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Time to Read: a podcast book club

Time to Read: a podcast book club

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Send us your thoughts on the monthly book over social media and we'll discuss on air. Hosted by three talkative public librarians/book nerds from Winnipeg Public Library.© 2025 Time to Read Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Episode 094: Razorblade Tears
    Dec 5 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

    You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
    The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts that changed how we listen by Sean Malin
    Idaho

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: James by Percival Everett
    Trevor: The Kenzie and Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
    Dennis: In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke, Oldboy (2003) South Korean Neo-noir film

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: hirsute

    Trevor: Selling Wolf Tickets

    Dennis: Snake Handlers (Also had Selling Wolf Tickets!)

    Next month we will be discussing Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards

    Thank you to everyone who read Razorblade Tears with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

    We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 093: Blood Over Bright Haven
    Nov 7 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

    You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
    romantasy
    dark academia

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: Babel by R.F. Kuang (also: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy)
    Trevor: The Magicians by Lev Grossman (also: The Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson)
    Dennis: Babel by R.F. Kuang (also: Beware of Chicken by casualfarmer)

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: widdershins

    Trevor: fettle

    Dennis: typewriter

    Next month we will be discussing Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

    Thank you to everyone who read Blood Over Bright Haven with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

    We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

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    54 mins
  • Episode 092: The Night Watchman
    Oct 3 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.

    You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

    MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
    Andrew Balfour
    Babe the Blue Ox (Folklore)
    Termination of Indigenous Rights in the United States

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich and There There by Tommy Orange
    Trevor: Reservation Dogs (TV Series)
    Dennis: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: Pukkons

    Trevor: Ispichiwin

    Dennis: Adversary

    Next month we will be discussing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

    Thank you to everyone who read The Night Watchman with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

    We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

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    1 hr
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