We’re starting with something different this week. Off the top you’ll hear the voice of NASRA, an artist, poet, and producer in Edmonton, which was recorded live back in February. Listen up.

The guests on this episode are the founders of Glass Bookshop: Jason Purcell and Matthew Stepanic. In this chat we cover what they wanted to achieve in opening a bookstore, what it means to hold space when physical space is not a feasible option, and what you should be reading and doing to support Black artists now.

The events of the past days must be followed with continued action. Anti-Black racism is a terrible reality, and it is not spoken about enough, especially in white communities. Now is the time to listen, to educate yourself, and to take action.Here’s the reading list discussed on the show (buy them here): A God Dance in Human Cloth by NASRAThis is How We Disappear by Titilope SonugaAn Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne BrandIn the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina SharpePolicing Black Lives by Robyn MaynardThe Skin We’re In by Desmond ColeSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoIndigenous Rights by Chelsea VowelFifteen Dogs and Days By Moonlight by Andre Alexis

LinksGlassbookshop.comGlass Bookshop’s Reading & ResourcesBlack Voices Podcast PlaylistAPN’s From the Archive: Listening for our TimeWhat’s The Tsismis? episode with Gina PuntilSterling Awards Nominations full list

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