Meet Brian Larson and the conversations about books, sobriety, creativity, identity, and belonging at the heart of Shelf Care Society.
Brian Larson introduces Shelf Care Society, a podcast rooted in books and the conversations they open about sobriety, creativity, identity, belonging, and building a life that feels like your own.
TJ Klune on “We Burned So Bright,” Queer Love & His New Book, "The Stars Look Like Home"
We Burned So Bright; The Stars Look Like Home
TJ Klune talks with Brian about queer love at the end of the world in We Burned So Bright, revisiting Murmuration, and writing grief and companionship in The Stars Look Like Home.
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What should be on your reading radar as we head into the final stretch of 2026?
Brian shares his late-2026 reading radar, with a mid-episode conversation with Taylor Tomlinson about reading on tour, audiobooks, and creativity.
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Kathryn Stockett on “The Calamity Club,” 17 Years After “The Help”
The Calamity Club
Brian and Kathryn discuss the seventeen years between "The Help" and "The Calamity Club," the publishing journey behind the novel, Depression-era Mississippi, and the "YES!" moment that unlocked the book.
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