Time to Read: a podcast book club
Episodes
Episode 100: One Hundred Of Your Favourite Books
05 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are celebrating our 100th episode by letting our listeners pick the books.You are listening to Time to Read, a Win...
Episode 099: Dungeon Crawler Carl
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library ...
Episode 098: Walking The Bypass
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Walking the Bypass by Ken WilsonYou are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcas...
Episode 097: The Silmarillion
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library pod...
Episode 096: The Postcard
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Postcard by Anne BerestYou are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast boo...
Episode 095: Small Ceremonies
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Pub...
Episode 094: Razorblade Tears
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Razorblade Tears by S.A. CosbyYou are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast ...
Episode 093: Blood Over Bright Haven
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. WangYou are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library po...
Episode 092: The Night Watchman
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library p...
Episode 091: Children of Time
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Libra...
Episode 090: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing 10 minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak.You are listening to Time to Read, a W...
Episode 089: Hana Khan Carries On
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma JalaluddinYou are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library...
Episode 088: I Only Read Murder
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing I Only Read Murder by Ian and Will Ferguson.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Li...
Episode 087: Bad Cree
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bad Cree by Jessica Johns. We are delighted to be joined by WPL's Writer-In-Residence, Nora Decte...
Episode 086: Outline
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Outline by Rachel Cusk.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book cl...
Episode 085: Yellowface
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Yellowface by R.F. Kuang You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book...
Episode 084: Rules of Civility
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library pod...
Episode 083: The Fifth Season
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year, Dear Readers! This month we are discussing The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Lib...
Episode 082: Small Things Like These
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Libra...
Episode 081: Pride and Prejudice
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library p...
Episode 080: Kiss of the Fur Queen
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Libr...
Episode 079: The Best Laid Plans
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library ...
Episode 078: This is How You Lose the Time War
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyThis is How you Produce the Time War article in Vector Magazine TELL US ...
Episode 077: Hijab Butch Blues
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast...
Episode 076: The Left Hand of Darkness
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public ...
Episode 075: The Apollo Murders
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library p...
Episode 074: Bel Canto
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast bo...
Episode 073: Moon of the Turning Leaves
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice and we have a special guest joining us: WPL’s Writ...
Episode 072: French Exit
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing French Exit by Patrick deWitt. You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcas...
Episode 071: If Beale Street Could Talk
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Li...
Episode 070: Gilead
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Gileadby Marilynne Robinson.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast bo...
Episode 069: Hell of a Book
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast b...
Episode 068: Half of a Yellow Sun
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, Dear Readers, to our latest episode where we discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.You are listening to Time to Read, a W...
Episode 067: The Thursday Murder Club
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, mystery lovers, to our latest episode where we discuss Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnip...
Episode 066: A Grandmother Begins the Story
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing A Grandmother Begins the Storyby Michelle Porter.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Publ...
Episode 065: Migrations
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podc...
Episode 064: The Bluest Eye
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcas...
Episode 063: Tatouine
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, Dear Readers, and a special welcome to those of you joining us as part of One eRead Canada – A digital, bilingual, cross-Canada book club (...
Episode 062: Women of the Fur Trade
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, Dear Readers.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Lib...
Episode 061: Rebecca
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EPISODE 061: REBECCAWelcome, Dear Readers. Last night we dreamt we recorded a podcast again…You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Lib...
Episode 060: Dawn
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, Dear Readers.You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Lib...
Episode 059: The Rakess
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome, fair maidens and handsome gents, to our latest episode where we discuss Scarlett Peckham’s The Rakess.You are listening to Time to Read, a ...
Episode 058: Billy Summers
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Billy Summers by Stephen King.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg ...
Episode 057: Empire of Wild
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winni...
Episode 056: In A Sunburned Country
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a W...
Episode 055: All My Puny Sorrows
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a W...
Episode 054: The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Flyby Sybil Lamb.Welcome dear readers,...
Episode 053: Eight Perfect Murders
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time t...
Episode 052: Unless
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Unless by Carol Shields. Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winni...
Episode 051: Return of the Trickster
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, ...
Episode 050: Our Favourites
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! To celebrate our 50th episode, we decided to geek out about some of our favourite reads, our favourite moments from the previ...
Episode 049: The Nickel Boys
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Win...
Episode 048: The Death of Vivek Oji
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a...
Episode 047: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootWelcome dear readers, you are listening to T...
Episode 046: Lovecraft Country
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Lovecraft Country by Matt RuffWelcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg ...
Episode 045: Love in the Time of Cholera
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia MarquezWelcome dear readers, you are listening to Ti...
Episode 044: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Re...
Episode 043: The Huntress
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Huntress by Kate Quinn.Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Pub...
Episode 042: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Rosemary Valero-O’Con...
Episode 041: Educated
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Educated by Tara WestoverWelcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Publ...
Episode 040: Tenth of December
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Tenth of December by George SaundersWelcome, dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Wi...
