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 Are you looking for your next book recommendation? This book podcast celebrates debuts, backlist, and under-the-radar book selections. Expand your book stack with these recommendations and look at the book industry behind the scenes with Amy Allen Clark (MomAdvice.com). She shares the microphone with her favorite writers and bookstagrammers to help you have your best reading year ever. Arte Storia e critica della letteratura
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  • November Book Club: The Sideways Life of Denny Vos by Holly Kennedy (Reader's Choice Selection)

    November Book Club: The Sideways Life of Denny Vos by Holly Kennedy (Reader's Choice Selection)
    Nov 6 2026
    Author Holly Kennedy joins Book Gang to celebrate our November Book Club pick, The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, and its journey to critical acclaim.In this episode, we celebrate The Sideways Life of Denny Voss—our November Book Club pick and a Giller Prize long-listed novel—with returning guest Holly Kennedy.Holly first joined us to share the inspiration behind Denny’s unforgettable voice and story. Now, she’s back to reflect on the novel’s continued success, new accolades, and the quirks of her creative life. Dive into this fun round of writer habits, reading life confessions, and quickfire questions designed to help listeners get to know Holly beyond the page.In this spoiler-free catch-up, we discuss:📚 Literary Recognition & Global Reach: Holly reflects on the honor of being long-listed for the Giller Prize—Canada’s most prestigious literary award—and what it means to see Denny Voss find new readers at home and abroad, including a recent rights sale in Japan and a nibble from the film world.📚 Writing Life, Rituals & Creative Surprises: Holly shares her unique writing habits, from morning coffee and water-inspired creativity to the role of music and a “dump zone” for ideas. We also chat about her process for writing dialogue and how she captures the heart of a story.📚 The Joys & Challenges of Reader Connection: From winning an Earphones Award for the audiobook to receiving heartfelt (and sometimes surprising!) notes from fans, Holly opens up about the rewards and unexpected moments that come with sharing Denny’s story—and how she’s finding excitement for her next book, The Story of Audie Barr.Meet Holly KennedyBorn and raised in Canada, Holly Kennedy currently lives near the Rocky Mountains in Alberta with her family and their Newfoundland dog, Wallace. She is the author of four novels, and her books have been translated into multiple languages. When she’s not writing, you’ll typically find her reading, spending time with family, or indulging her not-so-secret obsession: watching true crime TV shows like Dateline.Mentioned in this episode:Gratitude to Our Show Patrons: This week's episode is open to all listeners thanks to generous donations made through Buy Me a Coffee and your community memberships. If you'd like to keep the conversation going, you're invited to join our Patreon Book Club chat on November 19th at 8 PM ET, where we'll dive deeper into spoilers, themes, and reader reactions. Membership is $5 a month, or you can prepay for the year and save 10%SUPPORT OUR SHOW: Join the Book Gang- patreon.com/momadviceSUPPORT OUR SHOW: Make a One-Time Donation in ANY AMOUNT- buymeacoffee.com/bookgangpodcast2026 MomAdvice Book Club Books (All 12 Selections)November Book Club Episode: The Sideways Life of Denny Vos by Holly KennedyNovember Book Club Spoiler Episode: The Sideways Life of Denny Vos SPOILER SECTIONEverand Audiobook Option for The Sideways Life of Denny VosKindle+ Membership: The Sidways Life of Denny Vos (FREE TRIAL OPTION)The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy (INDIE BOOKSTORE OPTION)BONUS BOOK LIST: 51 Funny Books to Read Now (DOWNLOAD THE LIST NOW)NEW BONUS: November FULLY BOOKED Podcast & 26-Page NewsletterThe Giller PrizeAndrew EidenShower notepadNicola Yoon Discusses Her Provocative DebutKauai Writers ConferenceAmerican Dirt by Jeanine CumminsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenLong Bright River by Liz MooreHeft by Liz MooreThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreThe Unseen World by Liz MooreRoom by Emma DonoghueA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanBroken Country by Clare Leslie HallShow Don’t Tell by Curtis SittenfeldMillions of Cats by Wanda GágTheo of Golden by Allen LeviThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Secret History by Donna TarttWolf Hall by Hilary MantelLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’NeillIcebreaker by Hannah GraceMcNally Robinson BookstoreThe Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa BandThe Tin Box by Holly KennedyBookshop.org pays a 10% commission on every sale and matches it with 10% to support independent bookstores.Connect With Us:Join the Book Gang PatreonConnect with Holly Kennedy on Instagram or her WebsiteConnect with Amy on Instagram, TikTok, or MomAdviceGet My Happy List NewsletterGet the Daily Kindle Deals Newsletter
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    1 ora e 14 min
  • Don’t Buy What I’m Selling: The Truth About Ads, Body Image, and Becoming Visible with Lu Chekowsky

    Don’t Buy What I’m Selling: The Truth About Ads, Body Image, and Becoming Visible with Lu Chekowsky
    Oct 30 2026
    Lu Chekowsky reveals how decades in advertising and personal challenges inspired her powerful memoir, Don’t Buy What I’m Selling.This week on Book Gang, Emmy-winning ad creative Lu Chekowsky joins us to talk about her bold memoir, Don’t Buy What I’m Selling. You may not recognize her name, but you’ve definitely felt her influence.Lu pulls back the curtain on the world of advertising, sharing a journey that stretches from childhood poems about Levi’s to being part of a viral Michael Jordan campaign. Along the way, she confronts the invisible labor, personal costs, and body-image battles behind the scenes of an industry built on selling aspirational bodies that didn't look like hers. I promise, you’ll never see an ad the same way again.In this week’s juicy episode, we discuss:📚 Auditioning to Tell Her Own Story: Lu shares the surprising reality of having to "audition" to narrate her own memoir—and how voicing her story in the audiobook studio brought new power and intimacy to her journey, with a surprising starter job that not only helped with this job, but empowered her in the world of advertising.📚 The Power and Pressure of Image: We explore Lu’s experience with body image, self-worth, and media culture, and how the memoir confronts the messages we absorb (and perpetuate) about beauty, acceptance, and enough-ness.📚 Escaping the Sell: What Happens When You Break Up With Advertising? Lu shares the wild, sometimes surreal reality of life behind the world’s most influential campaigns, and what it truly costs to make a living selling other people’s dreams—plus what’s left of your own when you walk away.FREE BONUS BOOK LIST: This week’s bonus book list features 21 Nonfiction November Books To Read Now—my most anticipated new releases and a handful of backlist gems to inspire your reading month. Patrons receive a printable list and a spoiler-filled chat with Lu Chekowsky, where we dig deeper into their memoir and the art of self-reinvention.Meet Lu ChekowskyLu Chekowsky [she/they] is a writer and Emmy Award–winning creative director, and the author of Don’t Buy What I’m Selling: On Breaking Up With Advertising and Finally Learning to Love My Whole, Fat Self (Little, Brown, 2026).Lu’s career has spanned creative leadership roles at Facebook, Comedy Central, MTV, and Wieden+Kennedy, shaping campaigns for everything from The Daily Show and Broad City to Nike and Delta. Their essays and poetry have appeared in The Rumpus, Pigeon Pages, Autofocus, Ad Age, and Muse by Clios. A 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in nonfiction, Lu lives in the Hudson Valley.Mentioned in this episode:SUPPORT OUR SHOW: Join the Book Gang- patreon.com/momadviceSUPPORT OUR SHOW: Make a One-Time Donation in ANY AMOUNT- buymeacoffee.com/bookgangpodcast2026 MomAdvice Book Club Books (All 12 Selections)October Book Club Episode: One Yellow Eye by Leigh RadfordFREE BONUS BOOK LIST:21 Nonfiction November Books To Read NowThe Nonfiction November Challenge You Need: Meet the Founder (Podcast Episode)Don’t Buy What I’m Selling by Lu ChekowskyReturns & Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker501 Blues: A Look Back at the Levi’s Ad CampaignNike’s Walt Stack adHow Sex Work Prepared Me for a Career in AdvertisingWoodworking by Emily St. JamesBookshop.org pays a 10% commission on every sale and matches it with 10% to support independent bookstores.Connect With Us:Join the Book Gang PatreonConnect with Lu Chekowsky on Instagram or Their WebsiteConnect with Amy on Instagram, TikTok, or MomAdviceGet My Happy List NewsletterGet the Daily Kindle Deals Newsletter
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    50 min
