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On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing: Bookish Moments: shifts in our reading and brain farts Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: reading Canadian elbows up style The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) .  .  .  .  1:55 - Ad For Ourselves 2:01 - Currently Reading Patreon 7:03 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 7:25 - CR Season 7: Episode 24 12:21 - CR Season 7: Episode 36 12:26 - Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri 12:51 - Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope 14:18 - Our Current Reads 14:24 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Roxanna) 18:57 - Coven by Soman Chainani (Kaytee) 19:10 - The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani 23:32 - The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Roxanna) 28:55 - The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight (Kaytee) 29:17 - Fabled Bookshop 33:28 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 34:03 - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain (Roxanna) 38:26 - Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell (Kayee) 38:40 - Schuler Books 44:56 - Reading Canadian 48:48 - Canada Reads 48:51 - The Giller Prize 49:21 - The Push by Ashley Audrain 50:06 - Room by Emma Donoghue 50:18 - The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue 50:29 - The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue 52:01 - The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester 53:18 - Women Talking by Miriam Toews  55:00 - Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley 55:08 - Finding Me by Viola Davis 55:57 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 56:49 - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 56:53 - Three Holidays and A Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley 57:02 - Much Ado About Nada Uzma Jalaluddin 57:32 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good 1:02:20 - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan 1:03:40 - Lucky by Marissa Stapley 1:06:24 - Meet Us At The Fountain 1:07:05 - I wish there was an easier way to export and download kindle notes and highlights. (Roxanna) 1:08:57 - I wish to press Happy Place by Emily Henry. (Kaytee) 1:09:00 - Happy Place by Emily Henry   Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. May's IPL is a new indie to the rotation - Dog Eared Books in Ames, Iowa. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business.  All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!

Aparita Bhandari and Heather Greenwood Davis discuss the bestselling Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty with Antonio Michael Downing; writer Alicia Cox Thomson talks about the highly discussed All Fours by Miranda July and recommends two more titles; Juno nominee Tia Wood on what makes Five Little Indians a classic; and why Robert J. Wiersema thinks you should read translated books on this episode of The Next Chapter.Books discussed on this week's show include:Here One Moment by Liane MoriartyFive Little Indians by Michelle GoodAll Fours by Miranda JulyThe Change by Kirsten MillerThe Mother Act by Heidi ReimerMay Our Joy Endure by Kev Lambert, Donald Winkler (Translator)The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse, Damion Searls (Translator)

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole revisits one of the most popular episodes of Writing the Coast. It features Michelle Good, author of Five Little Indians which was a finalist for the 2021 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the 2021 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. Michelle talks about what it means to be an emerging writer and how she developed the characters in her novel. ABOUT MICHELLE GOOD: Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Her debut novel, Five Little Indians, won a Governor General's Literary Award, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, the Kobo Emerging Author Prize, and CBC's Canada Reads in 2022. She was a finalist for the 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy for Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada. Good lives in southern Saskatchewan. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Programming and Communications for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in Chatelaine, This Magazine, The Puritan, Untethered, and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

Debut horror author Marcus Kliewer on the breakout success of his novel We Used to Live Here, rising singer-songwriter Tia Wood talks about what makes Five Little Indians a classic, sparing no cost for the perfect party in The Wedding, and three historical fiction reads that help tell untold stories of the past on this episode of The Next Chapter.

This episode we have a very special guest: award-winning author Michelle Good. Michelle is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. Her books include Five Little Indians and Truth Telling. Her writing takes an unflinching look at our nation's past and how it still affects the present. So, she's here today to give us a bit of a history lesson ahead of Canada Day. You'll hear a conversation between Michelle and Myan Marcen-Gaudaur, Scotiabank's Director of Social Impact and Reconciliation. They talk about the motivation behind Michelle's writing, the state of reconciliation in Canada, the concept of “radical hope” and more.   This episode contains accounts of violence and mention of suicide.    Key moments this episode:  3:00 – Why Canada's colonial history is still very much part of the present  4:00 – Michelle gives some insight into a very personal chapter of her latest book, Truth Telling  6:21 – What the relationship between Michelle's mother and her grandmother can tell us about how challenging it can be being Indigenous in a non-Indigenous world  8:10 – How colonial perceptions can be passed down to subsequent generations  9:10 – The meaning behind the chapter titled $13.69 and what it says about restoration for the past  12:00 – Michelle defines her concept of “radical hope”   13:20 – How the crisis around missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit peoples is rooted in history  17:31 – The decimation of the buffalo and the impact that had on Indigenous communities  21:35 – Why is the truth part of “truth and reconciliation” so important?   25:03 – How can Canadians move from knowledge to action when it comes to reconciliation?   27:54 – Michelle reflects on the changes she has seen in thoughts and attitudes among non-Indigenous people in her lifetime 

