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. SEPT 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

  2. JUN 19

    #80 June 2024

    As we head into the summer break Steph and Candice check in on how they are doing on their TBR lists. Steph's behind and Candice is ahead? Who saw that coming!? Lots of 90s and fan culture nostalgia in this months. See everyone in September! Books Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg,  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow,  Joyland by Stephen King  Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Clair Dederer  Movies I Saw The TV Glow Trailer Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:35 I Saw the TV Glow and 90s nostalgia 15:00 Steph’s reading update 20:00 Candice’s reading update 38:40 Another Steph book   --- 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

    52 min

  3. MAY 21

    #79 May 2024

    Steph updates us about the student event where they got to meet a number of local authors and hypes supporting the arts. Candice buys herself an e-reader. We also talk about managing TBR lists and go deep into both of our feminist books this month. Books The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle  Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh  Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud  60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer  Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok  A Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern  Doctor Sleep by Stephen King   Yes I’m Hot In This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy  The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated History of the Chosen Food by Ben Nadler  Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingals Wilder  Movies Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)   Mandy Trailer (NSFW)  Fight Club Trailer (NSFW)  Links Wilder Podcast  Timestamps 0:00 Welcome and student event update from Steph 11:00 Why events are important, and placing a value on them 14:45 Candice update - a new e-reader! 18:50 Managing the TBR 21:45 Steph’s reading update 42:00 Radiohead sidebar and then Fight Club 46:30 Steph and Candice’s feminist book club reads 1:00:00 The rest of Candice’s 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 10m

  4. APR 20

    #78 April 2024

    This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished. Books The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher  11/22/63 by Stephen King  Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer  Doctor Sleep by Stephen King  The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven  The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han  Links The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times  Timestamps 00:00 -  Intro and chit chat 14:00 - Steph’s reading  20:00 - a Storygraph side bar about Did Not Finish books 27:00 - Stephen King Article breakdown 37:00 - Food talk 44:00 - Candice’s reading - she’s ahead of her goal!   --- 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

    58 min

  5. MAR 23

    #77 March 2024

    Steph read a book about women’s fitness this month which launched a lot of conversation about dancing, weight lifting, synchronizing with others. Meanwhile Candice is hoping the world gets saved in the next Stephen King novel on her to-read list. Books In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla 11/22/63 by Stephen King Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin  Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel  Catchpenny by Charlie Huston,  Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Links Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!   Timestamps 00:00 Intro and new website launch 06:40 Candice’s reading update 16:45 Steph’s vacation and reading update 34:00 Side bar about people moving or singing together (synchronicity) 38:28 Back to book talk about physical fitness   --- 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

    50 min

  6. MAR 4

    #76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes)

    Did someone say February was the shortest month? What’s that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently. Books Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh  Listen by Michele Faber  60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla  Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice  Don’t be Trashy by Tara McKenna  Under the Dome by Stephen King  From A Buick 8 by Stephen King  Wanderers by Chuck Wendig  Movies Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan Saltburn Trailer  Links 60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast The 2024 Oscars Nominees   Timestamps Steph’s reading update - 01:00  Candice’s Reading update - 08:50 Apocalypse stories - 16:00 How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50 The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00 Saltburn 34:00 The Oscars 38:00   --- 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

    43 min

  7. JAN 14

    Ready for 2024

    New year, same old Steph and Candice! Books Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig  Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig   Under The Dome by Stephen King   Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber  Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell Movies Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage  Renfield starring Nicolas Cage  The Killer directy by David Fincher  Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola  A Murder at the End of the World  Links Goodreads review scandal  Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads -  and here’s why  Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:07 - What are we reading? 37:30 - What are we watching? 47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue   --- 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 2m

  8. 2023-12-04

    The Longest, Darkest Days of the Year Bring Good Cheer

    It's holiday season! Busy days, dark days, but ultimately fun. Candice and Steph check in one last time for 2023 to see how reading goals are going, and what's up for the month. See you all in 2024! Books The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram And sequel Darius the Great Deserves Better Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew  And sequel The Everlasting Road  The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer  In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore  In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy  Movies Napoleon Trailer The ultimate Napoleon depiction - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Priscilla Trailer. Playing at Bookshelf Cinema Dec 1 - 6 Elvis Trailer Marie Antoinette Trailer  The Beguiled Trailer Timestamps 00:00 -   Intro and late life athletics 08:50 - Holiday talk 14:00 - Movie talk - Napoleon, Priscilla, Elvis 26:00 - Whose stories get told, and by whom 35:00 - Book talk -  54:00 - Outro   --- 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

    55 min
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