The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

The voices of a Canadian indie bookstore, cinema, bar, bistro, and live music venue.

  1. APR 11

    #87 April 2025

    Candice has finally read some books! One super feminist, and one not so much. Steph admits to a 30 year old crime against the Scholastic Book Fair. We cover a lot this month, from the magic of pregnancy to avoiding celebrities even when they invite people to come meet them. It’s a weird through line, but we get there. Books Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix  Double Love Sweet Valley High #1 by Francine Pascal  Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin  Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang  The Institute by Stephen King  Movies Memento Trailer https://youtu.be/4CV41hoyS8A?si=U9xyJGS6ngiSbbBc  Arrival Trailer https://youtu.be/tFMo3UJ4B4g?si=2b2ZPDSSgHWp60Ng  Annihilation Trailer https://youtu.be/89OP78l9oF0?si=_DS6HB4j9IvBSveB Timestamps 1:15 Candice’s reading update 20:00 Deep dive into Steph and Candice’s Teen melodrama books and shows 26:00 Steph’s reading update 30:00 How time and experience changes how we interact with the books and movies we are watching 34:00 Steph’s movie adventures with her 14 year old son 39:00 Who owns art after the artist releases it? 44:00 Interacting with the public as a celebrity 52:00 A short update on Candice’s Stephen King project   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    58 min

  2. MAR 19

    #86 March 2025

    Steph and Candice catch up on the last month after a hiatus due to a provincial election. Candice read no books. Steph went on a yoga retreat and read a lot of books. Books The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk  Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo  Awe by Dacher Keltner  Links Asana Todoist  Double Rainbow Youtube (an oldie but a classic) Timestamps 3:00 - using to-do lists for planning 13:00 - women’s health (women of a certain age!) 21:00 - Steph’s reading update 29:00 - Steph went on a retreat   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    51 min

  3. JAN 13

    #85 January 2025

    We are moving into the new year with optimism, because it’s so needed right now. Congrats to Yes, We Are Open, the branded series from Moneris, https://www.moneris.com/en/blog/categories/topics/yes-we-are-open-podcast, which won the 2024 Canadian Podcast Award in the Best Branded Series category. So thankful to the Canadian Podcast Awards for nominating us, and looking forward to hopefully trying again next year. We cover a lot of books, and movies this month. And announce our reading goals for the new year. Follow us on Storygraph to see how we do! Steph - https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/analog_gal  Candice - https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cinn48  Books Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWXh7V7VQhnmQ  The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, https://bookshelf.ca/item/5Z0NmApghbwlgqRv2cul3g  The Down Days by Ilze Hugo, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAXsrhdiA4sIZw  The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, https://bookshelf.ca/item/1sM1NJwkMQcr_nZQIUr74Q   The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAW5QfTlKRSSTw  Diavola by Jennifer Thorne, https://bookshelf.ca/item/3Czr8TaWU99nhZ5eEUbv-A  Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, https://bookshelf.ca/item/p5lAnqxqGBTqv019t_HQVg  Wrapped In Plastic: Twin Peaks Pop Classic by Andy Burns, https://bookshelf.ca/item/jxxbdRJkVbKV-hNGkywsXw More Pop Classics here https://ecwpress.com/collections/pop-classics-series  The Lady from the Black Lagoon, by Mallory O’Meara, https://bookshelf.ca/item/44euZQqJnHLX03kHESy4CA  I Love You: Recipes From The Heart by Pamela Anderson https://bookshelf.ca/item/2-gUryvjjJ-46tOg2S_sAg  The Institute by Stephen King, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWNXOh6BTbWTQ  Movies The Last Showgirl trailer starring Pamela Anderson https://youtu.be/hZDs_lLGrTU?si=AzmAe12VASY6MHd0  Pamela Anderson in the Criterion Closet https://youtu.be/tyo_tJuhw8U?si=57CtIv7xggzIgQTV  The Substance trailer starring Demi Moore, https://youtu.be/LNlrGhBpYjc?si=uG7EBpqbi3e_9kVy  A Complete Unknown https://youtu.be/NO9hXSD5K4A?si=tbJg4s2o9dNAjzp7  Free Guy Trailer https://youtu.be/X2m-08cOAbc?si=szVMGq6kgLDT0I0k   Woman of the Hour Trailer https://youtu.be/0c23FYqC1TM?si=eUnS4NWSP3K1-FpA  Get Out Trailer https://youtu.be/DzfpyUB60YY?si=AmJPuwInuPPBF297  Timestamps 2:00 Steph starts her reading update 11:00 Some convo about time, age, and the turn of the new millennium (remember Y2K?) 15:00 Back to the Steph’s reading update 21:00 Candice’s reading update 28:00 Some movie talk about women aging  37:00 More movie talk 47:00 Oops, we blame the patriarchy again 51:00 Reading goals for 2025, including the Stephen King project   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    56 min

