• 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.

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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
  • Episode 091: Children of Time
    Sep 5 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

    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
    Giller Prize
    Universality by Natasha Brown

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
    Trevor: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
    Dennis: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: book lung

    Trevor: jury-rigged

    Dennis: chivvy

    Next month we will be discussing The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.

    Thank you to everyone who read Children of Time 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
  • Episode 090: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
    Aug 1 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak.

    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
    Elif Shafak
    May Day Massacre (Istanbul 1977)\
    Nightshade by Michael Connelly
    Never Flinch by Stephen King

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

    Trevor: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (adapted into a film by Peter Jackson in 2009)
    Dennis: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: tasseography

    Trevor: betta fish

    Dennis: blandishment

    Next month we will be discussing Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

    Thank you to everyone who read 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World 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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    59 mins
  • Episode 089: Hana Khan Carries On
    Jul 4 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin

    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 Weirdly Specific Trend that has Taken Over Women's Fiction by Heather Schwedel: Slate.com June 8, 2022
    The Shop Around the Corner 1940 Romantic Comedy on which the movie You've Got Mail is based

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

    Trevor: Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 No Normal written by G. Willow Wilson
    Dennis: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H; Honourable Mention: 1998 Romantic Comedy You've Got Mail

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
    Toby: dharma

    Trevor: subliminal and liminal

    Dennis: cascade

    Next month we will be discussing 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak

    Thank you to everyone who read Hana Khan Carries On 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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    53 mins
  • Episode 088: I Only Read Murder
    Jun 6 2025

    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson.

    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

    Summer Reading List Generated by AI published in major newspapers

    The Littlest Hobo theme song

    Murder, She Wrote (American TV Series)

    TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
    Toby: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

    Trevor: The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
    Dennis: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (1989 Movie Adaptation Free on Youtube)

    NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

    Toby: Fireplug

    Trevor: Lettice (feminine name)

    Dennis: Oblivious

    Next month we will be discussing Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin.

    Thank you to everyone who read I Only Read Murder 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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    52 mins
  • Episode 087: Bad Cree
    May 2 2025
    Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bad Cree by Jessica Johns. We are delighted to be joined by WPL's Writer-In-Residence, Nora Decter. 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 EPISODEBad Cree by Jessica Johns (short story originally published in 2019 in Grain Literary Magazine and inspiration for the novel)No Exit by Taylor AdamsYou Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro EnrigueThe Thursday Murder Club (film adaptation)Murderbot series on Apple TV (trailer)Hark! a vagrant by Kate BeatonGod of the Woods by Liz MooreA Truce that is Not Peace by Miriam Toews (forthcoming memoir!)TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!Nora: And Then She Fell by Alicia ElliotToby: NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field by Billy-Ray BelcourtTrevor: Ducks by Kate BeatonDennis: Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineNERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSNora: Biblichor and PetrichorToby: panicTrevor: jerky Dennis: "just deserts" Next month we will be discussing I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson.Thank you to everyone who read Bad Cree 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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    57 mins