Time To Read

Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly by 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.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEWPL’s 2SKGBTQQIA+ Info GuideReader’s Salon Post about Pride ResourcesThe History of Pride by Meg MetcalfBecause of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Littlest HoboTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!Trevor: Page by Paige by Laura Lee GulledgeCasey: Shelterbelts by Jonathan D

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

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 Mu

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. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Indigiverse radio program on Sirius XM, hosted by Kim Wheeler and Kaylen Belair Storykeepers Podcast 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: crypti

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

Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. 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 Banality of Evil Annual “Glad Day” in Littleton, New Hampshire Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter’s Download Page on Project Gutenberg TELL

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! CBC show “Sort of” 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

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. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 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. Susie Dent’s Twitter Account Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Toby: When

Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff 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 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) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE 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 NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Trevor: desi pizza

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 Lo

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 Alternate Reality Games The Time to Read episode discussing Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway. Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bars     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 Rober

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

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. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 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 lo

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. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE “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)   TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE Dennis: A Child Called It: One Chil

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. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 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   TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK I MIGHT LIKE 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   NERD WORDS FOR

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 (With Photographic Evidence) 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!) The Canadian UFO Report Ufology Research 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 Sk

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

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

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

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 Coate