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Books 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
Movies Lake Placid vs. Anaconda Trailer
Links Candice's 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days List
Candice's Hooptober Movie List
Timestamps 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.
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 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
Links 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
Timestamps 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!
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 Clair Dederer
Movies I Saw The TV Glow Trailer
Timestamps 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.
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 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
Movies Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)
Mandy Trailer (NSFW)
Fight Club Trailer (NSFW)
Links Wilder Podcast
Timestamps 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.
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 Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Links The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times
Timestamps 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.
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
Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel
Catchpenny by Charlie Huston,
Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman
Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Links Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!
Timestamps 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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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
Under the Dome by Stephen King
From A Buick 8 by Stephen King
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Movies Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan
Saltburn Trailer
Links 60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast
The 2024 Oscars Nominees
Timestamps Steph’s reading update - 01:00
Candice’s Reading update - 08:50
Apocalypse stories - 16:00
How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50
The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00
Saltburn 34:00
The Oscars 38:00
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New year, same old Steph and Candice!
Books Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig
Under The Dome by Stephen King
Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber
Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell
Movies Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage
Renfield starring Nicolas Cage
The Killer directy by David Fincher
Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola
A Murder at the End of the World
Links Goodreads review scandal
Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads - and here’s why
Timestamps 00:00 - Intro
02:07 - What are we reading?
37:30 - What are we watching?
47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue
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It's holiday season! Busy days, dark days, but ultimately fun. Candice and Steph check in one last time for 2023 to see how reading goals are going, and what's up for the month. See you all in 2024!
Books The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- And sequel Darius the Great Deserves Better
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
- And sequel The Everlasting Road
The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer
In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore
In on the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy by Shawn Levy
Movies Napoleon Trailer
The ultimate Napoleon depiction - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Priscilla Trailer. Playing at Bookshelf Cinema Dec 1 - 6
Elvis Trailer
Marie Antoinette Trailer
The Beguiled Trailer
Timestamps 00:00 - Intro and late life athletics
08:50 - Holiday talk
14:00 - Movie talk - Napoleon, Priscilla, Elvis
26:00 - Whose stories get told, and by whom
35:00 - Book talk -
54:00 - Outro
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We’re back for the Fall!
Summer “break” was quite busy for both Steph and Candice and extended into very busy Septembers, but we are back in time for Spooky season.
Special event
November 7th at 7pm The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want To Know About Each Other book launch and conversation at the Cinema with authors Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson
Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the bookstore.
Books Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fans
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
Cell by Stephen King
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
The Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Jeff VanderMeer
Movies Nightmare Alley & Cronos by Guillermo del Toro
Misery by Rob Reiner
Silence of the Lambs
Suspiria
ET The Extra Terrestrial
Links James Vs Cinema watching Suspiria (2018) for the first time -
Timestamps Intro and Chit Chat - 0:00 - 13:00
Summer break updates - 13:15 - 20:15
Candice’s horror movie marathon 20:30 - 28:45
What has Steph been reading 29:00 - 32:00
Candice Stephen King update 32:00 - 40:00
Musicians who change styles mid career 40:00 - 47:00
Suspiria soundtrack and movie 47:00 - 49:30
Strange tales that have become children’s stories - 49:30 - 58:14
Stephen King update redux - 58:14 - 1:00:00
Special Event announcement - 1:05:00
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Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough.
Books A Haunted History of Forgotten Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham Risher
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar ,
On Browsing by Jason Guriel
How To Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight For Local Economies, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future by Danny Caine
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit
Movies Dirty Dancing
La Bamba
Young Guns II
Family Ties
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
Links 60 Songs That Explain the 90s Podcast
Wonderful World of Disney Opening Themes
Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and catch up
13:30 Steph’s reading update - all about love
22:30 A sidebar about resilience, needing help and self-care
34:15 How pop culture and media can impact you for life
51:00 Candice’s Stephen King update and TBR for vacation week
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How do you deal with being too busy - Steph and Candice reflect on the last month’s busy-ness and how they coped.
Books The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Movies Inside Out as a touchstone for mental wellness
Land of the Dead - Movie clip showing class divide in the movie (curse words included)
Renfield - Deleted dance scene as teased in the closing credits
Cocaine Bear - Trailer (curse words included)
TV Shows Picard Season 3 - Candice hates it - sorry fans, Star Trek and Star Wars stories can be about more than the original main characters!
Timestamps 00:00 Introduction
01:00 On finding time for ourselves
09:00 The Star Trek conversation and fan service
17:00 Politics in shows, movies, books and life
23:00 Land of the Dead and how movies and books bring up current issues
28:00 Renfield
40:00 Cocaine Bear
45:00 Lessons in Chemistry and how marketing books and movies goes wrong
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Steph and Candice start with a regional conversation about moving around neighbourhoods, but end up bringing it to the esoteric about self and relationships.
They also talk memoirs and horror, more Stephen King, AI, and somehow even Hallmark movies.
Books The Go Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds by Osman Yousefzada
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books and Questions that Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher
It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese
Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
From A Buick 8 by Stephen King
Autonomy by Victoria Hetherington
Movies Manchester By The Sea Trailer
Made for Each Other Trailer - Hallmark Channel
M3gan - scene of child creating emotional bond with an AI doll - CW terrifying AI, Parent Death
Timestamps 3:00 Catch up with Steph’s move
8:35 Designing cities, urban planning and 15-minute cities
16:00 Steph’s reading memoirs
20:00 Candice is reading about horror
28:00 Stephen King update (From a Buick 8)
36:00 Telling human stories through horror vs drama
38:00 AI an our relationship with it (this is not a ChatGPT conversation)
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Steph and Candice did not watch a movie together this month, but still had lots to catch up on, including the upcoming Oscar Awards, the new Grady Hendrix novel, and the many stories by and about women that they are reading or planning to read this month to celebrate Women's History Month.
Books How To Sell a Haunted House & The Final Girl Support Group & other books by Grady Hendrix
From A Buick 8 by Stephen King
Annie and the Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher
The Girl in the Middle: Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor by Anais Granofsky
Waking Beauty by Rebecca Solnit
The Sleeping Beauty Series by Anne Rice
Movies Elvis
Women Talking
The Fablemans
Top Gun Maverick
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Fast and the Furious series
Hudson Hawk
1408
Links Read the full Oscars nominee list
What is a Paladin?
Grady Hendrix Podcast Super Scary Haunted Homeschool
Timestamps 01:30 Oscars talk
18:00 Oops, Candice disses Paladins
19:00 Recap of Podcamp Toronto (What is it, why do people go to it?)
25:00 Doing the things that bring you joy
28:18 On Hudson Hawk and 1408
34:00 Candice’s reading update and Grady Hendrix chat
44:30 Steph’s reading update
50:00 A short Degrassi side bar
52:00 On reading poetry and fairy tales by women and non-white authors
57:25 We somehow return to Grady Hendrix
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Steph recommits herself to skiing, and Candice recommits herself to reading Stephen King novels. And they both get their 3 Laws of Robotics wrong, sorry Isaac Asimov!
