The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Candice watched Network and Steph is reading a book about algorithms…. The conversation veers naturally towards the almost dystopian world we live in on social media. Join us on Wednesday June 24th at 7pm in the Greenroom, where we will discuss Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson Books We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer  The Heads of Cerberus and Other Stories by Francis Stevens  ...

Have you ever read a book written in the present tense? Candice is reading one right now and it's weird. Meanwhile Steph is watching bummers of movies with her son and reading beautiful prose. Upcoming Events May 8 The Lecture on Being featuring Cory Doctorow  May 12 - 13 Forest of Reading   May 14 Stranger than Fiction Bookshelf Book Club at 7pm in the Greenroom Books Everything Must Go: The Stor...

Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she's got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world. Cory Doctorow will be in Guelph on May 8th! Buy your tickets now! Books The Gilda Stories by Jewell Gomez  The Black Guy Dies First: Black Ho...

This month we cover the end of the world, and how sports can be beautiful. We also both watched Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and how much we loved it. If you want to join the Stranger than Fiction Book Club contact ben@bookshelf.ca . Buy tickets to hear Cory Doctorow at the Guelph Lecture on Being at https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/guelph-lecture-on-being-2026/   Books Born Into In: A Fan's Li...

Steph and Candice did not get a lot of reading done between the last episode and this, but we did watch some sports, some music, and some movies. Times are tough right now, but we agree that finding joy is an act of resistance! Books Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon  Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary   The Acts of King Arth...

Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read. Books The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  Silver Nitrate   by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  Pop Classics Series   The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck  Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson  The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by...

It's time for resolutions for 2026 and as usual both Steph and Candice are thinking about their balance of fiction to non-fiction books.  Books Mood Machine by Liz Pelly  The Future on Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz   The Future is Female Vol 1 edited by Lisa Yaszek  The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis  Movies A Grand Ole Opry Christmas Trailer https://youtu.be/1EiHRW0eEVY?si=qcoaa...

Winding up and winding down as the weather changes and the holidays get closer!   Books Enshittification by Cory Doctorow  Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis   The Future is Female: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women edited by Lisa Yaszek  Full Throttle by Joe Hill  Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde   The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman  Meditations for Mortals by Oli...

Energy is high now that the weather has cooled. Steph and Candice have joined a "real world, offline" bookclub, and Candice is on the final book in the Stephen King Collection Books Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts  A Life in Comedy by Paul Meyers  Full Throttle by Joe Hill  Exhalation by Ted Chiang  Enshittification by Cory Doctorow  Never Flinch by Stephen King  Events Stranger Than Ficti...

Catching up! Steph's been on a journey to understand herself and her world better, Candice has been catching up to the end of her 6 year long Stephen King project. We chat about our TBRs again and how to choose what to read. Candice is a mood reader and Steph is not. But we both like a challenge! Books How to Raise a Feminist Son by   Sonora Jha  Disorientation by Ian Williams How to Know a Person...

Steph and Candice talk about their TBR lists, how things make it on there, and why reducing decision fatigue and reading with intention are good things. And then also remind each other, and listeners that social contact with other humans is actually okay. Books The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink, and Jeffrey Cranor Committed: On Mea...

Candice had a week off this month so she read a lot! Lots of book talk about meta textual books with inserts and annotations and more. Plus lots of talk about horror being stories of grief, Twin Peaks and its weirdness, and the better than John Hughes coming of age movies of the 80s. Books The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee  Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee  The Troop by Nick Cutter   Extra S...

Candice has finally read some books! One super feminist, and one not so much. Steph admits to a 30 year old crime against the Scholastic Book Fair. We cover a lot this month, from the magic of pregnancy to avoiding celebrities even when they invite people to come meet them. It's a weird through line, but we get there. Books Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix  Double Love Sweet Valley Hi...

Steph and Candice catch up on the last month after a hiatus due to a provincial election. Candice read no books. Steph went on a yoga retreat and read a lot of books. Books The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk  Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo  Awe by Dacher Keltner  Links Asana Todoist  Double Rainbow Youtube (an oldie but a classic) Timestamps 3:00 - using to-do lists for planning 13:00 - women's heal...

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...

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. Books 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 Movies Anora trailer   Inside Llewyn Davis and other Cohen Brothers Movies A...

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 sig...

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! Books Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani The Power of Story:...

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. Books 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...

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! Books 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 C...

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. Books The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle  Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh  Son of Elsewhere b...

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

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. Books 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  B...

Did someone say February was the shortest month? What's that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently. Books Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh  Listen by Michele Faber  60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla  Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice  Don't be Trashy by Tara McKenna  Un...