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 Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Our 2026 Reading Resolutions
Toby: Will aim to read more of the same books as her daughter
Dennis: Will read all of the 2026 Hugo nominees for best novel
Trevor: Will read the entire "Hawthorne and Horowitz" series by Anthony Horowitz
Also mentioned:
Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan
A Libertarian walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
The origins of the word "dog"
Jeremy Bentham's auto-icon

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
Toby: cynic

Trevor: panopticon

Dennis: spalling

Next month we will be discussing The Postcard by Anne Berest.

Thank you to everyone who read Small Ceremonies with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The Podcast Pantheon: 101 Podcasts that changed how we listen by Sean Malin
Idaho

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby: James by Percival Everett
Trevor: The Kenzie and Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane
Dennis: In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke, Oldboy (2003) South Korean Neo-noir film

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
Toby: hirsute

Trevor: Selling Wolf Tickets

Dennis: Snake Handlers (Also had Selling Wolf Tickets!)

Next month we will be discussing Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards

Thank you to everyone who read Razorblade Tears with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
romantasy
dark academia

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE!
Toby: Babel by R.F. Kuang (also: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy)
Trevor: The Magicians by Lev Grossman (also: The Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson)
Dennis: Babel by R.F. Kuang (also: Beware of Chicken by casualfarmer)

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS
Toby: widdershins

Trevor: fettle

Dennis: typewriter

Next month we will be discussing Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Thank you to everyone who read Blood Over Bright Haven with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at wpl-podcast@winnipeg.ca with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.