read everything that Ann Patchett has published Trevor: Will read something by Malcolm Gladwell Dennis: Will read more non-fiction, especially science and technology NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: petard Trevor: The “Monty Hall” Problem Dennis: condole Next month we will be discussing Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. Thank you to everyone who read Dawn with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 059: The Rakess | 02 Dec 2022 | 00:55:48 | |
Welcome, fair maidens and handsome gents, to our latest episode where we discuss Scarlett Peckham’s The Rakess. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE John Hetherginton, famous for causing a riot when he debuted the “top hat” in London in 1797 TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE Toby: Mary and Maria, or The Wrongs of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft Trevor: Love Between the Covers (a documentary on the romance novel industry, available through WPL on Kanopy) Dennis: This is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: pasty Trevor: refulgent Dennis: belly timber Next month we will be discussing Dawn by Octavia Butler. Thank you to everyone who read The Rakess with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 058: Billy Summers | 04 Nov 2022 | 01:00:01 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Annie Ernaux, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2022 The Shining (differences between the movie, novel, and miniseries) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Dennis: Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski Toby: Barry (TV Series) Trevor: Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
Toby: naturalism Trevor: Easter Eggs Next month we will be discussing The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham. Thank you to everyone who read Billy Summers with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 057: Empire of Wild | 07 Oct 2022 | 00:51:30 | |
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
Dennis: The Order of the Stick (Web Comic) Toby: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Trevor: Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
Dennis: nomenclature Toby: brimstone Trevor: Thousand Island (Salad Dressing) Next month we will be discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King. Thank you to everyone who read Empire of Wild with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 056: In A Sunburned Country | 02 Sep 2022 | 00:50:57 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
Press Reader: Read Newspapers from All Around the World! Hologram from Cowra Museum (mentioned in book)
Dennis: Stiff: The curious lives of cadavers by Mary Roach Toby: Muriel’s Wedding (film available on Kanopy) Trevor: The Great Railway Bazaar and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux
Dennis and Toby: antipodes Trevor: “the seven seas” Next month we will be discussing Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline Thank you to everyone who read In a Sunburned Country with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart.
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| Episode 055: All My Puny Sorrows | 05 Aug 2022 | 01:02:09 | |
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
New Yorker article on Miriam Toews
Dennis: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Toby: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill Kirsten: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Dennis: askance Toby: piano Kirsten: Pots Splitz und Dorria!! Next month we will be discussing In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson. Thank you to everyone who read All My Puny Sorrows with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Kirsten Wurmann. | |||
| Episode 054: The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly | 01 Jul 2022 | 00:39:09 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Flyby Sybil Lamb. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. Our special guest Casey Plett is joining us from Windsor, Ontario, the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Peoples.
Reader’s Salon Post about Pride Resources The History of Pride by Meg Metcalf Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Trevor: Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge Casey: Shelterbelts by Jonathan Dyck Dennis: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers Toby: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Trevor: Pride Toby: Cacoethes Casey: Kismet Dennis: Boatswain Next month we will be discussing All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews. Thank you to everyone who read The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart and special guest Casey Plett. | |||
| Episode 080: Kiss of the Fur Queen | 04 Oct 2024 | 00:48:18 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Nora Decter, WPL's Writer-In-Residence
Trevor: Ditto NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: fireweed Trevor: 49 Dance Dennis: Yodel Next month we will be discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Thank you to everyone who read Kiss of the Fur Queen with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 053: Eight Perfect Murders | 03 Jun 2022 | 00:48:35 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Spoiler Alert: Spoilers Make You Enjoy Stories More (A study from the University of California referenced by Dennis) The Eight Books from Malcolm Kershaw’s Blog Post: 1. The Red House Mystery – A. A. Milne 2. Malice Aforethought – Anthony Berkley Cox 3. The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie 4. Double Indemnity – James M. Cain 5. Strangers on a Train – Patricia Highsmith 6. The Drowner – John MacDonald 7. Deathtrap – Ira Levin 8. The Secret History – Donna Tartt TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK/THING WE MIGHT LIKE! Trevor AND Toby: The Secret History by Donna Tartt Dennis: Knives Out (2018 Film) NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor AND Dennis: Red Herring Toby: chiaroscuro, pusillanimity, veridical, eructation Next month we will be discussing The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly by Sybil Lamb. | |||
| Episode 052: Unless | 06 May 2022 | 00:57:26 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Unless by Carol Shields. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Trevor: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Toby: Fight Night by Miriam Toews Dennis: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: chitinous Toby: maladroit Dennis: ailurophile Next month we will be discussing Eight Perfect Murdershttps://winca.ent.sirsidynix.net/client/en_US/default/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:71592/ada?qu=Unless&d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A71592%7EILS%7E5&ic=true&rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle&h=8by Peter Swanson. For extra credit, here is a list of the “Eight Perfect Murders” mentioned in the novel: 1. The Red House Mystery – A. A. Milne 2. Malice Aforethought – Anthony Berkley Cox 3. The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie 4. Double Indemnity – James M. Cain 5. Strangers on a Train – Patricia Highsmith 6. The Drowner – John MacDonald 7. Deathtrap – Ira Levin 8. The Secret History – Donna Tartt Thank you to everyone who read Unless with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 051: Return of the Trickster | 01 Apr 2022 | 01:11:40 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
The Indigiverse radio program on Sirius XM, hosted by Kim Wheeler and Kaylen Belair TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Trevor: Trickster (Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection) edited by Matt Dembicki Toby: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Jordan: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Dennis: The Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: Humorina Festival Toby: ensorcell Dennis: cryptid Jordan: overmorrow Next month we will be discussing Unless by Carol Shields. Thank you to everyone who read Return of the Trickster with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and special guest Jordan Wheeler. | |||
| Episode 050: Our Favourites | 04 Mar 2022 | 01:08:08 | |
Thanks for joining us! To celebrate our 50th episode, we decided to geek out about some of our favourite reads, our favourite moments from the previous 49 episodes, and those elusive books that we just don’t seem to have TIME TO READ. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Conversations with Authors: A Truth and Reconciliation Series The Longest Word Ever (it takes 3 hours to pronounce) Antidisestablishmenttarianism Jhumpa Lahiri Patrick Dewitt My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan Circe by Madeline Miller Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby, Jr | |||
| Episode 049: The Nickel Boys | 04 Feb 2022 | 00:57:13 | |
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Original Tampa Bay Times article that exposed the abuses at the Dozier School for Boys Web3 is going great A website featuring stories of crypto scams, many of which are rug pulls. Martin Luther King at Zion Hill Martin Luther King at Zion Hill: Fun Town NPR interview with Colson Whitehead Vanity Fair Interview with Colson Whitehead Annual “Glad Day” in Littleton, New Hampshire Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter’s Download Page on Project Gutenberg
Trevor: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Toby: The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans Lori: The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Trevor: Jim Crow Toby: Pollyanna Dennis: Rug Pull Lori: To turn a blind eye Next month we will be our special 50th episode! We’ll be doing something different next month, so please send us your reading recommendations and nerd words so we can include them! Thank you to everyone who read The Nickel Boys with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, Lori Sweeting and Trevor Lockhart.
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| Episode 048: The Death of Vivek Oji | 07 Jan 2022 | 00:57:58 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Canadian Online Publishing Awards A Google Streetview image of a roadside tire repair shop, just like Ebeneezer’s! Our Reading Resolutions: Dennis will try to read something just for fun this year. Will it be Ice Planet Barbarians?? or some cozy mysteries? Toby resolves to read a classic: Don Quixote! Trevor resolves (again!) to read a Carol Shields novel, and is also looking forward to Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel and the new Tom Perotta.
Trevor: naija Toby: foolscap Dennis: zettelkasten Next month we will be talking about The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Thank you to everyone who read The Death of Vivek Oji with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 047: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | 03 Dec 2021 | 00:56:10 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
The Double-Edged Helix by Michael Rogers – Rolling Stone article about Henrietta and HeLa from 1976, referred to by Rebecca Skloot several times. The Way of All Flesh – 1997 BBC documentary about Henrietta and HeLa, mentioned by Rebecca Skloot throughout her book. Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Toby: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Trevor: The Vaccine Race by Meredith Wadman Dennis: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: Lest: “for fear that” Toby: Apricity: “the warmth of sun in winter” Bonus word from Toby: Nod-crafty: “given to nodding the head with an air of great wisdom when you actually don’t have a clue/tuned out a while ago” Dennis: Non-overlapping magisteria Next month we will be talking about The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi Thank you to everyone who read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 046: Lovecraft Country | 05 Nov 2021 | 01:00:17 | |
Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
The Diversity of Horror Blog Post from WPL’s Readers’ Salon The Horror at Red Hook by H.P. Lovecraft Lovecraft Country on HBO Dirty Laundry parody video from the Toronto Global News Team (1985)
Toby: The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole Trevor: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle Dennis: The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
Trevor: desi pizza Toby: woke Dennis: dirty laundry Next month we will be talking about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Thank you to everyone who read Lovecraft Country with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 045: Love in the Time of Cholera | 01 Oct 2021 | 00:53:48 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns “What is Love?” by Howard Jones (The greatest musical meditation on the nature of love ever recorded, at least according to Dennis). TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Toby: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Trevor: Magdalena: River of Dreams by Wade Davis Dennis: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: “black balling” Toby: woebegone Dennis: ambivalence Next month we will be talking about Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff. Thank you to everyone who read Love in the Time of Cholera with us this month and for those who left comments on our social media. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 044: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing | 03 Sep 2021 | 00:55:32 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Dennis’s not-yet-but-soon-to-be-viral Winnipeg Flyer Guy Youtube Channel! Hank and John Green’s Vlogbrothers Youtube Channel A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing The Time to Read episode discussing Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway.
TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Toby: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Trevor: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Dennis: The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson and Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: deadpan Toby: salubrious Dennis: nut Next month we will be talking about Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Thank you to everyone who read An Absolutely Remarkable Thing this month and for those of you who left comments on our social media. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 079: The Best Laid Plans | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:57:21 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE! Dennis: Dave (1993 film) honourable mention: anything by Tim Dorsey NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: ouroboros Trevor: witling (not whitling) Dennis: blatherskite Next month we will be discussing Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway. Thank you to everyone who read The Best Laid Plans with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 043: The Huntress | 06 Aug 2021 | 00:56:18 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Huntress by Kate Quinn. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory. Set in the years following World War II (and with a large number of flashbacks to the war itself), The Huntress tells the story of a ruthless Nazi murderess who escapes to the United States in the wake of the war and the individuals, including Nina: an ex-Soviet bomber pilot, Jordan: a young aspiring photographer, Ian: an English war journalist turned Nazi Hunter, and Tony: a former soldier and Ian’s assistant, who take it upon themselves to bring them to justice. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Kate Quinn’s website The Origin Of Witches Riding Broomsticks: Drugs From Nature, Plus Shakespeare by David Kroll (Forbes magazine) Meet the Night Witches, the Daring Female Pilots who Bombed Nazis at Night by Brynn Holland TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Dennis: Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Kirsten: When no one is watching: a thriller by Alyssa Cole Trevor: Jackdaws by Ken Follett NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Dennis: shoehorn Kirsten: witch Trevor: “flying by the seat of your pants” Next month we will be talking about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green. Thank you to everyone who read The Huntress this month and for those of you who left comments on our social media. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 042: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me | 02 Jul 2021 | 00:52:28 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell. Welcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s website: www.hirosemary.com 22 and 25 Two short comics by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Dennis: Bloom by Kevin Panetta Toby: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Trevor: Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Dennis: justify Toby: inflammable Trevor: agnotology Next month we will be talking about The Huntress by Kate Quinn We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 041: Educated | 04 Jun 2021 | 00:56:53 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Educated by Tara Westover Welcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” Albert Einstein The New Yorker fiction podcast: https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction Tara Westover Sings at the 2019 Northeastern University Commencement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyNI0DrDX4 Mexican Hooker #1 and my other roles since the revolution by Carmen Aguirre Review of Educating by Laree Westover (Tara’s Mother)
Dennis: A Child Called It: One Child’s Courage to Survive by Dave Pelzer Kirsten: Something Fierce: memoir of a revolutionary daughter by Carmen Aguirre Trevor: Unfollow: a memoir of loving and leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Dennis: Suboptimal Kirsten: Memoir Trevor: Bungalow Thank you to everyone who wrote in with their thoughts this month! Next month we will be talking about Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 040: Tenth of December | 07 May 2021 | 00:58:40 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Tenth of December by George Saunders Welcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg, all within Treaty One Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.
