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| 03 May 2024 | Episode 075: The Apollo Murders | 00:46:31 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield. 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 Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity from the I.S.S. TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Trevor: The Martian by Andy Weir (and The Spy who came in from the Cold by John LeCarré) NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: wilco Trevor: Tang (and Ting) Next month we will be discussing The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. Thank you to everyone who read The Apollo Murders 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 and Trevor Lockhart. | |||
| 05 Apr 2024 | Episode 074: Bel Canto | 00:57:21 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. 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 With Bel Canto, Trevor and Toby are both on track with their reading resolutions! TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Dennis: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: mellifluous Trevor: mortadella Dennis: hurkle-durkle Next month we will be discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield. Thank you to everyone who read Bel Canto 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. | |||
| 02 Aug 2024 | Episode 078: This is How You Lose the Time War | 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. | |||
| 05 Jul 2024 | Episode 077: Hijab Butch Blues | 00:50:08 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. 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! Dennis: The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: queer Trevor: kalam Dennis: exegesis Next month we will be discussing This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Thank you to everyone who read Hijab Butch Blues 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. | |||
| 07 Jun 2024 | Episode 076: The Left Hand of Darkness | 01:00:22 | |
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. 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 Welcome back Dennis! We made an episode without you, but it was NO FUN. Ice Planet Barbarians Series by Ruby Dixon TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Dennis: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (currently on order) NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: that thing that happens when a person's name becomes associated with a broader definition Trevor: Ambiguous Dennis: Phlegmatic, Obdurate, and Pertinacious Next month we will be discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. Thank you to everyone who read The Left Hand of Darkness 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. | |||
| 04 Oct 2024 | Episode 080: Kiss of the Fur Queen | 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. | |||
| 01 Nov 2024 | Episode 081: Pride and Prejudice | 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. | |||
| 06 Dec 2024 | Episode 082: Small Things Like These | 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. | |||
| 03 Jan 2025 | Episode 083: The Fifth Season | 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. | |||
| 06 Sep 2024 | Episode 079: The Best Laid Plans | 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. | |||
| 05 Jul 2019 | Episode 018: Trickster Drift | 01:07:47 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Trickster Drift the by Eden Robinson, chosen by author and WPL Writer-in-Residence alumnus Jordan Wheeler, who joined us as a guest host, for which we are very grateful! Trickster Drift is the second book in a trilogy by Eden Robinson (we read the first book Son of a Trickster last year, remember that? Good times.) Now, we catch up with Jared as he moves from Kitimat to Vancouver for school, and finds he is still a magnet for magic. And more mundane trouble as well. In This Episode We Mention Fainting Couch Feminists Podcast – Episode 22 “When your book becomes a movie, featuring Eden Robinson” Monkey Beach (movie website) Polaris Prize 2019 (longlist) Sleeping with the Enemy, a movie that Trevor saw too many times in the theatre A photo of 1640 Graverley St, Vancouver, courtesy of Google Street View How to Suggest a Purchase at WPL Can You Tell Me A Book I Would Also Like? Erica: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Trevor: Mythic: A New Musical (tell us – does this count as a book??) Jordan: Coyote Tales by Thomas King Alan: Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Kirsten: The Canadian UFO Report – The Best Cases Revealed (see also: The Canadian UFO Survey) Nerd Words for Word Nerds Erica: “Genuflection” Prompted by the book Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Trevor: “Apollo” Here are some fun facts about the Apollo Program Kirsten: “Fortean” Alan: “Pretty” (see also: The Word Pretty by Elisa Gibbert) Jordan: “Kaneonuskatew” ***It was a pleasure and honour that the amazing Jordan Wheeler could join us! Many thanks to him!*** Comments from this episode come from Amy, Phil, Carol, Christine-Melody, and Marlene. Thanks to our online community for being part of the discussion. Next month we’ll be reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Jordan Wheeler, Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, Alan Chorney, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 02 Aug 2019 | Episode 019: All Systems Red | 00:58:51 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing All Systems Red by Martha Wells. The self-named Murderbot doesn’t really want to stop binge-watching media content long enough to do its boring security job for a bunch of humans surveying an unknown planet. But when an unknown life-form attacks one of the team, Murderbot is forced to start paying attention. When the humans try to talk to it, ask it questions and, worst of all, treat it like a person, Murderbot must confront its own social anxieties and self-consciousnesses, all the while trying to solve the mystery of what or who is trying to kill them all. In This Episode We Mention Unbury the Future Martha Wells’s full speech from the 2017 World Fantasy Awards Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy Bonus short story: Online version of Compulsory: A Murderbot Story in Wired Magazine (set before All Systems Red). Our Favourite Media Content Erica: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Kirsten: Broadchurch, Top of the Lake Alan: Moneyball, Gattacca, Donnie Darko, Chasing Amy, Conversations With Other Women, Requiem for a Dream, Revolutionary Road, Closer, Rounders, Good Will Hunting Dennis: The Princess Bride, The Simpsons Can You Tell Me A Book I Would Also Like? Erica: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Kirsten: A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit Alan: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Dennis: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Nerd Words for Word Nerds Dennis: Ancillary Erica: Avocado Kirsten: Dongle. The Origin of the Word ‘Dongle’: 7 Leading Theories Alan: Clipless (from Wikipedia) Clipless pedals require a special cycling shoe with a cleat fitted to the sole, which locks into a mechanism in the pedal and thus holds the shoe firmly to the pedal. Comments from this episode come from Fatima. Thanks to Fatima and our whole online community for being part of the discussion. Next month we’ll be reading The Changeling by Victor LaValle. As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Dennis Penner. Trevor is away on holiday, but will return. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 06 Sep 2019 | Episode 020: The Changeling | 01:04:24 | |
