Bruce Mackey's Library

Have you ever wanted to join a Degrassi Book Club?

Here is a great interview to answer any questions you might have before you decide to join! Jocelyn A.K.A. Degrassi Kid and I (Mx. Lucey) sat down to answer everyone question I could think of about their next Degrassi Book Club. They've already hosted three amazing Degrassi Book Clubs, and I attended all of them yet I'm still very excited for this one too!

This book club will...

Noel Buys a Suit and Other Stories is the last KODS book! It includes Noel Buys a Suit; Sophie Minds the Store and Pete Takes a Chance, in that order. It's a bittersweet end to our Kids Of Degrassi Street section before we do a few fun bonus episodes! It's my longest episode to date and it's well worth the extra time!

Sources:Noel Buys A Suit (Degrassi, #8) by Kit Hood | GoodreadsNoel Buys a Suit - Formac Lorimer Boo...

TW: Diet Culture,Divorce,Fighting,Family Issues and Racism

Chuck Makes A Choice but was it really his choice to make?

Should Pete have made the choice? That's his dad too.... I'll talk about it! Catherine Finds Her Balance....or does her dad just get slightly better? Sadly, we never see her again so will we ever really know? The Canards Move Out... but really, we're just saying goodbye to Noel and every other member of th...

TW: Racism, Fatphobia and Dog Analogies that mention Pet Murder.

This book includes episodes 16,23 and 15 in that order....for any other show there would be no way that order skipping all around could make sense. Kids Of Degrassi Street pulls it off very well. You won't want to miss all the fun fan theories I add in, PLUS this time you can read along using this link!

Martin Meets the Pirates : and other stories : Kit Hood and Lin...

Last time you voted for which book to read Karen Keeps Her Word got zero votes BUT this time she got 5?! To say I was shocked would be the understatement of the month! So now we will discuss Karen Keeps Her Word and Other Stories which includes three-episode novelizations from Kids of Degrassi Street that might be a tad triggering ; our TWs are Fatphobia, bullying, racism and Nuclear Missiles.

Sources:

Karen Keeps Her Word - ...

The one with some of the worst trigger warnings ever YET Lormier publishing website's description said the subject is "Humorous stories"?!

Trigger warning: de*th of a rabbit, superstitious activities (such as chain letters and Oujia boards) and children smoking cigars!

We will explore how it looks when a publishing company tries to make these things look "humorous" as well as how Eve Jennings decides what should be written in pas...

Did you know that Degrassi actually doesn't have any Halloween books?!  Well now you're probably wondering why I have a Halloween episode then.....and what it's all about! Those are great questions! I decided to write my own Degrassi Halloween book full of jokes because I wanted to see if Degrassi COULD have or SHOULD have written a Halloween joke book at any point.....OR really any Halloween book in general. I love Halloween and ...

Why would someone with a love of reading and Degrassi put off reading a Degrassi book they own for over two years?  The Trigger Warnings for Griff Gets A Hand and Other Stories may answer that!!

TW : Death/Strokes,Fatphobia,Religious Connotation,Classism,Racism.
This was really tough for me to read but it's very important and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would when I was putting it off for over 2 years! I hope you enj...

What happens when two librarians OBSESSED with Degrassi get together to talk about Banned Books?
United over Zoom but stationed in two very Red states full of bans and coffee! Dave comes to chat about being a father and a librarian in these trying times but we still had fun with it! There were the normal side tracks along with these hard hitting questions! Two podcasters with too many opinions to count lol 
We stuck around fo...

What do actual authors think of Banned Books?
Should it be considered an honor to have your book Banned?
How do you go from having a fanfic hobby to becoming a published author?
I got to sit down with Sawyer Benjamin to have these questions answered!
We got side tracked a few times along the way but it was tons of fun and very insightful. Sawyer is a friend of the pod as well as a huge Degrassi fan and an Author/Poet wi...

This one is all about Griff Makes A Date so if you've seen that episode then you already know the first Trigger is the use of the R slur. I wasn't expecting a few others such as Racism, Fatphobia, Classism and Religious Connotations and due to these I got a second host of opinions and care from my friend Jocelyn aka Degrassi Kid. If these topics are too much for you please know you can skip this episode. If you choose to sk...

This one is a bit shorter and a bit of lighthearted fun! I wanted to recap my last two episodes where I got to interview two of my best friends (Jocelyn and Tom Melissis). I also needed to share some Degrassi book news! The first ever Degrassi Junior High book was recently reprinted and that means a lot about it could change OR nothing could change!! I wanted to know exactly what CAN change as well as share what I would like to see...

On May 17th I got to sit down with Tom Melissis (The actor who played Jeff The Mechanic in DJH and Mr.Perino through TNG&Next Class). We were on an Instagram video call that I screen recorded so some of the visuals might not be great but I thought it would be fun to keep them in ; plus I couldn't find any software that would convert a file this big into audio only version. The process of editing this was impossible for me t...

On May 18th I got sit with Jocelyn Claybourne AKA Degrassi Kid and talk about our last two Book Clubs as well as the future clubs we hope for! Jocelyn is one of my best friends so of course we had tangents galore, but we made it through in true Degrassi fashion! This episode is perfect if you've seen our past clubs and were nervous about joining for any reason. It's also great if you were curious about hosting a book club o...

This is our first episode about a book in the Degrassi franchise! We're also going to take a brief look at the history of episode novelizations in general and another popular tv show novelization as a comparison! There's a fun announcement at the end that I'm excited to share with you as well as all of the great info about the first Degrassi book I ever read!

Sources for History of Episode Novelizations:

Novelization -...

Three books give us our first ever Degrassi Kid who's actually a Degrassi....Cat?! I'll never put more than one book in a episode again BUT our feisty feline, Ida is worth the over an hour long episode! This episode also includes a fun section on Magic Eye necklaces AND Canadian trash cans?! Hope you enjoy checking it out!!
Kay Chorao Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Chorao

Magic Eye For Ida Sources:https://www...

Some will say Degrassi started with a book but I say it started with a Librarian. Linda wouldn't have found Ida Makes A Movie without him but he's so much more than a man who found a book for his friend. He's Degrassi's Queer Queer Grandfather. Bruce inspired this whole podcast and a few queer storylines on our favorite show AND a Park?! So this episode we'll remember and celebrate him!

Bruce Sources List:

Moth...