A queer Canadian male reader, back home in Saskatoon after more than a decade in Tokyo.

Friday Reads: Some beautiful punches to the heart
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Friday Reads: Some beautiful punches to the heart
Two queer novels, one epigraph: a conversation with novelists Rose Ruane and Christopher Diraddo
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Two queer novels, one epigraph: a conversation with novelists Rose Ruane and Christopher Diraddo
Friday Reads: Two characters – one loveable, the other, um, not so much
41:49
Friday Reads: Two characters – one loveable, the other, um, not so much
Zooming In: You say ‘bail,’ I say ‘DNF’ ... let’s call the whole book off! – a splendid colloquy
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Zooming In: You say ‘bail,’ I say ‘DNF’ ... let’s call the whole book off! – a splendid colloquy
Friday Reads: Tilting towards astonishment
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Friday Reads: Tilting towards astonishment
A hidden gem of a novel about an elderly Canadian woman in Tokyo: Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
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A hidden gem of a novel about an elderly Canadian woman in Tokyo: Ivy's Tree by Wendy Burton
A pretty darned queer Friday Reads -  if I do say so myself
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A pretty darned queer Friday Reads -  if I do say so myself
Robin and Shawn chat about Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
27:41
Robin and Shawn chat about Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym
Scottish novelist Allan Radcliffe tells Shawn why he must finally read Elizabeth Strout
6:50
Scottish novelist Allan Radcliffe tells Shawn why he must finally read Elizabeth Strout
Friday Reads: My book of the year - and other lovely bookish topics
43:08
Friday Reads: My book of the year - and other lovely bookish topics
Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn report back on their 2nd annual novella reading project
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Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn report back on their 2nd annual novella reading project
Friday Reads: From news junkie to…Booker junkie?
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Friday Reads: From news junkie to…Booker junkie?
Zooming In: The right time or anytime? - Stella & Shawn on moods and reading
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Zooming In: The right time or anytime? - Stella & Shawn on moods and reading
Book Haul
31:02
Book Haul
Friday Reads: In search of respair
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Friday Reads: In search of respair
Melanie and Shawn on whether Held by Anne Michaels held together
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Melanie and Shawn on whether Held by Anne Michaels held together
Friday Reads: “It knocked my freaking socks off”
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Friday Reads: “It knocked my freaking socks off”
Zooming In: Good riddance or sweet sorrow? - Scott and Shawn on getting rid of books
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Zooming In: Good riddance or sweet sorrow? - Scott and Shawn on getting rid of books
Irish Novelists Cauvery Madhavan on The Inheritance and Rónán Hession on Ghost Mountain
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Irish Novelists Cauvery Madhavan on The Inheritance and Rónán Hession on Ghost Mountain
Saturday Reads: Biblioadventures, bookish accessories, and a not-so-well-HELD-together novel
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Saturday Reads: Biblioadventures, bookish accessories, and a not-so-well-HELD-together novel
From high brow to low brow: Adam and Shawn talk books (the unexpurgated version)
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From high brow to low brow: Adam and Shawn talk books (the unexpurgated version)
Friday Reads: Light and darkness
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Friday Reads: Light and darkness
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode
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Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode
Shawn’s reading project in homage to Mikiko 👸👸
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Shawn’s reading project in homage to Mikiko 👸👸
Book Haul
12:36
Book Haul
Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives
41:51
Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
48:34
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in
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Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in
Sharon and Shawn talk books
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Sharon and Shawn talk books
Friday Reads: An imperfect reading, a weird point-of-view, and an audiobook pet peeve
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Friday Reads: An imperfect reading, a weird point-of-view, and an audiobook pet peeve