Keep It Fictional
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago -Keep It Fictional is a weekly podcast for book lovers, by book lovers. Build your TBR with Allison, Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, Liz, Mark, Sadie, and Virginia from the Port Moody Public Library. Warning! This podcast contains strong opinions and may cause an increase in your library holds list.
Music by James Barth
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It Should Have Won the Award
April 25, 2023 10:28 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBToday's episode is all about giving a shoutout to those books that were nominated for an award, didn't win, but should have, in our opinion. Get ready for epic road trips, missing bodies, alternative realities, and true crime podcasts. Books mentioned on this episode: Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer, The Trees by Percival Everett, The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi, translated by Emily Balistrieri, and I Hope You're Listening by Tom Ryan. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcaster...
It's Our Turn to Get Recommendations
April 18, 2023 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBThe tables have turned! This week, instead of recommending books we have read and loved, we had to read books someone else has recommended to us. These books include a melancholic read with not much happening, a thrift shop with eccentric customers, a queen who doesn't want to die, and a detective taking witness statements from ghosts. Are the Keep It Fictional librarians good at taking recommendations? Let's find out. Books mentioned on this show: At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by So...
Betrayals!
April 11, 2023 11:00 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBWe discovered that one of our book friends loves a good betrayal, thankfully only in books and not in real life. Join us this week as we try to figure out who will be the traitor among our books. Books mentioned this week: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn, The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud, and Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/...
April is Poetry Month
April 04, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBGet ready to feel all the emotions with our poetry and novel-in-verse recommendations. Books mentioned in this episode: Deep Wheel Orcadia by Harry Josephine Giles, A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont, The Tradition by Jericho Brown, and Cluster by Souvankham Thammavongsa. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Spring is Here!
March 28, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBWhat should be a pleasant episode about spring and plants and fungi turns out to be stuff of nightmare for one of our book friends. Books mentioned on this episode: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari, This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron, The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean, and A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East by László Krasznahorkai. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s...
Canada Reads 2023
March 21, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBFind out what our Keep It Fictional librarians think of this year's CBC Canada Reads' contenders: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Greenwood by Michael Christie, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah, and Ducks by Kate Beaton. The debate will take place from March 27 to 30. Let's see if we have guessed the right winner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Superpowers!
March 14, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBWhat kind of superpowers would you want? How about the ones our characters have in the books we read for this week's episode? Shapeshifting, immortality, ability to fly, superstrength, and...Math? Books mentioned on this episode: Wildseed by Octavia E. Butler, Faith by Julie Murphy, Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson, Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang, and Dreadnaught by April Daniels. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Celebrate Small Press Month
March 07, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBMarch is National Small Press Month. We want to give a shout out to all the amazing small publishers out there that make our book world so much richer and more interesting! Thank you. We encourage you to pick up a book from a small press this month, and every month of the year. Books mentioned in this episode: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste (Algonquin), Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy (Charco Press), Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis by Jen Powley (Fernwood), and Barn 8 by Deb Olin...
Gabriel: So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish!
February 28, 2023 12:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBWe say goodbye and good luck to Gabriel, one of our book friends who has been with the Port Moody Public Library for the last year. Thank you for all the book (and video game) recommendations, Gabriel. Books mentioned on this episode: Bioshock: Rapture by John Shirley, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Vicious by V.E. Schwab, Minecraft: The Dragon by Nicky Drayden, and Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. --- Send in a voice message: https://po...
Freedom to Read Week 2023
February 21, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBThis week (February 19 - 25, 2023) is Freedom to Read Week in Canada. Our Keep It Fictional librarians are here to talk about banned books that people don't want you to get your hands on. Show your support and commitment to freedom to read by picking up and reading a banned book. Books mentioned on this episode: More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera, All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson, All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. --- Send i...
