Episode 068: Half of a Yellow Sun

Time to Read: a podcast book club

Welcome, Dear Readers, to our latest episode where we discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.

You are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club. We are recording today from the Millennium Library, 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

Nigerian Proverbs

Journeys of Simplicity

EDC

Ellery Queen

We should all be feminists (Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

Biafra

TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER BOOK WE MIGHT LIKE

Toby: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Trevor: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Dennis: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Toby and Dennis: “High Life” (musical genre)

Trevor: Shrapnel

Next month we will be discussing Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

Thank you to everyone who read Half of a Yellow Sun 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. Email us at [e-mail] with suggestions, comments, and questions. Visit us at wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Trevor Lockhart, and Dennis Penner.