Happy New Year!
 Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards.

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
Our 2026 Reading Resolutions
Toby: Will aim to read more of the same books as her daughter
Dennis: Will read all of the 2026 Hugo nominees for best novel
Trevor: Will read the entire "Hawthorne and Horowitz" series by Anthony Horowitz
Also mentioned:
Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan
A Libertarian walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
The origins of the word "dog"
Jeremy Bentham's auto-icon

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
Toby: cynic

Trevor: panopticon

Dennis: spalling

Next month we will be discussing The Postcard by Anne Berest.

Thank you to everyone who read  Small Ceremonies with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

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We're approaching our 100th episode! We'll be talking about our 100 favourite books, and we'd like to include you. Please email us your favourite book title (including author) and tell us a little bit about why you love it. Email us at [email protected] by April 17th 2026 to be included in the episode. :-)