Mazo by Brigid Cami
If you were asked to name the most famous Canadian authors, who would come to mind? Margaret Attwood, surely. Alice Munro, Leonard Cohen. Mordecai Richler, L. M. Montgomery, Robertson Davies, . . . and probably a handful of others if you were given a moment to think about it. And yet, even if you w…
In Other Worlds by Margaret Atwood Review
Margaret Attwood gives us a memoir and some insights into the sci-fi genre. Life Death Sci-fi hosts Chris and Eric talk about gizmos, definitions, feminism, censorship, and more. The next season of Life Death Sci-fi is revealed!
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One Maryland One Book selection: "There There" by Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange is a Native American author whose debut novel burst onto the literary scene in 2018.
The book garnered a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and praise from literary giants such as Colm Toibin and Margaret Attwood. It’s called There There, and it chronicles the Native American experience far f…
“Detractions and Errata”
Jim begins by listing his mistakes in the previous podcasts, creating new errors as he goes. A "detraction" is actually a term from Christian theology. Jim should have said "retraction."
It reminds Lionel of something he saw at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Jim talks about his recent move from his…
Jane Cholmeley
Jane Cholmeley co-founded and opened the feminist Silver Moon Bookshop in London during the Thatcher era to promote the work of female authors. It quickly came to play a vital role in the second-wave feminist movement. Operating in a male-dominated space, the stop was often subject to threats of ar…
Episode 65 - The Handmaid's Tale
Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal.
This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In our sixty-fifth episode (which coincides with International Women's Day), we examine Margaret Attwood's dystopia about far-right misogyny, The Hand…
Early sci-fi and fantasy // Foundation // Ghostbusters
Host Alice Fraser and Eleanor Morton bring you episode 17 of Realms Unknown: your one-stop show for speculative fiction tropes, news and recommendations!
This week, we're looking at early sci fi and fantasy!
Episode 17
This week's news features the Apple TV+ series Foundation, a surprisingly sexual…
Look Closer: with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Dominic welcomes back one of the most celebrated guests of this series Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ...
Robert’s latest book Look Closer: How to get more out of reading (published by Penguin) is an invitation to all of us to go deeper into our reading, and find greater joy and meaning in the…
Don't Tell the Government About These GREAT DYSTOPIAN NOVELS
Here we are! Another good, old rec episode! This time all about our favourite dystopian novels. From Divergent to 1984, we discuss what makes a good dystopian novel, what's our favourite part of a dystopian novel and have a very long argument about Divergent. Also, what book would we want to re-rea…
S3 Ep47 Movie Book Club: “The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood
Welcome to ACP and our brand new Movie Book Club episode. This is a new idea where we cover books that are worth reading, especially if they have been turned into screenplays such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, 50 Shades of Grey, Game of Thrones and many more. From our friends at Exclusive Boo…
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