Shawn The Book Maniac
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A queer Canadian male bibliophile in Tokyo
Shawn The Book Maniac
4d ago
Irish Novelists Cauvery Madhavan on The Inheritance and Rónán Hession on Ghost Mountain Check out Cauvery and Rónán’s last joint appearance on my channel, where they recommended Irish lit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkkYopMKdOw&t=4s Books mentioned: The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SN3bvMxGsw&rank=1 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=YsH9kKsAxk&rank=1 Panenka by Rónán Hes ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
5d ago
Saturday Reads: Biblioadventures, bookish accessories, and a not-so-well-HELD-together novel Reporting from the Vancouver Writers Fest + 2 audiobooks + 2 picture books – video on Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKUqfGyqxo The week in review on my channel: From high brow to low brow: Adam and Shawn talk books (the unexpurgated version): https://youtu.be/6nZAKpL2Vww Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=75826765 IMPORTANT: See my comments about Patreon in this video ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
1w ago
From high brow to low brow: Adam and Shawn talk books (the unexpurgated version) This is the complete chat Adam and I had back in July, the first half of which was featured in my Friday Reads on August 30. If you don’t wish to watch the first part again, you can skip ahead on this video to the 24:06 mark for the second half. Adam of mementomori mementomori: https://youtube.com/@mementomoriadam?si=BVkYiZTQkj3Pd-tR Instagram and Twitter: @MementoMoriAdam The video we made when Adam visited me in Tokyo back in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyieBX72x5c &nb ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
1w ago
Friday Reads: Light and darkness The Andrew Garfield episode of the Modern Love podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/podcasts/modern-love-andrew-garfield.html The essay he read aloud, ‘Learning to Measure Time in Love and Loss’ by Chris Huntington: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/fashion/learning-to-measure-time-in-love-and-loss.html Toronto O-Noir restaurant: https://www.onoirtoronto.com/ Wafer-thin Book Club: https://waferthinbooks.com/ The week in review on my channel: Book Haul: https://youtu.be/K4GKlY_opR0 Shawn’s reading p ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
1w ago
Bite-sized Book Chats: The 74th Episode Should you wish, support me on my new Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time contribution, here is my PayPal-registered email address: shawnmooneyinjapan@gmail.com A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf Chat #1: with Robin from Delaware Follow Robin: -on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4446974-robin-r ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
2w ago
Shawn’s reading project in homage to Mikiko ?? Check out the reverse project from last year: Mikiko’s reading project: https://thetravellingeditor.blogspot.com/2023/01/reading-some-of-shawns-5-star-books.html The video, Part 1: https://youtu.be/61uy-RQTgvo?si=o7XPwmUt_QX-YkGD Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNC0kAqAPj0 Follow Mikiko on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/83358101-miki Mikiko’s blog: https://thetravellingeditor.blogspot.com Books In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Michael Brase (Translator) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8132998-in-a-grove Falling Animals ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
2w ago
Book Haul The Red Detachment of Women by Jiang Yun Mingyuan Hu & Annelise Finegan (Translators) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202159543-the-red-detachment-of-women?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20 Hermits United webpage: https://www.hermits-united.com/ Odd Girl Out by Elizabeth Jane Howard https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26831019-odd-girl-out Landbridge: life in fragments by Y-Dang Troeung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123856312-landbridge?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_7 The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52639051-the-seed-keeper?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 Cool Water by Dianne ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
2w ago
Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives *The week in review on my channel:* Sharon and Shawn Talk Books https://youtu.be/fH19_Q7CoZ0 Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in https://youtu.be/-L4swRgd22I?si=3co1KnjilVs74l7u Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards https://youtu.be/mdXA3nHNepQ Should you wish, *support me on Patreon*: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=75826765 If you don’t want to do a regular monthly thing, but would like to make a one-time cont ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
2w ago
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards #GGBooks2024 https://ggbooks.ca Lindy’s channel, Lindy’s Magpie Reads: https://youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads @nightcoyotes on Instagram Governor General Literary Awards website: https://ggbooks.ca Books discussed: GG Fiction finalists: The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of North America, Volume 1 by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon, published by McClelland and Stewart Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel, published by McClelland and Stewart Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, publ ..read more
Shawn The Book Maniac
3w ago
Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in What was literary fiction? by Dan Sinykin: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/what-was-literary-fiction/ The big idea: should we abolish literary genres? by Alex Clark: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/27/the-big-idea-should-we-abolish-literary-genres Zooming In is a series on my channel featuring chats with bookish social media luminaries, writers, and readers. Each short episode features a conversation about a book-related article, podcast episode, etc. The playlist of all Zooming In episodes is ..read more