Episode 039: The Saturday Night Ghost Club
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig DavidsonMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODETHE SHORT AND UNHAPPY HIST...
Episode 038: Evvie Drake Starts Over
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda HolmesSYNOPSISIn a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed...
Episode 037: Vi
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing Vi by Kim Thúy.The daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had...
Episode 036: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. See the trailer on YouTube.When The Hitch...
Episode 035: The Water Dancer
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was...
Episode 034: The Island of Sea Women
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. This month we are discussing The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.Set on the Korean island of Jeju, this story follows Mi-ja and...
Episode 033: The Stranger in the Woods
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel:Is it possible to live a totally solitary life, without relyi...
Episode 032: The Sisters Brothers
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us. We’re talking about The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt:Hermann Kermit Warm (great name right??) is going to die. The enig...
Episode 031: Charcoal Joe
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! We’re talking about Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley.Life seems to be finally turning around for Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins. He’...
Episode 030: Tales of the City
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! In this episode we’re talking about Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin.San Francisco, 1976. A naive young secretary, fresh...
Episode 029: Little Women
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! In this episode we’ll be talking about Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, as it was chosen for us by our lovely Facebook grou...
Special Episode – Books to Movies Part 2 – All the Movies
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This the second part of a special episode that ran long. Instead of talking about a book like we normally do, we’ve been rumi...
Special Episode: Books to Movies Part 1 – The Hound of the Baskervilles Adaptations
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re chatting about a few of the many screen adaptations of The Hound of the Baskerville...
Episode 028: The Hound of the Baskervilles
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for this episode of Time to Read! We’re talking about The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the 1880s...
Special Episode: Our Top Digital Resources April 2020
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, dear readers. In this special episode we share the WPL resources we are ourselves relying on right now. Everything can be found through winnipe...
Episode 027: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards (MYRCA)
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hello dear readers. This episode is very different. Due to libraries being closed we are all working at home and recording remotely. Also, this time w...
Episode 026: The Break
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are talking about The Break by Katherena Vermette. When Stella, a young Métis mother, look...
Episode 025: Great House
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode of the Time to Read podcast. We are talking about Great House by Nicole Krauss. A reclusive American novelist, ...
Episode 024: The Princess Bride
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking about S. Morgenstern’s “The Princess Bride”, edited by William Goldman.Summary:Westley and Buttercup live a simple life on ...
Episode 023: The Remains of the Day
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re talking about The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.The Remains of the Day is a subtle, sad, humorous love story, and portrayal of a ...
Episode 022: Slaughterhouse Five
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re discussing Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutOne of the world’s great antiwar books, centering on the infamous World War II firebomb...
Episode 021: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.Bernadette Fox is notorious. To other private-school...
Episode 020: The Changeling
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for our ***TWENTIETH*** episode! This month we’re discussing The Changeling by Victor LaValleApollo Kagwa is an antiquarian bo...
Episode 019: All Systems Red
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing All Systems Red by Martha Wells.The self-named Murderbot doesn’t really want to stop binge-watc...
Episode 018: Trickster Drift
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Trickster Drift the by Eden Robinson, chosen by author and WPL Writer-in-Residence alumnus Jordan...
Episode 017: Fox
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us! This month we’re discussing Fox by Margaret Sweatman WITH Margaret Sweatman!Laid over the backdrop of the 1919 Winnipeg Gener...
Episode 016: Poetry
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for our discussion of poetry by poets.This month we each chose a book of poetry to read, but ended up delving more broadly in...
Episode 015: But I Don’t Wanna Grow Up – Live
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for this special LIVE episode where we discuss our favourite childhood reads with the audience at the Good Will Social Club, ...
Episode 014: The Namesake
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for our discussion of The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli are simultaneously navigating a new relationshi...
Episode 013: Washington Black
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.Many many thanks to guest hosts Alexa Potashnik and Sappfyre...
Episode 012: Beartown
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of Beartown by Fredrik Backman.Beartown is a town in need of a win, and their best hope is an i...
Episode 011: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid.In this episode we mentionedIain Reid’s siste...
Special Episode: Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour (October 24, 2018)
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time for another special episode! We hosted our spooky Tales at Night – Library Happy Hour at the Good Will Social Club on Wednesday October ...
Episode 010: The Devil in the White City
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.In this episode we mentionedErik Larson’s websi...
Episode 009: The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.Next month we are reading The Devil...
Episode 008: Walkaway
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read in which we discuss Walkaway by Cory DoctorowNext month we are reading The Long Way to a Small ...
Episode 007: Son of a Trickster
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode, on Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson.In This Episode We Talked AboutOur super interesting discussion questio...
Episode 006: Fun Home
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode, discussing Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelNext month we are reading Son of a Trickster by Eden...
Episode 005: Eleanor and Park
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for this episode of Time to Read. We are discussing Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. Next month, we’re reading Fun Home by...