Thanks for joining us for our ***TWENTIETH*** episode! This month we’re discussing The Changeling by Victor LaValle Apollo Kagwa is an antiquarian book dealer trying to be an involved father to his new baby, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Is it post-partum complications, or something much more sinister? Then Emma commits a horrific act—beyond any parent’s comprehension—and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo’s journey to find a wife and child who are nothing like he’d imagined. With mysterious strangers, fantastic books, forgotten islands, graveyards, forests, and monsters in caves, it reveals the homey, messy magic that can save us all, if we’re lucky. In This Episode We Mention Bremen Town Musicians aka Bremen Stadtmusikanten Max and Moritz: A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks Hans the Hedgehog (Trevor found a delightful drawing of Hans on Deviant Art by “DBed”) Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak by Maurice Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak The Monster at the End of This Book PastForward: Winnipeg’s Public Digital History The Interlibrary Loan service The Station Agent 2003 film starring Peter Dinklage (NOT the Station Master as Erica mistakenly said) Can You Tell Me A Book I Would Also Like? Erica: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon and/or Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen Trevor: The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte Alan: Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle (interlibrary loan link) Kirsten: Under Major Domo Minor by Patrick DeWitt Nerd Words for Word Nerds Erica: Unputdownable Trevor: Anorak Kirsten: Eldritch Alan: Ultimatum (Open Yale course: Introduction to Psychology Ultimatum Game lecture) Comments from this episode come from Karrie and Allison. Thanks to them and our whole online community for being part of the discussion. Did you know we have our own Facebook Group? Find us also on WPL’s Instagram and Twitter. Next month we’ll be reading Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Dennis Penner. Trevor is away on holiday, but will return. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 04 Oct 2019 | Episode 021: Where’d You Go, Bernadette | 01:02:24 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. Bernadette Fox is notorious. To other private-school mothers she’s a disgrace; to design mavens, she’s a revolutionary architect. But to 15-year-old Bee, she is simply Mom. Then Bernadette vanishes. It all began when Bee aced her report card and claimed her promised reward: a family trip to Antarctica. But the idea of this trip sends Bernadette into an agoraphobic spiral. To find her mother, Bee compiles email messages, official documents, and secret correspondence to form a story about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter’s role in an absurd world. In This Episode We Mention (We went pretty off-track this time) The Global Amphibian Assessment; Where’d You Go, Bernadette – the movie; Email chains as juicy reading; Where’d you go, question mark in this book title?; Sputnik light fixtures and Alcatraz spoons; The ideaMILL; Where’d you go, actual letters?; Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library; Our love of hearing from our listeners; Author spot by Brenda Sciberras; Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Kirsten: Little Fish by Casey Plett; Alan: You Can Count on Me: A Screenplay by Kenneth Lonergan; Erica: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (also The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Sleeping Giants); Trevor: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Nerd Words for Word Nerds Trevor: Epistolary novel (a work of literature written in the style of letters, emails, texts, documents, etc) Erica: Clever; Alan: Nonplussed (Bernadette’s definition – “So surprised and embarrassed one doesn’t know how to react”. And Merriam-Webster’s definition – “1: unsure about what to say, think, or do: Perplexed – 2: chiefly US – not bothered, surprised, or impressed by something”); Kirsten: Chapbook; *** Many thanks for their comments to our online buds Karrie, Jazzy5164, oh never more-o, and roadsideattraction addict. Special shout out to Allison for listening to every episode, and to Mr Fan, who is apparently also a fan. And another special shout out to Gemma Swan on Youtube for having a tutorial on how to play the Friends theme on ukulele. Next month we’re reading Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Occasional comments by Dennis Penner. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 01 Nov 2019 | Episode 022: Slaughterhouse Five | 01:02:40 | |
Today we’re discussing Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut One of the world’s great antiwar books, centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, it’s the result of what Vonnegut describes as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines science fiction, autobiography, humour, historical fiction, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most. In This Episode We Mention Video clips of Kurt Vonnegut in Back to School The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Krach Find great books through NoveList Plus Great banned and challenged books like The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Erica: The Good Place TV show and The Sparrow and The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell Alan: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg and the Slaughterhouse-Five movie Dennis: Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut and The Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker Trevor: “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, found in “Stories of Your Life and Others” (basis for the movie “Arrival”) Nerd Words for Word Nerds Erica: Pandemonium Trevor: Mutant (also Stephen King’s “The Institute” and Marvel Comics’ “The New Mutants”) Alan: Heisenberg’s Uncertainly Principle (via Wikipedia) and the Quilted Universe Dennis: Sleep Many thanks to our online buds GMC Davis, Sindoyle, Christina, MindLandscape204, J Drosset, and Charlie Nellam for their comments. Next month we’re reading The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Dennis Penner, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Kirsten will return in a future episode. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 06 Dec 2019 | Episode 023: The Remains of the Day | 00:57:54 | |
