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Yearning for Wicker Men

August 4, 2026 · 1 h 13 min

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A tisket, a tasket, we can’t stop talking about baskets. Welcome back to The Story Is Podcast! Of course, we had to talk about everyone’s new favorite trailer, Wicker. Also sharing our recap of meeting HM Wolfe, author of Daggermouth, cover reveals, and the latest in romance book adaptation news!


(0:08) Meeting HM Wolfe and our trip to Raleigh

(17:15) Wicker

(30:54) Penn Cole in her vigilante era

(40:33) Indie BIPOC shelf at Trope

(46:29) Simon Sits

(50:38) Core by Ariel Sullivan reveal

(53:24) ACOTAR 6— no title, cover, or blurb

(56:41) Liv Zander gets trad published for Crown Me Dead and Crown Me Yours, The Poison Daughter picked up by Hulu, Beth Broward Historical romance,

(1:02:23) Katie’s Book Report: Vera Stein in Fine, Helpless (SPOILERS INCLUDED), The Winged Game,

(1:09:55) Amanda’s Book Report: Branded by Saffron A. Kent, Zodiac Academy 9,

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Zodiac Academy 9: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781916926110

The Winged Game by Sophie Kim- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780593983362

Vera Stein by Julie Murphy- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780063386839

Helpless by Jessica Knoll- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781668062302



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