The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

The voices of a Canadian indie bookstore, cinema, bar, bistro, and live music venue.

#78 April 2024 04/20/2024

#77 March 2024 03/23/2024

#76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes) 03/04/2024

Ready for 2024 01/14/2024

The Longest, Darkest Days of the Year Bring Good Cheer 12/04/2023

Back in time for Spooky Season 10/26/2023

Love Unequivocally 06/12/2023

The politics of living 05/14/2023

Can We Ever Really Know Anything? 04/08/2023

Women Deserve Oscars too 03/10/2023

It's not all movies... but it's a lot of movies! 02/11/2023

This is Our Year (along with all the others) 01/05/2023

We Only Have Now 12/12/2022

Books, books, and more books (someone has a problem!) 11/13/2022

'Tis the season for scares and eating 10/04/2022

What We Learned in Summer 2022 09/11/2022

May Catch Up 05/22/2022

We Don't Need a Pandemic to Justify our Escapism 03/13/2022

Time for a Fresh Start 01/21/2022

It's Nice To Be Back! 10/17/2021

It's The Vibe That Counts 04/25/2021

There is no break in March 03/23/2021

All about reading for fun (or for a misguided project) 02/24/2021

The Year That Wasn't In Review 01/19/2021

A letter written on a cold dreary day 11/10/2020

Spooktober 10/18/2020

We're baaaaaaaack! 09/11/2020

Cli-fi is a genre now? 06/03/2020

Mother's Day in Absentia 05/07/2020

Mother's Day in Absentia It will be a Mother's Day weekend to remember, and it's not because of the snow predicted to land in Southern Ontario over the weekend! You can't take your mom out for dinner or to see a movie this year, but you can treat your mom to puzzles, games, books, and wine! Or a Psycho movie marathon if you've got that type of mom (Candice does!) Books by Stephen King by Grady Hendrix by Grady Hendrix by Grady Hendrix by Sady Doyle by Roxanne Gay by Caitlin Starling by Hampton Fancher by Josh Berk and Saundra Mitchell by Summer Rachel Short by Sigmund Brouwer Movies - 70s serial killer exploitation film American Psycho directed by streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs Jerry Maguire - Steph's favourite buddy film? The Object of My Affection - Candice favourite film to press stop at 5 minutes before the end. Links Candice's episode of covering Grady Hendrix written horror comedy film, Satanic Panic Bookshelf Cinema's with books! Terminator retrospectives Timestamps 01:00 Mother's Day ideas and plans 07:10 How does the book look? 08:00 - 08:10 Special guest makes an appearance! 09:38 Check in on Candice's reading 11:00 We go deep on Grady Hendrix 13:15 Chatting women's obsession with true crime and horror 18:30 The villain in horror films aren't meant to be redeemed 22:20 Bookshelf Cinema brings you streaming films! 31:30 Steph's reading update 34:00 Practice exploring what wasn't in the story - basically Fan Fic 38:00 Send your best alternate parts of a story to Steph at 39:45 Kids books Steph has been reading with her kids --- Find all of our past episodes at Please leave us a and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on and and now Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at and join the weekly newsletter. Send us an email at Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by /episode/index/show/bookshelfnews/id/14317226

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