Michelle Good has moved and inspired millions of people with Five Little Indians, the Canada Reads-winning novel that tells the story of a group of residential school survivors coming to terms with their past and finding a way forward. She joined us at the Vancouver Writers Fest on October 21st, 2023, in partnership with Talking Stick Festival, HarperCollins Canada Ltd, and the Peter A. Allard Law School at UBC, in conversation with author Carleigh Baker. Her latest work of non-fiction, Truth Telling, is a collection of essays about the contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada—from resistance and reconciliation to the resurgence and reclamation of Indigenous power.

Michelle Good is a Cree writer and member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, known for her advocacy for Indigenous people and her successful writing career. Guest: Michelle Good, Award Winning Author of Five Little Indians and Truth Telling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Are there ethics to friendship? Guest: Dr. Cathy Mason, Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Central European University Seg 2: View From Victoria: Masks, boosters and COVID and other respiratory viruses are back! We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: Michelle Good is a Cree writer and member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, known for her advocacy for Indigenous people and her successful writing career. Guest: Michelle Good, Award Winning Author of Five Little Indians and Truth Telling Seg 4: Archaeologists investigating potential unmarked graves at suspected residential school sites often rely on survivor accounts for critical information before using ground-penetrating radar technology. Guest: Dr. Andrew Martindale, Professor of Archeology at UBC and Member of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials Seg 5: Between 1951 and 1984, over 20,000 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit infants and children were forcibly removed from their families by child welfare authorities and adopted into primarily non-Indigenous households, often in different provinces or countries, severing their connections to their languages, traditions, and extended families. Guest: Eugenea Couture, Author of Adoption Not an Option and Executive Producer and Director of “In Darkness I See You” and “The Big Whiteout” Seg 6: Denise is a dedicated advocate at the intersection of Indigenous sovereignty, technology, and innovation. Guest: Denise Williams, Member of the Cowichan Tribes and Visiting Lecturer at Simon Fraser University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This book club discusses the award winning author Michelle Good's book, Five Little Indians.  Five Little Indians chronicles, with compassion and insight, the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Why it's important to invite conversation, not confrontation Michelle Good, Lawyer and Award Winning Author of Five Little Indians and Truth Telling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are Cocaine Hippos a threat to Colombia? Elliot Doornbos, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Nottingham University The Weekly Cecchini Check-in Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Why it's important to invite conversation, not confrontation Michelle Good, Lawyer and Award Winning Author of Five Little Indians and Truth Telling What happened at the Johnston's Parliamentary hearings? Vincent Rigby, Former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister and Witness before the Committee on Procedures and House Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got another novel for you this month! We read Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson and asked acclaimed author and storyteller Michelle Good to join us to talk about it. Published in 2021, Probably Ruby tells the story of an Indigenous woman who was adopted out as an infant on her journey to find family and identity. The novel won the 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year, and was shortlist for the Governor General's Literary Award and the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. More about Probably Ruby:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/669226/probably-ruby-by-lisa-bird-wilson/9780385696708More about Michelle Good:Michelle Good is a Cree writer and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. After working for Indigenous organizations for twenty-five years, she obtained a law degree and advocated for residential school survivors for over fourteen years. Good earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia while still practising law and managing her own law firm. Her poems, short stories, and essays have been published in magazines and anthologies across Canada, and her poetry was included on two lists of the best Canadian poetry in 2016 and 2017. Five Little Indians, her first novel, won the HarperCollins/UBC Best New Fiction Prize, the Amazon First Novel Award, the Governor General's Literary Award the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award, the Evergreen Award, the City of Vancouver Book of the Year Award, and Canada Reads 2022. It was also longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a finalist for the Writer's Trust Award, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes.  On October 7, 2022 Simon Fraser University granted her an Honorary Doctor of Letters. Her new work, Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous life in Canada is set for release on May 30, 2023.