Toby’s book review Instagram account George Saunders Commencement Address (Syracuse University) This American Life episode about Fiascos “Cowboy” Kent Rollins Youtube Channel Kelsey’s book pick: A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
Trevor: Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Toby: Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad Kirsten: How to pronounce knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa Dennis: Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Trevor: cackleberry Toby: facetious Kirsten: fiasco Dennis: complicated
Thank you to everyone who wrote in with their thoughts this month! Next month we will be talking about Educated by Tara Westover. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and Toby Cygman. | |||
| Episode 039: The Saturday Night Ghost Club | 02 Apr 2021 | 01:05:08 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE THE SHORT AND UNHAPPY HISTORY OF MY PUGILISTIC CAREER Rust and Bone/De rouille et d’os film by Jacques Audiard Dav Pilkey/Sue Denim (from Publisher’s Weekly) Pen names and the authors who use them Snopes: the internet’s definitive fact checking website Shameless plug for WPL’s Media Literacy Info Guide (edited by Trevor!) Some videos discussing why Beta lost out to VHS Harbingers of Failure: an article about early adopters who consistently pick products that end up failing, just like Lex. The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort: ebook and audiobook (You can read issues of Fortean Times, the magazine based on the writings of Charles Fort, on Overdrive and Pressreader anytime) The Philadelphia Experiment (available on Hoopla) The Goonies (available on DVD and Bluray in WPL catalogue) Madeleine’s Pick: Mysterious Skin
TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Dennis: The Body by Stephen King (collected in Different Seasons) Trevor: The life and times of the thunderbolt kid by Bill Bryson Kirsten: Forever by Judy Blume
Dennis: realization Trevor: pedal pushers Kirsten: Quamajug also: WFP article by Jen Zoratti about the name
Remember to wash your hands frequently, limit your contacts, and STAY HOME if you are feeling sick. Next month we will be talking about Tenth of December by George Saunders. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 038: Evvie Drake Starts Over | 05 Mar 2021 | 00:57:27 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them. Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out their worst nightmares call the “yips”: he can’t throw straight anymore, and, even worse, he can’t figure out why. As the media storm heats up, an invitation from Andy to stay in Maine seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button on Dean’s future. When he moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie’s house, the two make a deal: Dean won’t ask about Evvie’s late husband, and Evvie won’t ask about Dean’s baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken—and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. To move forward, Evvie and Dean will have to reckon with their pasts—the friendships they’ve damaged, the secrets they’ve kept—but in life, as in baseball, there’s always a chance—up until the last out.
