Happy New Year, Dear Readers! This month we are discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg. 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.

NEW YEARS READING RESOLUTIONS FOR 2024!

Dennis focused on reading some funny books, including Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots 

and John Dies at the End plus Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits both by Jason Pargin aka David Wong 

Toby reread a number of books this past year. Circe and Station Eleven in particular really hold up after a second look.

Trevor got to a number of books he found in his house, including:
The Bible (New Revised Standard Version)

Theodore Roosevelt: a Life by Nathan Miller

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Links

Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World by Candace Savage

Selections from The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Selections from P.G. Wodehouse

Selections from Tintin by Hergé

Selections from his newly repatriated comic book collection from his Mom's basement

NEW YEARS READING RESOLUTIONS FOR 2025!

Toby will attempt to get all the way through an audiobook. (Way to reach for the stars, Toby!)
Dennis will try to get through a multi-volume epic fantasy saga. (watch out for the misty woods or whatever, brave hero!)
Trevor will try to read through all of the Hugo award finalists from this year. (Better get started, Nerd!)      

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Witch King by Martha Wells

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  torus

Trevor: Hugo

Dennis: kakistocracy

Next month we will be discussing Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.

Thank you to everyone who read The Fifth Season with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from a couple of locations around Winnipeg. 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
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025 Film) Trailer
Small Things Like These (2024 Film) Trailer
Robert Eggers (not Dave Eggers!)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002 Film)
 

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Trevor: Philomena by Martin Sixsmith (book) Philomena (film)

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  baby power

Trevor: stotious, leanbh

Next month we will be discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Thank you to everyone who read Small Things Like These 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from various locations around Winnipeg. 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

Han Kang, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
Banned Book Club by Hyun Sook Kim
Pride and Prejudice (2005 Film)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries)
 

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

Trevor: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
Dennis: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  condescend 

Trevor: profligacy

Dennis: felicity

Next month we will be discussing Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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

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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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

Nora Decter, WPL's Writer-In-Residence
Makers-In-Residence Program

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby:  Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese (also made into a movie)

Trevor: Ditto
Dennis: In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier 

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  fireweed

Trevor: 49 Dance

Dennis: Yodel

Next month we will be discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Thank you to everyone who read Kiss of the Fur Queen 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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.

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby:  Veep (HBO sitcom)

Dennis: Dave (1993 film) honourable mention: anything by Tim Dorsey
Trevor: The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W. E. Bowman

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  ouroboros

Trevor: witling (not whitling) 

Dennis: blatherskite

Next month we will be discussing Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway.

Thank you to everyone who read The Best Laid Plans 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
This is How you Produce the Time War article in Vector Magazine

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby:  Recursion by Blake Crouch

Dennis: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Trevor: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  apophenic as a haruspex

Trevor: metonymy

Dennis: sincerity

Next month we will be discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis.

Thank you to everyone who read This is How You Lose the Time War 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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
Remembering Ray St. Germain
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Aboutislam.net a helpful resource for those with questions about Islam

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby:  Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Dennis: The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Trevor: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  queer

Trevor: kalam

Dennis: exegesis

Next month we will be discussing This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

Thank you to everyone who read Hijab Butch Blues with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

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Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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

Welcome back Dennis! We made an episode without you, but it was NO FUN.

Remembering Alice Munro

Ice Planet Barbarians Series by Ruby Dixon

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!

Toby:  Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Dennis: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (currently on order)
Trevor: Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby:  that thing that happens when a person's name becomes associated with a broader definition

Trevor: Ambiguous 

Dennis: Phlegmatic, Obdurate, and Pertinacious

Next month we will be discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.

Thank you to everyone who read The Left Hand of Darkness 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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

Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity from the I.S.S.
Facial Hair and the Military
Apollo 13 (1995 Film) Launch Scene
Clive Cussler novels at Winnipeg Public Library

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!

Toby: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Trevor: The Martian by Andy Weir (and The Spy who came in from the Cold by John LeCarré)

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby: wilco 

Trevor: Tang (and Ting) 

Next month we will be discussing  The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.

Thank you to everyone who read The Apollo Murders 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman and Trevor Lockhart.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. 

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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

With Bel Canto, Trevor and Toby are both on track with their reading resolutions!
New podcast host: Transistor!
The so called "Japanese Embassy Hostage Crisis": a major inspiration for Bel Canto.
Manitoba Opera website

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!

Toby: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Dennis: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Trevor: Animal Farm by George Orwell (graphic novel by ODYR)

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby: mellifluous

Trevor: mortadella

Dennis: hurkle-durkle

Next month we will be discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.

Thank you to everyone who read Bel Canto 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 [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart.