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A Toronto Public Library podcast for readers, writers, and... everybody else. (Currently on hiatus due to the pandemic - but check out our past episodes!)
Episodes
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The First Feminists: A Short Story by Bernardine Evaristo
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
"Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of whites" (The Washington Post)
Lifeprint ABC's of ASL: Learn how to Fingerspell! video
Queer Trans Online ASL Dictionary
The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800 course
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Storytime with Toronto Mayor John Tory
"Helping your Child Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Children's Mental Health Ontario
My Hero is You: How Kids Can Fight COVID-19! from the World Health Organization
The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Great Mortality by John Kelly
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marx
Appel Salon author events online
Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge
Books and films discussed:
7 Suitcases by Ahmed Marie, Farah Marie, Hala Marie and Cynthia Spring
We are Displaced: My Journey and Stories From Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
My Journey by Olivia Chow
The Boat People by Sharon Bala
Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey From Syria in a Wheelchair by Nujeen Mustafa and Christina Lamb.
Resilience and Triumph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories by the Book Project Col...
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
The List 2020 YouTube playlist
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Verify by Joelle Charbonneau
Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
George's band is called West Coast Grey, and they have a new album coming out soon - working title: The Cursed Image.
Bonus content: Here's a Soundcloud playlist where you can hear the two live, acoustic songs on this episode plus an additional bonus track, along with their full studio versions.
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
TPL program videos on Youtube
The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski
Books discussed:
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak
The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
The Journey Prize Stories: The Best of Canada's New Writers
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: and Other Stories by Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung
Library services discussed:
Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)
Books mentioned:
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman
Library services discussed:
“What mostly happens in disasters is, they're the moment in which the background refrigerator hum of petty grievance stops and leaves behind this ringing silence in which you realize that you have much more in common with your neighbours than you ever had as a point of difference.”
- Cory Doctorow
Books discussed:
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater (ebook u...
Books and music discussed:
Tabula Rasa (Fratres - version for cello ensemble) by Arvo Pärt
From Sleep by Max Richter
M Train by Patti Smith
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Deep Field by Eric Whitacre
The Flyer Vault: 150 Years of Toronto Concert History by Daniel Tate and Rob Bowman
The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Library services discussed:
Naxos Music Library (Jazz) (Getting Started with Naxos Music Library Jass Guide)
Books and articles discussed:
Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto by Shawn Micallef
"Even if you're locked down from COVID-19, you can still explore the city. Here's how" by Shawn Micallef
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
"How Do We Read When Words Fail Us" by Kerry Clare
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King
The 2003 CBC Massey Lectures, "The Truth About Stories: A Native...
Books discussed:
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: a Memoir by Haruki Murakami
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapeña
Agency by William Gibson
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata*
*Correction: we used the wrong pronouns when referring to Sayaka Murata. She is a woman. We regret the error.
Library services discussed:
Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)
TPL Reading Challenge 2020 Facebook Group
Contac...
"I've tried to, at every step of the way, reject the traditional true crime lens. Whether it was the podcast, the book I'm working on, any of the stories I worked on, it was always supposed to be one that put the police process and the victims first."
- Justin Ling, journalist, author and host of Uncover: The Village
Content Warning: this episode discussed violent crimes. The topics are sensitive in nature and may be ...
Books, movies and comics discussed:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
The Nix by Nathan Hill
French Exit by Patrick deWitt
The Sandman series by Neil Gaiman
Library services discussed:
Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)
Hoopla (Getting Started with Hoopla Guide)
Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of a fictional account of sexual assault.
Books discussed:
Hamartia by Raquel Rich
Making Comics by Lynda Barry
What It Is by Lynda Barry
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Writing Alone and with Others by Pat Schneider
Library services discussed:
Writers' rooms
The Asquith Press book printing service
Biblioboard library e...
“If you get people listening past the first 10 seconds of your podcast, they're probably going to stick through the whole thing. So those first 10 seconds are so valuable, you gotta make the best use of it.”
-Amanda Cupido, award-winning podcast producer
Books, articles, podcasts, and websites mentioned in this episode:
Let's Talk Podcasting: the Essential Guide to Doing It Right by Amanda Cupido
*"The more I have walked, the more I have discovered that there's more to walk and understand."*
-Shawn Micallef, Toronto Star columnist and noted flâneur
Christina and Mike talk about what it takes to be a flâneur and why they love exploring the city. Then Christina talks to Toronto Star columnist Shawn Micallef about what he learns during his six-hour strolls throughout the city. Then discover some new walks that start ...
*"And for me the biggest power of improv was taking a break from the struggle."*
-Cameron Algie, Instructor and Founder of the Improv for Anxiety program at Second City Toronto
Jason and Christina talk anxiety with one of TPL's full-time social workers, Rahma Hashi. Jason interviews his mentor, Cameron Algie, about his mission to improve the world's mental health...with improv! Finally, some reading recommendations an...
"It's about the idea that you should sit down and make the thing that you want, whatever that thing is, whether it's origami or model boats or model trains or crazy weird robots or glowing things or fountains with lights in them."
- Eric Boyd, Director of Festival Programming, Maker Festival
Jason and Mike talk to Ted about the maker movement in Toronto. Then, Wendy interviews Maker Festival programming director Er...
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