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

  1. MAY 8

    #98 May 2026

    Have you ever read a book written in the present tense? Candice is reading one right now and it's weird. Meanwhile Steph is watching bummers of movies with her son and reading beautiful prose. Upcoming Events May 8 The Lecture on Being featuring Cory Doctorow  May 12 - 13 Forest of Reading  May 14 Stranger than Fiction Bookshelf Book Club at 7pm in the Greenroom Books Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End of the World by Dorian Lynskey   Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin  The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin  Feast on Your Life: Kitchen Meditations for Everyday Life by Tamar Adler  An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler  The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia  Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder  Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingall's Wilder  It's Different This Time by Joss Richards  The Cure for Drowning by Loghan Taylor   Links Little House on the Prairie Netflix series  Timestamps 1:00 Events happening around the Bookshelf 4:40 Book Club book chat 11:15 Movie Chat 14:35 Steph's reading update 24:35 Logging and to-do lists, with a side of self care 33:17 Remembering soap operas 35:00 More of Steph's reading update 37:45 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow the Bookshelf on Instagram and Facebook. 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

  2. APR 20

    #97 April 2026

    Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she's got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world. Cory Doctorow will be in Guelph on May 8th! Buy your tickets now! Books The Gilda Stories by Jewell Gomez  The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris   Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World by Dorian Lynskey  Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by various authors  The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore  The Laundryman's Boy by Edward Y.C. Lee https://bookshelf.ca/item/ihViYpG-txVQzGRZSNIZMQ  They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada by Cecil Foster  Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix  My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix   The Troop by Nick Cutter  Movies The Godfather Trilogy Hot Fuzz Fast and the Furious series Links The Genre Challenge on Storygraph  The Canadian Challenge on Storygraph  Fable book app  Follow Candice on Fable  Timestamps 1:00 Steph starts by admitting to putting away a novel unfinished 7:37 The Godfather trilogy and other comfort watches 17:45 Bookclub preview chat  26:40 Steph's reading update 30:00 Candice's reading update 44:33 New book tracking app! --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow the Bookshelf on Instagram and Facebook. 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

  3. MAR 23

    #96 March 2026

    This month we cover the end of the world, and how sports can be beautiful. We also both watched Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and how much we loved it. If you want to join the Stranger than Fiction Book Club contact ben@bookshelf.ca. Buy tickets to hear Cory Doctorow at the Guelph Lecture on Being at https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/guelph-lecture-on-being-2026/  Books Born Into In: A Fan's Life by Jay Baruchel  Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey  Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese  Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson  My Friends by Fredrik Backman  A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman  Movies Nirvana The Band, The Show: The Movie Nirvana The Band, The Show (the webseries) Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 03:35 Steph's reading about the end of the world 12:40 Movie time with Steph and Candice 26:44 Candice reading challenges, stories about sports 38:30 Stranger Than Fiction Bookclub book - My Friends 43:15 Enjoying the weather and the sun setting later 46:44 Cory Doctorow is coming to Guelph! --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph 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

    48 min

  4. FEB 16

    #95 February 2026

    Steph and Candice did not get a lot of reading done between the last episode and this, but we did watch some sports, some music, and some movies. Times are tough right now, but we agree that finding joy is an act of resistance! Books Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon  Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary   The Acts of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by John Steinbeck   Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson   The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek  Movies A Star is Born (1976) Trailer  The Way We Were Trailer Funny Girl Trailer   Cats Trailer  Links Bad Bunny's half time show   CBC Gem full Olympics coverage    Podcamp Toronto (Feb 28 & Mar 1)  Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Steph hosted a Super Bowl party 04:38 Candice watched some Olympics 13:00 On hyper fixation  15:50 Movie watching - A Star is Born, Barbara Streisand, and Cats 22:38 Steph Reading - Eve and a talk on longevity 43:15 On staying social and active in February - midwinter parties 54:00 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow the Bookshelf on Instagram 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 8m

  5. JAN 25

    #94 January 2026

    Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read. Books The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  Silver Nitrate  by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  Pop Classics Series  The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck  Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson  The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek  Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon  A Girl Called Echo series by Katherena Vermette   Let It Glow by Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy   The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson  The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett   Strange Houses by Uketsu  Movies Frankenstein  by Guillermo del Toro Nuremberg by James Vanderbilt  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson The Lodger by Alfred Hitchcock   Links 2026 Genre Challenge on Storyboard  2026 Onboarding Challenge on Storyboard  Timestamps 00:00 Intro and goals for 2026 07:27 Steph's reading update 10:40 What are our reading key words / wheelhouse 21:16 Candice's reading update 32:30 A few more of Steph's current reads 41:10 Candice end of year reads 45:00 Candice's Hitchcock re-watch update and other movies   --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph 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

  6. 12/22/2025

    #93 December 2025

    It's time for resolutions for 2026 and as usual both Steph and Candice are thinking about their balance of fiction to non-fiction books.  Books Mood Machine by Liz Pelly  The Future on Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz   The Future is Female Vol 1 edited by Lisa Yaszek  The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis  Movies A Grand Ole Opry Christmas Trailer https://youtu.be/1EiHRW0eEVY?si=qcoaaPSdQVesz-VC  Timestamps 01:40 Steph's move and TBR update and how we choose which book to read 06:45 How to track analog + digital reading on Storygraph 10:15 The end of year music wraps and how old your listening is - The Algorithm 24:40 What's Steph Reading 29:20 Reading reviews of books and movies on Storygraph and Letterboxd 31:50 Candice's Hallmark holiday movie update 37:30 Ooops, the Paul Dano / Tarantino feud --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph 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

    46 min

  7. 11/18/2025

    #92 November 2025

    Winding up and winding down as the weather changes and the holidays get closer!   Books Enshittification by Cory Doctorow  Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis   The Future is Female: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women edited by Lisa Yaszek  Full Throttle by Joe Hill  Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde   The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman  Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman  The Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems & Lona Aalders  Movies Nosferatu by Robert Eggers Trailer  The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola  Links Cory Doctorow's Blog  Cory Doctorow's Podcast  Obsidian  Timestamps 01:00 Intro 02:50 Sneak peak at the book club convo about Enshittification 16:30 Talking about wealth - who needs it? 19:45 Steph's reading update 21:40 Candice's Stephen King challenge update  28:00 A side bar of how we celebrate Christmas  35:00 "Digital Gardening" with Obsidian and what we get from our reading 51:25 A coda on our reading - reading about doing less, with intention   --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph 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 1m

  8. 10/30/2025

    #91 October 2025

    Energy is high now that the weather has cooled. Steph and Candice have joined a "real world, offline" bookclub, and Candice is on the final book in the Stephen King Collection Books Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts  A Life in Comedy by Paul Meyers  Full Throttle by Joe Hill  Exhalation by Ted Chiang  Enshittification by Cory Doctorow  Never Flinch by Stephen King  Events Stranger Than Fiction Book Club Thurs November 13th at 7pm - contact Steph at Stephanie@bookshelf.ca to join, or to host your own book club Timestamps 01:00 Intro 07:20 Are young people reading? 13:00 Steph's reading and watching update 18:00 The Bookshelf's new book club Stranger Than Fiction 35:25 Candice reading update 40:25 Is art for us or for the artist? --- 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 Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph 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

    46 min
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