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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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00:39:20

Happy New Year!

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2025/01/07

For our very first Keep It Fictional Book Chat episode for 2025, we practise some self care and decide to do a free play episode, where we can read whatever we want. What is the first book you read this year? Books mentioned on this episode: The Art Detective: Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow Appraiser Paperback by Philip Mould, Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba, translated by Lisa Dillman, and A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston.

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02:13:36

Our Favourite Books of 2024

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2024/12/17

Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia share their top five books of 2024, and their honourable mentions. Political intrigue, burnout, dragons, mermaids, murder, bookstores, skateboarding, memoirs, assassins, mollusks, poetry... we have got them all.Listeners, what are your favourite books of the year?

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00:55:39

Translators who are also Authors

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2024/12/10

This is the episode where Corene and Virginia read books by translators who are also authors, but what is the real reason behind this episode's choice of topic, other than the fact that they both love and respect translators so, so much? Books mentioned on this episode: Toward Eternity by Anton Hur and Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato.

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01:00:48

Ghost or Futuristic Romance

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2024/12/03

Romancing another human being is clearly not satifisying enough so we're going to take to the next level today. Books mentioned in this episode: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Immortal Cowboy by Alexis Morgan I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

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00:43:59

Cats! Cats! Cats!

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2024/11/26

Talking cats. Disappearing cats. Prescription cats. Non-existent cats? Today's episode contains all kinds of cats, and all kinds of opinions about cats. Books mentioned on this episode: If Cats Disappear From the World by Genki Kawamura, translated by Eric Selland We'll Prescribe You a by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts, The Cat Who Caught a Killer by LT Shearer

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00:40:37

AI takes over Keep It Fictional

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2024/11/20

Emma, Liz, and Virginia talk artificial intelligence and robots on this week's episode. Books mentioned: The Singularity by Dino Buzzati, translated by Anne Milano Appel, Carole and Tuesday by Morito Yamataka, and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle.

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00:51:02

Fall Vibes

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2024/11/12

Today's episode is all about books that give us the Fall vibes. As per usual, our three librarians have slightly different takes on the season. What kinds of books do you like to read during the Fall season? Books mentioned on this episode: The Dagger and the Flame by Catherine Doyle, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa, and The Avian Hourglass by Lindsey Drager.

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01:02:39

I Read Canadian Day 2024

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2024/11/05

Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia are bringing you some CanCon today for the upcoming "I Read Canadian Day" (November 6, 2024). They also talk about the first Canadian books they remember reading. Books mentioned on this episode: Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin, All You Can Kill by Pasha Malla, The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan, and Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks.

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00:51:03

The Emma and Corene Book Club

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2024/10/29

It's the Emma and Corene show today. Find out what book they chose to read together. Warning: this episode contains some strong opinions, especially about cinnamon buns.

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00:51:39

Celebrate Latin American Heritage Month

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2024/10/22

Celebrate Latin American Heritage Month this October with these amazing books by authors of the Latin American community. Books mentioned on this episode: Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet Witches by Brenda Lozano, translated by Heather Cleary All They Will Call You by Tim Z. Hernandez Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova

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00:57:46

Cozy and Magical

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2024/10/15

The coziest season is upon us, so the Keep It Fictional librarians have chosen some books to go with your cozy beverage of choice. Also play along with our "Cozy, Not Cozy" game. Books mentioned on this episode: The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee, translated by Sandy Joosun Lee The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi, translated by Jesse Kirkwood The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather

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00:58:03

Star Signs

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2024/10/08

In this week's episode, an Aries, a Gemini, a Cancer, a Scorpio, and a Pisces share a book that they think embodies their star signs. What's your star sign, and what book would you recommend? Books mentioned on this episode: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip Gabriel Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet and Why We're

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00:47:40

Books by Indigenous Authors

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2024/10/01

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation takes place on September 30 to honour the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Please join the Keep It Fictional Team in reading works by Indigenous authors. Books mentioned on this episode: Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket by Carey Newman and Kirstie Hudson, Tilly and the Crazy Eights by Monique Gray Smith, And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott, and The

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01:20:45

Celebrating 200th Episode of KIF (Part Two)

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2024/09/24

We continue our 200th anniversary episode with more existential questions: What book would you make every book friend read? How much influence does your book friends' recommendations actually have on your reading? Do you plan what you read ahead of time or see what your mood takes you? We also played a game of "how well do we know our book friends", and of course, we had to debate questions like what qualifies as a fantasy book, what animals do we not care to read in books, what's

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00:58:17

Celebrating 200th Episode of KIF (Part One)

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2024/09/17

1085 books and 9607 minutes later, we have arrived at our 200th episode of the Keep It Fictional podcast from the Port Moody Public Library. Thank you, listeners, for joining us in the past four years, and we hope we'll get to spend many more with you. For this special 200th episode, you will not only get to hear from Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia, but also from three former book friends, who have come back for a reunion! We are so thankful that they have made the time to join us for a trip

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00:54:51

National Translation Month 2024

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2024/09/10

Long time listeners know that we are big, big fans of books in translation on Keep It Fictional. As September is National Translation Month, we dedicate this episode to all translators and publishers that specialize in translation. Thank you for all the work you do! Books mentioned on this episode: The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker, translated from Dutch into English by Kristen Gehrman, His Name Was Death by Rafael Bernal, translated from Spanish into English by Kit Schluter, and The

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01:17:43

All Things Bungo Stray Dogs (We do talk books and...

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2024/09/03

Emma and Virginia finally got a chance to do an entire episode on the series Bungo Stray Dogs! This series is especially dear to them because it has introduced and inspired them to seek out many classic Japanese authors, whom they will talk about today. They are a bit insufferable because they love this series so much, so thanks for listening! Books mentioned on this episode: The Poems of Nakahara Chuya by Nakahara Chuya, translated by Paul Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama, Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka

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01:01:57

Emma's and Sadie's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2024

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2024/08/27

This week, we hear from Emma and Sadie about the books they are looking forward to reading this Fall. You can expect heists, assassins, queer relationship stories, and lots of cats. Books mentioned on this episode: Latin America Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara, The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C. M. Waggoner, Invisible Kitties: A Feline Study of Fluid Mechanics or The Spurious Incidents of the Cats in the Night-Time by Yu Yoyo, Translated by Jeremy Tiang, The Dagger and the Flame by

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01:06:17

Corene's and Virginia's Most Anticipated Books of...

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2024/08/20

For the next two episodes, we are going to talk about books we are excited to read coming out in the last quarter of the year. Of course, as you can imagine, Corene and Virginia are going to bring two very different sets of books to the table today. Books mentioned in this episode: Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated by Damion Searls, Real Ones by Katherena Vermette, The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington, Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur, Model Home by Rivers Solomon,

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01:08:00

Is Romance Dead?

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2024/08/13

Is romance dead? Not on Keep It Fictional today! Corene, Emma, and Sadie dive deep today into all things romance, from what they like about the genre, to how they feel about the many tropes in romance fiction. Books mentioned on this show: The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley, Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong, and A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole.

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