Today we’re talking about The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of the Day is a subtle, sad, humorous love story, and portrayal of a vanished way of life. It’s also a meditation on the high cost of duty and service. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a man who has dedicated his life to becoming the perfect butler in the one-time great house of Darlington Hall, sets off on a holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and, unexpectedly, into his own past; Specifically, his friendship with the housekeeper, Miss Kenton. Memories begin to surface of his lifetime “in service” to Lord Darlington, and of the years between the wars, when the fate of the continent seemed to lie in the hands of a few men. He finds himself confronting the dark undercurrent beneath the carefully run world of his employer as well as that of the life he could have had, but for a few key choices. In This Episode We Mention Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Erica: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Dennis: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (it’s on Hoopla, too) Alan: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (also: Garden State) Trevor: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware Nerd Words for Word Nerds Erica: Meniscus Dennis: Aspire Alan: Saturn Return Trevor: Quid Pro Quo Next time we’ll be talking about The Princess Bride by William Goldman. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Dennis Penner, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Kirsten Wurmann will return in a future episode. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Show notes by Erica Ball. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 03 Jan 2020 | Episode 024: The Princess Bride | 01:01:34 | |
Today we are talking about S. Morgenstern’s “The Princess Bride”, edited by William Goldman. Summary: Westley and Buttercup live a simple life on a farm, and fall in love. Westley sails off to find his fortune so that he can properly marry Buttercup, but his ship is overtaken by a notorious pirate who never leaves survivors. Heart-broken, Buttercup eventually agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck (rather than face execution), but she does not love him. Then she is kidnapped by people intending on murdering her, then kidnapped again by a masked stranger who turns out to be her lost love, Westley. They are captured by Humperdinck, who secretly tortures and then murders Westley, and plans to murder Buttercup after they wed. Unlikely alliances and one miracle later, Westley rescues Buttercup and they ride off into the sunset into eternal happiness. That’s the story. Or at least, that’s one of the stories, told within a bigger story about stories. It’s a romance, it’s an adventure, it’s a revenge tale, it’s a fairy tale, it’s social commentary, and maybe it’s something else too. Nerd Words: Dennis: harried https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harried Trevor: swashbuckler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swashbuckler Kirsten: egelwegel https://nltimes.nl/2019/12/17/boomer-voted-new-dutch-word-year Alan: decade https://www.dictionary.com/browse/decade Tell me about a book I haven’t read yet: Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Time to Read podcast. We were talking about The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Dennis Penner, Kirsten Wurmann, and Trevor Lockhart. Erica will return in a future episode. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production, and music by Dennis Penner. Some of our comments today came from: Adam Ziegler, Charlie Nellam, missdsmenagerie, Jamie Biebrick, You can be a part of our show too. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for books that you’d like us to read and discuss, and comments and questions about the book we’re reading for our next show! Visit us on the web at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca: check out our show notes with links to some of the things we talked about today, and take part in a discussion about the books we’re reading. You can also join our Facebook group! Next month we’re reading Great House by Nicole Krauss. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. | |||
| 07 Feb 2020 | Episode 025: Great House | 01:03:37 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Time to Read podcast. We are talking about Great House by Nicole Krauss. | |||
| 06 Mar 2020 | Episode 026: The Break | 00:52:36 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are talking about The Break by Katherena Vermette. | |||
| 03 Apr 2020 | Episode 027: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards (MYRCA) | 00:46:16 | |
Hello dear readers. This episode is very different. Due to libraries being closed we are all working at home and recording remotely. Also, this time we each read a book nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards! Find all the MYRCA books online on Overdrive! Learn more about the awards and voting on the MYRCA website. | |||
| 17 Apr 2020 | Special Episode: Our Top Digital Resources April 2020 | 00:50:16 | |
Hello, dear readers. In this special episode we share the WPL resources we are ourselves relying on right now. Everything can be found through winnipeg.ca/library. At Home: A Click Away Info Guide, COVID-19 Info Guide, Media Literacy and Spotting Fake News Info Guide, Kanopy and Kanopy Kids, Always available stuff on Overdrive, Pressreader (Plus: How-to guide for Pressreader), The Same Difference: Gender Roles in the Black Lesbian Community, Helvetica: Typography, Graphic Design and Global Visual Culture, The (Best Ever) Wash Your Hands song, Nerd Word Erica: Pivot, Trevor: Silver Lining, Dennis: Saponification and Can Soap Get Dirty?, Kirsten: Kopfkino. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, Dennis Penner, and Erica Ball. You can be a 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. Next time we’ll be talking about The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think. | |||
| 01 May 2020 | Episode 028: The Hound of the Baskervilles | 01:07:16 | |
