Welcome to our third and final Castle Minisode! This wraps up our first season, so tune in to get your final fix of castles before we move on to season 2! (Spoiler: this minisode has literally nothing to do with castles.)This past autumn we had the pleasure of traveling to The Book Drunkard Literary Festival … Continue reading Castle Minisode 3: The Book Drunkard Festival’s Nod to Maud
For this episode, we are diverting a wee bit from books and authors to give a shout out to Studio Ghibli. This Japanese film production company is a maker of beautiful, whimsical movies that are pure delight.As we mentioned in our Howl's Moving Castle episode, that book was adapted by Studio Ghibli into a film … Continue reading Castle Minisode 2: Studio Ghibli
Hello, folks! After a little break over the winter holidays, we are baaack!To tide you over until our Season 2 debut, we humbly offer the first of three minisodes, which will be released weekly for the next three Wednesdays. These are all mini-episodes that tie, in one way or another, into the books from our … Continue reading Castle Minisode 1: Isabella Valancy Crawford
Well folks, buckle in for an extra-long, extra-rambling episode! We get pretty engrossed in our discussion of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and TBQH, our bowl of prompts kinda goes out the window.But fear not! Well, fear a little. Shirley Jackson is, after all, the goddess of terror. This is a … Continue reading S1 Ep 4: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Episode 3 is a deep dive into Dodie Smith's classic coming-of-age story, I Capture the Castle.Full of summery vibes, starry nights, and swan-filled moats, this novel is bursting with charm. Its witty and insightful narrator, Cassandra, is just one of a brilliant cast of characters who manage to be both hilariously eccentric and utterly believable.Spoilers … Continue reading S1 Ep 3: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Episode 2 carries on with some fairy tale motifs, as we explore another favourite: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Some people may know this title because of the Studio Ghibli animated film of the same name, but trust us—watching the film is no substitute for reading this fantastic book.As always, spoiler warning! Read … Continue reading S1 Ep 2: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
To kick off the podcast, we dive into an old favourite of ours--The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery.If you haven't read this enchanting, fable-esque story that is a love song to Muskoka (as well as a love song to love itself), then we highly, highly recommend that you drop everything and rush out to … Continue reading S1 Ep 1: The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
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