Bright Young Things

Join us this week as Sophia suffers through Austin nerding out about Simon Turney's historical fiction novel Caligula! The novel follows the rise and fall of one of Rome's most infamous emperors, his family, the the world he ruled.

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Join us this week as we discuss Chloe Gong's These Violent Delights with our bookstagram friend, Shalee!

Find her at @shaleereads on Instagram and Tiktok, and @shaleereads17 on Twitter!

Join us this week as we talk to Billie Day about the book The Tattooist of Auschwitz, historical fiction, and much more!

Also check out Billie's podcast History You Actually Wanted to Know!

https://open.spotify.com/show/1l3d0QEGCYlVFzwhq4uMfn

Find Billie at @ladybillieday on Instagram!

Join us this week as we talk to Ayesha, the creator of the Canadian Book Network, about her experiences with Canadian publishers, authors, and influencers, and her interactions with book communities online!

Find her at @cdnbooknetwork on Instagram!

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Over the past several weeks, the bodies of hundreds of Indigenous children have been unearthed in the remains of residential schools all through the country. This is a reminder of the atrocities which the country has committed against the original occupants of the land. This Canada Day should not be a celebration of the country's history, but should be a time for non-Indigenous people to reflect on our colonial past and its tragic impact on the present. Even in today's times there continue to be atrocities and inequity enacted against Canada's Indigenous peoples. 

We have included some websites to spread information and awareness on this sensitive topic and encourage people to take action against it.

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/

https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

https://oncanadaproject.ca/settlerstakeaction

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/31/beyond-thoughts-and-prayers-actions-you-can-take-to-support-residential-school-survivors-in-canada.html

https://goodminds.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjwrPCGBhALEiwAUl9X0zZcFOjWrbrHdxMO1KauPjQksDz3mOhPB2M1lzdfRr8quUU3aKNNNBoCCsAQAvD_BwE

Join us this week as we discuss how we go about trying new genres to read, what new genres we want to try, and which we won't be going back to.

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Austin is away this week, so join Sophia as she talks to author and rom-com fanatic Lynn Painter as they discuss Lynn's book Better Than the Movies and their love of the genre!

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Find Lynn at:

lynnpainter.com

@lynnpainterkirkle on Instagram

And find her book Better Than the Movies at:

https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Better-Than-the-Movies/Lynn-Painter/9781665901659 (Canada)

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Better-Than-the-Movies/Lynn-Painter/9781534467620 (U.S)

Join us for our third Shakespeare episode as we discuss his comedy Twelfth Night, some of our favourite characters from the play, our favourite adaptations of it, and more! Thanks for listening!

Join us this week as we discuss books we read when we're having a bad day, when we want to reminisce, or if we just need a pick me up (along with a few asides here and there, what can you do)! Thanks for listening!

Join us this week as we interview Shermaine Perry-Knights, the author of the book I Move A Lot and That's Okay! We talk about her childhood growing up in a military family, her passion for sharing her experiences with children growing up in similar situations, her philosophy of trying new things, and much more!

Finsd Shermaine at:

amazinglyshermaine.com

@amazinglyshermaine on Instagram

And find her book I Move A Lot and That's Okay! at https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1953518052/ref=cbw_us_ca_dp_narx_gl_book_web

Join us this week in the first of our banked episodes as we discuss how we mark our pages (it's a lot more interesting than it seems we swear) and strange things we have found in books!

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