Books The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah by Stephen King
Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell
After The Flood by Kassandra Montag
All City by Alex DiFrancesco
Movies Corsage
M3gan
California Split - Behind the Scenes short film
Licorice Pizza, The Big Lebowski, Slacker, Go, Kids, Clerks, Clerks III, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Nope
Links Some Stephen King podcasts - Kingcast, The Losers Club, Castle Rockettes (a Guelph based podcast!)
Timestamps 00:00 Intro and Stephs skiing adventures
05:00 Candice's Stephen King update
14:00 A quick Star Trek: Discovery side bar conversation
16:15 Thoughts on the film Corsage
21:27 Candice and Steph's M3gan love
28:30 Steph's reading update
32:40 The difference between complex characters in books versus movies or tv.
35:50 The Robert Altman film project
39:18 Movies about nothing
43:30 Will Steph enjoy the Jordan Peele film Nope?
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Welcome to 2023! Steph and Candice round up a few of their hopes for the new year and what they will be focusing on. Not resolutions per say, but plans.
Tell us your reading or non-reading resolutions for this year by sending us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca.
Books My Hygge Home: How To Make Your Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking
Dreamcatcher, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower, & Under The Dome by Stephen King
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke
The Annotated American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Wanderers & Wayward: A Novel both by Chuck Wendig
Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna
Movies The Menu
Links Moleskine Daily Planner
Hemlock and Oak Daily Planner
Storygraph Reading Challenge
Follow Candice on Letterboxd and Storygraph
Timestamps 00:00 Introduction
02:00 Getting out to see more movies
13:00 The Menu review
23:00 Plans and planners for the new year
33:00 Reading self help and non fiction
35:00 Storygraph Reading Challenges
40:00 Upcoming and recent reads from both Steph and Candice
44:00 Stephen King Project update
50:00 On reading different books at once and finishing them
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December took us by surprise. It snuck up so fast both Candice and Steph feel like they missed November. But with the long nights and darker days, everything is getting a bit more gothic and introspective.
Books Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Mind The Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker
A Celtic Temperament: Roberston Davies as Diarist by Robertson Davies
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight - Movies
Movies and TV My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix on Prime - Youtube Trailer
Midnight Club by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer
Links The Home For Good Campaign and The Bookshelf’s $20,000 donation - https://bookshelf.ca/article/view/1172
Dolly Parton’s America - https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america
Grammar Girl Podcast - https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/
The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/
Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Catchup Up
8:00 - The time for giving
13:00 - Slipping into the winter mood
18:30 - Winter reading plans
22:00 - Dolly Parton and Feminism
29:00 - Journals of authors and hosts
38:00 - Self Care
44:00 - Reading genre fiction & Grady Hendrix
49:00 - Midnight Club review
52:00 - Reading YA as an adult vs as a Young Adult
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It's an oversized episode all about the books we bought, were gifted, or otherwise acquired this month
Books Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan
Sing, Nightingale by Marie Helene Poitras
What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn
Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar
High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
Our Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
My Hygge Home: How To Make Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking
The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes and Rituals for the Wheel of the Year by Carmen Spagnola
The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs
Wisdom from the Homeless: Lessons a Doctor Learned at a Homeless Shelter by Neil Craton M.D.
I Feel Bad About My Neck: and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Movies Silent Night, Deadly Night series of films
Toys of Terror - Youtube Trailer
Divided opinions on Krampus (Youtube Trailer) and Nightmare on Elm Street (special effect in question)
The Night House - Youtube Trailer **CW: deals with suicide and depression
1408 - Youtube Trailer
Gerald's Game - Youtube Trailer
Inside Out - Youtube Trailer
Timestamps 00:30 Steph and Candice Catch-Up on the month that was October
11:10 Candice's Stephen King update
17:30 Steph's newly acquired books this month
33:30 Candice's newly acquired books this month
39:30 Young Adult novels as a genre
43:30 On rewatching and rereading favourites
46:30 Final update on Candice's Horror Movie watch-a-thon
1:07:00 Clips from Nina Nesseth Author Event
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It's someone's favourite month and it's probably because of Halloween, or maybe Thanksgiving, or maybe just the cooler days and earlier nights. To celebrate The Bookshelf is hosting a bunch of events about just those things.
Steph and Candice catch up on all the scary stories they are reading and all the food they wish they could cook in this month's episode.
Events October 20th - Carrie and The Forbidden Body with author Douglas Cowan
October 26th - Film viewing and Author Interview with Nina Nesseth
October 18th - Author talk and cookbook samples with Emily Richards
Books The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth
Best of Bridge Comfort Foods: Recipes for Family and Friends by Emily Richards
This Is What It Sounds LIke: What The Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas
Across The Void by S.K. Vaughan
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
and for the very big stans of the Dark Tower Series
Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of the Dark Tower by Beryl Evans
Secret Ingedients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink edited by David Remnick
Movies / TV Spontaneous Trailer
Slash/Back Trailer
Bad CGI Sharks Trailer
Sharks of the Corn Trailer
The Bear Series Trailer
The Afterparty Series Trailer
A League of Their Own Trailer
Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss Trailer (with an excellent example of the school announcements right away!)
Links Follow Candice on Letterboxd
Find Horror Movie recommendations by scrolling through #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days on Twitter
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Welcome back to The Village. Steph and Candice do some book reviews from the summer of 2022 while also talking music, algorithms, and what we learned this summer
Books Sweet Valley High Books 1-12 by Francine Pascal (Apple iBooks Store link)
Recollections of my Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit (other books by Solnit)
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Zed by Joanna Kavenna
Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elaine Abdelmahmoud
Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance, and Surviving the Music Industry by Rollie Pemberton
Movies Everything Everywhere All At Once Official Trailer
Links Storygraph
Eden Mill's Writer's Festival
Timestamps 0:00 - 2:00 Welcome
2:00 - 8:00 School’s back! Recollections of school time with Steph and Candice
8:00 - 12:25 Memory keeping and digital storage
12:25 - 21:00 Summer travel with Steph and family, and Steph’s reading update
21:00 - 27:45 Down with algorithms and the change from Spotify to Youtube
27:45 - 38:00 Candice’s new book logging app Storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/
38:00 - 41:00 Eden Mills Writer’s Festival, https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/
41:00 - 47:25 What Candice learned from Son of Elsewhere
47:25 - 49:00 Candice’s summer book reading
49:50 - 59:50 Clips from Rollie Pemberton’s reading and talk (there are some curse words in this talk)
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Steph and Candice fit in a check in despite very busy schedules.
They chat about the usual topics - reading writing by women, reading Stephen King and other authors and looking past the problematic racism and misogyny of the 1980s, as well as the problematic misogyny of Dr. Peter Venkman.
Books Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart
The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
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Candice and Steph discuss whether antiheroes, reluctant heroes, or very good heroes are the best to tell stories about.
And then they get into trying to decide what makes fantasy fantasy.
Basically the title says it all "We don't need a pandemic to justify our escapism" and Candice and Steph say read it all, watch it all, whatever makes you happy.
