Turn the Page Podcast

Maria Giesbrecht shares her gorgeous poetry in A LITTLE FERAL. Written in the aftermath of leaving a conservative Mennonite upbringing, these poems chart a parallel journey of breaking away— from father, from God, from the confines of obedience.

Natalie Keller Reinert writes what she knows, and has grown a devoted fanbase through her EVENTING series about the world of horsemanship. Now she brings us THE JUMP, an all new standalone novel about Brooke, a young woman with a horse and a dream. Natalie tells us about how her own background shaped Brooke’s story and how she challenged herself to delve into some difficult discussions surrounding...

When her scheming, Bluebeard-esque husband dies, Lady B must navigate a grumpy (yet appealing) solicitor, ghosts, and multiple wills to choose a new suitor. Reigning queen of romance Eloisa James shares THE LAST LADY B!

Ada Hoffman shares IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a sweeping, poignant novel about forbidden love, growing up, and fighting against censorship in which a script supervisor for an AI media conglomerate is caught between her intense need for an orderly life and her deeper queer desires.

Jonathan & Josh Baker, the Aussie-born, LA-based twin brother directing duo, stopped by to share their work in film as well as their debut novel with Thomas Ray, THE BLACKBIRD, in which a young Deaf boy in rural Eastern Europe is unexpectedly paired with a lethal killer, propelling him into a secret world of espionage, fear and deception.

Skye MacKinnon is desperate for an escape. When she wins a lottery to buy a run-down cottage on a Greek island for only one euro, Skye jumps at the chance to get out of England and start over. Izzy Broom shares THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN LETTERS!

In a post-apocalyptic United States, torn apart by climate change and widening inequality, billionaire John Brandt and his family retreat to a vast luxury underground bunker, while starving raiders above ground will do anything to get in and survive. James Cleary shares the gripping and relevant thriller SANCTUARY.

Spanning decades of seismic change in post-Cultural Revolution China, AND THE ANCESTORS SING is a sweeping, multigenerational novel of resilience, sacrifice, and the unbreakable pull of home. Radha Lin Chaddah discusses her stunning fiction debut.

Andy Chou Musser & Amy Seto Forrester dropped by to talk about SEARCH FOR A MYSTERIOUS MUSHROOM, the second book in the Science Explorers series of fun and interactive pick-your-path STEM books for kids.

In AN ACCIDENT OF DRAGONS, Radke invites us to fly along with a dragoness named Summer, a young girl name Zinny, and Teddy, her 40 year old father who shares a deep bond with dragon and daughter, forged by the secrets he’s kept for so long.

Kaye and Jenn chat with TikTok crafter and author Annika Hinds about the colorful and purrfectly brilliant CRAFTING FOR YOUR CAT: 25 PLAYFUL PROJECTS FOR YOU AND YOUR FELINE FRIEND.

Ellery Adams departs from her mystery genre roots to bring us a creepy nautical horror novel set right here on the North Shore of Long Island.

Olivia Sullivan shares the debut graphic novel ORACLES, a meditative and affecting journey through the wilderness to face the complications and complexities of grief and loss.

Sally Kirkpatrick serves up a refreshingly fun story about Stella Stark, a soon to be 40 something whose own run in with her cheating boyfriend leads her begin a “Karmic Justice for Hire” business.

In TINY LITTLE EARTHQUAKES, Hays Blinckmann presents a funny and touching semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel about a young girl navigating a chaotic 1980s North Carolina horse farm with an alcoholic mother, a distant father, and a troubled older sister.

Former Manhattan public defender and author Yosha Gunasekera draws upon her career in the criminal legal system in THE MIDNIGHT TAXI, in which a Sri Lankan American taxi driver must work to clear her name when the last fare of the nigth turns up dead in her backseat.

Priya Parmar shares her stunning novel THE ORIGINAL, which explores the life of screen icon Katharine Hepburn, a star whose fierce independence, passionate spirit, and fluid sexuality shattered Hollywood’s rules and redefined what it meant to be a woman in film.

Chris Pavone shares THE DOORMAN, a pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex, and murder– and the 2026 Long Island Reads selection! See him discuss this book in-person or online on April 26– find out more here . Out in paperback TODAY!

Lukasz Majcher, Soizick Jaffre, & Marco Kl. Nijenhuis dropped by to discuss SILENCE: DREAM/NIGHTMARE, the latest entry in a gorgeous queer comics anthology series that demonstrates the power and range of “silent” comics without text. Support their latest Kickstarter here! 

Allison Pataki stopped by to share IT GIRL, a sweeping, sensational novel of America’s first “It Girl,” Evelyn Talbot, whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades.

Samantha Mills presents RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, a gorgeous and subversive collection of speculative stories that probe the borders of genre, society, and time.

Maria Dong shares AVIARY, a genre-bending speculative suspense novel about an undocumented woman in Seoul, Hee-Jin, who assumes her dead sister’s identity to escape to America, only to find herself trapped in a sinister art mentorship program with dark secrets rooted in Korean folklore.

After a decades-long stint in prison, former serial killer Carol is looking to kick back and relax in her new retirement home…until a fellow resident drops dead and Carol has to prove she actually didn’t do it this time….Fergus Craig shares I’M NOT THE ONLY MURDERER IN MY RETIREMENT HOME.

Michelle Maryk stopped by to chat about THE FOUND OBJECT SOCIETY, which explores a mysterious society offering its members the chance to relive the death of another person—and the self-destructive woman determined to uncover its secrets.

Sonora Taylor & Matthew Pritt share volume 7 of SPLIT SCREAM, the acclaimed New Weird Horror series of paired novelettes from Tenebrous Press, and their contributions, “Passing Glance,” and “Lash Egg.”