Black History Month 2023
February 14, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBOur librarians recommend fantastic reads by Black authors for every month of the year. Books mentioned on this episode: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi, The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin, What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy, and Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Books with Song Titles
February 07, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBGet ready for some earworms! In today's Keep It Fictional Book Chat, Corene, Fiona, Mark, and Virginia talk about books that have the same titles as songs. Also on the episode, a revelation that blew Corene's mind. 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa, You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo, Girl in a Coma by Douglas Coupland, and She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Authors We Have Always Wanted to Read
January 31, 2023 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBThis episode provides some incentives for our librarians to pick up a book by an author they have always meant to read. And with Sadie back, a topic that hurts Corene's brain resurfaces: buying series. Books mentioned on this episode: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Ravelstein by Saul Bellow, Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, and Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Multiple Points of View
January 24, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBAre you a fan of books with multiple perspectives? Corene, Fiona, Mark, and Virginia have recommendations for you in today's Keep It Fictional Book Chat. Romance, Frankenstein retelling, swimming pools, and reality shows are on the menu today. Books mentioned on this episode: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka, Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez, and Love From Mecca to Medina by S K Ali. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/...
Doorstoppers
January 17, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBThe Keep It Fictional librarians challenge themselves to read a loooong book. Are you a fan of a doorstopper? What is the longest book you've read? Books mentioned on this episode: Books mentioned on this episode: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (different translations available), Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowell, Lady Joker by Kaoru Takamura and translated by Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iida, and A Perfect Spy by John le Carré. --- Send in a voi...
Most Anticipated Books of 2023 with Fiona, Gabriel, and Mark (January - April, Part 2)
January 10, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBIn case your To-Be-Read (TBR) list is not long enough already, we have more books to suggest to you. Fiona, Gabriel, and Mark talk about the books coming out from January to April that they are looking forward to reading. Memoirs, mysteries, haunted houses, shogi, guerilla gardening group, and more. Let us know what books you are excited to read! Books mentioned on this episode: Stravaging "Strange" by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, translated by Joanne Turnbull, Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, Miss...
Most Anticipated Books of 2023 with Corene and Virginia (January - April, Part One)
January 03, 2023 14:16 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBHappy New Year, book lovers! 2023 is here, and Corene and Virginia are putting together their lists of upcoming books to read. This season's lineup includes murder, more murder, mysterious suitcase, French elf, anxious robot vacuum, dark academia, and chicken soup. Books mentioned on this episode: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune Greek Lessons by Han Kang Lo...
Top Five 2022 Books Part Two
December 20, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBWe continue counting down to our top five favourite books of 2022. Books mentioned on this episode: Internet for the People by Ben Tarnoff, Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz, How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, Blue Period (Series) by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler, Scattered All Over ...
Top Five 2022 Books Part One
December 13, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBWe count down to our top five favourite books of 2022 and thank all the authors who have given us wonderful stories all year long. Books mentioned on this episode: Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh, Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh, What World is This? by Judith Butler, Haven by Emma Donoghue, Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo, Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo, and The Employees by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken. Stay tuned for Par...
A Genre We Usually Don't Read
December 06, 2022 12:01 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBAs Fiona said, we often read for comfort, but for this episode, we all have to step out of our comfort zone to read a genre we usually don't read. What would be outside your wheelhouse that you'd like to give it a try? Books mentioned on this episode: 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin: Poems by Thomas King, The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa, God's Country by Percival Everett, and Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman. --- Send in a voice message: https://p...
Locked Room Mystery
November 22, 2022 11:38 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBIs there such a thing as a perfect crime? The locked room mystery books we read for today's episodes tried to create one, but could you crack the case before the book ends? Books mentioned on this episode: Reprieve by James Han Mattson, One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen, Malice by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander, and The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...
The Video Game / TV Show / Movie Came First
November 15, 2022 11:45 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBWe've explored books that have been adapted into movies and TV shows on a previous episode. Today, we flipped the table around and talked about novelizations of video games, movies, and TV shows. Books mentioned on this episode: God of War by Chris Roberson and Tony Parker, By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone (Murder, She Wrote) by Stephanie Kuehn, Rapture (Bioshock) by John Shirley, The Rise of Kiyoshi (Avatar, the Last Airbender) by F.C. Yee, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin by Yoshik...
NaNoWriMo 2022
November 08, 2022 11:30 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBTo cheer on everyone participating in NaNoWriMo this November, we decided to dedicate an episode to books about writers and the art of writing. Books mentioned in this episode: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, Greenland by David Santos Donaldson, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, and The Prisoner by Hwang Sok-yong (translated by Anton Hur and Sora Kim-Russell). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/me...
