Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

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Find your book club picks and get your literary fix here. I lead bookish discussions with authors, friends and family minus the scheduling, wine, charcuterie board and the book you didn’t have time to finish. My tastes skew toward the literary but I can’t resist a good thriller or the must-read book of the season. If you like authors like Donna Tartt, Ann Patchett, Jonathan Franzen, Marie Benedict and Rachel Hawkins this podcast is for you. 

  1. SEP 4

    Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 4: Heather Hendrie, Trista Lundquist, Sherry McMillan and P.S. Whatever

    Send us a text This episode wraps up my series featuring the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I sit down with two children’s book authors, a YA author, and an anthology author for a wide-ranging conversation about cats, creativity, and the power of books to make us feel less alone. I also share the origin story of the Red Fern Book Review name and discover how early reading experiences sparked a lifelong love of storytelling in each of us. Books discussed: awfully hilarious: period pieces by Heather Hendrie The Quiet Limit by Trista Lundquist My S's Are Messes by Sherry McMillan Secrets of the Under-Under World: Water by P.S. Whatever About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow Heather: Website: https://awfullyhilarious.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awfullyhilarious Follow Trista: Website: https://www.tristalundquist.ca/#/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/by.tristalundquist/ Follow Sherry: Website: https://sherrymcmillan.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherry_mcmillan_writes/ Follow P.S. Whatever: Website: https://www.underunderworld.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/underunderworldbooks/?hl=en Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    51 min

  2. JUL 30

    Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 3: Evie Alexander, Susan Jane Wright, Susan Wadds and Jayson Adams

    Send us a text I had the chance to talk with four of the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award Winner about the writing and publishing process. We talk titles, character development and backstory. Each of the authors has written in a different genre, which made for a compelling discussion. Our conversation was far-reaching—from sex parties and trips to Mars to roadkill and stately homes. Books discussed: Love Ad Lib by Evie Alexander Fortune Favors the Dead by Susan Jane Wright What the Living Do by Susan E. Wadds Ares by Jayson Adams About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow the Authors: Evie Alexander Website: eviealexanderauthor.com Instagram: @eviealexanderauthor Susan Jane Wright Website: susanjanewright.ca Instagram: @susanjjwright Susan E. Wadds Website: writeyourwayin.ca Jayson Adams Website: jaysonadams.com Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    40 min

  3. JUL 21

    Summer Reading 2025 with Tall Mike

    Send us a text I was thrilled to join The TallMikeWine Podcast for the third time to talk about two of my favourite things: reading and wine! We chatted about perfect summer reads, and I even got a mini wine education—turns out there's more to wine than just red and white. Ever heard of orange wine? Tune in for book recs, wine talk, and lots of laughs. Wines discussed: 2024 Saintly, The Good Rose , British Columbia 2020 Tolaini Cabernet Sauvignon, "Legit", IGT Toscana Books discussed: The Wedding People by Alison Espach Table for Two by Amor Towles Real Americans by Rachel Khong Fortune Favors the Dead by Susan Jane Wright Podcasts discussed: Monica Lewinsky - Reclaiming Fail Better with David Duchovny Follow Mike Stone: Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1435309 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallmikewine/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    57 min

  4. JUL 11

    Canadian Book Club Awards Winners Part 2: Ignacio Cafone

    Send us a text Oxford Professor of Law and AI Regulation Ignacio Cofone joins the podcast to talk about his book The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy. Ignacio is a 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards Winner in the Non-Fiction/Education category. He talks about what we need to think about when we sign data consent forms and convinces me that computers are not overtaking the world anytime soon.  Books discussed: The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow Ignacio: ignaciocofone.com Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    20 min

  5. JUN 27

    Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 1: Ben Sporer, Jane Enright and Kelly S. Thompson

    Send us a text I had the opportunity to sit down with three recipients of The Canadian Book Club Awards and discuss vulnerability and accessibility in writing as well as explore what it means to be a Canadian author. This episode is part of a four part series on The 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards that will run throughout the summer.  Books discussed: Output by Ben Sporer Jane's Jam by Jane Enright Still I Cannot Save You by Kelly S. Thompson About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow Ben:  Instagram: @outputbook Follow Jane: Instagram: @janeenright.author Website: janeenrightauthor.com Follow Kelly: Instagram: @kellysthompsonwriter Website: kellysthompson.com Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    41 min

  6. APR 4

    Until Even the Angels

    Send us a text Friend and first time author Suzanne Scott Tomita joins the podcast to discuss her debut novel Until Even the Angels. Her book is the story of Mei Mei Goh, a domestic servant to the wealthy Hamilton family, and her unlikely friendship with her young mistress, Honour Hamilton, and the teenage gardner, Pashunath Roy. Set in 1950s Singapore and contemporary London, Until Even the Angels is part mystery, historical fiction, social commentary.  Suzanne has a PhD in Education from the University of British Columbia and completed The Writer's Studio Creative WRiting Certificate at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She was born in Tunisia and raised in Venezuela, Germany, Indonesia, Canada and Australia. Her writing inclues personal essays on the topics of motherhood, mid-life and marriage, home and belonging. Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    39 min

  7. 2024-12-06

    Holiday Gift Ideas 2024

    Send us a text Fellow book nerd and special projects manager for Book Warehouse, Mary-Ann Yazedijan, joins the podcast to talk about her top reads for the holiday season. We discuss books new and old for holiday gift giving or your own TBR list. Books discussed: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Intermezzo by Sally Rooney The Life Impossible by Matt Haig The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife: A Novel  by Anna Johnston Follow Book Warehouse: Instagram: @bookwarehousevancouver Website: https://blackbondbooks.com/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    40 min

  8. 2024-11-22

    The Mystery Queens

    Send us a text I drop by the recent Vancouver Writers Festival event and share insights on a panel discussion with three authors who specialize in writing about subterfuge and deceit. Ann Cleeves is a British mystery novelist known for perfecting the police procedural. Beverley McLachlin is the former chief justice of Canada who now pens legal thrillers and Nita Prose has is the master of the comedic, locked room mystery. Book discussed: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves The Maid by Nita Prose The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose  Proof by Beverley McLachlin Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

    28 min
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Find your book club picks and get your literary fix here. I lead bookish discussions with authors, friends and family minus the scheduling, wine, charcuterie board and the book you didn’t have time to finish. My tastes skew toward the literary but I can’t resist a good thriller or the must-read book of the season. If you like authors like Donna Tartt, Ann Patchett, Jonathan Franzen, Marie Benedict and Rachel Hawkins this podcast is for you. 

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