Turn the Page Podcast

Durham’s unique book WINTERSET HOLLOW, is a unique twist on the phrase “Never meet your heroes.” Part dark fantasy, part horror, Durham shares his inspiration for this story and chats about how it went from an self published online sensation to be picked up by traditional publishers.

Two rivals put aside their differences to help their friend make a student film. Easy, right? In your dreams! Friend-of-the-show Balazs Lorinczi shares his latest graphic novel DREAM GIRL DISASTER, a gorgeous story about navigating relationships and the creative process.

Based on the true story of Alessandro de’ Medici, THE LAST PRINCE OF FLORENCE follows a Black woman’s secret plot to put her son on a Renaissance throne. Zoe Sivak discusses her beautiful follow-up to MADEMOISELLE REVOLUTION.

Beatrice is a broodmother: a vampire responsible for nursing newly made fledglings through the first years of their unlife. When she takes on more fledglings than she can bear, she begins to transform in frightening ways. Caitlin Starling returns to the show to discuss MILKTEETH!

The devil’s right-hand woman must convince her long-lost husband to renounce their vows so she can wed a prince from Hell. USA Today bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur shares her contemporary bisexual romance DAMNED IF I DO!

Lawyer, animal advocate, and novelist Michelle Lerner shares A SERIES OF OPINIONATED ANIMALS, a deeply funny and deeply moving memoir chronicling decades in animal rescue and the unforgettable animals who shaped her understanding of grief, disability, caregiving, and justice. 

The spare heir must work with an enemy prince to discover who murdered her twin in this gripping slow-burn romantasy. Friend of the show Alexandra Kennington returns to discuss DROWN THE BONES!

An aspiring author crashes his car outside the remote BnB where his dream literary agent is spending her holiday alone in a snow storm. Only this car crash wasn’t an accident, and the author will not leave until Claudia the Agent hears him out. Stephanie Wrobels’s REVENGE PLOT is going to be one of your favorite reads of the year!

Inspired by history’s most captivating gemstone, THE CURSED DIAMOND is a thrilling mystery about fate, obsession, and the deadly costs of ambition. Historian, gemologist, and novelist Anna Rasche shares her fascinating career and newest book!

Just in time for Spooky Season! We got a chance to catch up with Jaimie and Jay from THE WICKED MAKERS, a cool DIY YouTube channel which brings amazing video game and animation animatronics to life using trial and error. J&J told us all about their origins and gave some encouragement to aspiring makers as to where to get started on making their own things.

Jack Jewers joined us from across the pond to chat about his historical fiction mystery, SEETHING LANE – all the while educating Jessikah about Samuel Pepys, a well known figure in English Stuart history who serves as the protagonist of Jewers’ books.

Author, translator, and Long Island native Lawrence Schimel stopped by the show to talk about his fascinating career and translating the french graphic novel THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE ODYSSEY.

An elite, isolated Kenyan boarding school is terrorized by supernatural entities, grotesque maladies, and strange transformations in a chilling YA horror debut. Peace Mbengei presents WE RUN THE NIGHT!

Seth Fleisher discusses THE FARTHER SHORE, a sweeping novel about fathers and sons, memory and race, and the dangerous fictions that shape us—inspired by the true story of Eugene Marais, one of history’s most extraordinary and forgotten minds.

Meredith, a social worker and single mom, is stretched beyond thin but determined to protect her kids: not only her son, but those on her caseload too. When the stress of the job has her breaking her sobriety, the foundations of her life begin to tremble. Rachel León shares the riveting and beautiful HOW WE SEE THE GRAY.

Sharon Linnea, author of THE BARTENDER’S GUIDE TO MURDER series, joins us to chat about LESS THE HORROR THAN THE GRACE, her husband’s book, which she brought to light posthumously. Sharon talks to us about how folk-horror shines a light on the nastier parts of humanity as well as the cyclical nature of history and how mythology weaves its way through society when the old gods still have stories to...

A rising Hollywood star explores the road not taken with her first love in this tender second-chance romance. Becca Freeman shares BACK WHERE WE STARTED.

Robinette joins us to chat about THEIR VILE HEARTS, a character driven contemporary romantasy title which blends forbidden romance with fresh fae lore and unforgetable protagonists. And the villains? Well you’ll just have to read to find out.

Ava Glass joins us to chat about how her unique background led her to become the “Queen of UK Spy Fiction”, and how THE HIDING SEASON shows a very different side of spying through the eyes of Maya Landry, a woman whose life is already on the outs before she finds the dead body of someone very important at her job in a ski resort for billionaires.

Taylor Grothe shares LETHAL KISS, a sapphic horror/romance about rage, revenge, and belonging in the cut-throat world of academia. Survival, love, and TENURE are all on the line!

Blair Fell returns to the show to discuss THE TWO WILLS, a gorgeous queer historical romance inspired by Oscar Wilde’s literary theories regarding William Shakespeare’s sonnets. You can listen to a sample of the audiobook here !

When her adopted son disappears into the forests of Southern India, Usha defies her husband, leaves the life she was given, and goes to find him — alone. Chital Mehta shares the beautiful and moving HAVE YOU SEEN ROMIT?

Katie Rizzo shares THE TRIMESTERS OF GRIEF, a hybrid memoir and self-help guide that compares the physical and emotional experience of losing a child to opioid addiction with the stages of pregnancy.

Comics creator Matthew Dow Smith stopped by to share two beautiful series with new entries this year: the middle grade fantastical adventure AMELIA SHADOWS, and for young adults, the third volume of THE OCTOBER GIRL.