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

The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf The Bookshelf

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

    #80 June 2024

    #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
     
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    • 52 min
    #79 May 2024

    #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
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    #78 April 2024

    #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!
     
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    • 58 min
    #77 March 2024

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

    #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
     
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    • 42 min
    Ready for 2024

    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
     
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