Shelve Under: Book Club
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The First Feminists: A Short Story by Bernardine Evaristo
Shelve Under: True Crime
en-caApril 06, 2020
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About this Episode
"I've tried to, at every step of the way, reject the traditional true crime lens. Whether it was the podcast, the book I'm working on, any of the stories I worked on, it was always supposed to be one that put the police process and the victims first."
- Justin Ling, journalist, author and host of Uncover: The Village
Content Warning: this episode discussed violent crimes. The topics are sensitive in nature and may be difficult for some people.
Books discussed:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Missing from the Village by Justin Ling (out in September 2020)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
The Billionaire Murders: The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman by Kevin Donovan
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace
Podcasts discussed:
Recent Episodes from Shelve Under: Podcast
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Eleven)
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
"Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of whites" (The Washington Post)
Lifeprint ABC's of ASL: Learn how to Fingerspell! video
Queer Trans Online ASL Dictionary
The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800 course
Shelve Under: Podcast
en-caJune 12, 2020
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Ten)
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Storytime with Toronto Mayor John Tory
"Helping your Child Cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Children's Mental Health Ontario
My Hero is You: How Kids Can Fight COVID-19! from the World Health Organization
The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russell
Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey
Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Fire Station by Robert Munsch
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Nine)
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Great Mortality by John Kelly
Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style by W. David Marx
Appel Salon author events online
Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge
Shelve Under: Newcomers
Books and films discussed:
7 Suitcases by Ahmed Marie, Farah Marie, Hala Marie and Cynthia Spring
We are Displaced: My Journey and Stories From Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
My Journey by Olivia Chow
The Boat People by Sharon Bala
Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey From Syria in a Wheelchair by Nujeen Mustafa and Christina Lamb.
Resilience and Triumph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories by the Book Project Collective
Grandfather's Journey by Alley Say
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith
The Ward: the Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood edited by John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, and Tatum Taylor
For Sama (on PBS) directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Library services and partnerships discussed:
Using the library if you're new to Canada
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Eight)
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
The List 2020 YouTube playlist
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Verify by Joelle Charbonneau
Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Seven)
George's band is called West Coast Grey, and they have a new album coming out soon - working title: The Cursed Image.
Bonus content: Here's a Soundcloud playlist where you can hear the two live, acoustic songs on this episode plus an additional bonus track, along with their full studio versions.
Books and resources discussed in this episode:
TPL program videos on Youtube
The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski
Recording Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior
Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior
(For more always-available tech ebooks, including books on digital audio recording, visit our Safari Tech collection!)
Learn to use Saved Lists on tpl.ca
George's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/westcoastgrey
West Coast Grey on Bandcamp: https://westcoastgrey.bandcamp.com/
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Six)
Books discussed:
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak
The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
The Journey Prize Stories: The Best of Canada's New Writers
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: and Other Stories by Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung
Library services discussed:
Overdrive (Getting Started with Overdrive Guides)
Shelve Under: Podcast
en-caMay 08, 2020
Shelve Under: Distancing (Part Five)
Books mentioned:
The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
The Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun
If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman
Library services discussed:
Shelve Under: Pulp Fiction
“What mostly happens in disasters is, they're the moment in which the background refrigerator hum of petty grievance stops and leaves behind this ringing silence in which you realize that you have much more in common with your neighbours than you ever had as a point of difference.”
- Cory Doctorow
Books discussed:
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater (ebook unavailable, so try Lizard Music instead)
A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
Afterland by Lauren Beukes (ebook coming soon)
Or What You Will by Jo Walton (coming soon)
The Thessaly Series by Jo Walton (Series about Plato's Republic)
Lent by Jo Walton (one of the books about Florence)
Other topics discussed:
The Wonderful Power of Storytelling - speech by Bruce Sterling
craphound.com (Cory Doctorow's website)
Shelve Under: Podcast
en-caApril 27, 2020