#83 November 2024, The one about genres

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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 later this week in this feed.

Books

Shame on You: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro 

Saving Time by Jenny Odell 

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 

The John Cardinal Series by Giles Blunt  

The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King  

Anathem by Neal Stephenson (If you dare read sci-fi about the philosophy of quantum mechanics)

What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in our Time by Ian Williams 

Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams 

You’ve Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead was Brought To Life by Clark Collis 

The Troop by Nick Cutter  

Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson  

Carrie by Stephen King  

Links

Do You Want To Party? A Movies by the Minute Podcast about Return of the Living Dead - Candice’s episodes on Minute 11 , 20  , 21  , and bonus episode 1 and 2 

Linda Martell introducing Genres on Cowboy Carter by Beyonce - (Song NSFW)

Edgar Wright music video for Mint Royale’s Blue Song 

Timestamps

0:00 Oops our welcome turned into a conversation about the Giller Prize and protesting weapons manufacturers

10:00 Steph’s reading update

23:00 A breakdown of the mystery genre, and then a breakdown of book genres in general

32:00 Star Wars movie talk - how did we get here?

38:00 Candice’s reading update

42:00 Star Wars again? How did we come back?

47:00 Back to Candice’s update - movies, tv and books

54:00 Feedback from a listener

1:07:00 A 15 minute clip of highlights from Ian Williams Author Talk

 

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