  • From YA to Adult: Corey Ann Haydu on Writing Mothers and Other Strangers

    From YA to Adult: Corey Ann Haydu on Writing Mothers and Other Strangers
    Oct 23 2026
    Corey Ann Haydu reflects on moving from YA to adult fiction and how motherhood shaped her deeply honest debut, Mothers and Other Strangers.Perfectly pitched for fans of Claire Lombardo and J. Courtney Sullivan, debut adult novelist Corey Ann Haydu joins Book Gang to discuss her acclaimed Mothers and Other Strangers. The novel opens with two estranged friends reuniting, both about to become mothers, as they confront a decades-old betrayal that changed their families forever.Corey shares how new motherhood and her years in children’s and YA writing shaped the emotional honesty of her adult debut—a project she wrote in secret, embracing the bravery it takes to reinvent yourself as a seasoned novelist.In this week’s fascinating episode, we discuss:📚Navigating the Publishing “In-Between”: Corey discusses how Mothers and Other Strangers found itself between literary and commercial fiction—a space that can be tricky for editors and publishers. She opens up about the challenges of selling a book that’s hard to categorize and what it means for writers and readers when a novel doesn’t fit neatly on the shelf.📚 Genre-Shifting and Audience Overlap: Corey reflects on her move from children’s and YA books to adult fiction, and what it’s like to bring longtime readers along for a new kind of story. She shares insights on writing for different age groups, what remains the same, and the unique rewards and surprises of finding new audiences.📚 The Search for Community and the Allure of MLMs: We explore how Corey’s novel compassionately examines the vulnerability of new motherhood, the hunger for connection, and the ways women are drawn into—and sometimes exploited by—multi-level marketing schemes.FREE BONUS BOOK LIST: This week’s bonus book list offers readers 14 Books & Films on MLMs, Scams, and the Art of the Con—the perfect companion for anyone fascinated by the world of multi-level marketing and the art of persuasion. Patrons will receive a printable list to take to their local library, plus a spoiler-filled chat with Corey Ann Haydu, where we dive deeper into the back half of Mothers and Other Strangers.Meet Corey Ann HayduAuthor and educator Corey Ann Haydu has been publishing critically acclaimed books in the young adult and children’s space since 2013, including OCD Love Story, Eventown, Lawless Spaces, The Ordinary and Extraordinary Auden Greene, and more. Currently, she is on faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts in their Writing for Children and Young Adults MFA program.Her debut adult novel, Mothers and Other Strangers, came out in March 2026 and was the April 2026 Barnes and Noble Book Club pick, a People Magazine Book of the Week, and a Publisher’s Marketplace BuzzBook.Corey’s books have been Edgar Award nominees, Amazon Books of the Month, RISE Honorees, Junior Library Guild Selections, Kirkus, PW, and SLJ Best Books of the Year, BCCB Blue Ribbon Honorees, Brooklyn Public Library and Chicago Public Library Books of the Year, and more. A former theatre kid with a BFA in theatre and an MFA in writing, Corey lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughters.You can find Corey on her Substack, Books and Bangs, and as cohost of the podcast Still Writing.Mentioned in this episode:SUPPORT OUR SHOW: Join the Book Gang- patreon.com/momadviceSUPPORT OUR SHOW: Make a One-Time Donation in ANY AMOUNT- buymeacoffee.com/bookgangpodcast2026 MomAdvice Book Club Books (All 12 Selections)October Book Club Episode: One Yellow Eye by Leigh RadfordFREE BONUS BOOK LIST:14 Books & Films on MLMs, Scams, and the Art of the ConCAST YOUR VOTE FOR OUR 2027 BOOK CLUB PICKSMothers and Other Strangers by Corey Ann HayduJessica Bearak InstagramIsola by Allegra GoodmanAllegra Goodman - Isola podcast episodeMeg WolitzerClaire LombardoInvasive Species by Ellery AdamsOCD Love Story by Corey Ann HayduThe Dream podcastLuLaRichHey, Hun by Emily Lynn PaulsonBookshop.org pays a 10% commission on every sale and matches it with 10% to support independent bookstores.Connect With Us:Join the Book Gang PatreonConnect with Corey Ann Haydu on Instagram or Her WebsiteConnect with Amy on Instagram, TikTok, or MomAdviceGet My Happy List NewsletterGet the Daily Kindle Deals Newsletter
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    1 ora e 5 min
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