#83 November 2024, The one about genres

**The Village Podcast has been nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award under the category of Outstanding Branded Series. Watch https://canpodawards.ca/ for information about the awards ceremony which will take place sometime in December and find out if we've won. This month we have a special clip following the conversation between Steph and Candice with some highlights from the book reading and signing by Ian Williams about his new book What I Mean To Say. The full length reading and Q&A follows later this week in this feed. Books Shame on You: How to be a Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro  Saving Time by Jenny Odell  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware  The John Cardinal Series by Giles Blunt   The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King   Anathem by Neal Stephenson (If you dare read sci-fi about the philosophy of quantum mechanics) What I Mean To Say: Remaking Conversation in our Time by Ian Williams  Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams  You've Got Red On You: How Shaun of the Dead was Brought To Life by Clark Collis  The Troop by Nick Cutter   Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson   Carrie by Stephen King   Links Do You Want To Party? A Movies by the Minute Podcast about Return of the Living Dead - Candice's episodes on Minute 11 , 20  , 21  , and bonus episode 1 and 2  Linda Martell introducing Genres on Cowboy Carter by Beyonce - (Song NSFW) Edgar Wright music video for Mint Royale's Blue Song  Timestamps 0:00 Oops our welcome turned into a conversation about the Giller Prize and protesting weapons manufacturers 10:00 Steph's reading update 23:00 A breakdown of the mystery genre, and then a breakdown of book genres in general 32:00 Star Wars movie talk - how did we get here? 38:00 Candice's reading update 42:00 Star Wars again? How did we come back? 47:00 Back to Candice's update - movies, tv and books 54:00 Feedback from a listener 1:07:00 A 15 minute clip of highlights from Ian Williams Author Talk   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at [email protected] Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra