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What's Yr Read4. Big Cabbages and Bad CursesSHOW NOTES:Cabbage Soup recipe (again)Sex Lies & Videotape: Graham's One Key Strategy'It's Insanely Sinister': Horror Writers On the Scariest Stories They've Ever ReadWhite is for Witching by Helen OyeyemiThe Icarus Girl by Helen OyeyemiGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonSoucouyantTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfBeloved by Toni MorrisonStill Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains by Alexa Hagerty...
2025-11-0728 min
Talking Scared257 – Northern Weird (Part Two), with Matt Wesolowski, Jodie Robins & Stephen HowardAnother day, another episode about the weird-arse end of nowhere!
We remain in the North of England for this second part of a weeklong celebration of the Northern Weird Project – six novellas published by Wild Hunt Books (including one by yours truly!).
This time it’s conversation with Matt Wesolowski, about his train-bound folkloric horror, Don’t Call Mum, Jodie Robins, with her magical seaside lament for lost youth, The Off Season, and Stephen Howard, who has sent the uncanny home into a whole new paroxysm of sorrow, withThis House is Not Haun...
2025-10-081h 09
Culture Study PodcastDozens of New-To-You Books for Your TBR PileOver on the newsletter, our book concierge threads — when people ask for specific book recommendations, and readers then offer their suggestions — regularly top 1500 comments. We wanted to bring the same energy to the podcast, and Maris Kreizman, author of The Maris Review and I Want To Burn This Place Down, reads more (and more widely) than anyone else I know. I promise: you’ll leave this episode with a new pile of books you want to read immediately. (And honestly, that’s the Back to School Adult Energy I crave).Thanks to the sponsors of today’s episode!
2025-08-271h 04
Listen To An Eye-Opening Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Mr. Fox by Helen OyeyemiPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/144040to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Mr. Fox
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Narrator: Carole Boyd
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
Release date: 07-22-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Fairy-tale romances end with a wedding, and the fairy tales don't get complicated. In this book, the celebrated writer Mr. Fox can't stop himself from killing off the heroines of his novels, and neither can his wife, Daphne. It's not until Mary, his muse, comes to life and transforms him from author into subject that his story begins to unfold differently.
2025-07-228h 16
Korks TalksKorks' Currents: Journalling, Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Gingerbread by Helen OyeyemiA short episodes about the power of journalling alongisde some introspections on gender in the BAFTA-winning TV show, Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi.
2025-05-2650 min
HOSTCASTKverulanti: Slunečník proti sekyře (Helen Oyeyemi)„Je to můj milostný dopis Praze,“ prohlásila o svém románu Slunečník proti sekyře britská spisovatelka Helene Oyeyemi. V české metropoli žije už více než 10 let a její vztah k městu byl zpočátku dost komplikovaný. A rozporuplná je i Praha jako živoucí vypravěčka a jedna z protagonistek jejího románu. Zahraniční kritika označuje Slunečník proti sekyře jako roztříštěný, spletitý nebo jako román bez hranic a britská BBC ho zařadila mezi nejlepší prózy loňského roku. O tom, jak se vyznat v jeho labyrintu diskutují amerikanistk...
2025-03-1337 min
Só se estraga uma estante70. Intermezzo, Stefan Zweig e retellingsA Ana recomenda o ‘Intermezzo’ (2024), da Sally Rooney, e enceta uma tentativa de análise comparada com uma obra bastante conhecida.
O Tomé viaja pelas memórias de Stefan Zweig e pela sua Europa perdida com o livro ‘O Mundo de Ontem’ (1942).
Na segunda parte, a Ana e o Tomé (mas especialmente a Ana) falam de “retellings”. Reunindo muitos fãs, os retellings são uma abordagem diferente a histórias já conhecidas da literatura, mas podem fazê-lo de formas muito diferentes.
Errata:
A Ana deve ter comido as palavras, m...
2024-10-1054 min
Raamaturännak#1 Berit Kaschan: Milleks meile lugemine?Rahva Raamatu podcasti esimeses osas on külas biblioterapeut ja luuletaja Berit Kaschan. Koos saatejuht Eia Uusiga arutatakse muu hulgas teemadel:
Mida lugemine meile annab ja miks peaks raamatuid lugema?
Mis võlu on kirjutatud tekstil ja miks me seda nii väga usaldame?
Kuidas endale sobiv raamat valida?
Mida teeb biblioterapeut?
Hiljutistest lugemiselamustest
..ja paljust muust põnevast
Episoodis mainitud raamatud:
Helen Oyeyemi "What is Yours Is Not Yours"
Helen Oyeyemi "Härra Fox"
Bruce Chatwin "Songlines"
Kevin Brockmeier "Surnute lühiajalugu"
José Saramago "Death at Intervals"
Toni Morrison "Beloved"
Herve Le Tellier "Anomaalia"
A.H Tamms...
2024-07-181h 16
Embark On Your Ears To A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook.A Cage Went in Search of a Bird by Tommy Orange - contributor, Ali Smith - contributor, Naomi Alderman - contributor, Elif Batuman - contributor, Helen Oyeyemi - contributor, Keith Ridgway - contributor, Yiyun Li - contributor, Charlie Kaufman - contributor, Leone Ross - contributor, JoshuPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/144659to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Author: Tommy Orange - contributor, Ali Smith - contributor, Naomi Alderman - contributor, Elif Batuman - contributor, Helen Oyeyemi - contributor, Keith Ridgway - contributor, Yiyun Li - contributor, Charlie Kaufman - contributor, Leone Ross - contributor, Joshu
Narrator: Penelope Rawlins, Matt Reeves, Jessica Hayles, Minhee Yeo
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 06-04-24
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Mash-Ups
Publisher's Summary:
Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enigmatic geniuses of...
2024-06-045h 13
Experience A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Edge-Of-Your-Seat.A Cage Went in Search of a Bird by Ali Smith, Tommy Orange, Naomi Alderman, Helen Oyeyemi, Keith Ridgway, Yiyun Li, Charlie Kaufman, Elif Batuman, Becca Rothfeld - introduction, Leone Ross, Joshua CohenPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/140343to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Author: Ali Smith, Tommy Orange, Naomi Alderman, Helen Oyeyemi, Keith Ridgway, Yiyun Li, Charlie Kaufman, Elif Batuman, Becca Rothfeld - introduction, Leone Ross, Joshua Cohen
Narrator: Jessica Hayles, Minhee Yeo, Penelope Rawlins, Matt Reeves
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 05-30-24
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Absurdist
Publisher's Summary:
Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enigmatic geniuses of European literature. What happens when his idiosyncratic imagination meets some of the greatest literary...
