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...

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.