  4. 2024-12-20

    #84 December 2024

    We made it to the end of the year! This month is some heavy movie talk, but we also do a short update on our yearly reading goals and reminisce about our youth. Books Diavola by Jennifer Thorne  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer  Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein  Saving Time by Jenny O’Dell  The Troop by Nick Cutter Movies Anora trailer  Inside Llewyn Davis and other Cohen Brothers Movies A little Ralph Fiennes appreciation -  The Return trailer, and Conclave trailer  Hallmark and Finding Mr Christmas trailer Links Timestamps 00:01 Movie update right up top 17:00 Where can men be allowed to be emotional 29:00 Sports and physical activity 34:00 Steph’s reading update 40:00 Importance of rest 48:00 Trip down memory lane 53:00 Candice’s reading update & year long reading targets   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    57 min

  5. 2024-11-22

    Bonus #4 Ian Williams Talk at The Bookshelf, the Complete Interview

    Enjoy the complete book reading, interview and audience Q&A between Ian Williams and Pat Case.

    1h 8m

  6. 2024-11-22

    #83 November 2024, The one about genres

    **The Village Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award under the category of Outstanding Branded Series. Watch https://canpodawards.ca/ for information about the awards ceremony which will take place sometime in December and find out if we’ve won. This month we have a special clip following the conversation between Steph and Candice with some highlights from the book reading and signing by Ian Williams about his new book What I Mean To Say. The full length reading and Q&A follows later this week in this feed. Books Shame on You: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro  Saving Time by Jenny Odell  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware  The John Cardinal Series by Giles Blunt   The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King   Anathem by Neal Stephenson (If you dare read sci-fi about the philosophy of quantum mechanics) What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in our Time by Ian Williams  Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams  You’ve Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead was Brought To Life by Clark Collis  The Troop by Nick Cutter   Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson   Carrie by Stephen King   Links Do You Want To Party? A Movies by the Minute Podcast about Return of the Living Dead - Candice’s episodes on Minute 11 , 20  , 21  , and bonus episode 1 and 2  Linda Martell introducing Genres on Cowboy Carter by Beyonce - (Song NSFW) Edgar Wright music video for Mint Royale’s Blue Song  Timestamps 0:00 Oops our welcome turned into a conversation about the Giller Prize and protesting weapons manufacturers 10:00 Steph’s reading update 23:00 A breakdown of the mystery genre, and then a breakdown of book genres in general 32:00 Star Wars movie talk - how did we get here? 38:00 Candice’s reading update 42:00 Star Wars again? How did we come back? 47:00 Back to Candice’s update - movies, tv and books 54:00 Feedback from a listener 1:07:00 A 15 minute clip of highlights from Ian Williams Author Talk   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    1h 23m

  7. 2024-10-12

    #82 October 2024

    Welcome to our new listeners! We saw last month that a bunch of people were going back and downloading old episodes, so last month was probably when they found us for the first time. Let us know what you like, what you miss from our old episodes, or what you want us to do going forward! Books Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani The Power of Story: On Truth, The Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson Revival by Stephen King Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano 97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman Other Maps by Rebecca Morris Revisionaries: What We Can Learn From the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers by Kristopher Jansma Movies Lake Placid vs. Anaconda Trailer  Links Candice's 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days List Candice's Hooptober Movie List Timestamps 00:00 Intro 07:30 Steph's reading update 20:00 Candice's reading update + Steph's fiction pick 34:00 Candice's real life visit to a place she read a book about 36:00 What's with all the pizza places in Guelph? 39:00 Back to Candice reading, and Guelph in the 90s and 00s 47:00 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days update   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    57 min

  8. 2024-09-14

    #81 September 2024

    It's September and we are back! Tune in to hear what we've read over our summer break and what we are looking forward to coming up! Including what reading project Candice will take on when she's finished the Stephen King project. Books On Freedom by Timothy Snyder On Property by Rinaldo Walcott It's Not You, It's Capitalism by Malaika Jabali The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow On Our Best Behaviour by Elise Loehnen The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch) The Curator by Owen King Other Maps by Rebecca Morris  Links Learn more about the 2024 Massey Lecture and the book What I Mean To Say, by Ian Williams  See Candice's August Wrap Up graphics from Storygraph Follow Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow Candice's horror movie challenge #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days Timestamps 00:00 Intro and welcome 06:27 Steph's non-fiction summer reading update 19:00 Candice's non-fiction summer reading update 30:00 Looking at our Storygraph reading stats and talking about genres 38:00 Steph's other non-fiction reading 43:49 Candice Stephen King reading update and Steph's fiction reading update   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra

    1h 3m
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