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re talking about The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the 1880s, Sir Henry Baskerville is an unassuming farmer in Canada when he gets the news that he’s inherited his ancestral home, Baskerville Hall, back in England on the edge of the dreary Grimpen Mire. But wait: there’s a catch! The inheritance comes with a FAMILY CURSE which puts the Baskerville line in the high risk category of being stalked by a demonic ghostly hound! It turns out the former master of Baskerville Hall, Sir Charles DIED OF FRIGHT outside his home three months before, with evidence of PAW PRINTS near his body and an expression of horror upon his face. Secrets are discovered, plots thicken, the moor gurgles and the hound howls. What’s the meaning behind all this? Turns out it’s quite elementary. In this episode we discuss Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s vaccination arguments, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s visit and the Manitoba Historical Society, How facial recognition technology works, Avoiding facial recognition tracking, Can facial recognition identify your sexuality?, A Persian Slipper (where Sherlock Holmes kept his tobacco) at the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London, The three best Sherlocks: Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Media Literacy and Spotting “Fake News” guide that Trevor maintains Can you tell me a book I would also like? Kirsten: Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova and Brainpickings: Lessons in Mindfulness and Creativity from the Great Detective, Trevor: Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles by Pierre Bayard Erica: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Dennis: The Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout and The Ellery Queen mysteries by Ellery Queen. Nerd words for word nerds Kirsten: Bird Truthers – Isaac’s Powerpoint: Why Birds Aren’t Real and the Audubon website article (includes a list of REAL birds) and the Birds Aren’t Real website, [again, check out Media Literacy and Spotting “Fake News”], Dennis: Epistemology, Trevor: Popcorn, Erica: Take Your Time. Thanks to heathermcc54321, augusteighthgirl, Chelse McKee-Trenchard, and Henry Joseph Feakes for their comments and contributions to our discussion. Thanks also to our lovely Facebook group for selecting our next book to everyone who took the time to share with us. Next month we’re talking about Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think. You can be a 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, Trevor Lockhart, Dennis Penner, and Erica Ball. | |||
| 15 May 2020 | Special Episode: Books to Movies Part 1 – The Hound of the Baskervilles Adaptations | 00:55:27 | |
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re chatting about a few of the many screen adaptations of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this episode we discuss The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) starring Basil Rathbone; The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) starring Peter Cushing; The… | |||
| 22 May 2020 | Special Episode – Books to Movies Part 2 – All the Movies | 00:46:03 | |
Thanks for joining us! This the second part of a special episode that ran long. Instead of talking about a book like we normally do, we’ve been ruminating on movie or tv adaptations of books. We ran out of time in part one, so here’s the rest, where we talk adaptations that we like, that… | |||
| 05 Jun 2020 | Episode 029: Little Women | 01:00:44 | |
Thanks for joining us! In this episode we’ll be talking about Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, as it was chosen for us by our lovely Facebook group! Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are four sisters caught between childhood dreams and the realities of burgeoning adulthood as they come of age in New England during and after the civil war. Pastor’s daughters raised in raised in integrity and virtue, but also love and imagination, they negotiate the choices that will either narrow or expand their destinies. Inspired by the author’s life, Little Women transcends genre, gender, and class with its examination of personal quests, societal and religious restrictions, family ties, and the growing pains of becoming an adult. In this episode we discuss How Kirsten was such a Meg as a kid (and this photo of her directing a theatrical performance from the early 1980s); A Long Fatal Love Chase by A.M. Barnard; Duncan Mercredi and his recent interview on the Winnipeg Arts Council website. Trevor’s surprising experience as assistant to a secret society ***Correction: In The West Wing, First Lady Abbey Bartlet was played Stockard Channing Can you tell me a book I would also like? Kirsten: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Fowler; Trevor: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (available on Overdrive as an ebook and audiobook); Dennis: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; Erica: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Nerd words for word nerds Erica: Hashafashasha; Kirsten: Interrobang; Trevor: Pickled Limes; Dennis: Inconsequential. Thanks to @oonevermoreo, @winniecitee, @amandarogo, @Jenniferallard73, and @scoutaboot for their contributions to the discussion! Thanks also to our lovely Facebook group. Next month we’re talking about Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin. It’s available in print and online through Overdrive. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think. You can be a 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, Trevor Lockhart, Dennis Penner, and Erica Ball. | |||
| 03 Jul 2020 | Episode 030: Tales of the City | 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. | |||
| 07 Aug 2020 | Episode 031: Charcoal Joe | 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. | |||
| 04 Sep 2020 | Episode 032: The Sisters Brothers | 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. | |||
| 02 Oct 2020 | Episode 033: The Stranger in the Woods | 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. | |||
| 06 Nov 2020 | Episode 034: The Island of Sea Women | 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. | |||
| 04 Dec 2020 | Episode 035: The Water Dancer | 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. | |||
| 01 Jan 2021 | Episode 036: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | 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. | |||
| 05 Feb 2021 | Episode 037: Vi | 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. | |||
| 05 Mar 2021 | Episode 038: Evvie Drake Starts Over | 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. | |||
| 02 Apr 2021 | Episode 039: The Saturday Night Ghost Club | 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. | |||
| 07 May 2021 | Episode 040: Tenth of December | 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. | |||
