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 A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Arte Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025

    Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025
    Jul 15 2025
    It’s episode 215 and time for our annual Battle of the Books! This year we’re each pitching a non-fiction book we think we should all read and discuss and then you (our listeners) get to vote on which one! Plus! A chance for a listener to win a book! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini VaraMood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz PellyHow to Read Now by Elaine Castillo How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler Titles from our Short Lists Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary MoscoMagical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica VillarrealFloating Hotel by Grace CurtisHarriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen Links, Articles, and Things Review of Mood Machine from Publishers Weekly The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians by Liz PellyIf Books Could Kill Previous episodes Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2018) Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read? (2019)Episode 083 - The Fifth Season Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021 Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Episode 154 - Battle of the Books 2022 Episode 159 - Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart Episode 179 - Battle of the Books 2023 Episode 183 - One Book One Podcast: Upright Women Wanted Episode 196 - Battle of the Books 2024: One Book One Podcast Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive BakingMatthew finally made a category 15 Supernatural Thrillers by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Good House by Tananarive Due Shutter by Ramona Emerson The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Model Home by Rivers Solomon Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir and Grit Lit! Then on Tuesday, August 19th when it’s time for our summer Media update when we’ll talk about books, comics, games, music and more!
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  • Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling

    Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling
    Jul 1 2025
    It’s episode 214 and time for us to talk about the genre/topic of Non-Traditional Storytelling! We discuss epistolary novels, novels in verse, punctuation, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowellTime Machine 2: Search For Dinosaurs and David BischoffInheritance by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience - trailer Bats of the Republic by Zachery Thomas Dodson Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen Other Media We Mentioned Choose Your Own AdventureS. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino, translated by William WeaverEvelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Frances BurneyThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven HallElla Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark DunnA Void/La Disparition by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert AdairHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonDetroit: Become Human Talking Simulator — Detroit: Become Human Garth Marenghi's Darkplace “I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.” Wanted: DeadMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonWar and Peace by Lev Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyRed: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll YahgulanaasBlue Prince Can You Solve the Murder?: An Interactive Crime Novel by Antony JohnstonThe Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick Links, Articles, and Things Episode 037 - Experimental FictionOulipoReddit threads Books with experimental or unusual formats - multiple illustrations, combination of mediums, alternating structure etc Any books with unconventional or creative storytelling formats/structures you'd recommend?List of sandwiches Architecture student writes 149-page thesis without punctuation 15 Non-Traditional Storytelling books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Watercolor Women / Opaque Men: A Novel in Verse by Ana Castillo Inheritance: A Pick-the-Path Experience by Darrell Dennis, Medina Hahn, and Daniel Arnold The Girl I Am, Was, And Never Will Be by Shannon Gibney The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels by Subimal Misra, translated by V. Ramaswamy Monster by Walter Dean Myers Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds with art by Jason Griffin Please Stop Trying to Leave Me by Alana Saab Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq with art by Jaime Hernandez Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon with art by Frank Yoon Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 15th. It's time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read. Then on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir/Grit Lit.
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  • Episode 213 - Found Books

    Episode 213 - Found Books
    Jun 3 2025

    It’s episode 213 and time for us to talk about “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps! We discuss the recently returned book cart, getting books for free, getting rid of books, and more!

    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

    In this episode

    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

    Things We Read (or tried to…)

    • Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
    • The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
    • What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
    • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver
    • Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet

    Other Media We Mentioned

    • Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
    • Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
    • Returnal
    • Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
    • The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello
    • White Dwarf (Warhammer magazine)

    Links, Articles, and Things

    • #UBCnoox
    • Meghan’s map
    • Public bookcase (Wikipedia)
    • Little Free Library (Wikipedia)
    • Against Little Free Libraries
    • Vegetarian Peanut Soup
    • Cottage: North America
    • Sudoku (Wikipedia)
    • Paper embossing (Wikipedia)

    Give us feedback!

    • Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!

    Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email!

    Join us again on Tuesday, July 1st when we’ll be discussing the genre/format of Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. not prose).

    Then on Tuesday, July 15th it’s time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read.
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