2024-05-305h 14
Tender Buttons037 Helen Oyeyemi: The Surreal CityIn this episode, we speak to novelist and short story writer Helen Oyeyemi about her most recent novel, Parasol Against the Axe. We discuss the use of non-linearity when attempting to write about a complex city like Prague. We chat about the city as a dissociative state, and the relationship to surrealism and conflicting histories. We speak about the intimate relationship between reading, writing and desire, and the way that books can reveal details about the reader, as well as the author. We explore the book as a living object which shifts across time and space, and the use...
2024-05-2638 min
Behind the Mic With Kirkus ReviewsPARASOL AGAINST THE AXE by Helen Oyeyemi, read by Dorje SwallowDorje Swallow’s performance of Helen Oyeyemi’s metafiction centers this whirligig of a novel in which story begets story. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss how Swallow’s assured narration—in particular, his ability to do voices and accents and adapt his tone to whatever the scene—makes this audiobook marvelous to listen to. Hero Tojosoa ostensibly comes to Prague to join her friend, Sophie, for a weekend. When Dorothea arrives as well, the plot thickens, spatters, and all manner of mayhem ensues. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Publi...
2024-04-1107 min
Mostly FictionalEp. 58: A Quarterly Check In and a "Chunky Baby Leg" Reading GoalIn this episode, we give a check in three months into the year on how our 2024 Reading Resolutions are going. Books mentioned, in order:The Book of Goose by Yiyun LiBunny by Mona AwadMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteSociopath: A Memoir by Patric GagneI’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyEducated by Tara WestoverThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray NaylerOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldEmma by Jane AustenThe Boston Massacre: A Family History by Serena Zab...
2024-04-1052 min
Little AtomsLittle Atoms 887 - Helen Oyeyemi's Parasol Against The AxeHelen Oyeyemi talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Parasol Against The Axe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-03-1521 min
Intelligence SquaredNovelist Helen Oyeyemi on Why the City of Prague has Main Character EnergyThe latest book from critically acclaimed writer Helen Oyeyemi, Parasol Against the Axe, is a novel set among the city of Prague’s streets. It’s often said that a city can feel like a character in a book but in a skilled feat of unconventional storytelling, Oyeyemi’s tale uses the city as the literal narrator of its story. That plot involves a lost weekend set around a hen party and some surreal storytelling to make outlandish ideas come alive, while also focusing in on themes such as love and addiction. Oyeyemi’s previous novels and short stories have won...
2024-02-1530 min
The Bookcast Club#101 Haunted HousesSend us a Text Message.It's officially spooky season so Jenny is joined by Holly from the That's What We Read podcast to chat all things haunted houses. If you would like the uncut spooky ghost story version, sign up for a free trial of our Patreon today.Get in touchInstagram | TikTok | Voice message | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fiBooks mentionedThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe English Understand Wool by Helen DewittThe Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. DelafieldParis: The Memoir by Paris HiltonThe Witch...
2023-10-0851 minThe Bookcast Club#101 Haunted HousesSend us a Text Message.It's officially spooky season so Jenny is joined by Holly from the That's What We Read podcast to chat all things haunted houses. If you would like the uncut spooky ghost story version, sign up for a free trial of our Patreon today.Get in touchInstagram | TikTok | Voice message | Substack | Patreon | Ko-fiBooks mentionedThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe English Understand Wool by Helen DewittThe Diary of a Provincial Lady by E. M. DelafieldParis: The Memoir by Paris HiltonThe Witch...
2023-10-0851 min
The To Read List PodcastBoy, Snow, ApesPLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle / BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi If you've ever wanted to live inside a Grimm fairy tale and/or a Charlton Heston movie, this episode is for you! Toby takes us into outer space with his review of MONKEY PLANET--oops! strike that--PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle. Then Bailey gets far too hung up on how BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi connects to the Snow White fairy tale. Plus, we learn about the majesty of Eastern Europe, rescue Dillon from space, and stick to a strict...
2023-08-0943 min
All the Books!All The Backlist! May 5, 2023This week, Vanessa plays bookshelf backlist roulette to recommend two fun escapist reads.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.We have a new podcast! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.This content contains af...
2023-05-0514 min
Writer's Digest PresentsFan Fiction and RetellingsWhat is fan fiction? Is there a difference between fan fiction, retellings, and reimaginings? What makes us categorize them as being similar?In the latest episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," the WD editors tackle this topic by talking about each of these types of writing separately, while also seeing how they can serve one another—like different branches of the same tree. Then, stick around for a conversation with managing editor Moriah Richard and fan-fiction author Spoons!Book recommendations with links for where to pu...
2023-04-181h 25
The Write Attention PodcastImagination and IdentityToday’s podcast episode surrounds the concept of imagining and one particular genre: science fiction. Although the conversation focuses on one specific genre, the subject elicits questions about what writing within a particular genre does for your work. Which genres do you write in and what ways do they help you imagine? Does writing in a particular genre open doors to reimagine reality?
Questions
1. How do you learn craft between workshops, writing classes/seminars, reading and practice? What do you think the right balance when it comes to learning craft? Do you ever fee...
2023-04-0551 min
Little, Brown AudioFuries: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed, authors and readers in description (Extract)To celebrate Virago's fiftieth birthday, fifteen award-winning, bestselling authors have written original stories embodying the spirit of Virago: feminist, fearless, fun, wild and defiant of convention.
Includes stories by Margaret Atwood, Susie Boyt, Eleanor Crewes, Emma Donoghue, Stella Duffy, Linda Grant, Claire Kohda, CN Lester, Kirsty Logan, Caroline O’Donoghue, Chibundu Onuzo, Helen Oyeyemi, Rachel Seiffert, Kamila Shamsie, Ali Smith, with an Introduction by Sandi Toksvig.
Read by Anna Bentinck, Charles Armstrong, Katie Leung, Gabrielle Glaister, Laura Aikman and Shaheen Khan.
