Turn the Page Podcast

Comedian, actor, screenwriter, and now-novelist Kirk Fox dropped by to talk about PALMDALE, a funny and and moving work of “dirtbag noir” which follows a competing father-and-daughter private detective duo caught in a messy, absurd, and thrilling case in the high desert outside of Los Angeles.

Jenn talked to Carlisle Richardson about his fascinating career in the Foreign Service of St. Kitts and Nevis, including as Ambassador to the United Nations, and his debut crime thriller THE SOFT UNDERBELLY, which follows investigators in a fictional Caribbean state as they untangle a web of murder, corruption, and weapons trafficking.

With a unique sense of humor and sensitivity, debut author Meryl Branch-McTiernan brings us the story of Layla, an aspiring film maker who finds her career derailed, and her social life on pause during the first six months of COVID-19.

Katherine chatted with Devon Daniels about STAR-CROSSED SUMMER. When a Hollywood starlet is unexpectedly reunited with the costar who broke her heart, their chemistry has her questioning what’s reel and what’s real in this heartfelt summer romance about first loves and second chances.

Kerri Maher shares SUMMER OF LOVE, a moving novel about the transformative power of storytelling in which three women make life-changing decisions set in motion by the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.

Syosset Library happily welcomes back Chuck Tingle to discuss FABULOUS BODIES, the latest in his line of fresh horror titles. This time, Tingle introduces us to Poppy. Influencer by day, grave robber by night, and single mom 24/7, who learns the hard way to never meet your idols, be they dead or alive.

It’s a beastly world out there for Ellie, a 46 year old woman trying to balance her professional career, with motherhood and certain changes that are affecting her body – some of which include lycanthropy.

Jessikah and David caught up with Michelle Nephew of ATLAS GAMES to chat about their library partnership program, and their unique approach to game publishing that matches surpassing expectations with sustainability.

In THE STARGAZER OF NANTUCKET, Julie Gerstenblatt presents 18-year-old Winnie Starbuck, who stows away on her parents’ merchant ship in 1851 for a voyage from Nantucket to San Francisco and China, uncovering family secrets and facing adventure on the high seas.

Jayne Ann Krentz returns to the show to discuss ENTER THE NIGHTMARE. Nightmares become real when a woman trying to rebuild her life enters the Hotel of Dreams in this exhilarating Harmony novel.

Ocean’s Eleven meets the Golden Girls when an all-female group of chaotic, elderly thieves come out of retirement for one last heist against a young Crypto-loving DudeBro-type…Julia London shares RULES FOR AGING AND LARCENY!

Jessikah chats with Julia Bianco about WITCH SEASON her debut contemporary fantasy with a fresh approach to modern witch lore and unforgettable lead characters.

Jules Scheele shares his gorgeous graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO, a landmark of queer literature, and a playful, profound exploration of identity, art, gender, and transformation.

J. R.R. Tolkien. C.S. Lewis. Arthur Conan Doyle ? John R. Kelly zoomed in to chat about THE INKLINGS DETECTIVE AGENCY, a fun alternate history where he found that writing fiction was often not as strange as the truths behind his story.

Science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares MIND DRAMA: THE SCIENCE OF RUMINATION AND HOW TO OUTWIT YOUR INNER DEFEATIST, in which she explains why we so often become lost in our most self-defeating thoughts and how to transform this brooding energy into something empowering and productive.

Natasha Lester presents THE CHATEAU ON SUNSET, a glorious Hollywood Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre that delves into the fascinating history of the Chateau Mormont, a hotel known for its discretion about indiscrete celebrity escapades.

A mixed race woman with an extraordinary sense of smell longs for acceptance and finds herself at the center of a noble household which wishes to exploit her talents in Catherine Kurtz’ novel, FEAST.

When a radical think tank clones America’s founding fathers, can they run America the way it used to be run? Just in time for America’s 250th, Meg Elison presents the brilliant satire FOUNDLING FATHERS!

Quinn returns from the world of mommy influencers to another world all together: the very real system of Pay to Stay prison. Here, we meet Stephen Bard, a corrections officer drunk on power, and the women who tolerate him for their weekend-only incarcerations. That is, until he turns up dead, and each one of them has become a suspect.

Lauren C. Johnson explores the very real question of what it means to be mortal through the eyes of a statue on the west façade of Notre Dame who becomes human during the Black Plague.

Camille Perri stopped by to talk about SOCIAL ANIMALS, a funny and sharp social commentary on community, privilege, dog ownership, and the ultimate power of finding your people (and your pets).

Can you replace someone you have loved and lost? Lynn C. Miller shares the richly observed family drama THE SURROGATE, finds a psychologist turning her own training on herself in order to find peace amid turmoil after a death tears a family apart.

After surviving a terrorist nightmare, Justice Department lawyer Blake Hudson takes on a new enemy: the Chicago mafia. Chad Boudreaux shares the SCAVENGER HUNT sequel, MOB JUSTICE!

A sweeping novel of one Kentucky family’s rise and fall throughout the 1980s—a tragicomic tour de force about love and marriage, parents and children, and the perils of mixing family with business. Kayla Rae Whitaker discusses RETURNS AND EXCHANGES.

Interview contains strong language. First, it was Mansbach begging his child (not so gently) to go to sleep – but time have changed and now it has become time to send them into the world as a (sort of) grown(ish) adult. Just in time for graduation, Adam has returned with a perfect gift book to tuck those “Congratulations” gifts in between the pages.