Hamilton Review of Books Podcast Hamilton Review of Books / Alex Kerner

For some, reading is an escape from the world, but some of the most powerful and compelling works of fiction delve deep into political subjects. We are joined by Toronto short story writer, Humberto Da Silva, to discuss why political literature is worth embracing, what makes good political fiction and have a mini book club on last year's Booker Prize winning novel, Prophet Song.

On the first episode of the season, we are joined by Janet Hoy, co-owner of The City and the City Bookstore in Hamilton. We talk about speculative fiction, our favourite titles, and what makes it a fascinating genre. We also do a mini book club, talking about Giller Prize longlisted novel Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis.

Summer is coming to an end so we have to get in as much beach reading time in as possible. Our guest for this episode all about Beach Reads is Bookstagrammer Victoria Kinzel. We chat about what makes a good beach read, give several recommendations and finish off discussing Emily Henry's new book Happy Place.

We are joined today by Jaime Krakowski, independent bookseller and owner of Epic Books in Hamilton. We discuss adaptations of our favourite novels, what we are looking for, what has worked and what hasn't. The second half is a mini book/movie club featuring the novel and film Scarborough.

This episode’s guest is Lisa Richter, a Toronto poet, and author of the award winning collection Nautilus and Bone. We talked about what drew her to poetry, how we should read poetry, and how we should teach poetry. We dig into her collection and do a minibook club of Gillian Sze’s Quiet Night Think.
Featured guest is Jill from the Book Bully BookTube Channel.

Many readers get caught up with book prizes so we wanted to explore why they are so entrancing, what we love and hate about them, and which winners we loved and hated.

Featured guest is Jill from the Book Bully BookTube Channel.