Oct 7, 2026
Candice and Steph return after the summer hiatus, to celebrate our 100th regular episode of The Village Podcast! 10 years of talking books and movies and things to do around the Bookshelf.
Steph is learning to garden and Candice is learning to speak Irish. What new skill have you started learning?
Candice also updates...
Jun 22, 2026
Candice watched Network and Steph is reading a book about algorithms…. The conversation veers naturally towards the almost dystopian world we live in on social media.
Join us on Wednesday June 24th at 7pm in the Greenroom, where we will discuss Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
May 8, 2026
Have you ever read a book written in the present tense? Candice is reading one right now and it’s weird. Meanwhile Steph is watching bummers of movies with her son and reading beautiful prose.
May 8 The Lecture on Being featuring Cory Doctorow
May 12 - 13 Forest of Reading
May 14 Stranger than...
Apr 20, 2026
Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she’s got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world.
Cory Doctorow will be in Guelph on May 8th! Buy your tickets...
Mar 23, 2026
This month we cover the end of the world, and how sports can be beautiful. We also both watched Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and how much we loved it.
If you want to join the Stranger than Fiction Book Club contact ben@bookshelf.ca.
Buy tickets to hear Cory Doctorow at the Guelph Lecture on Being at