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Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

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1 month ago

Send us a text This episode wraps up my series featuring the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I sit down with two children’s book authors, a YA author, and an anthology author for a wide-ranging conversation about cats, creativity, and the power of books to make us feel less alone. I also share the origin story of the Red Fern Book Review name and discover how early reading experiences sparked a lifelong love of storytelling in each of us. Books discussed: awfully hilarious: period piec...

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Send us a text This episode wraps up my series featuring the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I sit down with two children’s book authors, a YA author, and an anthology author for a wide-ranging conversation about cats, creativity, and the power of books to make us feel less alone. I also share the origin story of the Red Fern Book Review name and discover how early reading experiences sparked a lifelong love of storytelling in each of us. Books discussed: awfully hilarious: period piec...

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Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 4: Heather Hendrie, Trista Lundquist, Sherry McMillan and P.S. Whatever

Send us a text This episode wraps up my series featuring the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award winners. I sit down with two children’s book authors, a YA author, and an anthology author for a wide-ranging conversation about cats, creativity, and the power of books to make us feel less alone. I also share the origin story of the Red Fern Book Review name and discover how early reading experiences sparked a lifelong love of storytelling in each of us. Books discussed: awfully hilarious: period piec...

2 months ago

51 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 3: Evie Alexander, Susan Jane Wright, Susan Wadds and Jayson Adams

Send us a text I had the chance to talk with four of the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award Winner about the writing and publishing process. We talk titles, character development and backstory. Each of the authors has written in a different genre, which made for a compelling discussion. Our conversation was far-reaching—from sex parties and trips to Mars to roadkill and stately homes. Books discussed: Love Ad Lib by Evie Alexander Fortune Favors the Dead by Susan Jane Wright What the Living Do by ...

3 months ago

39 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Summer Reading 2025 with Tall Mike

Send us a text I was thrilled to join The TallMikeWine Podcast for the third time to talk about two of my favourite things: reading and wine! We chatted about perfect summer reads, and I even got a mini wine education—turns out there's more to wine than just red and white. Ever heard of orange wine? Tune in for book recs, wine talk, and lots of laughs. Wines discussed: 2024 Saintly, The Good Rose , British Columbia 2020 Tolaini Cabernet Sauvignon, "Legit", IGT Toscana Books discussed: The Wed...

3 months ago

56 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Canadian Book Club Awards Winners Part 2: Ignacio Cafone

Send us a text Oxford Professor of Law and AI Regulation Ignacio Cofone joins the podcast to talk about his book The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy. Ignacio is a 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards Winner in the Non-Fiction/Education category. He talks about what we need to think about when we sign data consent forms and convinces me that computers are not overtaking the world anytime soon. Books discussed: The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Ec...

4 months ago

20 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Canadian Book Club Award Winners Part 1: Ben Sporer, Jane Enright and Kelly S. Thompson

Send us a text I had the opportunity to sit down with three recipients of The Canadian Book Club Awards and discuss vulnerability and accessibility in writing as well as explore what it means to be a Canadian author. This episode is part of a four part series on The 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards that will run throughout the summer. Books discussed: Output by Ben Sporer Jane's Jam by Jane Enright Still I Cannot Save You by Kelly S. Thompson About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's ...

4 months ago

40 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Until Even the Angels

Send us a text Friend and first time author Suzanne Scott Tomita joins the podcast to discuss her debut novel Until Even the Angels. Her book is the story of Mei Mei Goh, a domestic servant to the wealthy Hamilton family, and her unlikely friendship with her young mistress, Honour Hamilton, and the teenage gardner, Pashunath Roy. Set in 1950s Singapore and contemporary London, Until Even the Angels is part mystery, historical fiction, social commentary. Suzanne has a PhD in Education fr...

7 months ago

38 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Holiday Gift Ideas 2024

Send us a text Fellow book nerd and special projects manager for Book Warehouse, Mary-Ann Yazedijan, joins the podcast to talk about her top reads for the holiday season. We discuss books new and old for holiday gift giving or your own TBR list. Books discussed: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny Intermezzo by Sally Rooney The Life Impossible by Matt Haig The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Borrowed Life ...

11 months ago

39 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

The Mystery Queens

Send us a text I drop by the recent Vancouver Writers Festival event and share insights on a panel discussion with three authors who specialize in writing about subterfuge and deceit. Ann Cleeves is a British mystery novelist known for perfecting the police procedural. Beverley McLachlin is the former chief justice of Canada who now pens legal thrillers and Nita Prose has is the master of the comedic, locked room mystery. Book discussed: The Long Call by Ann Cleeves The Dark Wives by Ann Cle...

11 months ago

28 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

What to Read Fall 2024

Send us a text Book blogger Susan Matheson stops by the podcast to share her top picks for the fall season. Books discussed: Apeirogon by Colum McCann The Trade Off by Samantha Green Woodruff Absolution by Alice McDermott Time of the Child by Niall Williams The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen Big in Sweden by Sally Franson Follow Bedside Table Books: Instagram: @bedside_table_books Website: https://bedsidetablebooks.com/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to...

