Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing Bel Canto by Ann Patchett.

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.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

With Bel Canto,Trevor and Toby are both on track with their reading resolutions!
New podcast host: Transistor!
The so called "Japanese Embassy Hostage Crisis": a major inspiration for Bel Canto.
Manitoba Opera website

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE!

Toby: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Dennis: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Trevor: Animal Farm by George Orwell (graphic novel by ODYR)

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby: mellifluous

Trevor: mortadella

Dennis: hurkle-durkle

Next month we will be discussing The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield.

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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.