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Send us Fan Mail Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho joins the podcast to talk about her bestselling memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street. Born in Taiwan, Wiley moved to Canada with her family when she was nine. At age 12, Wiley and her siblings were left behind while her parents returned to Taiwan to work. We talk about neighbourhood haunts, Duran Duran, and the liminal spaces between places, cultures, languages, identities and selves.  Follow Wiley: Website: wileyweichiunho.com Instagram: @howiley 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

Send us Fan Mail I had the privilege of joining Mike Stone for the 100th episode of The TallMikeWine Podcast. We chatted about summer reading and wine, and I even learned a thing or two about the German metal band Scorpions. Mike also taught me how rosé is made. Pour yourself a glass and sip along! Books discussed: Land by Maggie O’Farrell Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Salt, Sweat & Steam by Bridgid Washington Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Whistler by Ann Patchett Wines Discussed This Episode: 2023 Gerard Bertrand Cote Des Roses, Languedoc 2023 Rivera Pungirosa Bombino Nero, Castel Del Monte Follow Mike Stone: Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1435309 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallmikewine/ 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

Send us Fan Mail The Red Fern Book Review is back! We begin with a look at the Japanese cult favourite Butter by Asako Yuzuki. It is a sharp, unsettling novel that explores appetite, obsession, and the cultural weight of food and femininity. We then turn to my personal favourite book of 2025, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans—a quietly powerful and deeply moving epistolary novel about connection, memory, and the surprising intimacy of written words. Also featured in this episode: The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie ChangThe House of Belonging by David WhyteFollow 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 pieces by Heather Hendrie The Quiet Limit by Trista Lundquist My S's Are Messes by Sherry McMillan Secrets of the Under-Under World: Water by P.S. Whatever About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow Heather: Website: https://awfullyhilarious.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awfullyhilarious Follow Trista: Website: https://www.tristalundquist.ca/#/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/by.tristalundquist/ Follow Sherry: Website: https://sherrymcmillan.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherry_mcmillan_writes/ Follow P.S. Whatever: Website: https://www.underunderworld.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/underunderworldbooks/?hl=en 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Susan E. Wadds Ares by Jayson Adams About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow the Authors: Evie Alexander Website: eviealexanderauthor.com Instagram: @eviealexanderauthor Susan Jane Wright Website: susanjanewright.ca Instagram: @susanjjwright Susan E. Wadds Website: writeyourwayin.ca Jayson Adams Website: jaysonadams.com 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Wedding People by Alison Espach Table for Two by Amor Towles Real Americans by Rachel Khong Fortune Favors the Dead by Susan Jane Wright Podcasts discussed: Monica Lewinsky - Reclaiming Fail Better with David Duchovny Follow Mike Stone: Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1435309 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tallmikewine/ Follow Red Fern Book Review: Website and to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Economy About The Canadian Book Club Awards: Canada's largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow Ignacio: ignaciocofone.com 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 largest reader's choice awards Open to all authors, regardless of publishing type (self published, hybrid, traditional)Readers just want good books!Submissions for the 2025 awards are open Sign up to be a verified reader and help select 2025 finalists books Follow the Canadian Book Club Awards: Instagram: @thecanadianbookclubawards Website: canadianbookclubawards.ca Follow Ben:  Instagram: @outputbook Follow Jane: Instagram: @janeenright.author Website: janeenrightauthor.com Follow Kelly: Instagram: @kellysthompsonwriter Website: kellysthompson.com 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 from the University of British Columbia and completed The Writer's Studio Creative WRiting Certificate at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. She was born in Tunisia and raised in Venezuela, Germany, Indonesia, Canada and Australia. Her writing inclues personal essays on the topics of motherhood, mid-life and marriage, home and belonging. 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 of Frederick Fife: A Novel  by Anna Johnston Follow Book Warehouse: Instagram: @bookwarehousevancouver Website: https://blackbondbooks.com/ 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Cleeves The Maid by Nita Prose The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose  Proof by Beverley McLachlin 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

Send us Fan Mail 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 to leave a voicemail: https://www.redfernbookreview.com Instagram: @redfernbookreview Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/ Newsletter: https://www.redfernbookreview.com/newsletter

Send us Fan Mail 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 20 years ahead in time. To the west, its 20 years behind. Scott holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Toronto and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard where he studied the relationship between memory, emotion and literature. Follow Scott Alexander Howard: Website: scottalexanderhoward.com Instagram: @scottalexanderhoward.com 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

Send us Fan Mail 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 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Educated by Tara Westover Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides H is Hawk by Helen Macdonald Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen Overstory by Richard Powers There There by Tommy Orange American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell Devil in the White by Erik Larson Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 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