A FUN AND FEARLESS ANTHOLOGY OF FEMINIST TALES, to celebrate Virago's 50th birthday, featuring NEW AND ORIGINAL STORIES by Ma...
2023-03-0804 min
The Monster She Wrote PodcastHelen Oyeyemi's GingerbreadAn unusual episode for an unusual book! Helen Oyeyemi's novel Gingerbread is a tale about a mother Harriet and her daughter Perdita–and Harriet's famous Gingerbread recipe, which she learned from her mother. Harriet wants to use it to impress the mothers at her daughter's school. Sounds normal enough, right? Not quite. This is an Oyeyemi book, so of course, things must take a turn of the stranger kind. Recommended in this episode: Don DeLillo's White Noise (and the Netflix adaptation) and Tananarive Due's The Between Coming up soon: Mildred Johnson's "The Cactus" (Wei...
2023-01-1053 min
The Perks Of Being A Book Lover PodcastS. 7 Ep. 158 - Grant Permission to Read with guest Bethany Planton 12-7-22This week we chat with fellow book lover and grant writer Bethany Planton who runs a book club for fellow members of her profession. When she began her own consulting company, she met several other grant writers from around the country through a twitter chat, and they quickly realized that besides sharing a profession, they also shared a love of books. The Grant Pro Bookclub started 6 years ago and has always met virtually, long before the rest of us picked up on the idea when the COVID pandemic began.
We talk to Bethany about her undying love...
2022-12-071h 01
Buzzed British Book ClubEpisode 5: Helen Oyeyemi's "My Daughter, the Racist"Wrapping up the month of November's theme of the military and war, Kit and Bridge drain a bottle of Evening Shade Rose and Helen Oyeyemi's My Daughter, the Racist. Winner of the BBC's National Short Story Award of 2010 for this work, Helen Oyeyemi was also a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards in 2009 for novel she wrote called White is For Witching... it's all connected, innit?
After the All Quiet of the Western Front episode, your two favorite fake British friends jump into My Daughter, the Racist, flipping the perspective of war from the soldier to the...
2022-11-2853 min
Mismatched TextsEpisode 22 - Mr. Fox & The Force AwakensWherein Andy and Justice welcome Dr. Jackielee Derks, longtime friend and colleague, to a remix of Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Why do authors and production companies keep retelling the same stories? Is it to address contemporary issues or to enrich the almighty corporation? Topics range from J. J. Abrams' time-honored practice of mere enhancement to Oyeyemi's impressive confrontation of the long history of writing violence onto women. How does Rey fit into the Star Wars retelling? Given Abrams' history, in the worst way possible.
2022-07-181h 09
NPR's Book of the DayTap dancing Twizzlers, cockroach warriors, and fairy tales! Oh my!Two collections of short stories, both alike in playfulness in our fair podcast. The first is with Gwen Kirby whose debut collection of short stories is called, hilariously, Shit Cassandra Saw. It ranges from radioactive cockroaches to tapdancing Twizzlers. Kirby told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that writing this book was a cathartic experience. The second interview is with Helen Oyeyemi about her collection of short stories, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. The stories are fairy tales, though not traditional ones. Oyeyemi told NPR's Steve Inskeep that she likes fairy tales because they endure.Learn more about...
2022-06-2416 min
Novel ExperienceS1 Ep10 Buki Papillon author of An Ordinary WonderDebut author Buki Papillon author of AN ORDINARY WONDER.Buki chats about:discovering writing as a consequence of circumstancediscipline in order to concentrate on writinghow stories repeat themselves in different cultures and folklore around the worldGuest: Buki Papillon Twitter: @bukipapillon IG: @bukipapillon Books: An Ordinary Wonder by Buki PapillonHost: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family by Kate SawyerBuki’s recommendations: A book for fans of An Ordinary Wonder: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet A book Buki has always loved: The Icarus Gi...
2022-06-0738 min
Little AtomsLittle Atoms 732 - Helen Oyeyemi's PeacesHelen Oyeyemi talks to Neil about her latest novel Peaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-01-1128 min
Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #100: Q&A Specialhttps://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tea-or-Books-episode-100.mp3
For our special hundredth episode, Rachel and I are doing a question and answer. Thanks so much to everybody who sent in questions – we didn’t get to all of them, but hopefully we answered at least one of yours.
Do get in touch at teaorbooks@gmail.com if you’d like to ask anything for future episodes. Reviews and ratings very gratefully received, especially if they’re nice!
You can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, podcast apps, and Patreon if you’d like to support th...
2021-12-0900 minTea or Books? – Stuck in a BookTea or Books? #100: Q&A Specialhttps://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tea-or-Books-episode-100.mp3
For our special hundredth episode, Rachel and I are doing a question and answer. Thanks so much to everybody who sent in questions – we didn’t get to all of them, but hopefully we answered at least one of yours.
Do get in touch at teaorbooks@gmail.com if you’d like to ask anything for future episodes. Reviews and ratings very gratefully received, especially if they’re nice!
You can find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, podcast apps, and Patreon if you’d like to support th...
2021-12-0900 min
Book Riot - The Podcast2022 Holiday Recommendations, Part 2Jeff and Rebecca finish their holiday recommendation extravaganza.
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Discussed in this episode:
Want by Lynn Steger Strong
Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun
After Birth by Elisa Albert
The Hollow Inside by Brooke Davis
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
Take a Hint Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Wake Siren by Nina MacLaughlin
Home Fire by Kamila Sham...
2021-12-061h 23
You're BookedYrsa Daley-Ward - You're BookedIt's our 100th episode! Sort of - we may have slightly lost count. But there is still plenty of cause for celebration as we are in the company of poet, author, memoirist and actor Yrsa Daley-Ward! Her poetry collection Bone was widely acclaimed while her memoir The Terrible won the PEN/Ackerley Prize. She co-wrote Black Is King with Beyonce and her latest book is The How described as "a gratifying exploration of the self". We talked to her about the best books to listen to, the genius of Jeanette Winterson, finding books on stoops and books that induce...
