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 Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe Canadian Online Publishing AwardsA Google Streetview image of a roadside tire repair shop, just like Ebeneezer’s!CBC show “Sort of”Our Reading Resolutions:Dennis will try to read something just for fun this year. Will it be Ice Planet Barbarians?? or some cozy mysteries?Toby resolves to read a classic: Don Quixote!Trevor resolves (again!) to read a Carol Shields novel, and is also looking forward to Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel and the new Tom Perotta.NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDSTrevor: naijaToby: foolscapDennis: zettelkastenNext month we will be talking about The Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThank you to everyone who read The Death of Vivek Oji with us and for those who left comments on our social media.We always love hearing what you think! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart.

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