| 04 Jun 2021 | Episode 041: Educated | 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. | |||
| 02 Jul 2021 | Episode 042: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me | 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. | |||
| 02 Feb 2018 | Episode 001: Oryx and Crake | 01:04:09 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We were discussing Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. Next month, we’re reading Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think, through social media or wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. In this episode we talked about: Kirsten’s dog Dave Our Nerd Words for Word Nerds were:
With special thanks to Jennifer Still, our current Writer-in-Residence and author of Comma. Some of our sound effects come from freesound.org: buzz roll by bigjoedrummer, crash by bone666138, cheer by jayfrosting, and fire extinguisher by iamgiorgio. | |||
| 06 Aug 2021 | Episode 043: The Huntress | 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. | |||
| 03 Sep 2021 | Episode 044: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing | 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. | |||
| 01 Oct 2021 | Episode 045: Love in the Time of Cholera | 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. | |||
| 05 Nov 2021 | Episode 046: Lovecraft Country | 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. | |||
| 03 Dec 2021 | Episode 047: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | 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. | |||
| 07 Jan 2022 | Episode 048: The Death of Vivek Oji | 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. | |||
| 04 Feb 2022 | Episode 049: The Nickel Boys | 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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| 04 Mar 2022 | Episode 050: Our Favourites | 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 | |||
| 01 Apr 2022 | Episode 051: Return of the Trickster | 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. | |||
| 01 Mar 2018 | Episode 002: Middlesex | 00:57:52 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Next month, we’re reading The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us. In this episode we talked about: How I Met Your Mother Nerd Words for Word Nerds: Kirsten – Ruinenlust (and the book Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke WPL programs and services mentioned: Spring break at WPL (or register online)
Our special thanks to Sally Ito, author of Alert to Glory and to the members of the Fort Garry book club
Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. Some of our comments and questions today came from Wayne from Millennium, Laura from Fort Garry, Monica from West End, and @MysterNightOwl from Twitter. | |||
| 06 Apr 2018 | Episode 003: The Underground Railroad | 01:07:58 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Next month, we’re reading The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us. In this episode we talked about: Anne Frank Read Alikes Round Table: Trevor: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Nerd Words for Word Nerds: Erica: March (March for Our Lives) WPL programs and services mentioned: Poetry play stations for Poetry Month (March/April Library newsletter p. 13)
Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts are Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. Some of our comments and questions today came from Dave, Harold, and Stephanie. | |||
| 04 May 2018 | Episode 004: The Ocean at the End of the Lane | 01:00:22 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. | |||
| 17 Apr 2018 | Special Episode: Library Happy Hour at The Good Will Social Club April 11, 2018 | 01:19:24 | |
Thanks for joining us for this special episode, where we bring you Library Happy Hour at the Good Will Social Club from Wednesday April 11, 2018. The readers are Ed Cuddy, Kirsten Wurmann, Tauni Jensen, and Trevor Lockhart Our special guest is WPL Writer-In-Residence Jennifer Still. We read the following poems and stories: in… | |||
| 31 May 2018 | Episode 005: Eleanor and Park | 01:13:51 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. Next month, we’re reading Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! Discuss it here, or email us. In this episode we talked about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) Rainbow Rowell’s playlist for Eleanor and Park And her playlists on Spotify Banned Book Week (U.S.) and Freedom to Read Week (Canada) Recommended Reads Dietland by Sarai Walker Watchmen and V for Vendetta and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg Forever by Judy Blume Nerd Words for Word Nerds Erica: Ellipses Trevor: Seratonin Alan: Red-Headed Stepchild Kirsten: Custard Tart / Pastel de Nata [Unfortunately, we do not have pictures of Kirsten’s custard tarts, as they were consumed before anyone could pull out a camera] Books and Media mentioned Joshua Tree by U2 Nothing Compares 2U Sinead O’Connor (1990!) Colors by Beck Red Red Wine by UB40 Bear by Marian Engel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Shad WPL programs and services mentioned WPL ebooks and Overdrive (#bookbookebookbook:notmutuallyexclusive #gary) Canadian Points of View database WPL Info Guides Amazing handouts on crisis and support lines, adult shelters and warming centres, mental health crisis services, youth crisis services, women’s and family violence shelters Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. | |||
| 06 Jul 2018 | Episode 006: Fun Home | 01:11:11 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode, discussing Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel | |||
| 03 Aug 2018 | Episode 007: Son of a Trickster | 01:10:59 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode, on Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson. In This Episode We Talked About Our super interesting discussion questions for Son of a Trickster, Can You Tell Me a Book You Would Also Like? Erica: Birdie by Tracey Lindberg and American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Nerd Words for Word Nerds Kirsten: Nerd Books and Media More Eden Robinson books, WPL Programs and Services The At the Library newsletter on our website and in all branches, Special thanks to guest Monique Woroniak and to Amy and Pat for their comments! Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Website by Arryn Seburn and Erica Ball. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 07 Sep 2018 | Episode 008: Walkaway | 01:06:18 | |
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read in which we discuss Walkaway by Cory Doctorow Next month we are reading The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers In this episode we talked about
Can you Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like?
