1085 books and 9607 minutes later, we have arrived at our 200th episode of the Keep It Fictional podcast from the Port Moody Public Library. Thank you, listeners, for joining us in the past four years, and we hope we'll get to spend many more with you.

For this special 200th episode, you will not only get to hear from Corene, Emma, Sadie, and Virginia, but also from three former book friends, who have come back for a reunion! We are so thankful that they have made the time to join us for a trip down the KIF memory lane.

In Part One of our anniversary episode, we will talk about we are reading right now, in exactly 200 words in honour of our 200th episode, and take a trip down the memory lane, and of course, dive into some existential questions. Stay tuned next week for Part Two next week.

Long time listeners know that we are big, big fans of books in translation on Keep It Fictional. As September is National Translation Month, we dedicate this episode to all translators and publishers that specialize in translation. Thank you for all the work you do! Books mentioned on this episode: The History of My Sexuality by Tobi Lakmaker, translated from Dutch into English by Kristen Gehrman, His Name Was Death by Rafael Bernal, translated from Spanish into English by Kit Schluter, and The Enigma of Room 622 by Joël Dicker, translated from French into English by Robert Bononno.

Emma and Virginia finally got a chance to do an entire episode on the series Bungo Stray Dogs! This series is especially dear to them because it has introduced and inspired them to seek out many classic Japanese authors, whom they will talk about today. They are a bit insufferable because they love this series so much, so thanks for listening! Books mentioned on this episode: The Poems of Nakahara Chuya by Nakahara Chuya, translated by Paul Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama, Tangled Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami by Akiko Yosano, translated by Sanford Goldstein and Seishi Shinoda, The Moon Over the Mountain: Stories by Atsushi Nakajima, translated by Paul McCarthy and Nobuko Ochner, and Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa by Kenji Miyazawa, translated by John Bester.