Books Wizard and Glass: Dark Tower IV by Stephen King
Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (coming back to print in May 2022)
What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy
Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler
Movies Licorice Pizza playing March 13 - 17
West Side Story playing March 13 - 17
Full schedule
The Batman, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy, Abbot Elementary, iZombie
Timestamps 3:30 Cinema Update
8:26 The future of movie watching, and Cats the Musical, The Movie.
15:45 The Batman, and our opinions, having not seen the film.
20:30 Heroes and chosen family
26:25 Reading and watching the lighter fare
36:22 The Stephen King Re-read Update
42:00 What makes fantasy fantasy?
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Steph and Candice declare a new start and share highlights from 2021
Books A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraquip
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Woman that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R Anderson
Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki
Links Mallory O'Meara's Podcast Reading Glasses
Books Unbound Podcast and Bookmark Subscription
Events January 25 - Lawrence Hill in conversation with Nana aba Duncan about his children's book Beatrice and Croc Harry
Feb 1 - Tara McKenna in conversation with Candice Batista about her book Don't Be Trashy
Timestamps 00:00 Welcome
02:18 Steph's update on 2021 resolutions and goals
06:20 Candice's update on 2021 goals
08:07 Update on the Stephen King re read
17:00 On musicians and writers revisiting their work
20:07 Steph's reading highlights of 2021
26:27 Candice's reading higlights of 2021
33:00 Goals for 2022
42:00 Events around the Bookshelf
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After a summer break Candice and Steph are back to talk books, movies and music, with only a side of feminism and social justice.
Candice read some books on break and Steph started a dance class.
** We were together in real space with lots of distance so there's a bit of a big echoey room sound, and lots of talking all over each other. We were excited. Deal with it.
Books Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia, Rose Madder & The Green Mile by Stephen King
Evil by Julia Shaw
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix along with Horrostor, My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Movies Just Mercy Trailer - https://youtu.be/GVQbeG5yW78
Titane Trailer - https://youtu.be/epoyDw8EU9I
Suspiria 2018 Trailer - https://youtu.be/BY6QKRl56Ok
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This pandemic doesn't seem at all like the post apocalyptic books we've read in the past!There is way more sitting around reading books and watching movies and television shows from our younger years.
Join Steph and Candice as a conversation about Lindy West brings them down the path of all the things we've revisted recently before we get to the monthly Stephen King update.
Books Shit Actually by Lindy West
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Needful Things by Stephen King
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
Survivor's Song by Paul Tremblay
Podcast Links I Hate It But I Love It
You're Wrong About
This Ends At Prom
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Steph and Candice chat Fox Mulder, critical thinking skills and 20th and 21st century popular music.
Books: 1973: Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson
Links: k-os cover of The Cars Just What I Needed (opens a Youtube video)
Strong Songs Podcast on Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan
Switched on Pop podcast How Streaming Changed the Sound of Pop
Timestamps: 3:00 There was an anti-mask protest near the bookstore; empathy and critical thinking
7:56 Fox Mulder is not the hero you think he is
10:30 It's okay to not be okay, but how do we move forward
16:00 The importance of routine
22:00 Reading as a habit that shakes up your habit
26:50 Podcasts vs radio
30:00 Gen X talking about music these days
50:00 The terror of algorithms
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From Grady Hendrix to habit forming to bananas? It's not as wild a ride as this description would have you believe.
Candice and Steph check in on recent books and authors and how to be intentional with our time.
Books The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Needful Things by Stephen King
Hello Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki
Links The Great Stephen King Reread by Grady Hendrix
Timestamps 00:00 Intro and check in with Steph and Candice - what's new, what are you doing once businesses re-open a bit
08:16 Steph talks about books she's read and whether or not she can recommend them
09:45 Let's talk Grady Hendrix
21:00 What did women socially do before the book club became popular?
23:25 Candice's Stephen King reread and how everyone is wrong about Pet Sematary
30:30 Talking about habit forming
37:30 What else are we doing to relax besides reading?
41:00 Intentionally doing nothing or something - just be intentional
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Welcome to 2021! Steph and Candice do a mini year in review for 2020 and talk about the music and movies and restaurants they missed and the books and television and home cooking they didn't miss.
Books Shining In The Dark: Celebrating 20 Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Ake Lilja
The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Movies Midsommar - and how we relate to it now https://twitter.com/alexem/status/1339389665590185985
Links Spotify's business - https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dzje3/daniel-ek-spotify-artists-pay-interview
Lilja's Library, a Stephen King fansite - https://www.liljas-library.com/
Stephen King Ranked - https://screenrant.com/every-stephen-king-book-ranked-best-worst
Timestamps 01:45 We start with music
11:30 Moving on to television and streaming services
16:00 Home cooking
18:00 Stephen King book club - Steph has a complementary read and we talk about rankings
33:00 How social media and criticism may have changed Stephen King
38:40 Movies - Midsommar and how it represents our collective experience
42:15 What does the future hold?
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Why do we read? To get away, to learn, to watch other people without guilt. Why do we write?
Let's be honest, Steph and Candice come to no conclusions about these existential questions, but they try.
Books The Stand, The Green Mile, Needful Things, Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Cell by Stephen King
Links Stephen King's accidental blindness on race - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/28/stephen-king-says-oscars-are-rigged-in-favor-of-the-white-folks-washington-post
Timestamps 02:15 - What's NaNoWriMo?
07:00 - revisiting stories you already know
10:00 - taking time to think about what you are reading and watching
11:00 - The Stephen King Project
15:00 - Stephen King and the myth of meritocracy
22:00 - How our lifestyles have changed with Covid
26:00 - Where everyone wonders "What does epistolary mean?"
29:00 - The pain of group chats
30:45 - The real reason why Steph doesn't journal
34:00 - Students writing letters to elected officials and why you should too
42:00 Back to The Stand
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Halloween time has come around again... Steph and Candice take full advantage by chatting about spooky books and spooky tv shows.
We also discuss whether or not people should be reading stories about the downfall of humanity, whether it be from viruses or robots.
Books, television and other links Unsolved Mysteries - the proto crime podcast, as a television show of the 80s and 90s
The Stand by Stephen King - the study described by the sociologist in the book, Glenn Bateman, is entirely fiction.
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the genre or rewriting classics with supernatural elements.
End Credits Radio, CFRU's movie review program.
Lindy West, columnist
Genre bending novels and novelists
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Ted Chiang
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After an accidental summer off from recording Steph and Candice are back, much like school and in-store shopping at The Bookshelf!
That's right the bookstore is open to the public 7 days a week from 11am - 6pm. But not to worry, they are still offering delivery, and if you know exactly what you want please consider ordering online for either delivery or pick-up and limiting the number of people browsing the stacks.
We are all in this together and doing what we can to support each other!
Books The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
The Dark Half by Stephen King
The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Stand by Stephen King
Well Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
Also follow the online book club Well Read Black Girl
Note - Candice is ashamed to have not been able to come up with the name of Maya Angelou on the spot while trying to remember who said "When you know better, you do better."
In consideration - the return of the Non-Fiction Book Club with a focus on relearning Canadian History.
