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Pride Season 2025
Happy Pride Season! Corene, Sadie, and Virginia have some on-brand suggestions for your any-time-in-the-year reading to celebrate Pride. Books mentioned on this episode: My Lesbian Novel by Renee…
A Book with an Object in the Title
Eggs, shells, suits, lemon squeezer, bookmarks, pens, coffee machines... These are just some of the objects you will hear about today on our slightly unhinged podcast. Books mentioned on this…
Short Story Month
You know Virginia loves a good short story, but the others are more neutral about this format. How about you? Maybe our book choices today can convince you to give one a try? Books mentioned on this…
Asian Heritage Month 2025
Join us this May and celebrate Asian Heritage Month by exploring authors of Asian descent. There are so many wonderful voices to discover! Books mentioned on this episode: These Deadly Prophecies by…
Books that Took a Long Time to Finish
Books that took us a long time to finish. Why? We are not really sure. They were not doorstoppers, but yet, we started these books a while back and only finally managed to finish them now for this…
Books Set in British Columbia
Read local! Corene and Sadie chose a book set in British Columbia, by an author from British Columbia, for today's podcast. Books mentioned on the episode: Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True…
Anniversary Year
The books we read for today's episode are celebrating a notable anniversary in 2025, including a book about standing in line, and two books that have been made into movies (one of which Corene argues…
Most Anticipated Books of 2025 (May to August): Part 2
Identity theft, talking fox, not one but two Legendborn comparisons, eyes, heists, and more. Just some of our favourite things showing up in some upcoming releases we are looking forward to this…
Most Anticipated Books of 2025 (May to August): Part I
Get your Keep It Fictional Bingo Card ready, folks! We're going to talk about upcoming releases we are looking forward to reading in the next few months. Let's see how many of our favourite…
Snakes on the Podcast
Why did it have to be snakes, Indiana Jones? Because 2025 is the Year of the Snake, so we have dedicated this episode of Keep It Fictional to these limbless reptiles. Books mentioned on this episode:…
We Suggest Books to Emma
Our mission today is to find a book that Emma may like, even though the book is unlike anything Emma normally reads. How successful are we? Let's find out. Books mentioned on this episode: What the…
The Books That Got Away From Us
There are so many books that get published every year that there are bound to be ones that we didn't get to immediately, so today, we each picked a book published in 2024 that we meant to read but…
March is Small Press Month
Celebrate the amazing work of small and independent publishers this March with us. Pick up a book by a small press from your library. Our suggestions include: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen…
Travel the World With Us
Pack your bags and let's take a trip with the Keep It Fictional librarians to Rwanda, Jamaica, Prague, and Turkey. Books mentioned on this episode: Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga,…
Retelling of Literary Classics
Retellings seem to be having a moment these days. Do you prefer a retelling that more or less follows the original trajectory, or do you prefer one that reinvents and takes the original in a new…
Black History Month 2025
We encourage you to read books by black authors all year long. Books mentioned on this episode: The Monsters We Defy by L. Penelop, Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey, The Silence of the Choir by…
Childhood Favourites
Corene, Emma, and Sadie revisit and re-read their childhood favourite. Did these books withstand the test of time? Find out in today's episode. Books mentioned on this episode: A Series of…
Great Title! Round 2
Will a great title make you want to read a book? Let's see if any of the ones we chose for today's episode pass the test. Books mentioned on this episode: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke…
Most Anticipated Reads of 2025 (January to April): Part 2
Here are some more books we are looking forward to reading in the first quarter of 2025, including long-awaited sequels, telepathic sloths, complicated sister relationships, pawnshops and more. Books…
Most Anticipated Reads of 2025 (January to April)
2025 looks to be another great year for books. What are you excited about reading? On our list, we have heists, Minnesota, Indigenous horror, true crime, strange drawings, Nobel Prize winners (and…
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