We are moving into the new year with optimism, because it’s so needed right now.

Congrats to Yes, We Are Open, the branded series from Moneris, https://www.moneris.com/en/blog/categories/topics/yes-we-are-open-podcast, which won the 2024 Canadian Podcast Award in the Best Branded Series category. So thankful to the Canadian Podcast Awards for nominating us, and looking forward to hopefully trying again next year.

We cover a lot of books, and movies this month. And announce our reading goals for the new year.

Follow us on Storygraph to see how we do!

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Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWXh7V7VQhnmQ 

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, https://bookshelf.ca/item/5Z0NmApghbwlgqRv2cul3g 

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAXsrhdiA4sIZw 

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, https://bookshelf.ca/item/1sM1NJwkMQcr_nZQIUr74Q  

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAW5QfTlKRSSTw 

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne, https://bookshelf.ca/item/3Czr8TaWU99nhZ5eEUbv-A 

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, https://bookshelf.ca/item/p5lAnqxqGBTqv019t_HQVg 

Wrapped In Plastic: Twin Peaks Pop Classic by Andy Burns, https://bookshelf.ca/item/jxxbdRJkVbKV-hNGkywsXw

More Pop Classics here https://ecwpress.com/collections/pop-classics-series 

The Lady from the Black Lagoon, by Mallory O’Meara, https://bookshelf.ca/item/44euZQqJnHLX03kHESy4CA 

I Love You: Recipes From The Heart by Pamela Anderson https://bookshelf.ca/item/2-gUryvjjJ-46tOg2S_sAg 

The Institute by Stephen King, https://bookshelf.ca/item/rPCoGQ_-yAWNXOh6BTbWTQ 

The Last Showgirl trailer starring Pamela Anderson https://youtu.be/hZDs_lLGrTU?si=AzmAe12VASY6MHd0 

Pamela Anderson in the Criterion Closet https://youtu.be/tyo_tJuhw8U?si=57CtIv7xggzIgQTV 

The Substance trailer starring Demi Moore, https://youtu.be/LNlrGhBpYjc?si=uG7EBpqbi3e_9kVy 

A Complete Unknown https://youtu.be/NO9hXSD5K4A?si=tbJg4s2o9dNAjzp7 

Free Guy Trailer https://youtu.be/X2m-08cOAbc?si=szVMGq6kgLDT0I0k  

Woman of the Hour Trailer https://youtu.be/0c23FYqC1TM?si=eUnS4NWSP3K1-FpA 

Get Out Trailer https://youtu.be/DzfpyUB60YY?si=AmJPuwInuPPBF297 

2:00 Steph starts her reading update

11:00 Some convo about time, age, and the turn of the new millennium (remember Y2K?)

15:00 Back to the Steph’s reading update

21:00 Candice’s reading update

28:00 Some movie talk about women aging 

37:00 More movie talk

47:00 Oops, we blame the patriarchy again

51:00 Reading goals for 2025, including the Stephen King project

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We made it to the end of the year! This month is some heavy movie talk, but we also do a short update on our yearly reading goals and reminisce about our youth.

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne 

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein 

Saving Time by Jenny O’Dell 

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Anora trailer 

Inside Llewyn Davis and other Cohen Brothers Movies

A little Ralph Fiennes appreciation -  The Return trailer, and Conclave trailer 

Hallmark and Finding Mr Christmas trailer

00:01 Movie update right up top

17:00 Where can men be allowed to be emotional

29:00 Sports and physical activity

34:00 Steph’s reading update

40:00 Importance of rest

48:00 Trip down memory lane

53:00 Candice’s reading update & year long reading targets

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Enjoy the complete book reading, interview and audience Q&A between Ian Williams and Pat Case.

**The Village Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award under the category of Outstanding Branded Series. Watch https://canpodawards.ca/ for information about the awards ceremony which will take place sometime in December and find out if we’ve won.

This month we have a special clip following the conversation between Steph and Candice with some highlights from the book reading and signing by Ian Williams about his new book What I Mean To Say. The full length reading and Q&A follows later this week in this feed.

Shame on You: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro 

Saving Time by Jenny Odell 

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 

The John Cardinal Series by Giles Blunt  

The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King  

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (If you dare read sci-fi about the philosophy of quantum mechanics)

What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in our Time by Ian Williams 

Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams 

You’ve Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead was Brought To Life by Clark Collis 

The Troop by Nick Cutter  

Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson  

Carrie by Stephen King  

Do You Want To Party? A Movies by the Minute Podcast about Return of the Living Dead - Candice’s episodes on Minute 11 , 20  , 21  , and bonus episode 1 and 2 

Linda Martell introducing Genres on Cowboy Carter by Beyonce - (Song NSFW)

Edgar Wright music video for Mint Royale’s Blue Song 

0:00 Oops our welcome turned into a conversation about the Giller Prize and protesting weapons manufacturers

10:00 Steph’s reading update

23:00 A breakdown of the mystery genre, and then a breakdown of book genres in general

32:00 Star Wars movie talk - how did we get here?

