The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

It will be a Mother's Day weekend to remember, and it's not because of the snow predicted to land in Southern Ontario over the weekend! You can't take your mom out for dinner or to see a movie this year, but you can treat your mom to puzzles, games, books, and wine! Or a Psycho movie marathon if you've got that type of mom (Candice does!) Books Misery by Stephen King The Southern Book Club's Guide...

Hey everyone, we are back! If you thought the store closed to the public and working from home would keep us from recording, you were almost right. It took us a bit longer to find the time we could connect but here we are. We check in with each other, chat about popular reads for strange times, and coping mechanisms. Now that we are all staying home all the time, we want to know either what you mi...

**Recorded before major public impacts of social distancing to slow down COVID-19 transmission started  March Break is coming up and Steph and family have some fun and events planned. Also included are some updates about the cinema, the "death" of live music and the questionable way Stephen King approaches racism in his characters. Movies Little Women - March 13 - 19 Knives Out - March 14 - 19 Boo...

After an extra week apart Steph and Candice had more than usual to catch up on. Movie awards season is all wrapped up and we know what movies are worthy now. And both Steph and Candice started the new year reading books outside their usual niche. Movies  Second run theatres like the Bookshelf struggle to schedule a regular calendar because sometimes first run theatres (like Cineplex) choose to kee...

Resolutions! What are yours? Steph and Candice chat about theirs, including learning new skills, maintaining course and doing the boring duties of being an adult. Our wish for you - do the things you want to do with your free time. And always, more books, more movies, and more music! Books Paradise Lost by John Milton Good Omens by Terry Pratchett Penguin's Little Black Classics A Different Kind o...

Find out what is on Candice's rider and what is definitely not on Steph's. It's a season of food and excess and we get right into it before we check in on Steph's feminist book club and Candice's Stephen King project. Books In the House In the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt Stealing the Show: How Women are Revolutionizing Television by Joy Press Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and P...

The times and the building, they are a-changing! This month's recording is being brought to you by the eBar, upstairs, rather than the floor of the bookstore, thanks to some major building upheaval. We cover how we remember stories, how we tell our own stories, and loads of speaking events happening at the store this month. Events The Massey Lecturer Sally Armstrong on November 5th Kim Anderson an...

Books Christine by Stephen King Follow along with the Stephen King read through by checking this list, Stephen King Novels: Oldest to Newest . Movies Movies we've seen.. or maybe we haven't seen them? Maybe it's all the pop culture references. Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, The Maltese Falcon, Lost Highway, Godzilla (2019) Celebrate Steph and Candice's favourite holiday by going to see Th...

What is the nature of human courage and trauma? Just a tiny topic we end up chatting about thanks to some interesting reads this summer. Books The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan The Black Swan by Nassim Nicolas Taleb Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle  The Familiars by Stacey Halls The Farm by Joanne Ramos Cujo by Stephen King Doctor Sleep by Stephen King The Testaments by Marg...

Kids are out of school and looking for things to do, like sitting on their mom's lap while she tries to record a podcast. Despite distractions from Steph's kids and the construction happening in the Bookstore we managed to get at least 25 minutes of actual conversation recorded! And only needed to stop mid-sentence a couple of times. I think you will notice the edit when that happens. We hear what...

Summer, everyone's favourite season to complain about how warm it is! Also a great season to get out of the heat and see some movies in the theatre! We got real regional talking about radio and television stations from our childhood. Books Is this Live? by Christopher Ward Sound Mind: My Bipolar Journey from Chaos to Composure by Erika Nielsen Movies Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and question...

The weather is warming up which means more outdoor music, at least it does to Steph and Candice! We get an update on shows they've both seen recently, some reading plans for the summer, and the usual coverage of whatever is on their mind! Books Daily Rituals: Women at Work by Mason Currey Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline Stephen King Oeuvre in ch...

We accidentally went directly to "Oh my gosh the sky is falling!" but we recovered quickly with Canadian music and old looking babies. This episode is jam packed with lots of book talk and event talk. There is so much happening in May at the Bookshelf. Books: The Marrow Thieves  by Cherie Dimaline The Book of M by Peng Shepherd Station Eleven  by Emily St John Mandel The Immortal Life of Henrietta...

It's Spring! Another time of renewal, we have so many fresh starts in a year. Steph and Candice talk about the importance of 80s culture and finding time to read around so much pressure to do things.  Books: The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (yes, Candice is still reading this one!) The Binding by Bridget Collins Movies: Hairspray in the eBar on April 19 Events: Micha...

We learn about both Candice and Steph's woo woo superstitions this month. There's nothing wrong with it folks, it's perfectly normal, and apparently so is evil. Books: Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon EVIL: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Dr. Julia Shaw 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote To Chaos by Jordan Peterson Movies: Spiderman...

After a month of deep cold Steph and Candice have lots to catch up on! As usual we go deep into dystopian novels and movies about music, with a side of teen melodrama as a palate cleanser. Movies: Groundhog Day , played over and over again on February 2nd (link opens Youtube trailer) Bohemian Rhapsody playing Feb 8 - 12 The Favourite  playing Feb 1 - 14 Can You Ever Forgive Me? playing Feb 13 - 15...

Steph decides to begin her year long documentation of every piece of media she consumes! And Candice spends most of the episode shilling for Spotify? Books The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke Is This Live by Christopher Ward Movies Letterboxd , a tool to track which movies you are watching Bohemian Rhapsody , playing February 4 - 17 A Star is Born , playing February 18 - 31 If B...

"Just do what you can, when you can", this and other words of wisdom from Steph this month as we struggle with the usual glut of holiday expectations. Movies (and a few tv shows) A Star Is Born , playing December 26 - 31 Bohemian Rhapsody , playing January 2 - 10 Suspiria , playing December 20 - 23 (not talked about in the episode, but if you've learned one thing from Candice it's to always go see...

This month we needed to stitch our audio together from two recording devices. Can you find the stitch? How is our year long book challenge going? Not well! Candice hasn't completed a book since August, and is 26 books away from her year long goal of 52 books. Steph had switched from reading for pleasure to reading for work, which was its own challenge, but is now back on track. How is your book ch...

October Love! A little train travel, a little convention talk, a whole lot of horror talk. Books An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim is nominated for a Giller Prize Events in the eBar October 9 at 7pm - Sam Maggs Book Launch - Girl Squads October 15 at 7pm - Emily Richards Book Launch - Your Weekday Suppers Movies Mandy  starring Nicholas Cage, playing October 14 - 16 Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Cur...

The tap has turned back on around here and everything is happening! Movies: Eighth Grade Mean Girls 2001: A Space Odyssey Bladerunner Showgirls and the Verhoeven Oeuvre Books: Cataract City by Craig Davidson Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson Craig Davidson is also Nick Cutter !  My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (for the cover art) Gifts of Evil...

AI, Robots, in home spying. We really couldn't get past our fears of technology this month. Nothing but Books this month! Florida  by Lauren Groff My Best Friend's Exorcism  by Grady Hendrix An Ocean of Minutes  by Lea Thim The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford The Song Machine by John Seabrook I'll Be Gone In The Dark  by Michelle McNamara Plum Rains  by Andromeda Romano-Lax The Power by Naomi...

We talk a little politics, but not too much, don't worry. It's mostly just book talk this month. Lots we read, lots we are about to read. Summer is definitely the time to waste the day in the yard reading a good book or a guilty pleasure. Books: For The Love of God, Marie - Jade Sarosen Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel Archie The Married Life and The Death of Archie - Pat Kennedy & T...

Note - we had some technical problems in the first 8 minutes of this month's episode - Steph's microphone was not on. Don't worry, we fix it - power through the echoey sound for just a short bit. So many events at the cinema and the bookstore this month we had to record early to make sure we could let you know about them all! Events: Fit at Mid Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey  by Samantha Brennan...

  What is the difference between a fiction book and a memoir style non-fiction? How long should a post apocalyptic story spend on survival rather than rebuilding? And this month's reading challenge is to read a book which has been sitting on your shelf unread for a bit too long. Candice and Steph also let some of their non-reading goals slip this month - learning economics and learning French. Boo...