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#153: Do We Care If Writers Exaggerate? and When The Cranes Fly South vs Only About Love

Liars, Lisa Ridzen, and Debbi Voisey – welcome to episdoe 153! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/tea-or-books-153-1.mp3 In the first half, we talk about our expectations of truth in the non-fiction we read, inspired by the hoo-ha over The Salt Path. In the second half, we c…

Episode 33

We're back! After a break, Sharon, Sarah, and Eric are back behind the microphones to bring you episode 33 of Shelf Motivated. Come for the book chat, stay for continued discussion of a movie that Sarah says was better than the book! Here's a hint… we've been talking about this book on the pod sinc…

Whistler by Ann Patchett and Country People by Daniel Mason | bookfare

We discuss Ann Patchett's latest novel, Whistler, Katherine's inaugural book club on Daniel Mason's Country People, and whether "happy" books can be taken seriously. Also in the reading roundup: All Them Dogs by Djamel White (Katherine), Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Katherine), and Notes o…

From poetry to philosophy, here's three Vermont authors for your to-read list

Every year, little old Vermont produces big new names in the writing world. A Booker Prize nominee. A poet published in the New Yorker. A professor with a thrilling new mystery out. On today's Vermont Edition, we talk to Wyn Cooper, Miciah Bay Gault and Makenna Goodman.  Broadcast live on Tuesday,…

TMR: Summer Reading

Instead of breaking down any books this episode, Kaija, Brian, and Chad talk about some of the books they read this past summer, including a few Nabokov titles, Big Bang by David Bowman (NOT the 2001 character), Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (longlisted for the Booker Prize!), and several mor…

Makenna Goodman on HELEN OF NOWHERE

Blending surrealism, satire and philosophical concepts, Booker Prize-longlisted Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman weaves a tale of beginnings following a disgraced professor who moves into a house where the presence of the previous owner lingers. Makenna joins us to talk about narrative form, sta…

Book review: Kiran Dass shares her latest book picks

Kiran Dass reviews: Green Sea by John Summers (Te Herenga Waka University Press), and Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Fitzcarraldo Editions).

Switzy by Emma Cline & Bookfare Break Roundup | bookfare

We discuss what we read over the season break, the news the Shook the Book World (looking at you, Goodreads), and Emma Cline's new novel, Switzy. Break reads: Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman (Katherine), The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams (Katherine), The End of Everything by M. John Harris…

Helen of Nowhere: In Conversation with Makenna Goodman

Makenna Goodman’s novel “Helen of Nowhere” was longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize. The book follows a disgraced professor as he visits a country house with a realtor who tells him about its mysterious former owner, Helen. As he becomes increasingly fascinated by Helen's alternative way of life, t…