Nerd Words for Word Nerds
Books and Media Mentioned WPL programs and services mentioned
Special thanks to Amy for writing in with her comments. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 05 Oct 2018 | Episode 009: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet | 00:58:29 | |
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. Next month we are reading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. In this episode we mentioned: The Mary Sue – the nexus of pop culture and the uncharted universe: https://www.themarysue.com/ The Kitschies (The prize for progressive, intelligent, and entertaining literature with a speculative element): http://www.thekitschies.com/ Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction Book of the Year: https://www.clarkeaward.com/ Also, here is some fan art of the Wayfarer crew. Do they look the way you imagined them? Artist: SebasP from the deviantart.com website
Can you Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Trevor Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Erica All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells Kirsten Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Alan Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Nerd Word for Word Nerds Erica: “Hoist with his own petard” Trevor: “Craic” Alan: “Legerdemain” Kirsten: “Horse Opera” WPL Programs and Services Mentioned Tales at Night: Library Happy Hour with special guests Improvision
Time to Read is produced by Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner | |||
| 02 Nov 2018 | Episode 010: The Devil in the White City | 00:53:27 | |
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. In this episode we mentioned Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Nerd Word for Word Nerds WPL Programs and Services Mentioned
Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. Next month we are reading I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. We want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for what to read, and comments about the book for our next show. | |||
| 14 Nov 2018 | Special Episode: Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour (October 24, 2018) | 01:08:40 | |
It’s time for another special episode! We hosted our spooky Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour at the Good Will Social Club on Wednesday October 24, 2018, and we decided to record it for your listening pleasure. Just in case you missed it (or want to listen again!) The readers are Ed Cuddy, Kirsten Wurmann, Tauni Jensen,… | |||
| 07 Dec 2018 | Episode 011: I’m Thinking of Ending Things | 00:57:27 | |
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. In this episode we mentioned Iain Reid’s sister RBC Taylor Emerging Writer award-winner “Thoughts become words. Words become deeds” and variations Get Out movie Fingernails falling out and symbolism: “If you dream of your nails falling out, it could mean that you are concerned about your ability to defend against some kind of emotional attack or aggression.” Movies that are better than the books: The Prestige by Christopher Priest, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Erica: Foe by Iain Reid Trevor: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Kirsten: Women Talking by Miriam Toews and the true story Alan: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk Nerd Word for Word Nerds Erica: Oversight and the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Trevor: Sloppy Joes Kirsten: Single-Use and other Words of the Year https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty Alan: Appalachia and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance and Coalfields to Cornfields — Appalachia: The Pronunciation Matters WPL Programs and Services Mentioned Ugly Sweater Ornaments teen program Jordan Wheeler our Writer-in-Residence ***The Time to Read LIVE Anniversary Party*** Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. Next month we are reading Beartown by Fredrik Backman. We want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for what to read, and comments about the book for our next show.
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| 04 Jan 2019 | Episode 012: Beartown | 01:01:41 | |
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Beartown is a town in need of a win, and their best hope is an incredibly talented high-school boy and a well-coached junior ice hockey team. All the hopes and dreams for the town’s revival rest on the results of one national semi-final. The match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Repercussions ripple through all of Beartown, leaving no-one unaffected. We see the consequences of tunnel vision, misplaced pride, and naked ambition; of toxic culture and the power of community to either lift its members up, or tear itself apart. In this episode we mention Favourite sports movies! (Including League of Their Own, Draft Day, and Miracle) Human nature Chimpanzees and Bonobos and us Pardon by Carol Shields from short story collection Various Miracles (Note: It was referred to as Apology on the episode) The Intro to Podcasting program on January 19, 2019 Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Erica: My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises by Fredrik Backman Kirsten: Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese (and the film) Trevor: All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin Alan: All the Way by Jordin Tootoo (and Kellie Pickler – Best Days of Your Life) Nerd Word for Word Nerds Erica: Sorry Alan: Slush a.k.a Frozen Carbonated Beverage Trevor: Aquafaba Kirsten: Pot Stirrer / Stir the Pot *Thank you to the amazing Aisha Alfa for the wonderful shout-out *And thank you to our listeners!! Some of our comments today came from Jenna, Carrie664, Miriella, Chelsea, David, Sebastien, BBLacroix, Vernon, Jazzy5164, and Amy. Big news – Next month we’re reading Washington Black by Esi Edugyan in collaboration with guests from Black Space Winnipeg! As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for what to read, and comments about the book for our next show. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Trevor Lockhart. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner.
