Turn the Page Podcast
Syosset Public Library - Librarians
A Podcast from Syosset Public Library on Long Island, New York.
Episodes
Turn The Page – Episode 423G – Katie Jung
Katie Jung brings us a perfectly sweet rom-com with a ghostly twist in YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I HAUNT.
Turn The Page – Episode 423F – Scott Hawkins
The wolf Blacktail is faithful to his Forest God, but in these times, faith is not enough. His world is besieged by men. When his mate, a house dog, is killed, Blacktail rebels. Scott Hawkins discusses his phenomenal new novel BLACKTAIL.
Turn The Page – Episode 423E – Kaitlin Reilly
As if Mackenzie Atwood’s wish to never see him again came true, Will Ashford is dead—and she plans on taking the reason she wanted him gone to her own grave. Local Syosset grad Kaitlin Reilly presents LOOK WHAT YOU DID.
Turn The Page – Episode 423D – Brittanée Nicole
For Penny Darling, love is best enjoyed between the pages of a book. After a very public failed engagement, she’d rather cozy up by the fire with a book boyfriend than a real one any day. Then Jake, her high school best friend, now a struggling author with inked forearms and wicked green eyes, returns. And he needs her help. Brittanée Nicole presents THE BONFIRE AND BLISS BOOKSTORE!
Turn The Page – Episode 423C – Madison Tyler Nelson
After fearing it all her life, a young woman embraces her ability to see ghosts after a murder occurs that appears dangerously linked to her past. Madison Tyler Nelson shares PORTRAIT OF A HAUNTING.
Turn The Page – Episode 423B – Nghi Vo
Pick a face, pick a fate. Nghi Vo returns to the show to discuss THE SCARLET BALL, an all-consuming tale of ballrooms and bloodshed set in the upper echelons of an evocative NYC fantasy setting.
Turn The Page – Episode 423A – Joanne Harris
The legendary Joanne Harris stopped by to talk about SLEEPERS IN THE SNOW, a hauntingly beautiful story about love, loss, and memory in which a newly divorced man moves into a house on the North York moors and comes face to face with the house’s past occupants through the diaries they left behind.
Turn The Page – Episode 422E – Jennifer Thorne
Jennifer Thorne joins us to chat about NEWBOURNE PARK, a book that leans heavily on horror tropes, but takes us on a joyride when Martha, a young 26 year old grieving her mother makes a poor choice that literally bites her back in ways she will have to adjust to – depending on the moon phase.
Turn The Page – Episode 422D – Jonathan Sims
Jonathan Sims of the MAGNUS ARCHIVES chats about THE BURN LINE, a wild ride set during the UK’s post Covid heat wave, where five stranger witness something horrific on the London Underground and must re-connect to regain their memories of what happened and stop it from terrorizing anyone else.
Turn The Page – Episode 422C – Tanya Grant
Emily has made her name around home organization, and she is very good at her job. So good that when she becomes fixated on Cap, a beautiful wealthy client, Emily inserts herself seamlessly into Cap’s life, with an intense desire to stay forever. Tanya Grant stopped by to chat about how this book A BEAUTIFUL LIE came to be.
Turn The Page – Episode 422B – John Mutter
John Mutter, a journalist who covers the book world as editor-in-chief of Shelf Awareness, presents his debut novel FORTUNE AND GLASS, a philosophical spy novel and literary love story about private choices, secret resistance, and the cost of staying human inside a system determined to erase individuality.
Turn The Page – Episode 422A – Jackie McMahon
Inspired by Agatha Christie’s real-life Detection Club, a murder among a group of golden age mystery writers meets a second chance romance. Jackie McMahon discusses THE CLOAK AND DAGGER CLUB!
Turn The Page – Episode 421G – Isabel Sterling
A witch hired to ethically haunt a small-town B&B instead finds herself spellbound by her non-magical client in this cozy and enchanting sapphic romance. Isabel Sterling shares WITH ALL MY HAUNTED HEART!
Turn The Page – Episode 421F – Jennifer Sears
Jennifer Sears shares WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR, a gorgeous debut collection of eleven connected short stories following a Mennonite minister's daughter named Ruthie as she transitions from childhood faith to religious doubt.
Turn The Page – Episode 421E – Oscar Rios
Oscar Rios, founder of Golden Goblin Press joined us to chat about how he turned his love of cosmic horror into a creative body of work writing mods and scenerios for the Call of Cthulhu RPG series.
Turn The Page – Episode 421D – Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein returns to the show to discuss CANINE CUSTODY, which follows Layla and Franklin as they negotiate their divorce and a bitter custody battle for their dog, Betty (who you better believe is a POV character).
Turn The Page – Episode 421C – E. Madison Shimoda
E. Madison Shimoda discusses her translation of WELCOME TO THE KOKORO CAT CLINIC, the third book in the cozy hit I’LL PRESCRIBE YOU A CAT series! We discuss our love of cats and translating the textures of everyday life in Japan onto the page.
Turn The Page – Episode 421B – Lee Kuhnle & Nathan Radke
Professors Lee Kuhnle & Nathan Radke present UNCOVER UP: HOW TO THINK CLEARLY IN AN AGE OF CONSPIRACIES, an urgent exploration of how conspiratorial thinking, misinformation, and anti-intellectualism take hold and spread, with suggestions for how to see the truth through the noise.
Turn The Page – Episode 421A – Alma Katsu
Beauty doesn’t fade. It feeds. Alma Katsu returns to the show to discuss INCARNATE, a brilliant and disturbing remix of Oscar Wilde’s THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY for the age of internet start-ups and generative AI.
