Turn the Page Podcast

Nick Horrell shares his fascinating and moving documentary, FRANK WHITTLE: GENIUS IN THE FAMILY, which explores the life and career of the English engineer, inventor and RAF officer whose work on the turbojet engine changed the course of WW2.

Erica Wright brings her beautiful prose and masterful storytelling skills to THE MUSEUM OF UNUSUAL OCCURANCE, the first in a cozy-ish occult series centered around two sisters and a quirky town in Florida with spooky vibes.

Tamika Thompson brings us a story of a haunting that exists as much in the structure of the society where the characters live, as much as it is a literal haunting in a public housing community. THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS introduces us to Nona who so desperately wants to get her sons out of the public housing neighborhood that has kept them locked into a cycle of trauma and gun violence.

Della Leavitt chats about VIVIAN'S DECISION, an evocative work of historical fiction and all too relevant story of repeated history, female friendship, and the strength that it takes to make choices of one's own.

Maria J. Morillo shares THE EX-PERIMENTO, a scintillating rom-com in which a woman enlists the help of her favorite musician to win her ex-boyfriend back.

Kelly Yang, best known for her middle grade fiction, explores the intersection of race, power, classism and female relationships in THE TAKE.

Emmanuel Laroche stopped by to talk about A TASTE OF MADAGASCAR: CULINARY RICHES OF THE RED ISLAND, which takes you on a rare sensory journey of the island's flavors from the world-renowned vanilla beans to the endemic voatsiperifery wild pepper, and more.

Ruth McKell talks about the healing power of bees, nature, and kittens, as told in HONEY IN HER VEINS, a beautiful fantasy with dark edges that introduces us to Arthur and Eva, two former lovers who grapple with the ghosts of their pasts in more ways than one.

Justin Feinstein shares YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED: a compulsively readable science fiction novel wrestling with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death…and how to make a really good commercial. It's an all too plausible near future in which emotionally intelligent AI go up against emotionally stunted humans.

Two rival authors are forced to confront a decade of love and heartbreak on the campus where it all started. Kara McDowell shares her scintillating romance debut, THE WRITE OFF!

A woman tests the limits of her so-called amicable divorce when she flies to Paris for the destination wedding of her former sister-in-law, only to butt heads with the deliciously gruff best man. Kate Clayborn chats about THE PARIS MATCH!

John Chu shares THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE, the exhilarating debut science fiction novel about keeping the universe– and your family– together when it's falling apart, channeling unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum.

Nicole Goux & Dave Baker drop by to discuss their delightful comic collaboration PUNK’N HEADS, a raucous and revealing new graphic novel about making music, making mistakes, facing your past, and choosing your future.

James Gregory returns to the show to discuss GHOST TOWN, his latest novel set in the late 19th-century, exploring ambition, isolation, and connection in the fictional coal mining town of Sulphur Creek, Pennsylvania.

Donna Jones Alward shares SHIP OF DREAMS, a thoughtful look at the Titanic focusing on the friendship between two women, Hannah and Louisa, as they navigate personal secrets and societal expectations during the ship’s maiden voyage and its tragic aftermath.

Iris is wrapped up in the grief of her fiance's death until she meets. Jack, a gorgeous young widower who has joined her grief counseling group. In SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, Georgia McVeigh presents us with two very unreliable narrators who use the vulnerability of grief in very unexpected ways.

Amber Husain shares TELL ME HOW YOU EAT: FOOD, POWER, AND THE WILL TO LIVE, an insightful and affecting collection about the political, cultural, and personal dimensions of eating, moving beyond the individual to see food as a tool for power and resistance. Content note for discussion of disordered eating.

Author Kayla Hardy draws a rich tale of politics and magic in THE QUARTER QUEEN, a historical fantasy centering on New Orleans’ Voodoo Queen Marie LaVeau and her daughter Ree (or Marie LaVeau II).

Ingrid, a down on her luck witch, gets a chance of a lifetime when she does a reading for an affluent bride to be whose family is well known in society of Savannah,Georgia. Unfortunately, what began as a magical opportunity for Ingrid turns into a nightmare when she weaves a spell that causes ruin for the mother of the bride.

After having launched a successful journalism career, writing for The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and many other respected outlets, Jack Brewster found himself concerned by the prevelence of misinformation and how it spread based on the changing nature of the way we engage with our news. Jack joined Turn the Page to chat about how he used his experience and passion for promoting democracy through a well informed populace to found Newsreel, an app that is designed to adapt the traditional news article, to how the landscape has changed the field.

Vincent Tirado returns with their fabulous blend of horror and dark humor in YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM, a story about Xiomara and her wealthy family who sharpen their knives when their patriarch passes away – leaving not a will, but an actual demon to contend with.

Mark Peres shares THE ACCORD, a speculative literary novel about a grieving professor of moral philosophy, begins using an AI assistant to help prepare for her classes, and eventually, to heal. Find more info here. 

Talia can't believe her luck when she re-meets her ex-boyfriend Townsend, newly single and ready to take their relationship seriously this time. Unfortunately, Townsend is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his ex, and Talia might be too in her own fantasy to heed the red flags.

Gilmore returns with another historic gothic horror, set (mostly) in 1920's Paris, and dazzles with stories of disgraced royals, the folk art of fortune telling and the allure of an intergenerational murder mystery.

Rebecca Lehmann shares THE BEHEADING GAME, a sharp-as-knives work of speculative historical fiction that imagines Anne Boleyn mysterious resurrection after her execution, and her efforts to protect her daughter Elizabeth and exact bloody revenge.