Celebrate I Read Canadian Day
November 01, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBNovember 2 is I Read Canadian Day. Pick up a book by a Canadian author and celebrate the rich diversity of literature in this country. We recommend: Len & Cub by Dusty Green and Meredith Batt, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama, Mocassin Square Gardens by Richard Van Camp, The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur, and Women Talking by Miriam Toews. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Who is the Real Monster Here?
October 25, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBIt's almost Halloween and we thought we would talk about some of our recent reads that involve different kinds of monsters and creatures, in addition to our strong feelings towards Twilight, and... Sweden? Books mentioned in this episode: Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki, Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara, and Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Niche Non-Fiction
October 18, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBKeep It Fictional Goes Non-Fiction today. If there is a topic you're interested in, chances are, there is a book about it. At least that's what we've found as we explore niche subjects we are passionate about (and concluded that we are all nerds). Books mentioned on this episode: Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix, Atlas of the European Novel: 1800-1900 by Franco Moretti, Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie, and A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup. --...
Enter Our Contests to Win...
October 11, 2022 15:07 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBIn today's episode, we offer you five different contests you can compete in. Which one would you choose, and who will reign supreme? Books mentioned in this episode: The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky, Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz, Hide by Kiersten White, House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess, and The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Victorian Times
October 04, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MBLet these books transport you to the Victorian Times. You will also learn some delightful Victorian slang terms. Books mentioned on this episode: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, Moriarty the Patriot written by Ryosuke Takeuchi and art by Hikaru Miyoshi, The Gentleman by Forrest Leo, and A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Thank You, Translators!
September 27, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBSeptember is National Translation Month. We want to take this opportunity to thank all the translators who make literature from around the world accessible to us. We are so grateful for all the work you do! 🙏 Books mentioned on this episode: Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi and translated by David Boyd and Lucy North, All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami and translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, Life Ceremony:Stories by Sayaka Murata and translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, and Journe...
Latine/Latinx Heritage Month
September 20, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBOur Keep It Fictional librarians celebrate this special month by highlighting some of our favourite books by authors from Latin American and South American countries, and writers of the diaspora. We also have some strong feelings about taking "tacky" touristy photos. Books mentioned on the episode: Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gordo by Jaime Cortez, Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Violeta by Isabel Allende. --- Send in a v...
We're on a Boat!
September 13, 2022 11:00 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBSet sail for adventure and treasure with the books Fiona, Mark, and Virginia brought to our Keep It Fictional episode today. Books mentioned: The House of Rust by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester, and The Vinland Sagas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Dark Academia
September 06, 2022 15:44 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBIt's Back to School week and the Keep It Fictional Librarians found themselves quenching their thirst for knowledge with some dark academia books, wondering what they are willing to do to get free tuition. Books mentioned on this episode: The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Babel by R.F. Kuang, The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake, and Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/po...
Happy 100th Episode!
August 30, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBIt's our 100th episode! We celebrated this milestone by reading a "secret santa" book, which prompted us to contemplate questions like "have you ever considered your future as a pickle?", or "am I perhaps an octopus?" Books mentioned on this episode: Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper, The Emissary by Yoko Tawada, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont. --- Send in a voice message: https://po...
Most Anticipated Fall 2022 Books (Part 2)
August 23, 2022 12:43 - 49 minutes - 68 MBWe continue to gush about the many amazing Fall 2022 releases that we can't wait to get our hands on. Now let's see how many Keep It FIctional Bingo Board categories you can cross off. Books mentioned on this episode: Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen, The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi, African Risen edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Sheree Thomas, and Zelda Knight, Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth, The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp, Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse, Love from Mecca to Med...
Most Anticipated Fall 2022 Books (Part 1)
August 16, 2022 11:14 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBNew Fall book releases, we are ready for ya! See what Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, Mark, and Virginia are looking forward to reading. Parallel universe, old man with a bag, worms, murder, existential crisis, and more. Books mentioned on this episode: Kilometre 101 by Maxim Osipov, Leech by Hiron Ennes, Self-Portrait with Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka, The Sunbearer Trial by Aiden Thomas, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee, A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo, The Mountain in the Se...