1 year ago

34 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Be Ready When Luck Happens and Connie

Send us a text I discuss two hot memoirs of the fall season: Be Ready When Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten and Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung. Both trace the trajectory of two strong, independent women who came of age during the 1960s and are leaders in their respective fields. Ina Garten is an American television cook author while Connie Chung is an American journalist who has been a news anchor and reporter for ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC. Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and ...

1 year ago

27 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

The Other Valley

Send us a text Debut novelist Scott Alexander Howard drops by the podcast to discuss his eerie literary work, The Other Valley. We discuss Ferrante, Atwood and the story behind the term speculative fiction. The Other Valley tells the story of Odile, an awkward, quiet girl, vying for a coveted seat on the Conseil. If she earns a spot, she'll decide who may cross her town's heavily guarded border into the next valley over. There, it is the same valley and same town, but to the east, the town is...

1 year ago

48 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

The New York Times Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

Send us a text The New York Times has released their Top 100 Books of the 21st Century so far. I discuss. Book discussed: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishuguro The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 2666 by Roberto Bolano The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen The Known World by Edward P. Jones Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel The Warm of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Tomorrow, and Tom...

1 year ago

30 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

What to Read Summer 2024

Send us a text Book blogger Susan Matheson is back with her picks for summer reading and I have a new name! Books discussed: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier Sandwich by Catherine Newman Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes You Are Here by David Nicholls Anxious People by Fredrik Backman The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard Follow Bedside Table Books: Instagram: @bedside_table_books Website: https://bedsidetablebooks.com/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https:...

1 year ago

34 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Summer Reading with Tall Mike

Send us a text Hi Red Fern Listeners! I was recently lucky enough to be a return guest on The TallMikeWine Podcast and I wanted to share the episode with you. We discuss summer reading and red wine. Mike is a self-professed wine geek who creates fun, relatable conversations around wine. And did I mention that he is a former disc jockey? Books discussed: Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand Long Island by Colm Toibin The Women by Kristin Hannah Wine discussed: 2021 Librandi "Se...

1 year ago

41 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Wellness and The Bee Sting

Send us a text I dive into two very long books that are also worth the investment. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray tells the story of a contemporary Irish family that has fallen on hard times and is full of secrets. Contemporary family saga Wellness by Nathan Hill is set in the suburbs of Chicago an explores the malaise of middle age marriage. It is also a send up on our preoccupation with the wellness industry. Both books have deep character backstories and are considered tragicomic novels. ...

1 year ago

30 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Asking for a Friend and Holiday Gift Giving Recommendations.

Send us a text Book Blogger and author Kerry Clare joins the podcast to discuss her new book Asking for a Friend. It is a novel about intense female friendship and how key relationships created in our youth endure or break apart. We also chat about her blog Pickle Me This and her role as editor of the book recommendation site 49th Shelf. We wrap up with five hot books perfect for all the people on your holiday gift giving list. Follow Kerry: Instagram: @kerryreads Blog: Pickle Me This Boo...

1 year ago

45 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Anna Kloots and My Own Magic

Send us a text Lifestyle Instagrammer and best selling author Anna Kloots joins the podcast to discuss her new memoir My Own Magic. She talks about new beginnings in the face of divorce, her love of pumpkin pie, and of course, how to make your own magic. Follow Anna: Instagram: @annakloots Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: htt...

1 year ago

46 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

The Five-Star Weekend, Tom Lake and Truth & Beauty

Send us a text A discussion of Ann Patchett's latest novel Tom Lake as well her memoir Truth & Beauty about her deep friendship with writer Lucy Grealy. Elin Hilderbrand's latest novel, The Five-Star Weekend, is also discussed. Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

2 years ago

29 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Mountain Runaways

Send us a text Award-winning Young Adult fiction novelist Pam Withers stops by the podcast to discuss her latest book Mountain Runaways. This fast-paced novel tells the story of the three kids, Jon, Korka and Aron, who lose their parents in an avalanche and decide to run away into the mountains and fend for themselves until the oldest sibling, Jon, turns 18 and can become their legal guardian. They have to deal with illness, injury, wild animals and each other. Pam talks about why YA fiction...

2 years ago

25 minutes

Red Fern Book Review by Amy Tyler

Fall Reads 2023 with Susan Matheson

Send us a text Book blogger Susan Matheson returns to the podcast with her line up of must have fall reads. We also discuss a book that we both disagreed upon: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Susan's Top Picks for Fall 2023 The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok The Class by Ken Dryden A New Season by Terry Fallis The Golden Gate by Amy Chua A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road by Darryl Jones Talking at Night by Claire Deverley Follow Bedside Table Books: Instagram: @bedside_table_books Website...

2 years ago

43 minutes