SPL’s Podcast of Stories: Recent Episodes
Saskatoon Public Library
Saskatoon Public Library storytellers explore story, poetry, jokes and rhyme for adults in this collage of thematic tales. Listen on the go or right at home with your favourite cup of coffee.
This week:
- Fireweed Poems by Tunchai Redvers, published by Kegdonce Press.
- How to Break Up with Fashion: A Guilt Free Guide to Changing the Way You Shop - for Good by Lauren Bravo, published by Headline Home.
- Dialogue Between Fashion and Death by Giacomo Leopard
- House of Mirth by Edith Warton
This week:
- Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- Crappy to Happy by Cassandra Dunn, published by Hardie Grant Books.
This week:
- Nipe Wanin by Mika Lafond, published by Thistledown Press,
- Calling Down the Sky by Rosann Deerchild, published by BookLand Press
- This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt, published by Frontenac House Poetry.
- Essential Ingredients by Carol Rose GoldenEagle, published by Inanna.
- Sonnet 123 by William Shakespeare.
- Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke(
- For Grace After a Party by Frank O'Hara, published by Grove Press.
- Bliss by Katherine Mansfield.
This week:
- Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay, published by Double Day.
- Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens by Amy Jo Ehman, published by MacIntyre Purcell Publishing.
- All of Me by Seymore Simons and Gerald Marks.
Today Megan shares Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome.
Today, Crispi shares a passage from Alice Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll.
On our first episode leading up to April Fools' Day, Mike takes a look at the meaning of the word Fool and a recipe for Raspberry Fool from The Complete Housewife, or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion by Eliza Smith.
This week:
- Beauties: Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories by James Duthie, published by Harper Collins Publishers.
- Gilwedinong from Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Simpson, published by ARP Books.
- Clue: A Novelization of the Motion Picture by Michael McDowell, published by Fawcett Gold Medal.
This week:
- Saving Face: The Art and History of the Goalie Mask by Jim McRae, Jim Hynes, and Gary Smith published by John Wiley & Sons.
- Visual Intellegence by Amy E. Herman, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Indian Bar from Hiraeth by Carol Rose GoldenEagle (Daniels), published by Innanna Publications and Education Inc.
This week:
- Clifford by Harold R. Johnson, published by House of Anansi.
- All my Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada.
- You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw.
Happy Valentine's Day! Today, Megan reads about highschool crushes (from the private diaries of a librarian).
Clare shares A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns & "No, Thank You, John" by by Christina Rossetti.
Today, Saache shares sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare, and Ludwig van Beethoven's Immortal Beloved letters. Saache also plays Méditation from Thaïs by Jules Massenet, The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, and Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata no. 8.
This week:
- Flow: The Psycology of Optimal Experience by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, published by Harper Collins.
- The Flow Room by Jessica Keener from the anthology Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the time of COVID-19, edited by Jennifer Haupt, published by Central Avenue Publishing.
- What are you Glad About? What are you Mad About by Judith Viorst, published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books.
Today Moraya shares an excerpt from one of her favourite love stories, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.
This week: * Menopocalypse by Amanda Thebe, published by Greystone Books. * Rose's Run by Dawn Dumont, published by Thistledown Press. * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Futhre by Michael J. Fox, published by Hyperion Books. * Born to Walk by Dan Rubinstein, published by ECW Press. * Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.
This week: * The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot * You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie, published by Little, Brown & Company. * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, composed by Jimmie Cox.
This week:
- Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont, published by Thistledown Press.
- Feeding My Mother by Jann Arden, published by Penguin Random House.
- Little Book of Jewish Feasts by Leah Koening, published by Chronicle Books.
- Christmas at the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean, published by Penguin Random House/Viking Press.
Today:
- All Our Waves Are Water: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride by Jaimal Yogis, published by Harper Wave.
- Burning Sugar - Poems by Cicely Belle Blain, published by Arsenal Pulp Press.
- Magnetic Equator by Kaie Kellough, published by McClelland and Stewart.
- Two Old Women - An Alaskan Legend by Velma Wallis, published by Epicenter Press.
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, published by Reagan Arthur Books.
This week:
- Forgetting the Benefits of Not Remembering by Scott Small, published by Crown.
- Speeches that Changed Canada by Dennis Gruending, published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
- AIr from The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things by Lorna Crozier, published by Greystone Books.
- Memory Lane composed by Abe Burrows.
Happy Halloween! We've got two tales to get you in the spooky spirit. Moraya reads The Cross-Roads by Amy Lowell, and House of Strange Stories by Andrew Lang.
Houses of any size can be haunted. On the eve of Halloween, Lindsay reads The Haunted Dollhouse by M.R. James from 1923.
This week:
- House of Mystery by Courtney Bates-Hardy, published by ChiZine.
- Drolleries by Cassidy McFadzean, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Dearly by Margaret Atwood, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Hunter's Lullaby by Leonard Cohen
- MacBeth by William Shakespeare
- Mysterious Summer's Night, composed by Larysa Kuzmenko
- Fairest by Marissa Meyer, published by Feiwell & Friends
Today Megan shares two traditional ballads originally collected by Frances James Child; ballad #39 Tam Lin, and ballad #77 Lady Margaret and Sweet William.
Today, Crispi read's the classic story about unintended consequences, The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, from 1902.
This week:
- The Farmer's Daughter Bakes by Kelsey Siemens, published by Page Street Publishing.
- Precious Cargo by David Bouchard, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada.
- Harvest Moon by Neil Young.
- The Sweater by Meryn Cadell.
This week, to observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we share:
- Gather by Richard Van Camp, published by University of Regina Press.
- The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson, published by Nightwood Editions.
- "These stories grasp at the spiritual essence of our being" by Rita Bouvier from The Strength of Women: Ahkameyimowak edited by Priscilla Settee, published by Coteau Books.
- Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild, published by Bookland Press.
- The Elders are Watching by David Bouchard, published by Eagle Dancer Enterprises.
- Lucy and Lola by Monique Gray Smith, published by Mckellar & Martin Publishing Group.
This week:
- How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read by Pierre Bayard, published by Bloomsbury Publishers.
- Birdsong by Florence + the Machine.
- ..Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, composed by Max Martin.
This week:
- The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
- Summer of 69 composed by Bryan Adams
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
- Life after Life by Kate Atkinson, published by Anchor Canada.
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit, published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux.
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice, published by Ballantine Books.
This week:
- Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Simpson. published by Arp Books.
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
- 'Tilly and the Crazy Eights Monique Gray Smith pub by Second Story Press.
- House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, published by Pantheon Books.
- How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum by Keri Smith, published by Penguin Books.
- And then there were none by Agatha Christie, published by William Morrow
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix articles on the Woman in the well: Artlcle by Sarah MacDonald from July 20, 2006, "Police Investigating 100 Year Old Mysterious Death" by Lana Haight November 4, 2006. Specialist Puts Face on Missing Woman by Darren Bernhardt, March 9, 2007.
- Nothing 'Bout Me, composed by Sting.
This week:
- Poems from Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese, published by Douglas McIntyre.
- "Show Me Yours" from The Moon of Letting Go by Richard Van Camp, published by Enfield and Wizenty.
- Time in a Bottle, composed by Jim Croce
- Swinging on a Star, composed by Jim Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
This week:
- Bored from Morning in the Burned House by Margaret Atwood, published by Mariner Books.
- "How I Spent My Summer Holidays' by W.O. Mitchell, published by McClelland and Stewart.
- I Wanna Be Sedated composed by Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, and Johnny Ramone.
This week:
- The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, published by Penguin Random House.
- Foster Family papers at the City of Saskatoon Archives
- The Edwardian Lady by Susan Tweedsmuir, published by Gerald Duckworth & Co. LTD.
This week:
- Glitter in the Air, composed by P!NK and Billy Mann
- Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Young, published by Freehand Books.
- When Books Went to War by Molly Guptil Manning, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
This week:
- The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews, published by Vintage Canada.
- Dos Equis by Anthony Bidulka, published by Insomniac Press.
- The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List by Robin Esrock, published by Dundurn Press.
- These Boots Were Made for Walkin', composed by Lee Hazlewood.
- Hit the Road Jack, composed by Percy Mayfield.
This week:
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor Books
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, published by Firefly Books
- I’m Still Here composed by John Rzeznik
- Tribal Childhood: Growing Up in Traditional Native America by Adolf Hungrywolf, published by Native Voices Books
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- Atonement by Ian McEwan, published by Anchor Canada
This week:
- Women Whose Lives are Food, Men Whose Lives are Money: Poems by Joyce Carol Oates, published by Louisiana State University Press.
- Butter from Body of Life Elizabeth Alexander, published by Tia Chucha Press.
- Peanut Butter from Not Me by Eileen Miles, published by Semiotext(e).
- Heart Food from Kipocihkan: Poems New & Selected by Gregory Scofield, published by Nightwood Editions.
- For Maids Who Brew & Bake: Rare & Excellent Recipes from 17th Century Newfoundland by Sheilah Roberts, published by Flanker Press.
- Arab Cooking on a Saskatchewan Homestead - Recipes and Recollections by Habeeb Salloum, published by Canadian Plains Research Centre – University of Regina.
- Rage Baking by Kathy Gunst, published by Tiller Press.
- Candyman composed by Christina Aguilera and Linda Perry.
Featured this week:
- One Art from The Complete Poems 1926-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop, published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
- Changes from The Five Ghosts by Stars.
- Loss from Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose by Alex Elle, published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
- Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild, published by Bookland Press.
- Hireth by Carol Rose Daniels, published by Inanna Press.
- The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur, published by Simon and Schuster.
- Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden.
- You Learn by Jorge Luis Borges
- Edelweiss, composed by Richard Rogers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Featured this week, excerpts from:
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Harper Collins.
- Crimson by Arthur Slade, published by Harper Collins.
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman, published by Harper Collins.
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis published by Harper Collins.
Featured this week:
- A Tale of Two Gardens from It Wasn't Always Like This by Shelly Leedall, published by Signature Editions.
- Thrifty Gardening from the Ground Up by Marjorie Harris, published by House of Anansi.
- Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army and Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart, published by Algonquin Books.
- Grid by Brenda Schmidt, published by Hagios Press.
- Blackbird Song by Randy Lundy, published by University of Regina Press.
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
- Feeding the Worms from Bonfire Opera by Danusha Lumeris, published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
- The Sunny Side of the Street composed by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields.
Featured this week:
- Latin & Soul by Victor Hernandez Cruz, from Maraca: New and Selected Poems 1965-200. Published by Coffee House Press
- Honour Song, The Red Files by Lisa Bird Wilson, published by Nightwood Editions.
- The Dance from Running In Darkness by Robert Currie, published by Coteau Books
- 1001 Albums to Listen to Before You Die by Robert Dimery, published by Universe Publishing
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Musical pieces featured are:
- You Are My Sunshine played on viola by Saache Heinrich.
- Gentle Waltz by Oscar Peterson, played on piano by Ava P.
- Shave and a Haircut, played on drums by Jasmine Lorer Bloski.
- Original saxaphone piece played by Emily Martens-Koop.
- Just the Way You Are composed by Billy Joel and Just the Way You Are composed by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, and Needlz, played on ukulele by Crispi Lord.
- Phantom of the Opera composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, played on flute by Anna Martens-Koop.
- Jolene composed by Dolly Parton, played on guitar by Anna Martens-Koop
This week's episode features:
- Nightwood by Djuna Barnes, published by New Directions Publishing.
- Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats.
- Tiny Glowing Screens composed by Watsky.
- Paradise Lost by John Milton.
- On Top of the World composed by Ben McKee, Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, and Alexander Grant (Imagine Dragons).
- Home from Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks, published by Third World Press.
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin Harper Collins Children’s Books.
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, published by Arcturus Holdings Ltd.
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, published by Penguin Books.
- Towards a Prairie Atonement by Trevor Herriot, published by University of Regina Press.
This week's episode features:
- The Seven Ravens by the Brothers Grimm.
- Yams Do Not Exist by Garry Thomas, published by Turnstone Press.
- Songs of the High North by Robert Service, published by A&C Black.
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman, published by Alfred A. Knopf New York.
- I Am the Highway composed by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk
- Quest by Vincent Starrett
- Cups composed by A.P. Carter
Featured this week, we have excerpts from:
- PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren, published by William Morrow and Company.
- A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Lin, published by Pocket Books.
- Believe it or Not written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer.
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaajte, published by McClelland & Stewart Inc.
- Secret Agent Man written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri.
- Bone Black by Carole Rose GoldenEagle, published by Nightwood Editions.
Featured this week:
- The Sleeper by Edgar Allan Poe
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix article “Rink Visited by Ghosts?” written by Bruce B. McInnes, originally published October 30, 1996
- The Lady of Shallot by Alfred Lord Tennison
- Ghosts from Wes Side Story by Wes Funk, published by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing
- Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson published by Knopf Canada
- Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker
- I Put a Spell on You composed by Jalacy “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins
Featured in this week's episode:
- Desolation by Edward McCourt
- Dream Song 14 by John Berryman, The Dream Songs published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Poem about Nothing by Lorna Crozier
- One by Harry Nilssen
- The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
- Leisure, Hannah, Does Not Agree with You by Hannah Gamble from Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast published by Fence Books
- Funny Stuff and a Cure for Boredom by Lev Goldentouch from https://www.keytostudy.com/funny-stuff-cure-boredom/
This week's episode features excerpts from:
- How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life by Signe Johansen, published by St. Martin’s Griffin
- Grief Pickles by Kristen Iskandrian from Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food published by Catapult
- One in Every Crowd by Ivan Coyote, published by Arsenal Pulp Press
- Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881)
This week's episode features:
- Burdock Blood Bitters.
- Love Potion No. 9 written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, originally performed by The Searchers.
- Coconut, written and originally performed by Harry Nilsson.
- A 1913 article by Dr. Mara L. Chadwick on beauty from Draper’s Self Culture.
- Blue Glass from A Brief History of Bad Medicine by Robert Youngson and Ian Schlott, published by Little Brown Book Group.
- Porcupines to Polar Bears by Jerry Haigh, published by Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd.
- A Cure for Death By Lighting by Gail Anderson-Dargatz.
Welcome to Saskatoon Public Library’s Podcast of Stories. This week, relax and unwind with this week's host Danica, while listening to stories of awakenings, including:
- Anthem by Leonard Cohen
- A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You by Joseph Meyer, Al Dubin and Billy Rose
- Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, first translated into English by A.L. Lloyd, Vanguard Press
- Selections from Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens by Amy Jo Ehman published by MacIntyre Purcell Publishing
- Coffee by Richard Brautigan originally published by Simon and Schuster
- A reading from There is a Season by Patrick Lane, published by McClelland & Stewart
- An excerpt from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield’s, originally published in the Saturday Westminster Gazette.