The Weeknd’s Superbowl Halftime Show Book Pick from Toby Cygman, one of WPL’s Outreach Librarians: To be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Trevor: Vacationland: true stories from painful beaches by John Hodgman Kirsten: Timeline by Lily King (short story) Dennis: Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Trevor: The Weekend Kirsten: Splendid, as in Splendid Isolation Dennis: The Zone
Remember to wash your hands frequently, limit your contacts, and STAY HOME if you are feeling sick. Next month we will be talking about The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 037: Vi | 05 Feb 2021 | 00:57:04 | |
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing Vi by Kim Thúy. The daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had to grow up, Vi was the youngest of their four children and the only girl. They gave her a name that meant “precious, tiny one,” destined to be cosseted and protected, the family’s little treasure. But the Vietnam War destroys life as they’ve known it. Vi, along with her mother and brothers, manages to escape–but her father stays behind, leaving a painful void as the rest of the family must make a new life for themselves in Canada. While her family puts down roots, life has different plans for Vi. Taken under the wing of Hà, a worldly family friend, and Vincent, her diplomat lover, Vi tests personal boundaries and crosses international ones, letting the winds of life buffet her. From Saigon to Montreal, from Suzhou to Boston to the fall of the Berlin Wall, she is witness to the immensity of geography, the intricate fabric of humanity, the complexity of love, the infinite possibilities before her. Ever the quiet observer, somehow Vi must find a way to finally take her place in the world. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Conversation with Kim Thúy and Shelagh Rogers, courtesy of Ottawa Public Library’s facebook page Enid Blyton and food: https://worldofblyton.com/2018/03/09/blytons-food/ Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman Aphrodite by Isabel Allende
TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Trevor: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Kirsten: Weather by Jenny Offill Dennis: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: Copper Kirsten: Bubble Dennis: Anticipation
Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us this month, including sophiejfirby on Facebook and @e.ggshelle @rhaeredekop @swivelsb and @borderregionallibrary on Instagram for contributing to our discussion! Remember to wash your hands frequently, limit your contacts, and STAY HOME if you are feeling sick. Next month we’re talking about Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 036: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | 01 Jan 2021 | 00:58:12 | |
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. See the trailer on YouTube. When The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast as a 12-part radio series on the British Broadcasting System in 1978, it was successful. No one could have guessed, though, that it would mushroom into a multimedia phenomenon that would encompass five novels, a television series, a stage production, and, more than twenty years later, dozens of websites created by devotees who could not get enough of its bizarre universe. The first novel in the series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, concerns the exploits of Arthur Dent, an average British citizen who gets caught up in a myriad of space adventures when his house, and then the Earth, is demolished. With no planet to call home, he is left to hitchhike through space with his friend Ford Prefect, whom he thought was an out-of-work actor, but who is really a researcher for the titular intergalactic guidebook. Adams’s book is one in which literally anything can happen, with the only rule being that what comes next will probably be the last thing the reader would expect and is bound to be amusing.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Lost poem of Douglas Adams found in school cupboard (“A Dissertation on the task of writing a poem on a candle and an account of some of the difficulties thereto pertaining”) Live footage of Douglas Adams’s 42nd birthday onstage with Pink Floyd Last Chance to See, a project to find a rare type of lemur and “the thing of which Douglas Adams is the most proud”. The Hitchhiker’s Text Adventure Game, 30th anniversary edition Towel Day Trevor: Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris Kirsten: Noopiming: The Cure For White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and More than a Woman by Caitlin Moran Dennis: Cozy mysteries by diverse authors, about diverse characters (i.e., not all white, Christian, cis-gendered, heterosexual, neurotypical, middle-to-upper-class people). Open to suggestions!