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Steph and Candice check in again on how life, work and entertainment is going during work from home times.
Hint, it's a lot of television watching, way more than usual
Listen along to hear what they've been watching, reading and maybe eating!
Books The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie
American War by Omar El Akkad
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Misery by Stephen King
Tommyknockers by Stephen King
A Matter of Taste by Rebecca Tucker
Links Movie commentary with friends from Candice's podcast, 100% Candice
What is Cli-Fi?
Read what Stephen King thought of Annie Wilkes, villain of Misery.
Timestamps 00:33 Intro
01:30 Missing movies with friends
05:50 Choosing what movies to watch
06:50 The Outer Limits reboot of the 90s
09:10 The X-Files conspiracy theory
10:16 Telling stories through years long series
14:30 Role playing games and playing characters outside yourself
19:03 How we communicate in audio without visual cues
22:00 How our reality is different from the tropes of sci fi
24:00 Giving people the nod while out for a walk
26:17 Reading updates
30:50 The Stephen King update
39:10 Steph realizes keeping a journal might be a positive thing, again.
43:45 Candice's accidental food industry book club
48:50 Plea to support local businesses
49:46 What do live events and celebrations look like now?
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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 to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle
Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay
Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
The Wall Will Tell You: The Forensics of Screenwriting by Hampton Fancher
Camp Murderface by Josh Berk and Saundra Mitchell
The Mutant Mushroom Takeover by Summer Rachel Short
Clan by Sigmund Brouwer
Movies Maniac - 70s serial killer exploitation film
American Psycho directed by Mary Harron as a satire!
The Booksellers streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs
This Is Not A Movie streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs
Kedi streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs
Jerry Maguire - Steph's favourite buddy film?
The Object of My Affection - Candice favourite film to press stop at 5 minutes before the end.
Links Candice's episode of End Credits Radio covering Grady Hendrix written horror comedy film, Satanic Panic
My Favourite Murder Podcast
Bookshelf Cinema's streaming movies
Bookshelf delivers wine with books!
The Dana Buckler Show Terminator retrospectives
Timestamps 01:00 Mother's Day ideas and plans
07:10 How does the book look?
08:00 - 08:10 Special guest makes an appearance!
09:38 Check in on Candice's reading
11:00 We go deep on Grady Hendrix
13:15 Chatting women's obsession with true crime and horror
18:30 The villain in horror films aren't meant to be redeemed
22:20 Bookshelf Cinema brings you streaming films!
31:30 Steph's reading update
34:00 Practice exploring what wasn't in the story - basically Fan Fic
38:00 Send your best alternate parts of a story to Steph at podcast@bookshelf.ca
39:45 Kids books Steph has been reading with her kids
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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 miss most or what you have found you don't miss at all.
Let us know by email at podcast@bookshelf.ca
Books Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl is back on The Bookshelf's best seller list! First published in 1959
The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
It by Stephen King
Links Watch Fierce's live DJs
Timestamps 5:00 How are things at the Bookshelf?
10:00 Personal check in on how Candice and Steph are doing
18:30 What's selling at The Bookshelf?
23:00 How has the pandemic affect music and live events?
27:15 What happens to the third place when we can go back?
31:30 Update on what we're reading
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**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
Books Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Lost Ones by Anita Frank
The Lost Puzzler: The Tarakan Chronicles by Eyal Kless
Danse Macabre and On Writing - the nonfiction by Stephen King
Links Why Was this Recommended reddit board - not necessarily safe for work
Cineplex holds on to films causing indie theatres across Canada to scramble for content.
Change.org petition to support The Bookshelf Cinema and other indie theatres across Canada.
Dear Young Rocker podcast being adapted into a My So-Called Life style television show.
On Stephen King's trouble depicting racism in his books
Timestamps 6:00 Steph saw Julie Black live! Which lead to a conversation about live music, the where and the how.
17:00 Steph forgot to turn her ringer off!
17:30 What's happening at the eBar? What do you want to happen at the eBar? The Bookshelf is always seeking your opinion.
22:00 Shopping algorithms on the internet (spoiler: they're no good!)
28:00 The Bookshelf Cinema and others keep getting movies pulled from them thanks to Cineplex
31:00 Rant about remakes of movies and television shows
35:00 Candice goes down a rabbit hole talking about My So Called Life
37:00 What we are reading update
42:00 Prioritizing reading over other things?
47:00 On Stephen Kings racist language
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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 keep playing a film long past their release date. This month Knives Out was pulled from the calendar just a few days from the showings.
Jojo Rabbit, playing Feb 3 - 18
Little Women, playing Feb 28 - Mar 7
Parasite, playing Feb 7 - 17
Books Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
It by Stephen King
Break in Case of Emergency by Brian Francis
Grady Hendrix Great Stephen King Reread
Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whitakre
Timestamps (minute:seconds) 2:00 A run-down of awards seasons movies
7:30 Black History (Future) Month
9:00 Women in Horror Month
11:30 Knives Out
13:30 War dramas vs war satires
17:00 Congrats to Taika Waititi
18:50 What's playing at the cinema
24:30 Book talk Candice's list
30:00 Book talk Steph's list
32:30 A discussion about YA fic, genre and romances
36:00 Fandom and creators who bow to what they want
41:00 Stephen King re-read update
46:00 Steph's feminist book club update
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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 of Christmas by Alex Haley
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson
In The House In the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
In The Night Wood by Dale Bailey
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Me by Elton John
Face It by Debbie Harry
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry
Candice's Stephen King Project update:
Finished Eyes of the Dragon in December and IT begun!
Links It's an Imagine Dragon decade! Billboard's Rock Songs of the Decade
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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 Power by Pam Grossman
Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King, the palate cleanser which follows Pet Sematary
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Game of Thrones Series by George R.R. Martin
Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan
Links Dolly Parton's America - a podcast
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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 and Renee Mishake launching the book Injichaag: My Soul In Story on November 16th in the eBar
Chris Earley launching his book Feed The Birds on November 18th in the eBar
Robyn Doolittle launching her book Had It Coming on November 19th in the ebar
Adventurer Adam Shoalts launching his book Beyond the Trees on December 3rd in the eBar
Ralph Martin launching his book Food Security on December 10th in the eBar
More events at the eBar, https://bookshelf.ca/eBar
Books Shrewd by Elizabeth Renzetti
Cujo, Christine, Pet Sematary and It! by Stephen King
On Writing by Stephen King
Movies Parasite playing November 15 - 21
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice playing November 8 - 11
The Irishman playing November 22 - 23
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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 The Exorcist at the Cinema playing October 30 &31
Links Letterboxd - Candice's list
Iron Dog Bus - the book bus Steph found while in Kelowna
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Podcast Club, first Tuesday of every month at the Guelph Public Library
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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 Margaret Atwood
Links The Passion of the Nerd, Youtube Channel critiquing Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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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 Steph is reading over her holiday, and we go deep into the third novel in Stephen King’s published (under his own name) works, The Shining.
Books We have a special book recommendation from Lucas, son of co-host Steph - Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Days by Moonlight by Andre Alexis
The Shining by Stephen King
Movies Rocketman playing August 23 - 28
The Dead Don’t Die playing August 27 - 29
Midsommer playing August 13 - 15
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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 questionable comedy. Alex Winter address it here, https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/bill-ted-star-speaks-use-homophobic-628284
Booksmart playing from June 28 - July 7 and how it compares to Superbad, Bridesmaids and Lady Bird
Events Links Mark Dailey - the voice of City TV Everywhere (opens a YouTube clip)
Local station CJOY hosts retiring
Ongoing History of New Music by Alan Cross
Stephen King Watch
Carrie - completed
Salem's Lot - in progress
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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 chronological order
Is This Live by Christopher Ward
Music Steph went to see The 1975
Candice went to see Mario Speedwagon's 90s Prom
Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Arrested Development, Britney Spears, Celine Dion at 50,
Events Don't Label Me book launch with Irshad Manji on June 6th
Links The story of Guelph's Diwali Night Gala
Happy Pride Everyone! Take 20 minutes to learn more about the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Stonewall Forever
Candice's summer reading list
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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 Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This One Looks Like a Boy by Lorimer Senher
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia Shaw
Events: In Conversation with Lorimer Senher on May 8 from 7 - 9
Movie Night at the eBar: Footloose on May 10 from 7 - 9
Haunted Town Halls with Peter Roe on May 11 from 7 - 8:30
Clyde Fans: Seth at the Bookshelf on May 15 from 7 - 9
FLEUR*ish: in the eBar Art show running April 23 to July 6
Susan Benson: Art, Design and Craft on Stage a conversation between biographer Pat Flood and subject Susan Benson on May 31
Other Links: The Downtown Theatre Project
Guelph Little Theatre
Royal City Music Production Inc
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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: Michael McCreary, Funny You Don't Look Autistic on April 16
Other events in the eBar in April
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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: Into the Spiderverse playing March 11
Green Book playing March 9 - 20
March Break Family Films!
Links: Spielberg's Angry Old Man Impression
GenreCon
Podcamp Toronto
End Credits Radio
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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
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - petition for this to play at Cult Cinema! (link opens Youtube trailer)
Help choose the next Cult Cinema film
Books: Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
84K by Claire North
American War: A Novel by Omar El Akkad
Links and Other Topics The Atlantic's investigative reporting on Bryan Singer - serious trigger warnings.
Riverdale has gone mad! Spoilers for season 3.
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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 Beale Street Could Talk, playing February 18 - 28
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse - two words, "See it"
And we dissect Venom way too much for the quality of film it is.
** Green Book did not play at the Bookshelf Cinema, it is still playing at the Galaxy Theatres
Music Q Magazine, Steph's music curator of choice
Spotify, Candice's music curator of choice
Eli's Coming, original by Laura Nyro
Read about Spotify's Algorithms at QZ.com
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"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 horror films at the holidays)
It's A Wonderful Life, playing at limited Cineplex Galaxy Screens
Annihilation (opens a Youtube video)
Books Songbook by Nick Hornby
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to my Daughter by David Chariandy
I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Who's Who When Everyone Is Someone Else by C.D. Rose (It wasn't for Steph, but maybe it's for you?)
The Winters by Lisa Gabriele (This one also wasn't for Steph, but she enjoyed it like a guilty pleasure anyway)
Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Tekada (This one wasn't for Candice, but sure has been huge in the world of Graphic Novels)
Music Skydiggers Holiday Show (opens a Youtube video)
Jeremy Dutcher (opens a Youtube video)
Thank you to everyone who entered the Easter Egg Hunt. Have you watched the video yet? Watch it here. The answers and winner are announced in this episode.
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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 challenge going?
We spend a lot of time discussing the nature of "Art", how stealing or borrowing affects art and whether being popular excludes art from being celebrated.
Books Cataract City, The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Movies Bad Times at the El Royale - Nov 18, 21 & 22
The Hate You Give - Dec 1 - 6
Events Up From Freedom - Wayne Grady & Lawrence Hill - Nov 6
Links Greta Van Fleet versus Led Zeppelin (Youtube video)
50 Short Nonfiction Books You Can Read In A Day
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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 Curtis, playing October 25 for Cult Cinema Night
Lizzie starring Chloe Sevigny, playing October 26 - 30
And when it comes to Halloween decor and costumes, support your local year round costume shop - not the giant corporate pop-up shops in the mall! In Guelph, it's Party Corner Costumes!
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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 by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk
What Would Keynes Do? by Tejvan Pettinger
What Would Marx Do? by Gareth Soutwell
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart
The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam Nayman
It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls by Adam Nayman
The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones
September Book Challenge - read a book in another language!
Steph and Candice have both chosen to read in French.
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Maigret by Georges Simenon
Events: September 7 - 9th - Eden Mills Writer's Festival
September 27th Cult Cinema Kick-Off: Adam Nayman Book Launch
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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 Alderman
Come Die For Me by David Paul Lyday
Stay tuned for our special spoiler filled review of My Best Friend's Exorcism!
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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 & Tim Kennedy
The Backstagers - Rian Sygh
The Ocean at the End of the Line - Neil Gaiman
An Ocean of Minutes - Thea Lim
I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara
My Best Friend's Exorcism - Grady Hendrix
Paperbacks From Hell - Grady Hendrix
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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 & Tracy Isaacs - May 3 at 7pm
5-Minutes Stories for Fearless Girls Book by Nick Craine & - Sarah Howden - May 5 at 4:30pm
Poetry night with Rona Bloom, Shane Neilson and Sarah Tolmey - May 10 at 7:30pm
When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson - May 14
The Never Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip by Michael Barclay - May 15 at 7pm
Friends of the GPL speaker series, Open Minds, at the Guelph Public Library
Monkeys, Myths, and Molecules by Dr. Joe Schwarcz - May 16 at 7pm
Movies: Annihilation
Arrival
A Quiet Place (Youtube Trailer)
Pitch Perfect 3 - free event by Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health on May 7 at 6pm
Books: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Blinkist
May Reading Challenge - Graphic Novels
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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.
Books: Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Molly's Game by Molly Bloom
I Am Radar by Reif Larsen
Song of Ice and Fire by George R R Martin (yes again)
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Movies: Love, Simon
The Post - March 30 - April 5
The Death of Stalin - April 11 - 24
Pan's Labyrinth - April 26
Pitch Perfect 3 - Free Youth Week event put on by Wellington Dufferin Public Health on May 7
Shadow States: Politics on Film with Geoff Pevere - 6 Sundays starting on Aprill 22nd
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How do you mark time? Is it by days on the calendar? Events and markers? Journaling or task lists?
How do you measure reading? Is success completing a book, or is it the mere act of reading?
This and lots of movie talk this month!
Books: Challenge for March - read a book one of this year's Oscar Nominees is based on!
Ghost Summer - Tananarive Due
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
The Breadwinner (book) - Deborah Ellis
The Breadwinner (graphic novel) - Deborah Ellis and Nora Twomey
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
Movies: Oscars Month!
Darkest Hour - March 5-7
I, Tonya - March 9-16
Phantom Thread - March 26-29
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - March 7-11
Shape of Water - March 9-18
Molly's Game - March 21-25
Lady Bird playing March 21 - 23
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - Youtube Trailer
Links and Other Bits: Everything Sucks - Netflix television show
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A rough start, but this month's episode all came together in the end.
So much book talk this month! And a fair amount of food talk. And Steph and Candice both fail at sewing, who knew?
Books: For Today I am a Boy - Kim Fu
Half-Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
One and Two lists of Women Horror Authors
Hot Milk - Deborah Levy
Hidden Figures - Margot Lee Shetterly
Little Cookery - Lottie Alderwish, Local Author
Movies: Call Me By Your Name
Brooklyn - February 14
Lady Bird - February 23 - February 28
Links: The Berlin Wall has been down as long as it was up
Kathryn Stockett's The Help's trouble with dialect
Women in Horror Month
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Welcome to 2018! We've got the sniffles and colds, and we've decided to introduce a new year long challenge to our show.
This year Steph and Candice will be reading a book a month from a different "Reading List" every month. We'll announce the list we are choosing from every episode so you can join in!
This months it's 50 Books by 50 Canadian Women of Colour
And then there's some other conversation about how Steph and Candice, while being culture vultures, are also both contrarian by not liking the most popular of books and movies, maybe just because they are popular?
And then there is some unexpected conversations about teen boy pop bands Hanson and The Monkees.
Books: For Today I Am A Boy - Kim Fu
Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and other books - Richard Matheson
Movies: Lady Bird - January 2 - January 15
The Disaster Artist / The Room Double Feature - January 18
Shape of Water - Coming in February
Murder on the Orient Express - January 12 - January 18
Call Me By Your Name - January 19 - February 1
Want more Candice? Check out End Credits Radio Show on CFRU.
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Book culture versus actual reading - is there a difference or do they both rock?
Steph and Candice take on this and other equally important topics this month as we struggle to stay afloat in this time of plenty (of work and people and food).
Books: Robert Rose Collection of Cook Books and the Food Substitutions Bible
The Venus Effect by Joseph Allen Hill - printed in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
The Girl Who Loved Cheese by Bob Desautels and Ava Desautels Barr
Movies: Bladerunner 2049 (Official Trailer on YouTube)
Lady Bird playing Dec 22 - Jan 6
Get Out - Golden Globe nominated Best Comedy or Musical Film of 2017
Holiday Hours: Bookstore Open Sunday Dec 24 from 9-4pm, Cinema and eBar closed
Closed Monday Dec 25
Cinema Open Tuesday Dec 26 at 3:30, Bookstore and eBar closed
Closed Monday Jan 1
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Happy Halloween! It was fun for two horror loving ladies to hang out and have a conversation on Halloween day.
But it's not all festivities! Our conversations veer wildly in directions we never expect and this month, it's on to the food business. Steph finds out Candice's background of almost 20 years in the food industry, primarily as a butcher.
Get ready for a long conversation about food politics, how kids and adults get their information about what they should eat, and a round of applause for kale chips.
Books/Blogs
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 edited by John Joseph Adams
Food Politics by Marion Nestle
Weighty Matters by Dr Yoni Freedhoff
The Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim (Robert Rose Collection)
The Vegetarian Cook's Bible by Pat Crocker
Movies
Scream (YouTube Trailer)
Goldfinger playing on November 30th
Events
Powered by Love on November 7th at War Memorial Hall
The Cinderella Campaign with the Guelph Men's Club on November 14th at the Italian Canadian Club
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Will Candice see The Room? Should Candice see The Room? Weigh in by sending us your vote by comment, email, Twitter or Facebook.
What makes cult films cult, what makes them good? How did the 80s affect rock music? What terrifies you more, science fiction and horror, or reality?
This episode is more Steph and Candice than Steph and Candice (my weak attempt at a Bladerunner joke).
Books: Tarantino: A Retrospective by Tom Shone
Autonomous - Annalee Newitz
Movies: The Christmas Movies - Die Hard, Gremlins
The Halloween Movies - Beetlejuice
Scream - the newly named Cult Cinema film of the month on October 26th
The Room (Yes, again) - October 31
Logan Lucky - October 18 - 21
Music: Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
The 80s hit the 70s rockers pretty hard - Neil Young, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Steve Winwood
Vangelis Blade Runner Soundtrack - Google Play, Spotify, iTunes
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Whoa! The energy is high! Fall brings new things, new starts, new friends, new weather. Everything is shiny.
Steph and Candice opine about how great the Fall is and how great the Fall in Guelph is and how troubling Stephen King's life might have been as a young adult.
We cover all the usuals, horrors both real and imaginary, the narrative men are taught about being men, what makes a bad movie good, the power of shared experience and still almost no music talk!
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Guelph Library Book Clubs
Movies:
It (I'd post a link to the trailer, but it's too terrifying for a general audience)
Army of Darkness & Poltergeist (Steph and Candice's first horror films)
The Room September 28
Baby Driver (and other movies all about the soundtracks) - September 29 - October 5
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It's hot, hot August and Steph and Candice are finding solace in air conditioned movie theatres, and by the water with books. As such, this is a super-sized episode.
There is a bit of garbled sound around minute 15, our apologies
Books covered: American Gods by Neil Gaman
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Sarah Melville
The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin (yes, still)
On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor
A Women's Guide to the Wild by Teresa Grasseschi
Events: In Conversation with Naomi Klein Sept 9
Eden Mills Writers' Festival Sept 9 & 10
To Me You Seem Giant Greg Rhyno Book Launch Sept 7
Movies: A Ghost Story - Aug 4 - Aug 10
Lady Macbeth - Aug 11 - Aug 16
Romeo + Juliet
Moulin Rouge
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill - Aug 31
Podcasts: You Must Remember This hosted by Karina Longworth
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Sun? Yes or no? It's a classic question. Speaking of classic - what makes a movie a classic? Is it how long it's been released for?
Judging by the length of this episode you would think Steph and Candice hadn't spoken in years. We just had so much to say!
Books: The Amateurs by Liz Harmer
Ghost Train to New Orleans by Mur Lafferty
The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty
Horror Stories by Richard Matheson
Movies: Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 - July 11 & 12
The Beguiled - July 14 - 27
Churchill - July 14 - 19
Moulin Rouge - July 27
Guelph Movie Club Bond Poll Upcoming
Podcasts: Covered - An author interviews other authors
Overdue - Two guys give each other book reports on the classic book they've read that week.
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It's summer time and we are talking about lighter reading, fan fiction and the nature of creativity!
Things get a little muddy in the middle when both of us non-writers ponder over how writers must come up with their ideas.
Books:
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter - Theodora Goss
Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero (The Scooby-Dooian, Cthuluish mash-up)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan
The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler
The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron
Movies:
Maudie - June 9th - June 21st
Raising Arizona - Guelph Movie Club showing June 29th
This is your monthly reminder that the eBar/Cinema's Dinner and a Movie is the best deal you can find in Downtown Guelph for a night on the town!
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Over the fall and winter of 2016/2017 the Bookshelf Cinema hosted a Movies and Talk series on the first Sunday morning of every month. The films were only announced once everyone was in their seat, and they were always followed by a thoughtful discussion with an expert from our community.
In April the cinema screened Ken Loach's new film I, Daniel Blake, about a man in his 50s who, after a serious heart attack, must navigate the British social services system to stay afloat as he takes time off work to recover from his health issues.
Elaine Weir, public health nurse and Bridges Out of Poverty facilitator came to speak to us about what it is like navigating the Canadian social services system.
Learn more about the Circles program, which connects high and middle income people with low income and vulnerable people in our own community at http://circlesgw.ca/
Stay tuned to Bookshelf social media to hear about the next Movies and Talk series of films.
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Open the flood gates, send your hate mail, turns out that the Song of Ice and Fire series is questionable, at least according to Candice and Steph. Well, mostly just Candice because Steph hasn't read it yet.
Listen in for our thoughts about other things universally loved, like kittens and the view from the top of the Empire State Building.
Books: Song of Ice and Fire Book Series - George R.R. Martin
Hard Core Logo: Portrait of a Thousand Punks - Nick Craine
This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under The Influence - Terry O'Reilly
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
You Play The Girl - Carina Chocano
Movies: The Lost City of Z - May 5 - 11, May 26 - Jun 1
T2: Transpotting - May 12 - 16, May 19 - 23
Hard Core Logo - May 17
Guelph Movie Club Secret movie this month - May 25th
Guelph Movie Club Nick Cage Poll - ask to be put on the mailing list stephanie@bookshelf.ca
Events: Claire Cameron and Elan Mastai on May 17
Terry O'Reilly on May 25th
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It's Oscar season at the Bookshelf Cinema! Our schedule this month is full of contenders and winners.
Other topics - Does television need so many musical episodes? Should we be remaking made for tv movies from the 90s? How much work does it really take to put on an event?
Movies: Lion
Hidden Figures
La La Land
The Big Lebowski is this month's Guelph's Movie Club
Get Out
Books: The Fireman by Joe Hill
It by Stephen King
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In our last episode of The Village you heard a few minutes of Adam Honsinger, author of Gracelessland, in conversation with Bob Young.
If you enjoyed that, here is the full conversation.
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It's a tough start to 2017 with all the vacationing, but Steph and Candice work their way back to normal by chatting about award winning films coming to the cinema and setting some goals for the year.
We also age ourselves dramatically when we start talking about dead media like audio tapes, VHS and laser discs.
Movies
Hidden Figures (Trailer on YouTube)
La La Land (Trailer on YouTube)
Manchester by the Sea playing Feb 1 - Feb 15
Arrival playing Feb 11 - Feb 12
Moonlight
Books
The Immortal History of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sloot
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Welcome back to 2017! We look forward to talking with you all year.
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This month we tackle the question of when is too early to watch certain films or read certain books, thanks to a listener question.
Films:
A Christmas Carol - playing Dec 22
A Christmas Carol - The Patrick Stewart version (opens Youtube Trailer)
Queen of the Katwe - playing Dec 27 - 29
A Man Called Ove - Dec 29 - 31
Gremlins - Youtube Trailer, and how Gremlins played a part in creating PG13
Books:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - J.K. Rowling
The Secrets book series - Orca Publishing
Seven the Series - Orca Publishing
Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Study in Charlotte - Brittany Cavallaro
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
Eats, Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss
Star Trek Mad Libs!!!!
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
The Sleeping Dictionary - Sujata Massey
Other Links:
Common Sense Media - a parent's guide to media
Patrick Stewart's One Man Show of A Christmas Carol
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Featuring highlights from the first Sunday Movies + Talk when we watched Denial.
Books
Secret Path by Gord Downie and Jeff Lamiere
The Wonder by Emma Donaghue
Waiting for the First Light by Romeo Dallaire
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
So They Want Us To Learn French by Matthew Hayday
Movies
Denial
Friday the 13th
We also get political this month and talk about the French Immersion language learning issue in Canada and Wellington County.
Stay tuned at the end for some highlights from the first Sunday morning Movies + Talk with Karen Gordon after we watched Denial.
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Welcome to the beginning of the year! Or the end of our first year, or something.
Steph and Candice celebrate a full year of sharing stories with the listeners.
So much coming up in September and October!
Sunday Morning Movies + Talks
Return of Guelph Movie Club with Top Gun on Sept 29
New Essential Cinema with Gone With The Wind on Sept 28
Non Fiction Book Club is reading The Poisoner's Handbook and meeting on Sept 15
Eden Mills Writers Festival from Sept 15 - 18
We discuss things like: Are there women in science fiction fandom? What is young adult writing and who reads it? Can a book be judged as crap by a person who is not the intended audience?
And Candice makes a breakthrough on why she doesn't like fiction.
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Steph and Candice reconvene after vacations and catch up on the books they read. They both knocked off 4-6 books each! Though Steph's full length novels were slightly longer than Candice's fully illustrated graphic novels.
Steph drops a major bomb about Harry Potter, wait for it!
And we both love Pokemon Go! And so does Downtown Guelph, which is why they held a lure party on Saturday Aug 6.
Books Mentioned (and read!):
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Jack Reacher - Lee Child
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler
Fun Home - Alison Bechdel
My Friend Dahmer - Derf Backderf
Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City - Pierre Christin & Olivier Balez
War of Streets and Houses - Sophie Yanow
Movies on our radar:
Ghostbusters (trailer)
Jack Reacher (the window punch)
Absolutely Fabulous (trailer) - playing Aug 5 - Aug 18
Captain Fantastic (trailer) - playing Aug 19 - Sept 3
Swiss Army Man (trailer) - playing Aug 21 - Aug 25
The Lobster (trailer)
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Steph and Candice managed to find an hour between hectic vacation schedules to talk about genre fiction, literary fiction and whether you want to be consumed or distracted while reading on holidays.
Books
To Kill A Mockingbird
1984
Brave New World
All Summer in a Day
All The Light We Cannot See
The Miniaturist
A Storm of Swords
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Fahrenheit 451
Bag O'Bones
On Writing
Pretty Little Liars
Anna Karenina
Dubliners
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
Catcher in the Rye
Shakespeare
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Jonathan Franzen
Movies
The Boy (trailer)
Shaun of the Dead (trailer)
Hot Fuzz (trailer)
Army of Darkness (trailer)
The Quick and the Dead (trailer)
Drag Me To Hell (the scene)
Other Links
The Agenda - Literary vs Popular Novels
The A.V. Club - 50 Best Comedies Since 2000
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Hope you enjoyed the teaser of the great interview of Clifford Jackman, author of The Winter Family, by Bob Young in our last episode.
Now as a special treat, enjoy the complete conversation between these two friends and peers.
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A barrel full of topics today including introversion, sailboats, rereading old favourites and having adventurous tastes.
