Episode 096: The Postcard

About this episode

The episode discusses 'The Postcard' by Anne Berest and includes various book recommendations and cultural insights.

Welcome Dear Readers. This month we are discussing The Postcard by Anne Berest You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We are 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 The Ghetto Within by Santiago Amigorena TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK (OR THING) WE MIGHT LIKE! Toby: Zone of Interest (2023 film based on the novel by Martin Amis ) Trevor: Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky Dennis: Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS Toby: defenestration Trevor: chain mail and chain mail Dennis: Holocaust Next month we will be discussing The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Thank you to everyone who read The Postcard 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…

Topics covered

• book discussion
• literature
• author insights
• cultural context
• reading recommendations

Keywords

• The Postcard
• Anne Berest
• book club
• literature
• reading recommendations
• Winnipeg Public Library
• cultural context

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Winnipeg Public Library

Books & works: The Postcard, The Ghetto Within, Zone of Interest, Suite Francais, Maus: A Survivor's Tale, The Silmarillion

Places: Winnipeg, Treaty One Territory, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, Treaty Three Territory, Canada

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