SHE Reads

By Siobhan, Hunter, Elizabeth

SHE Reads is a podcast that grew out of discussions about books and reading among a group of friends that needed books to feel connected to each other and the world.... more

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July 25, 2017Episode 8 – It’s hard to make Kobos look cute
This week the girls talk about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo–about frienships and soulmates, true love, casual inclusion, public entitlement to celebrities, etc. Read this book, we loved it!
What we are reading this week:
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
He Will Be My Ruin by K. A. Tucker
Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book News:
Harry Potter in Scots translation
Rupi Kaur announces second book of poetry: the sun and her flowers
Audree Archambault leaves books in Montreal subway
Over 4,000 items returned to Montreal libraries during late fee amnesty
Lucy Maud Montgomery complete journals coming
Emma Watson interviews Margaret Atwood

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July 06, 2017Episode 7 – The Book was Better: Big Little Lies
This week the girls tackle our second segment of The Book Was Better! We discuss Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and the HBO’s adaptation of the same name.
What we are reading this week:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Until it Fades by K. A. Tucker
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Forever Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Too Much and Not The Mood by Durga Chew-Bose
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Book News:
Happy 20th birthday Harry Potter!
Nobody wants to be in the Harry Potter House Hufflepuff
New John Green novel
Kobo Emerging Writer’s Prize announced
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June 20, 2017Episode 6 – Not Putting our Foots in our Mouths
This weeks the girls discuss unpopular book opinions, in response to some unpopular opinions in the Canadian publishing scene surrounding issues of appropriation. We’re not getting political, but also not ignoring the realities of the industry!
What we are reading this week month:
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Shrill by Lindy West
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
The Circle by Dave Eggars
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham
When You Find Out the World is Against You by Kelly Oxford
Everything is Perfect When You’re a Liar by Kelly Oxford
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Notes from a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
Book News
Anniversary editions of Harry Potter series
Fan produced Voldemort film
Jordan Abel wins Griffin Poetry Prize
Emerging Indigenous Voices’ Award
Zoe Whittall book deal with HarperCollins

