Author Heather O'Neill, Children's Coordinator Kennedy Rooke, and staff member Arizona O'Neill recommend books live on CBC Radio Noon! First and foremost, they mentioned that Librairie D+Q's online store is still open and that we can ship books to you!  

Heather O'Neill started off by recommending her favourite poem of all time, Charles Simic, who grew up in war torn Europe. Although he witnessed so much misery, cruelty, and societal upheaval, Simic is still able to find tremendous beauty in the world. 

Arizona then reccomended about Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing! It is a philosophical book about doing nothing. Our attention is driven by the news cycle and social media. This book advocates for being able to do nothing, and resist the attention economy, as a mode of survival. 

Children's Coordinator Kennedy Rooke then recommended My Best Friend by Jillian Tamaki and Julie Fogliano as THE picture book to read right now. 

For an amazing book for teens, Kennedy recommends Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. It is a book that "thinks about community and collective responsibility, which I think is really important for our moment." 

Host Shawn Apel then asked Kennedy if they have been able to find time to read themselves, as they sound busy! Kennedy replied that yes, they are always reading. The book they are reading currently and highly recommend is Kai Cheng Thom's I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World!