Space Opera
August 09, 2022 11:23 - 54 minutes - 75.3 MBSuit up and get ready to dive into the immersive, melodramatic, character-driven world of space opera! Books mentioned on this episode: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell, Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, and An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Short Story Collections (By a Single Author)
August 02, 2022 14:02 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBCreatures made of paper coming alive. A magical mathematical formula that takes away emotions. A toilet baby?!? These are just some of the fantastic stories we read this week from our short story collections. Are you a fan of short stories? Books mentioned on this episode: The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah, and Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/...
Virginia's Picks: Bananapants
July 26, 2022 12:06 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBGo bananas! Get ready for some strange, bizarre, and surreal tales. Books mentioned on this episode: My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stinzi, The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales, Modelland by Tyra Banks, The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Mark's Pick: Fiction with Real Historical Figures
July 19, 2022 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBTake some real historical figures and throw them into a fictional world. What would you get? These five amazing books: A Clash of Steel by CB Lee, Stoker's Wilde by Melissa Prusi and Steven Hopstaken, The Twilight World by Werner Herzog, See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt, and Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Down the Rabbit Hole We Go
July 12, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBIt's absolutely delightful when finding one book leads you to another book, and another book, and another book. In this Keep It Fictional episode, we talked about the rabbit holes we have been in and a book we discovered while we were there. Books mentioned in this episode: The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli (translated by Christina MacSweeney), My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress by Rachel DeLoache ...
Gabriel's Pick: Exploration
July 05, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBSummer is here and Gabriel has asked all their book friends to go exploring in this episode of Keep It Fictional. Books mentioned in this episode: The Hike by Drew Magary, Atlas Obscura by by Dylan Thuras, Ella Morton, and Joshua Foer, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui, and Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
We love sports (and books)!
June 28, 2022 11:59 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBEven if you are not a huge sports fan, we hope you will enjoy these sports fiction and non-fiction. Books mentioned in this episode: Real by Takehiko Inoue, Take Your Eye Off the Puck: How to Watch Hockey by Knowing Where to Look by Greg Wyshynski, and Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBJune 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. Read a book by an indigenous author along with our Keep It Fictional librarians. They recommend: The Björkan Sagas by Harold R. Johnson, Medicine River by Thomas King, The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Borders by Thomas King, and Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Pride Month 2022
June 14, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBCelebrate Pride Month with the Keep It Fictional Librarians from the Port Moody Public Library! Books mentioned on this episode: Gender Failure by Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman, The Siren Queen by Nghi Vo, and Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Live the Best (Book of) Life This Summer
June 07, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBWe are so excited to introduce you to Port Moody Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Club in this episode. Learn more about our "Book of Life" game and what the Keep It Fictional librarians are going to read for their game. More information about our reading club at https://portmoodylibrary.ca/BookOfLife Books mentioned in this episode: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, My Sister's Big Fat Indian Wedding by Sajni Patel, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Ki...
Corene's Pick: Cults
May 31, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBAs part of our mini-series where we read books on a topic that we tend to associate with one of our book friends, this week, we dive into one of Corene's interests: cults. Books mentioned in this episode: Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura, The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn, and Salvation Day by Kali Wallace. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Fiona's Pick: Nuns
May 24, 2022 11:11 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBIn the upcoming episodes, we will be reading books on a topic that we tend to associate with one of our book friends. First up, Fiona and books about nuns (and other clergy). Books mentioned in this episode: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters, Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette, Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather, and The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Southern Gothic
May 17, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBBuckets of spiders. Talking animals. Folk songs about bad people. Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, Mark, and Virginia recommends a Southern Gothic. Books mentioned on this episode: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke, Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock, A Lush and Seething Hell by John Hornor Jacobs, and Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month
May 10, 2022 10:45 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBMay is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Join us in celebrating the many wonderful voices. Also, there is a point to short stories, and Gabriel draws the line at centipede gaming chairs. Books mentioned in this episode: In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar, Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, and Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message
Welcome Mark to Keep It Fictional
May 03, 2022 18:38 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBWe have another new book friend! Welcome Mark to the Keep It Fictional family. Let us introduce you to Mark by telling you about one of his favourite books..with very strong feelings. Books mentioned on this episode: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Autobiography of a Corpse by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify...