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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 ‮…

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 sin‮…

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 ‮…

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 mo‮…

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, st‮…

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 Harri‮…

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, ‮…