Turn the Page Podcast

Episode two hundred sixteen - part four

Liz Climo -- a cartoonist whose credits range from The Simpsons to Picture Books joins us to chat about I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE, a sweet affirming book for ages 5 to 95 that feels like a hug from your favorite stuffed animals.

Episode two hundred sixteen - part one

Lavender House has been described as a queer historical take on Knives Out-- it is all that and more! Jenn sat down with Lev Rosen to discuss mystery, noir, and the Lavender Scare's impact on queer life in mid-century America.

Episode two hundred fifteen - part one

Jessikah chats with Russell James about THE DEMON DAGGER, a sci-fi horror novel set in Florida about a Demon Hunter who discovers that the stakes are high when someone very close to him has been possessed.

Episode two hundred fifteen - part five

Su Cho chats about her childhood dream of becoming a rapper, how dioramas are a universal experience for American school children, and of course, her collection of poetry, THE SYMMETRY OF FISH.

Episode two hundred fifteen - part three

Barney sat down with James Byrne -- author of THE GATEKEEPER to discuss the first in the Dez Limerick Thriller Series!

Episode two hundred fifteen - part two

Jenn sat down with Anthony Marra to discuss MERCURY PICTURES PRESENTS, a beautiful, haunting and often very funny book that spans 1940s Hollywood and Mussolini's Italy.

Episode two hundred fourteen - part two

Evelyn chats with Ellen Marie Wiseman about THE LOST GIRLS OF WILLOWBROOK which examines Willowbrook State School, the infamous Staten Island, New York, mental institution that shocked a nation when exposed in the 1970s as a dumping ground for unwanted children.

Episode two hundred fourteen - part one

Jessikah and Jenn were lucky enough to talk to Laurie Lico Albanese about her beautiful new book, HESTER, which asks and answers the question about who may have inspired the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER. They discuss many things, including: would Hawthorne have a Twitter account today?

Episode two hundred fourteen - part three

Evelyn catches a seat next to Freya Sampson to discuss THE LOST TICKET -- an uplifting novel about a young woman and an older man who meet on a bus and share their past heartbreak forming a friendship that heals one another in unexpected ways.

Episode two hundred twelve - part four

Deanna Raybourne returns to TURN THE PAGE with KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, her highly anticipated contemporary novel about a team of female assassins who are getting ready to retire after decades of service -- unfortunately the organization they worked for has marked them as targets.