Jenn chats with Amal El-Mohtar about the breathtaking short story collection SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON, encompassing almost twenty years of storytelling across multiple genres, modes, and worlds.

Elizabeth Everett invites us for a stay at a hotel for magic residents in MAGIC AND MISCHIEF AT THE WAYSIDE HOTEL, a cozy fantasy about a former Paladin and a human single mother who find love across realms.

Spann joins us to chat about A STAGE SET FOR VILLAINS, a deliciously dark fantasy where the gods have abandoned humanity and left behind a mysterious phantom playhouse inhabited by The Players – supernatural beings with a dark script to follow.

Lived truth challenges conception of the artificially intelligent in a serial allegory of one AI's search for the Singularity. Ian Domowitz shares INITIAL CONDITION, the third book in THE MECHANIC'S DIARY series.

#1 international bestselling author Karma Brown shares her horror debut MOTHER IS WATCHING, in which an art conservator's obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters.

Luke Kennard chats about BLACK BAG, a novel about an out-of-work actor who takes a bizarre job for a university professor: sitting silently inside a large leather bag during lectures as part of a psychological experiment.

Carissa Broadbent stopped by to share MOTHER OF DEATH AND DAWN, the third and final book in the WAR OF LOST HEARTS trilogy, a tale of romance, magic, vengeance, and redemption.

Syosset alumni Gabe Rotter returns to his hometown roots, both in THE BEAST IN ME, Netflix's hit limited series set in Oyster Bay Cove, and right here on Turn the Page Podcast, where Gabe shares his journey to a career in the entertainment industry.

Dr. Craig Yorke stops by to share his inspiring memoir, STEEP: A BLACK NEUROSURGEON'S JOURNEY. a story of resilience and self-discovery that will resonate with anyone who has wrestled with their past while chasing the American dream.

Pip Knight brings us the most relatable vampire in AUBREY WANTS TO DIE and discusses how she aimed to lovingly flip the tropes of both thrillers and vampire fiction in this spectacular series opener.

Jenn chats with Alex Woodroe: writer of dark speculative fiction and the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated editor-in-chief of Tenebrous Press. We discuss how Romanian history, government repression and surveillance, and horror in confined spaces come to bear on her novel THE NIGHT SHIP.

Olivia Waite returns to the show to chat about NOBODY'S BABY, second book in the Dorothy Gentleman series, following the ship’s detective as she investigates the impossible appearance of a baby on an interstellar liner where fertility is supposed to be paused.

In a spectacular world of immortals, spirit beasts, and mystical martial arts, the young farmer Wu Ying's life will be changed forever when he is unexpectedly invited to join an elite school of cultivation. Ralph chats with Tao Wong about THE FIRST STEP!

Ellen Meeropol talks SOMETIMES AN ISLAND, a nesting doll of a novel that connects various stories of generational trauma building to a climate crisis from which a population must learn to come to understand one another, and the earth they inhabit if they want to move forward.

Juliet Izon discusses her debut novel THE ENCORE, a story spanning decades about two classical music students, Anna and Will, whose relationship is shattered by a single event, who reunite years later to tour with their teenage daughter.

Shelley Noble chats about THE SISTERS OF BOOK ROW, a thrilling and timely historical novel of books, banning, and the women who helped save New York's famed Book Row in 1915 Manhattan.

You’ve heard of the men who kill, but what about the women who loved them? Jenn chats with award-winning writer and journalist Elizabeth Arnott about her riveting mystery, THE SECRET LIVES OF MURDERERS’ WIVES.

Deanna Raybourn stops by to celebrate the publication of the tenth Veronica Speedwell mystery, A GHASTLE CATASTROPHE! The Victorian adventurer's latest adventure involves a blood-drained corpse, a secretive club, and the aid of an old acquaintance.

Jenn talked to award-winning investigative journalist Cheryl Thompson about her fascinating and moving work of history and journalism, FORGOTTEN SOULS: THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. Learn more about her work here!

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. Katherine speaks to Cameron Sullivan about THE RED WINTER!  

Saara El-Arifi, author of many wonderful fantasy novels pivots to historical fiction in CLEOPATRA. Saara joined us to discuss writing a thoughtful book about Cleopatra, and how her own love of Cleopatra's story brought her back to university to learn more about the historical Egyptian Queen.

THE GHOST WOMEN is a little bit mystery, a little bit history, and a lot of intrigue. Jennifer Murphy talks to Jessikah about how her interest in Tarot and art inspired a story set in the 1970's about a group of teen girls at the center of a series of mysterious murders.

Jenn was lucky enough to chat about her favorite show with entertainment and culture writer Scott Meslow, who shares his book A PLACE BOTH WONDERFUL AND STRANGE: THE EXTRAORDINARY UNTOLD HISTORY OF TWIN PEAKS.  

Alexandra Kennington reunites Revna and Soren in GODS BENEATH THE ICE, the second and final book in the Blood & Souls Duology. Prepare for some magic, some intrigue and more than a bit of romance to warm up the frosty winter air.

Katrina Denza discusses her short fiction collected in the gorgeous BURNER, a slim volume that packs an emotional punch investigating women's lives, technology, and the highs and lows of connection.

Wen-yi Lee stopped by to chat about WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY, the first book in THE BUTTERFLY DUET and a fierce, glamorous sapphic fantasy reimagining the secret societies of postcolonial Singapore.