2021-11-0857 minYou're BookedHelen Oyeyemi - You're BookedThis week we're delighted to share this wonderful, nourishing conversation with novelist, playwright and short story writer Helen Oyeyemi! Helen's debut, The Icarus Girl was called "a masterly first novel" by the New York Times. White is For Witching won a Somerset Maugham Award, while What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours won the PEN Open Book Award. Her latest novel is the eagerly anticipated Peaces. We talked to her about rereading Little Women, Emily Dickinson's jokes, unreliable memoirists and bunking off school to read Ali Smith.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy...
2021-11-0152 min
Broken Spines at the End of the WorldEp. 7: Our Spooky October TBRHi! Welcome to our seventh podcast episode.
Today we’re talking about the books we’re planning on reading in October.
And because we’re in the lead-up to Halloween, it’s an extra spooky edition!
We hope you enjoy our cozy conversations.
Grab yourself a cup of coffee (or tea or whatever you feel like drinking) and join us!
Books we discussed in this episode:
The Sleeper & The Spindle – Neil Gaiman
Coraline – Neil Gaiman
The Nature of Witches – Rachel Griffin
Mr. Fox – Helen Oyeyemi
White is for Whitching – Helen Oyeyemi
Magic Le...
2021-10-1137 min
普通读者Ep 30. 童话和《宠儿》是两种不同的心碎这一期三个主播一起聊了聊6月的主题阅读：读一本重写童话，神话，民间故事的书，以及5月6月的名著共读Toni Morrison, Beloved（《宠儿》）。虽然原本预计节目时间不会很长，但最终还是跑题脱线，剪辑之后居然有1小时的节目时长😅 大家是否参加了6月主题阅读活动？读了什么书？是否读过《宠儿》？有什么读后感？欢迎给我们留言。
提到的书&时间节点：
06:00 The Changeling, by Victor LaValle
12:17 Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson（《给樱桃以性别》）
15:51 Girl meets boy, by Ali Smith
25:32 The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter（《染血之室》）
29:22 The Happy Prince and Other Stories, by Oscar Wilde （《快乐王子》）
34:11 Snow, Glass, Apples, by Neil Gaiman, Colleen Doran (Adapter & Illustrator)
36:22 The Sleeper and the Spindle, by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell (Illustrator) （《睡美人与魔纺锤》）
37:35 Boy Snow Bird, by Helen Oyeyemi
40:12 动画《赤发的白雪姬》
43:01 The World's Wife, by Carol Ann Duffy（《野兽派太太》）
43:12 Enchanted, by Nancy Madore
46:00 Beloved, by Toni Morrison（《宠儿》）
提到的电影和其它：
-- 北欧电影（瑞典和丹麦）《边境》（2018）
-- Changleing 词条：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling
-- Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, by Amanda Leduc
-- 音乐剧《芝加哥》中的 Cell Block Tango: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1y4411Z7Bq?from=search&seid=7722128481090700046
--（古罗马）奥维德《变形记》
2021-07-0858 min
Kobo in ConversationHelen OyeyemiHelen Oyeyemi, author of Gingerbread and the playful new novel Peaces, spoke with us about the importance to her writing process of taking long book-free breaks, and how serving on juries for literary prizes has made her certain that she'll never win a major award. Hear more from Kobo in Conversation.
2021-05-2143 min
The Pod Around The Corner32. Book Club - Gingerbread by Helen OyeyemiThis is Episode 32 - chatting Molly said 31 by accident and editing Molly is acknowledging this mistake and hoping you'll just accept it!
In this episode, we discuss Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi. Spoilers ahead - you have been warned!
Links:
Instagram: @PodAroundTheCorner
Twitter: @PodAroundCorner
Anchor: https://anchor.fm/pod-around-the-corner
Email: podaroundthecorner@gmail.com
Music by Bea Duncan (@beaduncan_)
2021-05-1434 min
LA Review of BooksHelen Oyeyemi: PeacesEric and Daya are joined by acclaimed author Helen Oyeyemi, whose latest novel is Peaces. The plot involves two young lovers, Otto and Xavier Shin, who board an unusual train to celebrate their unofficial honeymoon. Accompanied by their pet mongoose, the two begin to explore the cars and the meet the three other passengers on board. The book can be described as a madcap existential mystery at the center of which is a question about how we see other people and what it means to be seen or not seen.
Rachel Kushner returns to recommend The Autobiography of Chuck Berry.
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2021-04-3045 min
Late Night with Seth Meyers PodcastLate Night Lit: Helen Oyeyemi | Jen SpyraOn today's episode of Late Night Lit, Late Night supervising producer Sarah Jenks-Daly speaks with Helen Oyeyemi, author of the novel Peaces.She also speaks with Jen Spyra, author of Big Time: Stories.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-04-2629 min
WORD for WORDcastBooks and Roses by Helen Oyeyemi, Pt. 3“Books & Roses” is the story of Montserrat, a foundling left in a Catalonian chapel at the feet of the Virgin de Montserrat. Her only possessions are a key hanging on a golden chain around her neck, and a note. Cared for by the monks of the order, she grows up and finds work in a laundry, where she encounters Señora Lucy, a painter who also wears a key. Montse eventually discovers that she and Lucy are linked, when she finds the lock that fits her key. Her reaction is bittersweet: "She'd carried the key to this place for so lo...
2021-03-0159 minWORD for WORDcastBooks and Roses by Helen Oyeyemi, Pt. 2“Books & Roses” is the story of Montserrat, a foundling left in a Catalonian chapel at the feet of the Virgin de Montserrat. Her only possessions are a key hanging on a golden chain around her neck, and a note. Cared for by the monks of the order, she grows up and finds work in a laundry, where she encounters Señora Lucy, a painter who also wears a key. Montse eventually discovers that she and Lucy are linked, when she finds the lock that fits her key. Her reaction is bittersweet: "She'd carried the key to this place for so lo...
2021-02-2259 min
SFF Yeah!97.5: Backlist To The Future With Favorite Black CharactersThis week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy.
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Books Discussed
Helen Lee from Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Shuri from the Shuri comics by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo...
2021-02-1709 minWORD for WORDcastBooks and Roses by Helen Oyeyemi, Pt. 1“Books & Roses” is the story of Montserrat, a foundling left in a Catalonian chapel at the feet of the Virgin de Montserrat. Her only possessions are a key hanging on a golden chain around her neck, and a note. Cared for by the monks of the order, she grows up and finds work in a laundry, where she encounters Señora Lucy, a painter who also wears a key. Montse eventually discovers that she and Lucy are linked, when she finds the lock that fits her key. Her reaction is bittersweet: "She'd carried the key to this place for so lo...