We celebrate 50 episodes of XenoChat by analyzing one of our favorite characters in Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Morag! Join Justin, Tyler, Nick, Marie, Anthony and Bee as they discuss the Special Inquisitor and her mark on the people of Mor Ardain. This episode was recorded on October 13th, 2022. Be warned, there are spoilers for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Opening theme: Emotions by Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears) Ending theme: Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes - by Kenji Hiramatsu (Xenoblade Chronicles 2) The easiest place to import KOS-MOS FIX, in our opinion, is Otaku Republic: https://otakurepublic.com/product/product_page_5284894.html?ref=product_page&type=circle_ranking As of this posting, most of the pre-orders for the acrylic figures for Xenoblade 3 are closed except for Lanz and Taion: https://www.amiami.com/eng/search/list/?s_keywords=xenoblade%20chronicles%203 Bee's book recommendation, Five Little Indians by Michelle Good: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52214103-five-little-indians Check out Retro Roulette's Halloween streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/retro__roulette or on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUu_33E8tGU3t7fh14sVuw Have any suggestions or corrections? You can contact us on Twitter at @XenoChatPodcast or email us at xenochatpodcast@gmail.com. You can also submit comments on our website, xenochat.wordpress.com. We're now on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xenochatpodcast/?igshid=eiem6o2gs22h XenoChat is a fan podcast. We are not affiliated with Monolith Soft, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Nintendo, Marvel or anyone else.

Rebecca and Tara celebrate the podcast's 100th episode by discussing the topic that brought them together--CBC's Canada Reads! Titles we loved Tara: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akaad The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Rebecca: A book club book: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A book that is now coming true: American War by Omar El Akkad  A book with an unlikeable main character: Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette  A memoir: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle A book many DNF: Small Game Hunting by Megan Gail Coles  An epic novel: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan  Titles we have yet to read Rebecca: Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Tara: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier Titles we would like to see in the future Tara: The Lights of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kaye Rebecca: The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism by Maude Barlow Favorite moments from the show Rebecca: Tahmoh Penikett defending American War Mark Tewksbury defending Washington Black Christian Allaire defending Five Little Indians; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee defending Hench; Chuck Comeau defending Homes Tara: Devery Jacobs defending Jonny Appleseed Justin Trudeau defending (sort of) The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and then Next Episode   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Michelle Good joins Banyen Books & Sound in conversation on Five Little Indians – her Governor General's Literary Award and CBC Canada Reads-winning novel. Michelle Good is a Cree writer and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. After working for Indigenous organizations for twenty-five years she obtained a law degree and advocated for residential school survivors for over fourteen years. Good earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia while still practising law and managing her own law firm. Her poems, short stories, and essays have been published in magazines and anthologies across Canada, and her poetry was included on two lists of the best Canadian poetry in 2016 and 2017. Five Little Indians won this year's winner of CBC's Canada Reads. It has received many honours and awards, including the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

Summary:   "Tooth butter." This week we talk about our new favourite superhero: Ms. Marvel. Also discussed: Five Little Indians, the music of Ombiigizi, and the proper way to eat a croissant (according to Lisa).      Show notes:   Tooth butter (Scandi Kitchen)   Recommendations:  Andrea G.:  Sewn Back Together by Ombiigizi (music)   Andrea W.:  Westworld, Season 4 (TV)   Lisa: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (book)   Music credits: "Electrodoodle" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   "Vivacity" by Kevin MacLeod From: incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License   Pop This! Links: Pop This! on TumblrPop This! on iTunes (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Stitcher (please consider reviewing and rating us!) Pop This! on Google PlayPop This! on TuneIn radioPop This! on TwitterPop This! on Instagram Logo design by Samantha Smith Intro voiced by Morgan Brayton Pop This! is a podcast featuring three women talking about pop culture. Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist. Andrea Gin is a producer and an avid figure skating fan. Press play and come hang out with your new best friends. Pop This! podcast is produced by Andrea Gin.  

