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Keep It Fictional

Port Moody Public Library

Keep It Fictional is a weekly podcast for book lovers, by book lovers. Build your TBR with Al, Corene, Emma, Fiona, Gabriel, Liz, Mark, Sadie, and Virginia from the Port Moody Public Library. Warning! This podcast contains strong opinions and may cause an increase in your library holds list. Music by James Barth

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00:46:47

Short Story Collections (By a Single Author)

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2022/08/02

Creatures made of paper coming alive. A magical mathematical formula that takes away emotions. A toilet baby?!? These are just some of the fantastic stories we read this week from our short story collections. Are you a fan of short stories? Books mentioned on this episode: The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:58:28

Virginia's Picks: Bananapants

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2022/07/26

Go bananas! Get ready for some strange, bizarre, and surreal tales. Books mentioned on this episode: My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stinzi, The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales, Modelland by Tyra Banks, The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:46:18

Mark's Pick: Fiction with Real Historical Figures

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2022/07/19

Take some real historical figures and throw them into a fictional world. What would you get? These five amazing books: A Clash of Steel by CB Lee, Stoker's Wilde by Melissa Prusi and Steven Hopstaken, The Twilight World by Werner Herzog, See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt, and Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:41:48

Down the Rabbit Hole We Go

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2022/07/12

It's absolutely delightful when finding one book leads you to another book, and another book, and another book. In this Keep It Fictional episode, we talked about the rabbit holes we have been in and a book we discovered while we were there. Books mentioned in this episode: The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli (translated by Christina MacSweeney), My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache

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00:51:21

Gabriel's Pick: Exploration

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2022/07/05

Summer is here and Gabriel has asked all their book friends to go exploring in this episode of Keep It Fictional. Books mentioned in this episode: The Hike by Drew Magary, Atlas Obscura by by Dylan Thuras, Ella Morton, and Joshua Foer, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui, and Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:32:32

We love sports (and books)!

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2022/06/28

Even if you are not a huge sports fan, we hope you will enjoy these sports fiction and non-fiction. Books mentioned in this episode: Real by Takehiko Inoue, Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey by Knowing Where to Look by Greg Wyshynski, and Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:47:48

National Indigenous Peoples Day

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2022/06/21

June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. Read a book by an indigenous author along with our Keep It Fictional librarians. They recommend: The Björkan Sagas by Harold R. Johnson, Medicine River by Thomas King, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Borders by Thomas King, and Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:40:50

Pride Month 2022

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2022/06/14

Celebrate Pride Month with the Keep It Fictional Librarians from the Port Moody Public Library! Books mentioned on this episode: Gender Failure by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman, The Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, and Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:39:30

Live the Best (Book of) Life This Summer

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2022/06/07

We are so excited to introduce you to Port Moody Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Club in this episode. Learn more about our "Book of Life" game and what the Keep It Fictional librarians are going to read for their game. More information about our reading club at https://portmoodylibrary.ca/BookOfLife Books mentioned in this episode: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sajni Patel, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko

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00:47:14

Corene's Pick: Cults

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2022/05/31

As part of our mini-series where we read books on a topic that we tend to associate with one of our book friends, this week, we dive into one of Corene's interests: cults. Books mentioned in this episode: Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura, The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn, and Salvation Day by Kali Wallace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:33:13

Fiona's Pick: Nuns

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2022/05/24

In the upcoming episodes, we will be reading books on a topic that we tend to associate with one of our book friends. First up, Fiona and books about nuns (and other clergy). Books mentioned in this episode: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters, Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette, Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather, and The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:54:40

Southern Gothic

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2022/05/17

Buckets of spiders. Talking animals. Folk songs about bad people. Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, Mark, and Virginia recommends a Southern Gothic. Books mentioned on this episode: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock, A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs, and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:40:05

Celebrate Asian Heritage Month

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2022/05/10

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Join us in celebrating the many wonderful voices. Also, there is a point to short stories, and Gabriel draws the line at centipede gaming chairs. Books mentioned in this episode: In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar, Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, and Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:52:42

Welcome Mark to Keep It Fictional

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2022/05/03

We have another new book friend! Welcome Mark to the Keep It Fictional family. Let us introduce you to Mark by telling you about one of his favourite books..with very strong feelings. Books mentioned on this episode: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Autobiography of a Corpse by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:46:11

Multi-Generational Sagas

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2022/04/26

An episode Fiona has been waiting for: Family Sagas. Do we have some creative interpretations of the theme? You betcha! Books mentioned in this episode: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova, and Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin. (And kudos to Gabriel for trying to explain the gazillion narratives in Cloud Atlas!) p.s. We apologize that this episode sounds a bit different from the others. We lost our

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00:38:46

Most Anticipated Reads of 2022 (May - August) Part 2

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2022/04/19

Welcome to Part 2 of our Most Anticipated Reads of 2022 (May - August) episode. We can't wait for these books to arrive in the next few months: Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo, The Sisters Sputnik by Terri Favro, Death by Landscape by Elvia Wilk, The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean, Cult Classic by Sloan Crosley, The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes, and Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen. Be sure to check out Part 1 of

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00:48:20

Most Anticipated Reads of 2022 (May - August) Part 1

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2022/04/12

We're here to add books to your TBR. Check out the upcoming titles Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, and Virginia are looking forward to reading. Stories may include heists, enemies-to-lovers, mushroom foraging, and blood magic. Books mentioned in this episode: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas, Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler, The Witchery by S. Isabelle, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope, Haven by Emma Donoghue, The Hangman Feeds the Jackal by Coy Hall,

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00:47:26

Parenthood

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2022/04/05

To celebrate Sadie and Liz, our two book friends who have recently become parents, the four of us decided to tackle a book about parenthood. We feel like we may have failed this assignment a little bit...Books mentioned in this episode: I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins, Nightwing Vol. 1: Better Than Batman by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez, With Teeth by Kristen Arnett, and The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:50:30

Award Winners

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2022/03/29

And the award goes to... In today's episode, we celebrate the fantastic books that have won literary awards. Books mentioned: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris, They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott, Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed, and Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

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00:40:11

Books with Amazing Titles

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2022/03/22

Judge the book by its cover or judge the book by its title? We're doing the latter today by talking about books that we picked up because they have got an amazing titles. You will also get a lesson on the right way to say the name "Thrawn". Books mentioned in this episode: Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden, The Sweetness At the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn, and The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. --- Send in a voice message:

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