2021-02-1559 min
InfatuatedEating Chalk and Inside RoomsThis week, Emily talks about creepy houses and siblings in White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi, while Rebecca tells us about her favourite literary features in three texts by Carson McCullers. We talk about plotting big writing projects, what inspires and motivates us to write, and Rebecca discusses a writing idea she wants to pursue. Emily also shares some of her favourite memes about The Iliad!
Our infatuations:
White is for Witching - Helen Oyeyemi
The Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hun...
2020-11-271h 30
Books and the CityAUTHOR INTERVIEW: Bryan WashingtonHappy Thanksgiving! Today, we're thankful for this fantastic chat between Emily and the renowned, acclaimed, award-winning author, Bryan Washington. Bryan's latest book, Memorial, came out last month and today he's on the podcast discussing the book along with his debut short story collection, Lot. This interview touches on the importance of both Houston and Osaka to the book and to Bryan, plus excellent writing advice, and a starter pack for Japanese fiction. Get ready to add a bunch of books to your TBR, starting with Lot and Memorial. Buy links are below, and thank you as always for listening...
2020-11-2636 min
SFF Yeah!86.5: Backlist To The Future With Weird WomenThis week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy.
This episode is sponsored by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here.
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Books Discussed
What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Radiance by Catherynne M. ValenteSee omnystudio.co...
2020-09-0211 min
The Boundless Book ClubBoundless Book Club: The Black Lives Matter episodeIn Episode 7 of the Boundless Book Club we look at representation in fiction, and the reading lists inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and share three of our personal favourite books by writers of colour that take us on a journey from memoir to crime, to magic realism and beyond. The problem with a 30-minute podcast is that we always end up with far more authors and books to recommend than we can mention, so while the books and authors mentioned in this episode are listed below, if you head to the Emirates Literature Foundation blog, elfdubai.org/blo...
2020-07-2023 min
Teen CreepsHelen Oyeyemi's White is for WitchingThis week Kelly and Katai read Helen Oyeyemi's WHITE IS FOR WITCHING, a British Gothic ghost story in the vein of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. They talk more boy-girl twin weirdness, poetic language, continually fail to pronounce soucouyant correctly, possessive houses, and talk about kids who call their mother by their first name: why?SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get bonus episodes, merch, and more:https://www.patreon.com/teencreepsCONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS: https://twitter.com/teencreepspodhttps://www.instagram.com/teencreepspod
2020-07-151h 07
Novel Gazing PodcastLiterary ComicsMary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some great literary comics? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by THE LIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE by Kimi Eisele, now in paperback from Algonquin Books; Dark August by Harper Publishing; and Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
Kelly Sue DeConnick on how the comic industry fosters sexual harassment and how to change the sys...
2020-06-3048 min
Reading GlassesEp 157 - Read More Black Authors!Brea and Mallory recommend books by Black authors! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter AgentTalk Ways To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingStay Woke Reading ListWays To Support Black Tran...
2020-06-1846 min
PocketPod: Animal CrossingA Message from PocketPodFriends, this week we’ve decided #theshowmustbepaused so that we can do our part to amplify Black voices in podcasts, movies, TV, books, and video games. We’ve compiled this list of content by, and featuring, Black creators and performers for you to check out instead. Please feel free to share your recommendations with us too.
Black Lives Matter Patterns (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
Thank you to our Discord friends SnarkNerd, Lo, and Shanice for helping us find these patterns.
MO-7MQW-H68T-DGC5 (tOOLET from butt)
MO-BT64-0KSY-KQWD (Moon from Hoore isle)
MO-JM64-SCYB-RFYY (Panda Thie...
2020-06-0500 minNovel Gazing PodcastDoorstoppersMary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some of the best and worst doorstopper books? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes, and The Reading Women podcast.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
The books that could flourish in this pandemic era from the BBC
Where ne...
2020-05-1943 min
Drunk of the Book ClubEp 36- Her Body and Other PartiesHello, sweeties! Welcome back to Episode 36. We read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.We discuss: Goodreads reading challenges, the ridiculously high prices of audio books, actually paying for music and movies, changing the speed of podcast playback, how druuuunk we sound if you slow down our podcast to 1/2 speed (please try-- enjoy), the interview Ashley heard of Carmen Maria Machado (Call Your Girlfriend episode titled "Winter Books"), the tone of sadness that colored a lot of the stories, the richness of the short story "The Husband Stitch" (we're pretty sure it must be on a Mills...
2019-12-2440 min
Now That We’re FriendsShould Alex Confront A Sabotaging Coworker?Our new friend Alex is being undermined at work. They don't know how to handle a coworker who's trying to make them look bad. Conflict is never easy, especially at work. We try to give Alex the recommendations that can bet help them confront a coworker without losing their cool. In the process, Gale comes up with a meditation app where every meditation is guided by Guy Fieri. Caroline channels her inner Marisa Tomei and Anne shares a lesson about the importance of your outside of work relationships with the help of Ugly Betty!
Alex's Conflict Resolution T...
2019-10-211h 14
Book Riot - The Podcast#309: 2019 Moms, Dads, and Grads Recommendations, Part 1Our annual Moms, Dads, and Grads recommendation show!
This episode is sponsored by:
Libro.fm
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher
Kindle Unlimited
TBR
Books Recommended in this episode:
Trail Like Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Buckskin by Erika Wurth
The River by Peter Heller
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Buttermilk by Ed Lee.
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
Blood Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Yes Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
American Spy by lauren wilkinson
The Taipei Night Ma...
2019-04-291h 01
SFF Yeah!#52: Naturey SF/FSharifah and Jenn discuss The Kitchies Awards, Nnedi Okorafor’s new production company, Saga, nature-filled SF/F, and more.This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and BookCon.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here.To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News:Nnedi Okorafor creating a production companyAfrofuturist fashionThe 2018...
2019-04-2445 min
Book Squad GoalsBSG #27: We Need To Talk About Gretel / GingerbreadThings get magically weird this week as the #BookSquad discusses ‘Gingerbread’ by Helen Oyeyemi. We discuss childhood and nostalgia, friendship and family relationships, and what the heck is actually happening plot-wise. Plus, we talk about some of our own family recipes and get into 'Pet Sematary' feedback. Head over to the #BookSquadBlog for more content, including TV recaps, book reviews and other miscellany. Next Up: HATEpisode #2! Rage-read along with us for Shari Lapena’s novel ‘A Stranger in the House,’ coming up on the next othersode. On our next bookpisode, we’re covering ‘An Absolutely Remarkable Thing’ by Hank Green. Check our social...
2019-04-221h 30
Bite80 – Helen Oyeyemi's Delightfully Sinister GingerbreadHelen Oyeyemi's novel “Gingerbread” is a smart, fantastical story about three generations of women who share a recipe. The tea cake is at times delicious—and at times sinister. Oyeyemi tells us that she was drawn to "the mix of safety and danger all combined in one seemingly innocuous foodstuff." Later in the show, the Bite hosts get baking tips from an in-house expert.
2019-04-0519 min
Reading GlassesEp 94 - Wet Grocery Flyers and How to Relax with Books with Lynn Chen!Brea and Mallory talk about relaxing with books and interview Lynn Chen, narrator of the Crazy Rich Asians audiobook. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola www.mylola.com Promo Code - GLASSES Lull Mattress lull.com/reading Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsl...
2019-04-0450 min
This Is the AuthorS4 E14: Helen Oyeyemi, Halle Butler, and Chris BohjalianS4 E14: In this episode, meet Helen Oyeyemi, author of GINGERBREAD; Halle Butler, author of THE NEW ME; and Chris Bohjalian, author of WINGSPAN. It’s a rare treat when fiction authors step behind the mic to read their written words aloud—and, luckily, each of these authors had a blast! Plus, discover which famous (classic) author has the best gingerbread recipe.
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/318837/gingerbread/
The New Me by Halle Butler: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/580133/the-new-me/
Wingspan by Chris Bohjalian: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/609086/wingspan/
2019-03-1211 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiHelen Oyeyemi reads from her new novel, Gingerbread, published in March by Riverhead Books. Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio.
2019-03-0506 min
First Draft with Sarah EnniMelissa AlbertMelissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and its forthcoming sequel, as well as Tales from the Hinterlands, talks about stuffing her debut book with secret book recommendations, the borderlessness of being a young reader, and loving angry girls in fiction. Melissa Albert Show Notes Vera Nabokov The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin Lolita Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Thomas t...
2019-01-021h 02
SFF Yeah!#43: Most Anticipated SF/F of 2019Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christmas dragons, exciting adaptation news, weird trends in pseudonyms, and their most anticipated reads of 2019.This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover, and Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here.To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Discussed‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Gets Order For 16 More Episodes F...
2019-01-0253 min
All the Books!Anticipated New Books of 2019 Preview ShowThis week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Nickel Boys, An Orchestra of Minorities, Southern Lady Code, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders and Seal Press, publisher of Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex–and the Truths They Reveal by Lux Alptraum.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliat...
2018-11-2730 min
The Book Club Review25. Lesbian Book Club interviewWhat do you do when your small start-up book club is so popular that you quickly become overwhelmed with new members? For Eléonore Pratoussy of the Lesbian Book Club East London, it signalled a need for more lesbian book groups. Happily she has a plan to expand. Eléonore and fellow bookclubbers Caroline and Carina joined Kate in the studio to talk Angela Carter, Reni Eddo-Lodge, and a ton of great book recommendations in-between. The Lesbian Book Club on meetup.com Books mentioned on this episode: Orlando by Virginia Woolf Gender Trouble by Ju...
2018-11-2017 min
Reading GlassesEp 73 - Literary Re-Tellings with L.L. McKinneyBrea and Mallory talk about literary retellings and interview author L.L. McKinney. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List The Process Podcast L.L. McKinney A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney L.L.'s Twitter The...
2018-11-0141 min
Papertrail PodcastDaisy Johnson on: Helen Oyeyemi, Kelly Link, Peter HøegDaisy’s debut short story collection ‘Fen’ came out in 2016 and made some serious waves. Now, at just 27, she’s on the Booker Prize Shortlist for her novel ‘Everything Under’. Sophie spoke with Daisy about three of the books that are important to her and her writing. (They spoke before the shortlist was announced, so please forgive there being no mention of that). DAISY’S BOOK CHOICES: Miss Smilla’s Feeling For Snow by Peter Høeg White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi Get In Trouble by Kelly Link You can follow Daisy on twitter @DJdaisyj...
2018-10-1045 min
Reading GlassesEp 51 - Making Book Friends, Book Priests and author Bethany C Morrow!Brea and Mallory talk about making bookish friends and interview author Bethany C. Morrow. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Reading Glasses LIVE at the Last Bookstore with Paul Tremblay 7/1! Live Stream Book Pick - Circe by Madeline Miller- 6/5 at 7 pm! PST Join us! Links - Bethany C. Morrow https://twitter.com/BCMorrow MEM - out now! Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Rea...
2018-05-3149 min
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastJulia Fine & Erin WicksOf all the terrible just-out-of-college jobs that have been described on TK, Julia Fine probably had the worst. Later, she ended up leaving a good position to pursue an MFA, and the result is WHAT SHOULD BE WILD, a (wild) combination of fairy tale, folklore, mystery, road trip, and countless other inspirations. She and James talk about how she managed to juggle so many influences while avoiding genre expectations. Plus, Julia's editor from Harper, Erin Wicks. - Julia Fine: https://www.julia-fine.com/ Julia and James discuss: Annie Hartnett Colu...
2018-05-221h 32Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #53: Top of TBR vs Bottom of TBR, and The Bookshop vs According to MarkIt’s the battle of the Penelopes – and which books we’re most likely to read first (top or bottom of the pile?)
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Rachel is back (hurray!) – many thanks to Karen for taking her seat last time. And in this episode we’re doing a suggestion that a different Karen emailed in – do we read books as soon as we get them, or are we more likely to go for books at the bottom of the pile?
In the second half, we compare two literary...
2018-03-0500 minTea or Books? – Stuck in a BookTea or Books? #53: Top of TBR vs Bottom of TBR, and The Bookshop vs According to MarkIt’s the battle of the Penelopes – and which books we’re most likely to read first (top or bottom of the pile?)
