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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Dec 12, 2022

December took us by surprise. It snuck up so fast both Candice and Steph feel like they missed November. But with the long nights and darker days, everything is getting a bit more gothic and introspective.

Books

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

Four Thousand Weeks: Time...


Nov 13, 2022

It's an oversized episode all about the books we bought, were gifted, or otherwise acquired this month

Books

Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan

Sing, Nightingale by Marie Helene Poitras

What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea...


Oct 4, 2022

It's someone's favourite month and it's probably because of Halloween, or maybe Thanksgiving, or maybe just the cooler days and earlier nights. To celebrate The Bookshelf is hosting a bunch of events about just those things.

Steph and Candice catch up on all the scary stories they are reading and all the food they wish...


Sep 11, 2022

Welcome back to The Village. Steph and Candice do some book reviews from the summer of 2022 while also talking music, algorithms, and what we learned this summer

Books

Sweet Valley High Books 1-12 by Francine Pascal (Apple iBooks Store link)

Recollections of my Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit (other books by Solnit)


May 22, 2022

Steph and Candice fit in a check in despite very busy schedules.

They chat about the usual topics - reading writing by women, reading Stephen King and other authors and looking past the problematic racism and misogyny of the 1980s, as well as the problematic misogyny of Dr. Peter Venkman.

Books

Raising...