As a bonus there is also a brief interview between local authors Bob Young and Clifford Jackman, author of The Winter Family
Books covered
Emma by Jane Austen
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal
Quiet Power by Susan Cain
Movies playing at the cinema
Sing Street
Love & Friendship
Purple Rain
Thelma & Louise
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It's May, the weather has finally caught up to the calendar in Southwestern Ontario, and Candice and Steph are thinking about getting outside.
Topic include gardening, or not, playing outdoor sports, or not, and hiking long distances, or not.
Turns out Candice and Steph want to read about getting outside, not actually do it.
Books mentioned this month
Cooked by Michael Pollen
Gut by Guilia Enders
Kitchen Matrix by Mark Bittman
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Bunnicula by James Howe
Illustrated Ghost Stories collected stories
Coming to the Cinema
Army of Darkness - May 26
The Meddler - May 20 - June 2
High Rise - May 20 - May 25
Reviews of films
I Saw The Light
Miles Ahead
Born to Be Blue (trailer)
Walk The Line (trailer)
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Have you seen our new site? Go, now, we'll wait - Bookshelf.ca
We are so excited to have it launched and to have all of our blogs, reviews, articles and calendars in the same place.
Building the site (and re-designing, and re-designing, and re-designing) felt like a life changing event for everyone at The Bookshelf, which reminded us of some of the books that have had a huge impact on our lives.
Steph talks about the first time she understood what narrative can be, and Candice thinks back to being a precocious and curious child.
Books mentioned:
The Green Ribbon from In A Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Films mentioned:
The Grand Seduction
I Saw The Light
Miles Ahead
Links:
Orange Street News written and edited by Hilde Kate Lysak
Authors for Indies April 30th
Canada Film Days
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You thought you'd lost us, hadn't you? We aren't dead yet! We may have missed releasing in February, but we are back for March.
We've got a bit of everything this month for you. Some movies, Oscar winners, and audience winners; some books for celebrating, learning, or taking away; some political thoughts.
Books discussed:
Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Bachman
Stephen King's Oeuvre
Mayfair Trilogy by Anne Rice
Birth House by Ami McKay
Movies won Oscars and the Bookshelf Cinema is playing them!
The Big Short
Brooklyn
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
And the film about Hollywood, Hail Ceasar!
Where To Invade Next
March Break Matinees: The Peanuts Movie, Shaun the Sheep, Paddington, Sponge Bob Sponge Out of Water, Princess Bride
And listen for the shocking revelations by Steph and Candice about Star Wars The Force Awakens
Events not to be missed:
Yann Martel Book Reading - March 29th, 7pm at Lakeside Hope House
Non-Fiction Book Club - March 24th, 7pm at eBar Greenroom, reading Wab Kinew's The Reason You Walk
Guelph Movie Club - March 31, 9pm showing Predator
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*** Note: The audio in this episode is a little wonky but we enjoyed the discussion so much we thought you wouldn't mind.
We start 2016 by reflecting on the best things we read and saw in 2015. That's how you start a new year, right? By looking backwards?
You can listen in to hear what Steph and Candice thought their best books, movies and books turned movies were in 2015. Or you can read this list and spoil the surprise.
Books:
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch by Daniel Kraus
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Missoula by Jon Krakauer
Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay
Books Turned Movies:
Martian by Andy Weir
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner
Movies:
What We Do In The Shadows
Inside Out (trailer)
Mad Max: Fury Road (auto plays trailer)
Spy (trailer)
Ex Machina (trailer)
Happening around the Bookshelf, eBar and Cinema:
Brooklyn (trailer) playing every day between January 8 through January 31
The Matrix (trailer) is the Guelph Movie Club selection for January 28
Boardgame Night returns on January 13
Democamp returns on January 20
That's My Drag returns on January 29
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Welcome back listeners! Thanks for all your great comments on our first two episodes. We'd love it if you'd share us with the world. Please head to our iTunes page and rate and review us. It would be great if you subscribed to us, but we know not all of you use iTunes for listening, so load up our RSS feed into your favourite podcatcher and never miss an episode.
It's December now and there's no getting away from the seasonal cheer and holiday shopping so we face it head on.
We share some of our December traditions, their favourite seasonal music and movies. And because we can't play it in the episode, head to YouTube and have a listen and watch of Chris de Burgh playing A Spaceman Came a Travelling. The Rankin and Bass animated collection of films get their annual mention, along with other classics like Die Hard, Home Alone and It's a Wonderful Life.
We also cover a few board games which would make nice gifts for groups of friends or family to play while visiting, including Angry Birds, Crib Wars, Pandemic, Anomia and Catan.
Which leads us to writing in books, whether they are meant to be written in, like The 52 Lists, or Wreck This Journal, or not, like that new hardcover book you received as a gift from your grandmother. Do you do it?
You've gotten this far in listening, or at least in reading, so now I can tell you that we have two gift certificates to give away this month. We have one $25 gift certificate to The Bookshelf and one $25 gift certificate to Miijida. We will draw two winners from the entries.
And to enter all you need to do is head to our iTunes page and give us a rating and review! Then grab a screenshot of that baby and email us at podcast@bookshelf.ca and let us know your name and phone number.
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Welcome back to our show! We've settled it, we are going to be titled The Village Podcast. You will be able to subscribe on iTunes very soon.
In today's episode Steph and Candice take on the topic of awards and what purpose they serve to the industry.
You can find a complete list of the 2015 Governor General's Awards (pdf), and the Scotiabank Giller Prize's 2015 long list and short list online to choose some books to pick up for the holidays.
The winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Marlon James with A Brief History of Seven Killings , is strongly recommended by the lovely book sellers in the store.
You might remember earlier this year when the Hugo Awards were handed out. There was some controversy over it and give some thought to whether they were right to handle it how they did.
See our cinema calendar for the full list of films playing this month, including films mentioned He Named Me Malala, The Reflektor Tapes, Blue Velvet and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
Some other upcoming events with The Bookshelf include:
Margaret Atwood reading and signing on November25th at War Memorial Hall. Tickets are $20
Emily Richards book launch of her cookbook Per La Famiglia on November 17th in the eBar.
Are you taking part in NaNoWriMo? Join other writers in The Writing Room every Monday from 9am to 12pm in the eBar.
Books discussed in this episode:
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
The 52 Lists by Moorea Seal
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Per La Famiglia by Emily Richards
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Welcome to the first episode of the podcast from The Bookshelf, an indie bookstore, cinema, restaurant and live music venue in downtown Guelph, Ontario.
Hosted by Steph and Candice with guest spot by Barb.
We chat about our summer reading, and how the quality of books may change as the weather turns cooler.
Books and Reading mentioned this episode:
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
The Martian by Andy Weir
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
Confidence by Russell Smith
4 Ways Not Reading Fiction is Killing Your Productivity from Pick the Brain
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
Events around the Bookshelf:
Eden Mills Writers Festival - Sept 10 - 13
Cafe Philosophique with Bob Rae on What's Happend to Politics - Oct 1
Bladerunner is the Guelph Movie Club pick playing at the Cinema - Oct 1
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