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| 01 Feb 2019 | Episode 013: Washington Black | 00:48:08 | |
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Many many thanks to guest hosts Alexa Potashnik and Sappfyre McLeod from Black Space Winnipeg! George Washington Black is a young field slave born on a Barbados sugar plantation. When his master’s eccentric brother chooses him as manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or “Titch,” is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world of technology and science, where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where two people, separated by circumstances of birth, might begin to see each other as human. When a bounty is placed on Wash’s head, Titch and Wash escape in a fable-like flight along the eastern coast of America, and, finally, to a remote outpost in the Arctic. There Wash, left suddenly on his own, must invent himself anew and is again adrift across the globe. (Blurb adapted from goodreads.com) In This Episode We Mention Black Space Winnipeg (check out Nuit Noir, Afro Prairie Film Festival, and Project Heal) Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Our Black History Month Recommended Reading list The plural of octopus??? Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Sappfyre: The Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Alexa: Brother by David Chariandy Erica: Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (a previous TTR pick!) also shout out to James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Trevor: The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Nerd Word for Word Nerds Erica: Ipsedixitism Sappfyre: Lifeless Reinvigorate Alexa: Blackfishing Trevor: Hectocotylus We’re celebrating our anniversary! We’ll be doing a live podcast on Tuesday evening, March 26th, at the Good Will Social Club. We hope to see you there. Next month, Alan and Kirsten will be back. We’re reading The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, and we’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for what to read, and comments about the book for our next show. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Alexa Potashnik, Sappfyre McLeod, Trevor Lockhart, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 01 Mar 2019 | Episode 014: The Namesake | 00:58:59 | |
Thank you for joining us for our discussion of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli are simultaneously navigating a new relationship, a new marriage, a new life, and a new country and merge their traditions with the American ones in which they raise their children. Their son Gogol, named after the Russian writer, knows only that he feels the burden of expectation as well as his odd name. He stumbles along the first-generation path, with conflicting loyalties, comic detours, and wrenching love affairs. Exploring identity, the claims of family, and the defining power of the name bestowed upon us by our parents, but also the means by which we slowly, sometimes painfully, come to define ourselves. In This Episode We Mention Teach Yourself Italian by Jhumpa Lahiri Short stories – Just Lather, That’s All by Hernando Téllez; Skin and Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl; The Screaming Woman by Ray Bradbury, Araby by James Joyce, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Tales at Night: Library Happy Hour Headhunter by Timothy Findley But I Don’t Wanna Grow Up! Live podcast on Tuesday, March 26 at 7:30 pm. at the Good Will Social Club. Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like? Trevor: Stoner by John Williams Erica: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Kirsten: What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin Alan: The Overcoat: And Other Tales of Good and Evil Nerd Word for Word Nerds Alan: Swiftie Erica: Eyre (legal term) and The Eyre Legend Kirsten: Kirsten (Baby Name Wizard and Urban Dictionary) Trevor: Typecasting featuring Yul Brynner Hey!! Our little podcast is one year old! To celebrate, we’ll be doing a live podcast on Tuesday, March 26th, at the Good Will Social Club, talking about the kids’ books that made us love reading. We hope to hear your favorites and to see you there. As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, Alan Chorney, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 05 Apr 2019 | Episode 015: But I Don’t Wanna Grow Up – Live | 01:09:38 | |
Thank you for joining us for this special LIVE episode where we discuss our favourite childhood reads with the audience at the Good Will Social Club, and featuring special musical guest funlife. In This Episode We Mention There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon by Jack Kent The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton Tintin by Hergé Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco Favourite Characters of the Audience Ferdinand the Bull from The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Wilbur the Pig from Charlotte’s Web by E B White Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel **THE WINNER ** Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Alan: Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Louis Sachar Nerd Word for Word Nerds From the Audience: Garbage Fire, Integral, Milquetoast, Petrichor, Masticate, Phenomenal, Lame, Tickety-Boo, Quixotic, Curmudgeon, Rime, Serendipity And Alan’s: With (and thanks to Tanis MacDonald) Our heartfelt, extremely mushy grateful thanks to those of you who participated in our party and this episode, to the amazing band funlife, and to those who got in touch over social media. As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, Alan Chorney, and Erica Ball. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 03 May 2019 | Episode 016: Poetry | 01:06:18 | |
