Time to Read: a podcast book club

Episode 067: The Thursday Murder Club

Time to Read: a podcast book club

Show Notes

Welcome, mystery lovers, to our latest episode where we discuss Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. 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 Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper I am Homeless if this is not my Homeby Lorrie Moore The Donkey Sanctuary (in Dorset) TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE Toby: Taskmaster Game Show Trevor: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten Dennis: The Mrs Polifax Mysteries by Dorothy Gilman and By Book or by Crook by Eva Gates NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: grass (British Slang) Trevor: asinine Dennis: subvocal oscillations Next month we will be discussing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Thank you to everyone who read The Thursday Murder Club with us and for those who left comments on our social media. We always love hearing from you! Join our Facebook group, or follow Winnipeg Public Library on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Email us at [email protected] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca.

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