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Tea-or-Books-episode-53.mp3
Rachel is back (hurray!) – many thanks to Karen for taking her seat last time. And in this episode we’re doing a suggestion that a different Karen emailed in – do we read books as soon as we get them, or are we more likely to go for books at the bottom of the pile?
In the second half, we compare two literary...
2018-03-0500 min
Reading GlassesEp 31 - Short Stories are Like a Box of Chocolates and Interview with author Amal El-Mohtar!Brea and Mallory talk about short fiction and interview author Amal El-Mohtar! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com. Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - SquareSpace Offer Code - GLASSES Links - Tor.Com New Yorker The Rumpus Apex Magazine Kindle Singles Nevertheless She Persisted by Tor.Com Book Light Amal El-Mohtar
2018-01-1138 min
SFF Yeah!SFF Yeah! Ep. #14: Judgey McJudgeypants Are UsSharifah and Jenn discuss reading studies, news from the Tolkien estate, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, rewritten fairytales, and more. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Book Riot Insiders. News: Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds (see also, Department of Incorrect Headlines) J.R.R. Tolkien's Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate & New LOTR Prequel A New Harry Potter Augmented Reality Game Rag & Bone is doing a Star Wars collection Wonder Woman box-office SMASH The Black Panther trailer Books Discussed: Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber) Robin McKinley (Deerskin) Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C...
2017-12-0457 min
SFF Yeah!SFF Yeah Ep. #10: Creepy Spooky GrossSharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Awards, Neil deGrasse Tyson on dragons, horror crossovers, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan and Provenance by Ann Leckie. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. News Jenn's Medusa cosplay New Rin Chupeco book! British Fantasy Awards announced Neil deGrasse Tyson Signs Off on Game of Thrones' Super Scientific Dragons SyFy Wire picks top 25 biggest genre moments of the last decade First Annihilation Trailer Books Victor LaValle (Devil in Silver/Lucretia and th...
2017-10-111h 01
All the Books!All the Backlist! August 11, 2017This week, Liberty discusses Pleasantville, The Haunted Bookshop, Cutting for Stone, and more great older books.This episode was sponsored by The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Books discussed on the show:The Good Daughter by Karin Sla...
2017-08-1113 min
With That Being Said#13 Alone in the Burbs with Traci Ruble Today we are joined by Traci Ruble of Psyched in San Francisco and the founder/director of Sidewalk Talk. Traci is one of those rare people who I (Esther) immediately clicked with on seemingly every level- basically she rocks. Tune in as Erica gently pulls us out of our mutual suburban angst with some spot on insights on life in the city. We will also talk about the joys of listening - on the street and in our offices! Be sure you follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Show Notes
2017-08-0458 min
Reading GlassesShould You Give a S*^t about Book Awards? and Cecil CastellucciThis episode, Brea and Mallory decode the madness of book awards, refuse to tolerate trash babies, and interview writer and past National Book Award judge Cecil Castellucci. Participate in online discussion for this episode using #BookAwards on Twitter and Instagram! Twitter: @readinggpodcast Instagram: ReadingGlassesPodcast Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/ Overdrive https://www.overdrive.com/ Book Awards Short Cuts http://www.bookspot.com/awards/ Cecil Castellucci https://castellucci.word...
2017-06-2934 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesPATTY YUMI COTTRELL DISCUSSES HER NEW BOOK SORRY TO DISRUPT THE PEACE WITH AMINA CAINSorry to Disrupt the Peace (McSweeney's Books)
Helen Moran is thirty-two years old, single, child-less, college-educated, and partially employed as a guardian of troubled young people in New York. She’s accepting a delivery from IKEA in her shared studio apartment when her uncle calls to break the news: Helen’s adoptive brother is dead.
According to the internet, there are six possible reasons why her brother might have killed himself. But Helen knows better: she knows that six reasons is only shorthand for the abyss. Helen also knows that she alone is qualified to launc...
2017-06-0533 minTK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastEp. 23: Wiley Cash & Year-End Recommendations Pt. 2As he prepares to follow up his novels A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME and THIS DARK ROAD TO MERCY, Wiley Cash tells James how touring, independent booksellers, and sales reps worked together to make him a success. They talk about Southern fiction, writing about place, and the subject of his next book, due out Fall 2017. Then, past guests give recommendations for 2016. Wiley and James discuss: The Odyssey Bookshop BEAUTIFUL RUINS by Jess Walter BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK by Ben Fountain BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH CHE GUEVARA by Be...
2016-12-201h 24Tea or Books? – Stuck in a BookTea or Books? #29: short stories (yes or no?) and Bricks and Mortar vs Princes in the LandTwo more Persephones in this episode – Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton and Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannan – along with a discussion of short stories: which writers we like and don’t like, and whether or not we’d race towards short stories in a bookshop.
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As always, we’d love to know your choices – and any topics or books you’d like us to cover in future episodes.
Listen to us above, or via a podcast app, or (if you’re feeling daring) at our iTun...
2016-11-2800 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #29: short stories (yes or no?) and Bricks and Mortar vs Princes in the LandTwo more Persephones in this episode – Bricks and Mortar by Helen Ashton and Princes in the Land by Joanna Cannan – along with a discussion of short stories: which writers we like and don’t like, and whether or not we’d race towards short stories in a bookshop.
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tea-or-Books-episode-29.mp3
As always, we’d love to know your choices – and any topics or books you’d like us to cover in future episodes.
Listen to us above, or via a podcast app, or (if you’re feeling daring) at our iTun...
2016-11-2800 min
Private PassionsHelen OyeyemiHelen Oyeyemi wrote her first novel The Icarus Girl, about a mixed race child and her imaginary friend, in secret, while she was still at school studying for her A levels. Four more novels have followed and, most recently, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, a collection of short stories. She appeared on Granta's Best of Young British Novelists list in 2013. Helen's twisted fairy tales possess a heightened reality, blurring the everyday and the fantastic, making her readers question what is real and what is unreal. In her world it's not just narrators that can be...