Thank you for joining us for our discussion of poetry by poets. This month we each chose a book of poetry to read, but ended up delving more broadly into poetry as well. We also wrote a poem as a team! Poets covered include Katheriea Vermette, Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, and Robert Frost, among others. In This Episode We Mention Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Track: Bukowski) The best ever group poetry exercise Come On In: New Poems by Charles Bukowski The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner river woman by Katherena Vermette The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker “This River” – NFB documentary by Katherena Vermette The Princess Saves Herself in the This One by Amanda Lovelace “[in Just-]” by e.e. cummings. (Poem recited by a CLEVER LOOPHOLE FINDER in my grade 11 english class, satisfying the 8 line requirement) “Spring and Fall to a Young Child” by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The poem Trevor foolhardily tried to recite from memory, getting MAYBE 70% of it “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost In the Clearing by Robert Frost (the last collection of poetry in his lifetime) “The Draft Horse” poem first appeared On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell (Book where the “Deck of Cards Poetry Idea” came from) **Speaking Crow at Millennium Library with Steve Locke** “This Be The Verse” by Philip Larkin. (Under-rated British poet AND LIBRARIAN. The words of the last stanza were also the final words of Count Olaf in the Series of Unfortunate Events). How a Poem Moves by Adam Sol. A blog by Canadian poet Adam Sol, where each post starts with a poem and is followed by a short commentary as to why he likes the poem. Many of these posts have been converted into short chapters for a recently published book of the same name. Gush: Menstrual Manifestos for Our Times, edited by Rosanna Deerchild, Ariel Gordon, and Tanis MacDonald Harriet Monroe founder of Poetry Magazine The Poetry and Short Story Reference Center Nerd Word for Word Nerds Kirsten: Dream Trevor: Metro-phobia, the fear of poetry. Alan: Aphantasia, the suggested name for a condition where one does not possess a functioning mind’s eye and cannot voluntarily visualize imagery Erica: Poiesis
Many thanks to Steve Locke from Speaking Crow, Phil, Marlene, and Christy for joining in. Next month we’re reading Fox by Margaret Sweatman. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it. We want to talk about what you want to talk about, so email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions for books that you’d like us to read and discuss, and comments and quest... | |||
| 07 Jun 2019 | Episode 017: Fox | 01:04:33 | |
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Fox by Margaret Sweatman WITH Margaret Sweatman! Laid over the backdrop of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, Fox examines several characters as they face the time’s social upheaval through a postmodern pastiche of newspaper headlines, diary entries, character vignettes and poems. Its narrative thread is mostly through four characters: Mary, who enjoys her pampered lifestyle and is engaged to the socially charming businessman Drinkwater, Eleanor, who in spite of her families’ wealth, realizes that she has little to call her own and MacDougal, a local bookstore owner who fights for social reform. In This Episode We Mention Broken Songs Band (Margaret’s band with her husband Glenn Buhr): The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Private Property by Margaret Sweatman Jordon Wheeler and Digital Ogichida Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case. Track — Margaret Vs. Pauline
Can You Tell Me A Book I Would Also Like? Margaret: Deborah Levy’s books Swimming Home, Things I Don’t Want to Know, and Hot Milk Trevor: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane. Kirsten: Republic of Love by Carol Shields
Nerd Words for Word Nerds Kirsten: Carceral – Manitoba’s incarceration rates are the highest in Canada Trevor: Sora – here’s the picture Alan: Neutral – having no personal preference or bias; or having no opinion (among other things), and the podcast Against the Rules with Michael Lewis Margaret: Seditious – described in Fox as “a hot word in a dry place”
**Our never-ending thanks to Margaret Sweatman for graciously appearing on our little podcast.** Next month we’ll be reading Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson with special guest Jordan Wheeler As always – we want to talk about what you want to talk about. Get in touch on social media or email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca. Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Your hosts today were Margaret Sweatman, Kirsten Wurmann, Trevor Lockhart, and Alan Chorney. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner. | |||
| 06 May 2022 | Episode 052: Unless | 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 Murders by 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. | |||
| 03 Jun 2022 | Episode 053: Eight Perfect Murders | 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. | |||
| 01 Jul 2022 | Episode 054: The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly | 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. | |||
| 05 Aug 2022 | Episode 055: All My Puny Sorrows | 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. | |||
| 02 Sep 2022 | Episode 056: In A Sunburned Country | 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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| 07 Oct 2022 | Episode 057: Empire of Wild | 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. | |||
| 04 Nov 2022 | Episode 058: Billy Summers | 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. | |||
| 02 Dec 2022 | Episode 059: The Rakess | 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. | |||
| 06 Jan 2023 | Episode 060: Dawn | 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. | |||
| 03 Feb 2023 | Episode 061: Rebecca | 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. | |||
| 03 Mar 2023 | Episode 062: Women of the Fur Trade | 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. | |||
| 07 Apr 2023 | Episode 063: Tatouine | 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. | |||
| 05 May 2023 | Episode 064: The Bluest Eye | 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. | |||
| 02 Jun 2023 | Episode 065: Migrations | 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. | |||
| 07 Jul 2023 | Episode 066: A Grandmother Begins the Story | 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. | |||
| 04 Aug 2023 | Episode 067: The Thursday Murder Club | 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. | |||
| 01 Sep 2023 | Episode 068: Half of a Yellow Sun | 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. | |||
| 06 Oct 2023 | Episode 069: Hell of a Book | 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. | |||
| 03 Nov 2023 | Episode 070: Gilead | 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. | |||
| 01 Dec 2023 | Episode 071: If Beale Street Could Talk | 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. | |||
| 02 Feb 2024 | Episode 072: French Exit | 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. | |||
| 01 Mar 2024 | Episode 073: Moon of the Turning Leaves | 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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