River Reads

This week marks the start of Season 3 for River Reads. Kicking off the season is Episode 20 - Into the Dark Woods , which explores some darker and melancholy themes. With this in mind, we would like to advise listeners that the content of this episode may be unsettling, as we delve into narratives that recount unfortunate events and intriguing encounters  involving enchanting and mysterious dark w...

This week, we have a special episode of River Reads to celebrate our one-year anniversary! This episode will have a unique format that includes more originally written tales, along with a replay of one of our audience's favorite past tales called, "The Tiny Giant" by Wilde. In addition, one from the vault (1991) original work by  Wilde titled, “ The Land of My Dead” . We are also ex...

This week on River Reads , Episode 19 - Masters of Life, we will be featuring readings from "The Blue Fairy Book," including "The Master Cat; or; Puss In Boots," as well as selections from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, such as "Water of Life" and "Frederick and Catherine and a new author to River Reads, Anderson Sherwood’s, “The Dumb Man’. Episode originally air January 2...

We’ve read over 70 fairytales together on River Reads , since debuting in spring 2023! This week (Originally airing on Smithers Community Radio, January 10th, 2024 at 10AM) on River Reads, Episode 18 - 70 and Counting , we are excited to share this milestone with our audience.  In this special episode, we delve into thought-provoking topics such as misogyny, patriarchy, and the constraints of trad...

River Reads has been recognized as the recipient of a national award, the 2023 Broadcast Dialogue’s Canadian Radio Awards: Winning- Best Podcast in the Small Market category. This award is granted to the producer, on-air personality, or team who demonstrate creativity, originality and excellence in podcasting! We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to everyone at River Reads for thi...

T his week on River Reads , Episode 16 -Tales of Judgement . Host narrator, River Wilde, is reading  the Grimm’s Fairy Tales: SweetHeart Roland; The Bremen Town Musicians AND ; The Lady and The Lion  A lso this week, some  GBT Ai and River Wilde adaptation originals of the Brothers Grimm’s, Frog Prince, and Hans Christain Anderson’s, the Princes and the Pea, titled: The Princesses and a Piece of R...

River Reads is BACK with advengence, gore and stories with Episode 15 - A Sweetheart, Tiny Giants & A White Snake .  River Reads Fairytales & Stories is back with a bang! After a long break over the summer, Wilde is back with charm and more stories and music and of course a good River Rambles. This episode, enjoy the special  treat as we debut "The Tiny Giant,"  an original fairy...

Ep 14 - A Member'ishTale Host: River WIlde This week (June 24th, 2023 @ 10am) on River Reads, Episode 14 - A Membership Tale, a CICK Membership Drive Special Broadcast LIVE in Studio. This week Wilde's out from under their stairs and is LIVE in studio with guest host Meghan Brady (aka sibling). Reading 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' by Asbjørnsen and Moe and a replay of...

T his week we start Season 2 of River Reads with a shorter show,  Episode 13- A Nordic Tale or Two . Reading from the Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark , in no particular order: The Magician’s Pupil.   Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.   Illustrations by Ulla Thynell. Chronicle Books LLC. San Francisco, California,...

A Special: River Reads Does Drag StoryTime Arrrgh Matey, this is your host narrator River Wilde, coming to live from under my stairs and out of the closet. Happy Smithers Pride everyone! In celebration of Smithers Prides’ 6th Annual pride celebrations-United in Pride, this week's a special   River Reads show, River Reads Does Drag StoryTime (originally aired, May 27th, 2023, on Smithers Commu...

This week on River Reads’ (originally airing, May 13th,  2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ), Episode 12 - Numbers 2. Host narrator River Wilde reads even more fairy tales with numbers in their titles. Pretty straight forward. Reading once again from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, most of this week’s tales have received a rating of GGD (aka may contain gross gore and or death), so listene...

This week on River Reads’ ( originally aired, May 6th, 2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ), Episode 11 - Let’s Do It Again . Host narrator River Wilde revisits different versions of stories previously read on other River Reads episodes. Reading predominantly from , Nordic Tales, which comprises a collection  of 16 traditional tales from the enchanting world of Nordic folklore. R...

This week on River Reads’ Episode 10 - Gender Blender   (Originally aired, April 29th, 2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ) host narrator River Wilde reads two tales. One, a longer fairy tale, titled ‘The Blue Belt’ from the Norwegian folklore collection by Asbjørnsen and Moe’s,  East of the Sun and West of the Moon and Other Tales .  And a second titled, ‘King Thrushbeard’, from...

This week from under Wilde’s stairs, River Reads ' Episode 9 - Trolls, Goats, and a Moon (Original aired, April 22nd, 2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ). Reading from the collection of Norwegian folklore, East of the Sun and West of the Moon and Other Tales ' by  Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. Wilde introduces a new segment, 'Gender blender...

This week on River Reads , Episode 8 - The Pink & Part 2 of The Little Mermaid (originally aired, April 15th, 2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com. Last week, we tried something a little different, reading part 1 of 2 of The Little Mermaid. This week, Wilde narrates ‘The Pink’ by Brothers Grimm and reads the conclusion, and part 2, of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Merma...

This week on River Reads ,  Episode 7 - Mermaids, Magic, & Matches: The Macabre (Original aired, April 8th, 2023, on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ) , more classics from  'The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen': 1) 'The Tinder Box'; 2) 'The Little Match Girl'; and 3) part 1 of 2 of 'The Little Mermaid'.  While happy to announce that th...

This week is Episode 6 - Cocks, Peas & Princesses (Original aired (April 1st, 2023) on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com ) of River Reads , where host narrator River Wilde reads classics from the story collection, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. This week River Rambles about misogyny and sexuality and narrates, in no particular order: 1) The Princess and the Pea; 2) The F...

This week on River Reads , Episode 5 - What's Your Point, we focus on the short story collection, “A Gallery of Children," by A. A. Milne, first published in 1925. In a new segment, River Rambles , Wilde ponders what is the point ? And where are we going? regarding this weeks collection of stories. A collection that often seems to leave the reader wanting more.  Or at the very least, lef...

This week is Episode 4 - Numbers (Original aired on Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com (March 18th, 2023) ) of River Reads , where we focus on numbers in Fairy tales. That is, any stories that have a number in their title. In no particular order, stories from the Grimm's Fairy Tales: 1)'The Three Children of Fortune'; 2) 'The Twelve Brothers'; 3) 'The Wolf an...

In Episode 2 - FairyTales & River Reads' Rating System (originally aired on CICK Smithers Community Radio @ smithersradio.com) ,  host narrator River Wilde discusses the history of Fairytales and what is and isn't a Fairytale. Wilde dives into the collection the Grimms' Fairy Tales , narrating five stories: 1) The Twelve Dancing Princesses; 2) The Three Spinning Fairies; 3) The...

This week, on River Reads Episode 3 - Darker Tales (originally aired on CICK Smithers Community Radio @ smitherradio.com), LISTENERS BEWARE , as we cover some darker tales and play around with narration. Not kids show but not not a kids show. Listener discretion advised. Reading the longer macabre fairy tales, 'The Bronze Ring' and ' The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fea...

Host River Wilde debuts their series, "River Reads", originally aired on CICK Smithers Community Radio @ smithersradio.com.  A story hour for all ages to escape into bedtime stories and fairy tales; both new and old, but mostly old and at times macabre, or silly, or even perhaps a little confusing as written in old english and the host fumbles words, and then there’s those stories that h...