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Some of our highlights and learning experiences from Season 4. Who can believe we are four full years into the podcast? Giving you 12 additional presses to fill up your summer and fall TBRs. If you want more presses, an additional 30 will be made available to Patreon subscribers next week!. Join us over at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast ! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your laundry detergent, if you recently got obsessed with switching up your laundry game) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 2:50 - Reflecting on Season 4 3:50 - Season 4: Episode 21  4:19 - Season 4: Episode 26  4:31 - Season 4: Episode 34 4:39 - Season 4: Episode 25 5:29 - Season 4: Episode 1 5:33 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 5:40 - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 6:13 - Season 4: Episode 37 (the rainbow shelves episode) 6:53 - Season 4: Episode 26  7:12 - Season 4: Episode 42 w/Kenda Adachi 8:21 - Currently Reading Patreon 17:54 - Email us your suggestions for cap segments at currentlypodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @currentlyreadingpodcast 18:39 - Currently Reading Patreon 19:23 - Listener Presses Part Two 19:34 - Lacy Eye by Jessica Treadway (Pressed by Beth) 23:31 - The Rent Collector by Camron Wright (Pressed by Mic) 26:49 - Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (Pressed by Francis) 30:08 - Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (Pressed by Nicole) 30:45 - El Deafo by Cece Bell 30:46 - When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson 30:49 - New Kid by Jerry Craft 32:56 - Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Pressed by Katie) 34:37 - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots 34:30 - An Unlikely Story  35:01 - The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson (Pressed by Amanda) 36:38 - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 36:39 - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin 36:40 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 37:52 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) 38:04 - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey 38:21 - Beach Music by Pat Conroy (Pressed by Tiffany) 38:25 - Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy 40:08 - Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 41:24 - Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (Pressed by Avery) 44:38 - Afterlife by Julia Alvarez (Pressed by Amy) 46:22 - The Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry (Pressed by Michele) 48:13 - Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 48:40 - The Diddakoi by Rumor Godden (Pressed by Mary Faith, amazon link) 51:24 - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Pressed by Madeline) 53:14 - Currently Reading Patreon Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram Roxanna is @roxannatheplanner on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast and www.zazzle.com/store/currentlyreading

This month Jennifer and Waubgeshig are joined by Ry Moran, the Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation at the University of Victoria to talk about Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. Published in 2020, the novel follows five residential school survivors from their detention in the institutions into their adulthood, as they embark to heal from the trauma of their experiences. The book has won several awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and CBC's Canada Reads. National Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419More on Five Little Indians:https://www.harpercollins.ca/9781443459181/five-little-indians/More on Ry Moran:Ry Moran is Canada's inaugural Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation at the University of Victoria. Ry's role within UVic Libraries' focuses on building and sustaining relationships to introduce Indigenous approaches and knowledge into the daily work of the Libraries and more broadly across the campus community.  In so doing, Ry plays an active role in advancing UVic's strategic goal of being a globally recognized leader in areas of reconciliation.Ry came to this position from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) hosted by the University of Manitoba.  As the founding director, Ry guided the creation of the NCTR from its inception.  Along the way, Ry contributed to major national initiatives such as the creation of the National Student Memorial Register, designation of multiple residential schools as national historical sites, development and launch of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, and a major educational broadcast which reached over three million Canadians.Prior to the NCTR, Ry served with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). On the TRC's behalf, he facilitated the gathering of nearly 7,000 video/audio-recorded statements of former residential school students and millions of pages archival records.Ry's life-long passion for the arts and music continues to be an important part of his life as he continues to write and produce original music.Ry is a distinguished alumni of the University of Victoria and was awarded a Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General. Ry is a proud member of the Red River Métis.

Five Little Indians author Michelle Good and her Canada Reads champion Christian Allaire reflect on winning the top spot in this year's battle of the books. Canadian punk rockers Zack Mykula and Stefan Babcock of PUP discuss the band's latest album, The Unravelling of PUPtheband, and what pushed them to the brink. Pachinko creator and executive producer Soo Hugh talks about adapting Min Jin Lee's bestselling novel of the same name and why the project was so personal for her.

