Turn the Page Podcast

Episode two hundred seven - part one

Evelyn and Jill Shalvis chat about second chance love stories, the great outdoors, and Jill's fabulous social media presence.

Episode two hundred seven - part two

Mark Pryor’s new mystery, DIE AROUND SUNDOWN, is a thrilling page turner set in Nazi-occupied Paris. Mark chatted with Jenn about using historical figures in fiction, the allure of Paris, and how hard killing your own characters can be.

Episode two hundred seven - part five

Sunyi Dean chatted with Jenn about her new novel, THE BOOK EATERS, a beautifully complex dark fantasy with amazing characters and fascinating world building.

Episode two hundred seven - part four

Jenn talked to Jude Doyle about MAW, his gripping and terrifying new graphic novel that combines folk horror, body horror, and revenge to explosive effect.

Content notes for discussion of rape.

Episode two hundred six - part one

Jenn was lucky enough to talk to Louise Hare about her thrilling mystery MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS, an evocative period piece set on the RMS Queen Mary in 1936, and its main character, Lena Aldridge, a mixed race lounge singer passing for white in a racially divided time.

Episode two hundred six - part three

Nghi Vo's SIREN QUEEN is a beautiful, dreamy, magical realist novel about the life of a Chinese-American actress in pre-Code Hollywood. We discussed her new book, Old Hollywood, and blending fact and fiction on the page.

Episode two hundred six - part two

Megan and Jenn, Syosset Library's resident Trekkies, got to chat with Ryan Britt about his book, PHASERS ON STUN: HOW THE MAKING (AND REMAKING) OF STAR TREK CHANGED THE WORLD. Live long and prosper, and give it a listen!

Episode two hundred six - part four

With THE FALCON'S EYES, Francesca Stanfill has given us a fascinating glimpse into the life of a young noblewoman in the Norman courts and monasteries of medieval France and England. Resident medievalist Jenn talked to her about medieval marriage and childbirth, the rise and fall of the Normans, and the extraordinary life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Episode two hundred six - part five

Evelyn gets to chat with Katherine Center about her newest comfort read THE BODY GUARD. Katherine and Evelyn get to talk about their favorite movie stars, and the Hudson Valley outside of NY.

Episode two hundred five - part six

We welcome back Julia Whelan, actor, audiobook narrator and author. Julia chats with Evelyn about THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, a very meta book about audiobook narrators. Julia also clues us in as to why narrators of romance novels would prefer a pseudonym.