38:00 Candice’s reading update

42:00 Star Wars again? How did we come back?

47:00 Back to Candice’s update - movies, tv and books

54:00 Feedback from a listener

1:07:00 A 15 minute clip of highlights from Ian Williams Author Talk

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Welcome to our new listeners! We saw last month that a bunch of people were going back and downloading old episodes, so last month was probably when they found us for the first time. Let us know what you like, what you miss from our old episodes, or what you want us to do going forward!

Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani

The Power of Story: On Truth, The Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson

Revival by Stephen King

Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano

97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman

Other Maps by Rebecca Morris

Revisionaries: What We Can Learn From the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers by Kristopher Jansma

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda Trailer 

Candice's 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days List

Candice's Hooptober Movie List

00:00 Intro

07:30 Steph's reading update

20:00 Candice's reading update + Steph's fiction pick

34:00 Candice's real life visit to a place she read a book about

36:00 What's with all the pizza places in Guelph?

39:00 Back to Candice reading, and Guelph in the 90s and 00s

47:00 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days update

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It's September and we are back! Tune in to hear what we've read over our summer break and what we are looking forward to coming up! Including what reading project Candice will take on when she's finished the Stephen King project.

On Freedom by Timothy Snyder

On Property by Rinaldo Walcott

It's Not You, It's Capitalism by Malaika Jabali

The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow

On Our Best Behaviour by Elise Loehnen

The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch)

The Curator by Owen King

Other Maps by Rebecca Morris 

Learn more about the 2024 Massey Lecture and the book What I Mean To Say, by Ian Williams 

See Candice's August Wrap Up graphics from Storygraph

Follow Candice on Storygraph

Follow Steph on Storygraph

Follow Candice's horror movie challenge #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days

00:00 Intro and welcome

06:27 Steph's non-fiction summer reading update

19:00 Candice's non-fiction summer reading update

30:00 Looking at our Storygraph reading stats and talking about genres

38:00 Steph's other non-fiction reading

43:49 Candice Stephen King reading update and Steph's fiction reading update

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As we head into the summer break Steph and Candice check in on how they are doing on their TBR lists. Steph's behind and Candice is ahead? Who saw that coming!?

Lots of 90s and fan culture nostalgia in this months.

See everyone in September!

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, 

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow, 

Joyland by Stephen King 

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Clair Dederer 

I Saw The TV Glow Trailer

00:00 Intro

03:35 I Saw the TV Glow and 90s nostalgia

15:00 Steph’s reading update

20:00 Candice’s reading update

38:40 Another Steph book

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Steph updates us about the student event where they got to meet a number of local authors and hypes supporting the arts. Candice buys herself an e-reader. We also talk about managing TBR lists and go deep into both of our feminist books this month.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh 

Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud 

60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer 

Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok 

A Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King  

Yes I’m Hot In This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy 

The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated History of the Chosen Food by Ben Nadler 

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingals Wilder 

Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)  

Mandy Trailer (NSFW) 

Fight Club Trailer (NSFW) 

Wilder Podcast 

0:00 Welcome and student event update from Steph

11:00 Why events are important, and placing a value on them

14:45 Candice update - a new e-reader!

18:50 Managing the TBR

21:45 Steph’s reading update

42:00 Radiohead sidebar and then Fight Club

46:30 Steph and Candice’s feminist book club reads

1:00:00 The rest of Candice’s reading update

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This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished.

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher 

11/22/63 by Stephen King 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 

The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 

The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times 

00:00 -  Intro and chit chat

14:00 - Steph’s reading 

20:00 - a Storygraph side bar about Did Not Finish books

27:00 - Stephen King Article breakdown

37:00 - Food talk

44:00 - Candice’s reading - she’s ahead of her goal!

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Steph read a book about women’s fitness this month which launched a lot of conversation about dancing, weight lifting, synchronizing with others.

Meanwhile Candice is hoping the world gets saved in the next Stephen King novel on her to-read list.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin 

Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel 

Catchpenny by Charlie Huston, 

Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman

Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger, 

Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!  

00:00 Intro and new website launch

06:40 Candice’s reading update

16:45 Steph’s vacation and reading update

34:00 Side bar about people moving or singing together (synchronicity)

38:28 Back to book talk about physical fitness

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