For some secondary students... focusing on school work has been difficult in the face of the many life challenges during Covid. We spoke with an education expert about how to support teens who may have missed out on learning during the pandemic. Summer feels a long way off right now....but many of us are already looking ahead to the warmest months and making travel plans. With rising inflation and high gas prices on the minds of many consumers, we got some tips on how to vacation without breaking the bank. Day three of Canada Reads is here! Two titles have been voted out…and three are still in the running to be named the ‘one book to connect us.' We spoke with Ojibwe journalist Christian Allaire about why the novel Five Little Indians is the book to beat. Peterborough is expecting at least 70 Ukrainians to the area -- according to the New Canadian Centre. It's fundraising to help support those displaced once they arrive. The slow return to in-person office work has begun -- and with it, some uncertainty around navigating etiquette, now that most restrictions have lifted.

In this introduction to the novel Five Little Indians, discover what the book is about and why Ojibway author and fashion writer Christian Allaire chose it for Canada Reads 2022.

CBC's Canada Reads is an annual literary event Port Moody Public Library staff and patrons look forward to every year. In this episode, Corene, Fiona, Gabriel, and Virginia each champions one of the 2022 contenders to be the "one book to connect us"...all (a very LOTR sounding theme?) Books mentioned in this episode: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good, Life In the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller, What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad, and Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. (There are only four of us so we weren't able to talk about Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

5 librarians debate the merits of this year's 2022 Canada Reads! Books: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, Five Little Indians by Michelle Good, Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller, Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez and What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad See who wins! (and cast your own vote in the comments)

Arthur creator and author Marc Brown shares how his bestselling books evolved into television's longest-running animated show for kids. Vogue writer and Canada Reads panellist Christian Allaire talks about defending Michelle Good's Five Little Indians in this year's battle of the books. Singer-songwriter Faiza introduces us to her brand new single, Benchmark. Author Catherine Hernandez talks about bringing her debut novel, Scarborough, to the big screen. Actor and playwright Haley McGee discusses her one-woman show, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale, in which she reassesses the worth of gifts she's received from past boyfriends.

Michelle Good on Five Little Indians, G.A. Grisenthwaite on Home Waltz and Treasa Levasseur reviews Cedar Bowers' Astra, and more.

Rebecca and Tara predict their winners for the 2022 CBC's Canada Reads competition!  Because all five titles are so strong, they both cheated and picked two titles out of the shortlist options below: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (defender Christian Allaire) Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller (defender Suzanne Simard) Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez (defender Malia Baker) Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (defender Mark Tewksbury) What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad (defender Tareq Hadhad) Rebecca also announces an exciting author interview coming up in late February!!  

Rebecca and Tara share their shortlist predictions from CBC's Canada Reads longlist. Tara's picks: Driven by Marcello Di Cintio Satellite Love by Genki Ferguson Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad  Rebecca's picks: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Müller We Two Alone by Jack Wang Rebecca also mentions 2019 Canada Reads contender Brother by David Chariandy.    

The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves near residential schools across the country has re-launched a national conversation on the word "genocide" and why politicians tread lightly around it. In this episode, Pippa and Karina talk to award-winning novelist, lawyer, and activist Michelle Good (Five Little Indians) about the legal definition of genocide and the power behind the word. This episode deals with topics that may cause trauma invoked by memories of past abuse. If you're a former residential school student, you can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-Hour National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. Did you live near a residential school? This interactive map from the CBC will let you find out. Just plug in a year and your address, and you'll see the closest residential school and its years of operation. We also recommend another interactive map, Native-Land.ca, which allows settlers to educate themselves on whose territorial land they are living on. Huge thanks to our guest Michelle Good, whose Governor General–winning novel Five Little Indians is available at bookstores everywhere. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this bonus episode of the KWL Podcast, we are honoured to share a conversation between Kobo's Diversity and Inclusion committee, led by Alyssa Andino, and Kobo Emerging Writer Prize winner Michelle Good. During this conversation, Michelle speaks to us about the writing and research process behind her award winning novel Five Little Indians, a story about five survivors of residential schools in Canada, and the long lasting impact the residential school system has had on the Indigenous community. Michelle also speaks to us about finding joy and healing within her community and she shares resources for those who want to learn more and become a better ally to the Indigenous community. She also tells us what changes she has already seen that give her hope for the future. Learn more about this episode

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Michelle Good's debut novel,"Five Little Indians" won the Governor General's Award, The Writers Trust Fiction Prize and the Amazon First Novel Award. It's an intimate, chilling and sometimes disturbing story about five residential school survivors. The interview was recorded live on stage at this summer's Writers at Woody Point Literary Festival in the unceded, traditional territory of the Beothuk and the Mi'kmaq. *A warning that some may find the content of this program disturbing.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Michelle Good, author of Five Little Indians which is a finalist for the 2021 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the 2021 Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes. Michelle talks about what it means to be an emerging writer and how she developed the characters in her novel. ABOUT MICHELLE GOOD: Michelle Good is a writer of Cree ancestry and a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. She obtained her law degree after three decades of working with indigenous communities and organizations. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC, while still practising law, and won the HarperCollins/UBC Prize in 2018. Her poems, short stories and essays have been published in magazines and anthologies across Canada. Michelle Good lives and writes in south central British Columbia. ABOUT MEGAN COLE: Megan Cole the Director of Audience Development for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. She is also a writer based on the territory of the Tla'amin Nation. Megan writes creative nonfiction and has had essays published in The Puritan, Untethered, Invisible publishing's invisiblog, This Magazine and more. She has her MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of King's College and is working her first book titled Head Over Feet: The Lasting Heartache of First Loves. Find out more about Megan at megancolewriter.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

Shauna and Rebecca are excited to have Tara back as a guest reviewer and equally happy that she has agreed to participate in future podcasts!  The books by Native American and Indigenous authors discussed include: Shauna: Strangers (the first book in The Reckoner Series) by David Alexander Robertson  Tara: Sugar Falls by David Alexander Robertson; 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin by Thomas King; Five Little Indians by Michelle Good; Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Rebecca: Raven Makes the Aleutians: Adapted from a Traditional Native Story, illustrated by Janine Gibbons; There There by Tommy Orange; Elatsoe by Darcie LIttle Badger CBC Books: "21 books for kids and young adults to read for National Indigenous History Month" Follow #CRASReadNAtive21 for recommendations! 

Why it's time for a collective action against what happened at the residential schools A time to raise your voices. Guest - Michelle Good - Author of “Five Little Indians,” a novel about the survivors of residential schools and the effects of their experiences on generations  Political commentator Warren Kinsella explains how the residential school graves could impact next election Does it have any bearing on the next election? Guest - Warren Kinsella - Regular commentator on the Charles Adler Tonight; a lawyer; and an instructor  Should we be launching a criminal court investigation into mass grave sites of Indigenous children? Here are some possibilities. Guest - Sandy Garossino - Writer; former trial lawyer; and columnist for the National Observer  Black Canadians react to Derek Chauvin's sentencing Hear the reaction from Black Lives Matter Canada. Guest - Sandra Hudson - Co-founder of Black Lives Matter - Canada Subscribe to the Charles Adler Tonight podcast to hear more: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/135/charles-adler-tonight/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Good took 9 years to write Five Little Indians. As a member of the Cree nation, she had first-hand knowledge of the experiences of those who had been sent to Canada's residential schools. She wanted her novel to answer two questions: what happens when the children are released and how do they function in the world. She answers both of those with an emotional, thought provoking novel. Buy Five Little Indians here. Learn more about Michelle. For more episodes, visit www.danagoldstein.ca To inquire about being a guest, contact Dana.

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This episode features Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm in conversation with Michelle Good about her new novel, Five Little Indians. The annual Orange Shirt Day on September 30th opens the door to global conversation on all aspects of Residential Schools. It is an opportunity to create meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential Schools and the legacy they have left behind. A discussion all Canadians can tune into and create bridges with each other for reconciliation. Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential school, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie are barely out of childhood when they are finally released after years of detention. With compassion and insight, Five Little Indians by Michelle Good chronicles the desperate quest of these residential school survivors to come to terms with their past and, ultimately, find a way forward. A limited number of signed books are available from our friends at Perfect Books. The Ottawa International Writers Festival is supported by generous individuals like you. Please consider subscribing to our newsletter and making a donation to support our programming and children's literacy initiatives.