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May 18, 2017Episode 5 – Oh Peggy
This week the girls read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and watched the first episode of the new Hulu series based on the book. We discuss!
What we are reading this week:
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Hunter’s creepy book cover:
More The Handmaid’s Tale
The Outline website
The Red Center Podcast
Book News
Free Comic Book Day! May 6, 2017
Pongapalooza May 16, 2017
Pottermore launches Wizarding World Book club!
Senate’s The Wise Owls published to explain role of Red Chamber
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April 28, 2017Episode 4 – David Sedaris Was Not My First
This week the girls talk about the ins and outs of their reading practice–where, what, how, and when. Where’s the weirdest place you like to read?
What we are reading this week:
Durga Chew-Bose’s Too Much And Not the Mood
Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why
Jessica Shattuck’s The Women in the Castle
Megan Miranda’s All The Missing Girls
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Other books we mentioned:
J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
David Sedaris’ Me Talk Pretty One Day
George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set
Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
David Grann’s The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Liz Tuccillo’s How to Be Single
Jennifer Closes’ Girls in White Dresses
Richard Adams’ Watership Down
Books in the News:
Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore
https://www.pottermore.com/news/jude-law-cast-as-albus-dumbledore-in-next-fantastic-beasts-film
Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People to be adapted for film by Sarah Polley
http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/04/sarah-polley-writing-and-directing-adaptation-of-zoe-whittalls-the-best-kind-of-people.html
Shortlist of Griffin Poetry prize announced, hurray for Jordan Abel
http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2017-shortlist/jordan-abel/
Authors for Indies, April 29!
https://www.authorsforindies.com/
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April 13, 2017Episode 3 – This One’s For You, Jerry
This week the girls interrupt their regular programming for a special episode in honour of Jerry Haig, who passed away on March 26, 2017. We talk about the dads of literature who have a special place in our heart in memory of Hunter’s beloved father.
What we are reading this week:
Liz Tuccillo’s How to be Single
Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
Sophie Kinsella’s My Not So Perfect Life
Kate Eberlen’s Miss You
Pottermore Presents ebook series
Other books we mentioned:
Harry Potter series
Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl
L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart
Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See
Authors we mentioned:
Robert Munsch
Roald Dahl
A. A. Milne
Book News:
Kids Can Press wins at Bologna!
Kobo acquires Shelfie
CBC’s Canada Reads has ended
Anne of Green Gables gets photoshopped!
Harry Potter themed escape room!
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March 30, 2017Episode 2 – I Love Your Exposed Brick –
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In this second episode of SHE Reads, the ladies—sans one—discuss women’s history month, and the literary women that have shaped and changed our worlds.
What are we reading this week:
Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies
Madeline Ashby’s Company Town
Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Jeffrey Eugenides’ MIDDLESEX
Katherena Vermette’s The Break
Scaachi Koul’s One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Other books we mentioned:
Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life
Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s The Nest
Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime
Kate T. Parker’s Strong is the New Pretty
Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey
J.K. Rowling’s Very Good Lives
Feminist Awakening Characters:
Anne Shirley
L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
New CBC television series
Kirsten Raymonde
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Princess Elizabeth
Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess
Antoinette Cosway
Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
Pecola Breedlove
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
Ma
Emma Donoghue’s Room
Hermione Granger
J.K. Rowling’s The Harry Potter Series
Female Authors:
Jane Austen
Hanya Yanagihara
K. Rowling
Zadie Smith
Book News:
Feminist Bookstore in Montreal
https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/a-feminist-bookstore-in-montreal
70% rise in poetry sales
http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/poetry-sales-rise-79-per-cent-in-2016-credited-to-rupi-kaurs-milk-and-honey/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Quill%20%20Quire%20%20March%2016%202017&utm_content=Quill%20%20Quire%20%20March%2016%202017%20CID_25e6727d0fecc2edd782170e9742d131&utm_source=Omni%20newsletter&utm_term=Toronto%20Life
Toronto Library Pilot Project
http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/toronto-public-library-pilots-staff-less-library-project/
Wattpad and Hachette Audiobooks
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/73057-hachette-partners-with-wattpad-to-produce-audiobooks.html
Looking to the Future:
Jann Arden’s Memoir “Feeding My Mother”
http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/daily-deals-knopf-acquires-jann-arden-memoir/
http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/03/jann-arden-to-release-new-book-about-caring-for-her-mother-with-alzheimers-disease.html
Miriam Toews
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February 25, 2017Episode 1 – Snaps for André
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In this first episode of SHE Reads, the ladies discuss who they are, how they met, and why SHE Reads exists! Also, we talk about books, a lot of books.
What we are reading this week:
Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
Claire Fuller’s Swimming Lessons
Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove
The Betches’ I Had a Nice Time and Other Lies…: How to Find Love & Sh*t Like That
Other books we mentioned:
rupi kaur’s milk and honey
Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People
L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
Tina Fey’s Bossy Pants
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Stephen King’s The Green Mile
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
Dave Eggers’ What is the What
Jo Jo Moyes’ The Girl You Left Behind
Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows
Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air
Anthony Doerr’s All The Light You Cannot See
Heather O’Neill’s Lullabies for Little Criminals
Heather O’Neill’s The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Ian McEwan’s Atonement
Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides
Podcasts we mentioned, and love:
The Book Riot Podcast
Call your Girlfriend
Who? Weekly
Books in the News:
Chick Lit articles:
“Taking back ‘Chick Lit’: With Babe, Petra Collins joins the ranks of women owning their point of view”
“Gloria Steinem: Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”
André Alexis wins Windham-Campbell Prizes
“Toronto author André Alexis awarded one of world’s richest literary prizes”
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How many episodes does SHE Reads have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.