Episode 066: A Grandmother Begins the Story

Time to Read: a podcast book club

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing A Grandmother Begins the Storyby Michelle Porter.

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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.

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!

Toby: The Strangers by Katherena Vermette

Trevor: Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson

Dennis: VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby: tawnshi and marcee (hello and thank you in michif)

Trevor: ablaut reduplication

Dennis: crooked

Next month we will be discussing The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.

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Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart.