Hey everyone! If you are looking to keep on top of your book club reading (and snagging those library copies before everyone else does!) we have the next few books picked out. 2023 November: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (available on December 1) December: French Exit by Patrick DeWitt (available on January…

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Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Carol Shields auditorium in the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands…

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This month’s book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Usually in non-fiction, the author is separate from the work, but in this book the author is a character. How you do feel about authors being part of their stories? Henrietta Lacks’ tissue was taken without her knowledge and used for research.…

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