Time to Read: a podcast book club

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Send us your thoughts on the monthly book over social media and we'll discuss on air. Hosted by three talkative public librarians/book nerds from Winnipeg Public Library.

  1. Episode 092: The Night Watchman

    OCT 3

    Episode 092: The Night Watchman

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEAndrew BalfourBabe the Blue Ox (Folklore)Termination of Indigenous Rights in the United StatesTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich and There There by Tommy OrangeTrevor: Reservation Dogs (TV Series)Dennis: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSToby: Pukkons Trevor: Ispichiwin Dennis: Adversary Next month we will be discussing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang Thank you to everyone who read The Night Watchman with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    1 hr
  2. Episode 091: Children of Time

    SEP 5

    Episode 091: Children of Time

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing  Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEGiller PrizeUniversality by Natasha BrownTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed YongTrevor: Charlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteDennis: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr  NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSToby: book lung Trevor: jury-rigged Dennis: chivvy Next month we will be discussing The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. Thank you to everyone who read Children of Time with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    1 hr
  3. Episode 090: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

    AUG 1

    Episode 090: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing  10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEElif ShafakMay Day Massacre (Istanbul 1977)\Nightshade by Michael ConnellyNever Flinch by Stephen KingTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Trevor: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (adapted into a film by Peter Jackson in 2009) Dennis: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSToby: tasseography Trevor: betta fish Dennis: blandishment Next month we will be discussing Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Thank you to everyone who read 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    59 min
  4. Episode 089: Hana Khan Carries On

    JUL 4

    Episode 089: Hana Khan Carries On

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Weirdly Specific Trend that has Taken Over Women's Fiction by Heather Schwedel: Slate.com June 8, 2022 The Shop Around the Corner 1940 Romantic Comedy on which the movie You've Got Mail is based TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Trevor: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 No Normal written by G. Willow Wilson Dennis: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H; Honourable Mention: 1998 Romantic Comedy You've Got Mail  NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSToby: dharma Trevor: subliminal and liminal  Dennis: cascade Next month we will be discussing 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak Thank you to everyone who read Hana Khan Carries On with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    53 min
  5. Episode 088: I Only Read Murder

    JUN 6

    Episode 088: I Only Read Murder

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Summer Reading List Generated by AI published in major newspapers The Littlest Hobo theme song Murder, She Wrote (American TV Series)TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Trevor: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieDennis: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (1989 Movie Adaptation Free on Youtube) NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: Fireplug Trevor: Lettice (feminine name) Dennis: Oblivious Next month we will be discussing Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin. Thank you to everyone who read I Only Read Murder with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    52 min
  6. Episode 087: Bad Cree

    MAY 2

    Episode 087: Bad Cree

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing  Bad Cree by Jessica Johns. We are delighted to be joined by WPL's Writer-In-Residence, Nora Decter.  You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEBad Cree by Jessica Johns (short story originally published in 2019 in Grain Literary Magazine and inspiration for the novel)No Exit by Taylor AdamsYou Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro EnrigueThe Thursday Murder Club (film adaptation)Murderbot series on Apple TV (trailer)Hark! a vagrant by Kate BeatonGod of the Woods by Liz MooreA Truce that is Not Peace by Miriam Toews (forthcoming memoir!) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Nora: And Then She Fell by Alicia ElliotToby:  NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field by Billy-Ray Belcourt Trevor: Ducks by Kate BeatonDennis: Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Nora: Biblichor and Petrichor Toby: panic Trevor: jerky  Dennis: "just deserts" Next month we will be discussing I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson. Thank you to everyone who read Bad Cree with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    57 min
  7. Episode 086: Outline

    APR 4

    Episode 086: Outline

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Outline by Rachel Cusk. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODENew York Times Book QuizThe Secret Society of Internet HobosNo Exit by Taylor AdamsYou Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Trevor: Shirley Valentine (1989 Film) Dennis: French Exit by Patrick deWitt NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: prolixity Trevor: yegg Dennis: nomenclature Next month we will be discussing Bad Cree by Jessica Johns. Thank you to everyone who read Outline with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    51 min
  8. Episode 085: Yellowface

    MAR 7

    Episode 085: Yellowface

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Yellowface by R.F. Kuang  You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Starter Villain by John ScalziTELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Toby: Quiz Lady Trevor: Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra AndrewsDennis: Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: mischievous, You're (Probably) Saying It Wrong Trevor: sham  Dennis: unasinous Next month we will be discussing Outline by Rachel Cusk. Thank you to everyone who read Yellowface with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

    51 min
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