Trevor: Strain Kirsten: Cockles Dennis: Arbitrary Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us this month, including ReeganWPL and trillian_2. Remember to wash your hands frequently, limit your contacts, and STAY HOME if you are feeling sick. Next month we’re talking about Vi by Kim Thuy. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 035: The Water Dancer | 04 Dec 2020 | 00:58:44 | |
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Black Classic Press (Paul Coates publishing house) Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me trailer Jesmyn Ward’s interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates in Vanity Fair (with photo of Coates at the Hungarian Pastry Shop) Toni Morrison and Rememory (essay in The Guardian) : “Rememory as in recollecting and remembering as in reassembling the members of the body, the family, the population of the past.” Controversy surrounding the biopic Harriet (2019) Germans embrace fresh air to ward off coronavirus (The Guardian)
TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Trevor: Harriet Tubman: freedom seeker, freedom leader by Rosemary Sadlier Kirsten: Toni Morrison’s Beloved Dennis: The Underground Railroad Records by William Still – on Project Gutenberg here
NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: Déjà vu Kirsten: Lüften Dennis: Hiatus
Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us this month. Remember to wash your hands frequently, limit your contacts, and STAY HOME if you are feeling sick. Next month we’re talking about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 034: The Island of Sea Women | 06 Nov 2020 | 00:56:56 | |
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this story follows Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls from very different backgrounds, as they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective. Over many decades- through the Japanese colonialism of the 1930s and 40s, World War II, the Korean War, and the era of cellphones and wet suits for the women divers- Mi-ja and Young-sook develop the closest of bonds. However, after hundreds of dives and years of friendship, forces outside their control will push their relationship to the breaking point.. Mentioned in this episode: UNESCO video about the Haenyeo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk7DQLMKBTE Fong See and On Gold Mountain (Lisa See’s family history) Monica Highland (Lisa See’s pen name) Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tell us about another book we might like: Dennis: The Player of Games by Iain M Banks Kirsten: Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim Trevor: Korea: The Impossible Country by Daniel Tudor and Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles by Simon Winchester Nerd Words for Word Nerds: Dennis: Doomscrolling Trevor: Sumbisori Kirsten: Woolgathering Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us this month. Next month we’re talking about The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, as selected by the members of our Facebook group. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| Episode 078: This is How You Lose the Time War | 02 Aug 2024 | 00:54:35 | |
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Dennis: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: metonymy Dennis: sincerity Next month we will be discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. Thank you to everyone who read This is How You Lose the Time War with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. | |||
| Episode 033: The Stranger in the Woods | 02 Oct 2020 | 01:12:24 | |
Thanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel: Is it possible to live a totally solitary life, without relying on others or modern society at all? Christopher Knight lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years. Though in that time he had no contact or conversation with another person, he survived off food, books and provisions stolen from nearby cottages, greatly affecting the people who owned them. Why did this shy young man depart on such a life? How else could he have lived the life he craved, not at the expense of others? Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life. In this episode we also discuss: Editor’s Note (New York Times) True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa True Story (movie) The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. Can you tell me a book I would also like? Erica: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Kirsten: Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith (and Adam Buxton podcast with Zadie Smith) Trevor: When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature by Thomas Merton Dennis: Paddle to the Arctic by Don Starkell, plus Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak by Victoria Jason Nerd words for word nerds: Erica: Proactive Trevor: Nonology, (“Like a trilogy, but with 9 books. Questionable whether this is even a thing” – Trevor) Dennis: Edge Case Kirsten: Prestigious (current definition and archaic definition) Many thanks to everyone who got in touch with us this month. Next month we’re talking about The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. | |||
| Episode 032: The Sisters Brothers | 04 Sep 2020 | 01:02:25 | |
Thanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt: Hermann Kermit Warm (great name right??) is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and hired Eli and Charlie Sisters to see it done. The Sisters Brothers are notorious killers. But Eli has begun to question what he does for a living – and whom he does it for. As they embark on what may well be their last job, they find their prey isn’t an easy mark, and on the road from Oregon City to Sacramento California they encounter no end of adventure, cheaters, and ne’er-do-wells in a violent, lustful odyssey of the 1850”s frontier, that beautifully captures the humour, melancholy, and grit of the Old West. Can you tell me a book I would also like? Trevor: The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe; Erica: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry; Kirsten: French Exit by Patrick deWitt; Dennis: Off the Mangrove Coast by Louis L’amour, They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush by Jo Ann Levy, and The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Nerd words for word nerds Erica: Thanks; Kirsten: Shenanigan; Dennis: Slapdash; Trevor: Aquiline. Many thank-yous to everyone who got in touch with us this month. Special thanks to those who contributed to the discussions on social media, @willowplacewpg, @ovjewitt_library, @davermusicislife, @tara_elli, and @sosokirsten. Next month we’re talking about The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel. It’s available in print and online through Overdrive. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. | |||
| Episode 031: Charcoal Joe | 07 Aug 2020 | 01:02:17 | |
Thanks for joining us! We’re talking about Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley. Life seems to be finally turning around for Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins. He’s just opened a PI agency with two partners and is planning to propose to his girlfriend. What could possibly go wrong? An old pal shows up and asks Easy to meet with notorious gangster Rufus Tyler, known on the street as “Charcoal Joe”. Charcoal Joe has a request. Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour, a young bright “top of his class” student at Stanford, was arrested for the murder of two white men. Seymour is an unlikely suspect,, but when you’re found at the murder scene and you happen to be black in LA in 1968, there’s little hope for justice. So, Easy takes the case and we’re off with Easy on his latest adventure, meeting a cast of colourful and questionable characters, getting into and out of tight spots, all while getting a glimpse into Mosley’s thoughts on American race relations and inner-city culture in the 1960’s and today. In this episode we discuss Devil in the Blue Dress (film); Publishing Certificate Program – The City College of New York; The Quarantine Tapes: a podcast series on the cultural impact of social distancing; Nicknames and how Trevor was a Captain for awhile; Do you need to read a series in order?; The right order to read about Narnia and watch Star Wars; Physical descriptions of characters and the presence/absence of race in noir fiction; The Books of Marvel’s Luke Cage (Book Riot article); African American Mystery Writers and Their African American Detectives (LAPL blog post); Kindred by Octavia Butler (graphic novel); Among Others by Jo Walton. Can you tell me a book I would also like? Trevor: Fatal Remains by Eleanor Taylor Bland (the Marti MacAlister mysteries); Erica: Luther (TV series); Kirsten: The DreadfulWater mysteries by Thomas King; Dennis: The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke. Nerd words for word nerds Erica: Bilbliotropic and Butt (and Princess Princess Ever After and The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill and Lingo by Gaston Dorren); Trevor: Onward; Kirsten: In for a penny, in for a pound; Dennis: Easy. Many thanks to Amer Pouliot, Eileen Gilbert, shundran79, and everyone who got in touch with us / contributed to the discussions on social media! Next month we’re talking about The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. It’s available in print and online through Overdrive. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Or join our Facebook group, and follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. | |||
| Episode 030: Tales of the City | 03 Jul 2020 | 01:11:54 | |
Thanks for joining us! In this episode we’re talking about Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave new world of laundromat Lotharios, pot-growing landladies, cut throat debutantes, and Jockey Shorts dance contests. The saga that ensues is manic, romantic, tawdry, touching, and outrageous. The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live. In this episode we discuss Armistead Maupin’s days as a Republican and his family’s Confederate history; Maupin’s memoir, Logical Family; The two Tales of the City TV series (1993 and 2019); The Letter to Mama which Michael writes (Trevor found this amazing video of Sir Ian McKellan reading it); Hal Johnson talks about Body Break and racism; Ongoing discrimination toward trans men and women; Learning to use gender neutral pronouns; Misgendering and microaggressions; Author Jeanette Winterson; Adult Onset by Ann-Marie MacDonald; Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell; WPL’s Info Guides WPL’s YouTube channel; LGBTTQ books in our collections. Can you tell me a book I would also like? Erica: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith; Dennis: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Our episode on that book; Trevor: Rent by Jonathan Larson; Kirsten: even this page is white by Vivek Shraya. Nerd words for word nerds Trevor: Kintsugi; Dennis: Satisficing; Erica: Unprecedented; Kirsten: Breathe and Jon Kabat-Zinn (trust and letting go). Thanks to Amy for her letter and everyone who got in touch or contributed to the discussion! Next month we’re talking about Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley. It’s available in print and online through Overdrive. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think. You can be part of our show too! Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Or join our Facebook group, and follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Dennis Penner, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. | |||