2016-10-2332 min
StoryologicalStoryological 1.17 - A DIFFERENT KIND OF GHOSTIn which we discuss,1. "Man on the Stairs" by Miranda July, from Fence
2. "presence" by Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
2016-06-2026 minDrunk of the Book ClubEp 4- All Things Cease To AppearOMG it's time for Drunk of the Book Club, Episode 4: All Things Cease to Appear!!!In this episode we get bummed because, well, this book is about a husband who murders his wife. So, yeah, pretty posi, right? Come along for the ride, drunkers.Olivia drinks: Omission GF BeerAshley drinks: Sauvignon Blanc from Chile or somethingWe read: All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth BrundageNext book: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
2016-06-1939 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #18: titles: fancy or simple? and Hercule Poirot vs Miss Marplehttps://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tea-or-Books-episode-18.mp3
Agatha Christie and curious titles come together in perhaps my favourite episode of the podcast yet. And also the first one where we’re both in our 30s, guys. And also one of our most bizarre. In the first half, we look at titles and discuss whether we prefer them fancy or simple – yes, those are the categories – and quickly realise what a tangle that is.
On safer ground, we turn to Dame Agatha Christie in the second half, pitting her two most famous detectives against each other. Her...
2016-05-2300 min
tbs eFM The BookendHot New Release (What new trends should we expect to find in the publsing industry?)With Helen Cho
-The Story of Hong-gil-dong translated in English
-Kyobo Books analyzed the top 20 annual bestsellers for the past 35 years
-"What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours" by Helen Oyeyemi
2016-04-0300 min
All the Books!New Releases for March 8, 2016This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss High Dive, Burn Baby Burn, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, and more new releases.This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Viceland, a new channel from Vice.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit...
2016-03-0833 min
Ink and WormInk and Worm 12: Abi and AlThe Guests: Alexandria Guillen IG: @TeamBookReport, FB: TeamBookReport, TW: @BookReportTeam
Abi Inman TW: @abiinman and follow @riverheadbooks
The Books: “Bridget Jones Diary” by Helen Fielding, “Moonwalking with Einstein” by Joshua Foer, “The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova, “A New Collection of Poems” by Wendell Berry, “Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins, “Sudden Death” by Alvaro Enrique, “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” by Milan Kundera, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Audiobook, “Unfamiliar Finishes” by Sarah Vowell (was the BBC pick by Sarah Vowell), “Brooklyn Spaces” by Oriana Leckert, “Harry Po...
2016-02-1158 min
All the Books!2016 Preview Show, Dec. 29, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of the upcoming 2016 releases they are highly anticipating, including Imagine Me Gone, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu.This episode was sponsored by FabFitFun and Penguin Random House Audio.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For...
2015-12-2935 min
2015-11-2400 min
All the Books!Dysfunctional Families, Nov. 17, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite books featuring dysfunctional families, including Father of the Rain, Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb, and Boy, Snow, Bird.This episode was sponsored by the Book Riot Quarterly Box.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of...
2015-11-1736 min
All the Books!New Releases for Oct. 27, 2015This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss The Witches: Salem 1692, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Slade House, and more new releases.This episode was sponsored by A Blossom of Bright Light by Suzanne Chazin, Trigger Warning: Short Fiction and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman and FabFitFun.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Fo...
2015-10-2739 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryHelen Oyeyemi : Boy, Snow, BirdIn the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty—the opposite of the life she’s left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she’d become, but elements of the familiar tale of aesthetic obsession begin to play themselves out when the birth of Boy’s daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Among them, Boy, Snow, and Bird confront...
2014-03-2730 min
PW InsiderPW Radio Show 61: Helen OyeyemiHelen Oyeyemi discusses her newest novel, "Boy, Snow, Bird," and PW reviews editor Jessamine Chan investigates this season's standout true crime titles.
2014-03-1435 min
Front Row WeeklyFR: Peter Gabriel, Stewart Lee, Helen OyeyemiComedian Stewart Lee tells John Wilson why he’s still so grumpy on stage. We review the film adaptation of bestselling novel The Book Thief plus an exhibition of Great War portraits at the National Portrait Gallery. Peter Gabriel revisits his biggest album on stage and screen. Young novelist Helen Oyeyemi talks about myths and fairy tales. Will Gompertz marks the re-opening of the new Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. And why black actors need black playwrights to help them audition for roles.
2014-02-2855 min
Front Row: Archive 2014Peter Gabriel; Paco Peña; Helen Oyeyemi; Great War in art; Mark ThomasWith John Wilson.Peter Gabriel's film Back to Front documents the experience of performing his most commercially successful album, 1986's So, with the band he originally toured with. He tells John why despite being a famously forward looking artist, he wanted to revisit the album once more.The National Portrait Gallery's exhibition The Great War in Portraits explores how artistic representations of the conflict and its participants changed as the fighting progressed. Beginning with magisterial portraits of leaders and generals and finishing with the anguished German expressionism of the Die Brücke group, the show d...
2014-02-2628 min
GrantaHelen Oyeyemi: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 56In our latest instalment of podcasts featuring our Best of Young British Novelists, we speak to Helen Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl and The Opposite House. Her third novel, White is for Witching, was awarded a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, and her fourth, Mr Fox, won the 2012 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award. ‘Boy, Snow, Bird’, in the issue, is an excerpt from a new novel of the same title, published in 2014 by Picador in the UK and Riverhead in the US. Here Oyeyemi spoke to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about the joys of writing from...
2013-05-2033 minGrantaHelen Oyeyemi: The Granta Podcast, Ep. 56In our latest instalment of podcasts featuring our Best of Young British Novelists, we speak to Helen Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl and The Opposite House. Her third novel, White is for Witching, was awarded a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, and her fourth, Mr Fox, won the 2012 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award. ‘Boy, Snow, Bird’, in the issue, is an excerpt from a new novel of the same title, published in 2014 by Picador in the UK and Riverhead in the US. Here Oyeyemi spoke to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about the joys of writing from...
2013-05-2033 minThe Granta Podcast Episode 68In our latest instalment of podcasts featuring our Best of Young British Novelists, we speak to Helen Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi is the author of The Icarus Girl and The Opposite House. Her third novel, White is for Witching, was awarded a 2010 Somerset Maugham Award, and her fourth, Mr Fox, won the 2012 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation Award. ‘Boy, Snow, Bird’, in the issue, is an excerpt from a new novel of the same title, published in 2014 by Picador in the UK and Riverhead in the US. Here Oyeyemi spoke to online editor Ted Hodgkinson about the joys of writing from a ma...
2013-05-2033 min