Claudia is a local (Vancouver) business owner, entrepreneur, community leader, and all round wonderful, fun and caring friend to many. She is also a big reader and shared with me the long impressive list of books she's read with her book club -- but we also delved into some of the many more books she reads and enjoys beyond that list. We followed a…

Host of Vancouver Co-op Radio show Why a Duck? (that features classical and jazz music and lighthearted conversation), Kerry Regier, joined me for a book conversation on October 13. My apologies for some uneven audio levels on this recording. Here's what and who we mentioned: Poems of Miroslav Holub, Czech poet and immunologist. Kerry read his poem…

Do you struggle to read? Is it hard to be a reader these days? Join me for a short check-in about my thoughts of the struggle to do quality reading with a busy life, in a time of many distractions. But fear not: reading can still help you out. Books I mention are: The Wedding People by Alison Espach The Husbands by Holly Gramazio Margo's got Money …

I had a fun but brief conversation with my good friend and book lover John Vekar on a warm summer evening, focused on the book Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. This is definitely a part-one of our conversation. Other books mentioned: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Ordinary Monsters by JM Miro This Summer Will be Different and Meet me at …

(Title reference to short story writer Raymond Carver and his story collection, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Haruki Murakami’s play on that in his memoir What I Talk About When I Talk About Running). Books mentioned: Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane Holly, Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and The Outsider by Stephen King The Inter…

This was such a fun conversation on a hot summer day with a deep dive into the lure of Irish writing, the need to prune what we read to find what's next (with Karen’s own special formula for choosing what to keep reading), and a bit of an examination of the joy of the reading experience. Here are the books and authors we mention: A Prayer for Owen …

Fiona Jackson shares her conversation with Nena Rawdah of East Vancouver's Cross & Crows bookstore and a few updates on her latest reads and whats on her next up TBR list. Books mentioned on the show include: All the works of Jane Austen Shakespeare's play: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello and The Taming of the Shrew Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem, "Pi…

It's me again with a book report (I did my homework and read Prophet Song!), an update on all my other reads, reflections on reading podcasts I love, and a promise for my conversations! Here are the books I mention: Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch The Maniac, by Benjamin Labatut Who also wrote the amazing When we cease to understand the world — recomme…

Welcome back to this solo session where I chat with you about a few highlights from my 60+ books read since January (plus a few from before). Books mentioned: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Yours Truly and Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake The Hazard and Somerset…

Welcome to Bookmarkable: adventures in reading. Thank you for joining this podcast journey of discovery into the expanding universe of books. This episode - a conversation with Lorraine Smith - was recorded September 8, 2023. Here are the books we discussed or mentioned: A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill …