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#95 February 2026

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2026/02/16

Steph and Candice did not get a lot of reading done between the last episode and this, but we did watch some sports, some music, and some movies. Times are tough right now, but we agree that finding joy is an act of resistance! Books Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary The Acts of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by John Steinbeck Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson

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#94 January 2026

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2026/01/25

Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read. Books The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Pop Classics Series The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon A Girl

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#93 December 2025

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2025/12/22

It's time for resolutions for 2026 and as usual both Steph and Candice are thinking about their balance of fiction to non-fiction books. Books Mood Machine by Liz Pelly The Future on Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz The Future is Female Vol 1 edited by Lisa Yaszek The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis Movies A Grand Ole Opry Christmas Trailer https://youtu.be/1EiHRW0eEVY?si=qcoaaPSdQVesz-VC Timestamps 01:40 Steph's move and TBR update and how we choose which book to read 06:45 How

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#92 November 2025

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2025/11/18

Winding up and winding down as the weather changes and the holidays get closer! Books Enshittification by Cory Doctorow Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis The Future is Female: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women edited by Lisa Yaszek Full Throttle by Joe Hill Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman The Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems & Lona Aalders Movies Nosferatu by

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#91 October 2025

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2025/10/30

Energy is high now that the weather has cooled. Steph and Candice have joined a "real world, offline" bookclub, and Candice is on the final book in the Stephen King Collection Books Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts A Life in Comedy by Paul Meyers Full Throttle by Joe Hill Exhalation by Ted Chiang Enshittification by Cory Doctorow Never Flinch by Stephen King Events Stranger Than Fiction Book Club Thurs November 13th at 7pm - contact Steph at Stephanie@bookshelf.ca to join, or to host

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#90 September 2025

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2025/09/29

Catching up! Steph’s been on a journey to understand herself and her world better, Candice has been catching up to the end of her 6 year long Stephen King project. We chat about our TBRs again and how to choose what to read. Candice is a mood reader and Steph is not. But we both like a challenge! Books How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha Disorientation by Ian Williams How to Know a Person by David Brooks How to Read Now by Elaine Costello 52 Ways to Reconcile by David A Robertson Never

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#89 June 2025

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2025/06/09

Steph and Candice talk about their TBR lists, how things make it on there, and why reducing decision fatigue and reading with intention are good things. And then also remind each other, and listeners that social contact with other humans is actually okay. Books The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink, and Jeffrey Cranor Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlon Turn Around Bright Eyes: A Karaoke Journey of Starting Over,

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#88 May 2025

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2025/05/07

Candice had a week off this month so she read a lot! Lots of book talk about meta textual books with inserts and annotations and more. Plus lots of talk about horror being stories of grief, Twin Peaks and its weirdness, and the better than John Hughes coming of age movies of the 80s. Books The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee The Troop by Nick Cutter Extra Salty. Jennifer’s Body (Pop Classics #11) by Frederick Blichert Cathy’s Book by Sean Stewart & Jordan

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#87 April 2025

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2025/04/11

Candice has finally read some books! One super feminist, and one not so much. Steph admits to a 30 year old crime against the Scholastic Book Fair. We cover a lot this month, from the magic of pregnancy to avoiding celebrities even when they invite people to come meet them. It’s a weird through line, but we get there. Books Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Double Love Sweet Valley High #1 by Francine Pascal Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick

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#86 March 2025

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2025/03/19

Steph and Candice catch up on the last month after a hiatus due to a provincial election. Candice read no books. Steph went on a yoga retreat and read a lot of books. Books The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo Awe by Dacher Keltner Links Asana Todoist Double Rainbow Youtube (an oldie but a classic) Timestamps 3:00 - using to-do lists for planning 13:00 - women’s health (women of a certain age!) 21:00 - Steph’s reading update 29:00 - Steph went on a retreat --- Find

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#85 January 2025

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2025/01/13

We are moving into the new year with optimism, because it’s so needed right now. Congrats to Yes, We Are Open, the branded series from Moneris, https://www.moneris.com/en/blog/categories/topics/yes-we-are-open-podcast, which won the 2024 Canadian Podcast Award in the Best Branded Series category. So thankful to the Canadian Podcast Awards for nominating us, and looking forward to hopefully trying again next year. We cover a lot of books, and movies this month. And announce our reading goals for the

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#84 December 2024

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2024/12/20

We made it to the end of the year! This month is some heavy movie talk, but we also do a short update on our yearly reading goals and reminisce about our youth. Books Diavola by Jennifer Thorne Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein Saving Time by Jenny O’Dell The Troop by Nick Cutter Movies Anora trailer Inside Llewyn Davis and other Cohen Brothers Movies A little Ralph Fiennes appreciation - The Return trailer, and Conclave trailer Hallmark and Finding Mr

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Bonus #4 Ian Williams Talk at The Bookshelf, the...

The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf ·

2024/11/22

Enjoy the complete book reading, interview and audience Q&A between Ian Williams and Pat Case.

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#83 November 2024, The one about genres

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2024/11/22

**The Village Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award under the category of Outstanding Branded Series. Watch https://canpodawards.ca/ for information about the awards ceremony which will take place sometime in December and find out if we’ve won. This month we have a special clip following the conversation between Steph and Candice with some highlights from the book reading and signing by Ian Williams about his new book What I Mean To Say. The full length reading and Q&A follows

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#82 October 2024

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2024/10/12

Welcome to our new listeners! We saw last month that a bunch of people were going back and downloading old episodes, so last month was probably when they found us for the first time. Let us know what you like, what you miss from our old episodes, or what you want us to do going forward! Books Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani The Power of Story: On Truth, The Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson Revival by Stephen King

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#81 September 2024

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2024/09/14

It's September and we are back! Tune in to hear what we've read over our summer break and what we are looking forward to coming up! Including what reading project Candice will take on when she's finished the Stephen King project. Books On Freedom by Timothy Snyder On Property by Rinaldo Walcott It's Not You, It's Capitalism by Malaika Jabali The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow On Our Best Behaviour by Elise Loehnen The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch)

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#80 June 2024

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2024/06/19

As we head into the summer break Steph and Candice check in on how they are doing on their TBR lists. Steph's behind and Candice is ahead? Who saw that coming!? Lots of 90s and fan culture nostalgia in this months. See everyone in September! Books Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow, Joyland by Stephen King Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Clair Dederer Movies I Saw The TV Glow Trailer Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:35 I Saw the TV Glow and 90s

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#79 May 2024

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2024/05/21

Steph updates us about the student event where they got to meet a number of local authors and hypes supporting the arts. Candice buys herself an e-reader. We also talk about managing TBR lists and go deep into both of our feminist books this month. Books The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud 60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer

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#78 April 2024

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2024/04/20

This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished. Books The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher 11/22/63 by Stephen King Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer Doctor Sleep by Stephen King The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Links The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times Timestamps

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#77 March 2024

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2024/03/23

Steph read a book about women’s fitness this month which launched a lot of conversation about dancing, weight lifting, synchronizing with others. Meanwhile Candice is hoping the world gets saved in the next Stephen King novel on her to-read list. Books In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla 11/22/63 by Stephen King Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel Catchpenny by Charlie Huston, Let’s Get Physical by

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