Turn The Page – Episode 420H – Premee Mohamed
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of war. Premee Mohamed returns to the show to discuss her epic spy fantasy.
Turn The Page – Episode 420G – Julie Olivia
A grumpy rock star and a joyful children’s show creator revive television magic in this cozy small-town romance. Julie Olivia shares her standalone romance, LOVE FELT LIKE THIS!
Turn The Page – Episode 420F – Sarah Maria Griffin
A group of childhood friends are pulled back together as adults to relive a game they’d played before their lives changed forever. Sarah Maria Griffin joins us to chat about the trap that is nostalgia in her newest novel, STRANGE IS THE LIGHT.
Turn The Page – Episode 420E – Kelly McWilliams
Kelly McWilliams shares AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, a deeply affecting work of historical thriller and horror that follows a light-skinned Black man working undercover for the NAACP to investigate violent lynchings in the Jim Crow South.
Turn The Page – Episode 420D – Amy B. Scher
Salon Rose had the entire world ahead of her. Then she was murdered. Told from an afterlife perspective, Salon finds a new sense of freedom with a cohort of “classmates” who have yet to move on. Here she will learn the truth of her death, and find a new sense of life in the past tense.
Turn The Page – Episode 420C – Sara Z. Carson
Carson explores the way community and connections build and buckle under the eye of a charismatic leader in DARK MESSIAH, a novel told from the POV of 15 year old Nell, a teenager living in 1975 San Francisco on a collision course with a Jonestown inspired cult.
Turn The Page – Episode 420B – Isabelle Correa
Isabelle Correa discusses her gorgeous poetry, collected in PORTRAIT OF A PERSON WHO PUSHES LOVE AWAY IN FEAR OF LOSING IT. Through intimate and darkly funny poems, Isabelle Correa explores heartbreak, desire, healing, and the lifelong search for a love that doesn't require losing yourself.
Turn The Page – Episode 420A – Carly Hillman
Carly Hillman makes a flawless leap from working on Late Night TV to novel writing with THE REFUGE, a literary thriller set on a Montana Wildlife reserve. This book will grab the attention of readers right from the get go, when a mysterious seven year old girl is discovered alone and hiding by Johnny, a Park Ranger. What happens from here? You’ll have to read to find out.
Turn The Page – Episode 419E – Ann Aguirre
Their love is forbidden, but when irresistible force sweeps up an immovable object, the resulting reaction might be magical…Ann Aguirre presents THE HOCUS POCUS HANDBOOK!
Turn The Page – Episode 419D – Patricia Park
Patricia Park joins us to chat about AMBROSIA LEE DROPS THE MIC, a YA novel about an Asian American teenager and “failed” child star, who finds herself pursuing stand-up comedy in the midst of her every day life drama!
Turn The Page – Episode 419C – Carol Hoenig
She was taught to endure. Her daughter teaches her to dream. Local author and friend-of-the-show Carol Hoenig returns to discuss her newest work of moving and insightful fiction, THE LIBERATION OF JANE CARTER, set in the rugged mountains and farms of Upstate New York in the early 1900s.
Turn The Page – Episode 419B – Kasey Lansdale
Kasey Lansdale shares FIRST CHANCE, a witty, impossible-to-put-down thriller in which small-town detective Chance Kirby must stop a predator who, it seems, has managed to evade authorities for decades…or risk becoming the next target.
Turn The Page – Episode 419A – Nafiza Azad and Intisar Khanani
Nafiza Azad and Intisar Khanani share their gorgeous edited collection A THOUSAND NIGHTS, a groundbreaking YA anthology featuring sixteen Muslim women writers that links together fantastical stories that a group of refugees tell one another within a riveting frame story.
Turn The Page – Episode 418G – Michelle Brandon
Michelle Brandon AKA Eliza Knight presents TRADWIFE, a juicy mystery thriller set in an exclusive enclave embracing traditional values and gender roles, a step back in time to an era of female submission and patriarchal leadership.
Turn The Page – Episode 418F – Sophie Mutiara Nova
Sophie Mutiara Nova presents PHONING FAUST, a devilishly Sapphic Gen Z take on Goethe's tragic play highlighting mental health, queer identity, & unrestricted internet access. Learn more here!
Turn The Page – Episode 418E – Ashley Bennett
Ashley Bennett returns to discuss the latest LEVIATHAN FITNESS romance, MANTRAS & MINOTAURS! A single mom decides to take life—and love—by the horns as she falls for a hunky minotaur in this steamy monster romance.
Turn The Page – Episode 418D – Jamie Stephan and Michael Cagno
Author Stephan and illustrator Cagno talk about A HAPPY IN YOUR HEART DAY, a children’s book collaboration leveraged by Stephan’s background in education and Cagno’s background in art to bring their decade old vision to fruition.
Turn The Page – Episode 418C – Mackenzie Reed
Brie Benson has condemned herself to the hell that is office life, that is until she catches Luke, her uptight (but very attractive) boss exorcizing a demon from her coworker. Mackenzie Reed delivers a fun quippy romantic romp to hell and back in I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL.
Turn The Page – Episode 418B – Hank Philippi Ryan
Every family has its story, and this one’s deadly. Two sisters. One secret. And a race against time to find the explosive truth. Hank Philippi Ryan returns to share MOTHER DAUGHTER SISTER STRANGER.
Turn The Page – Episode 418A – Madeline Martin
Across centuries, Lilith and Sybil are bound by blood and by danger. To save themselves, and each other, they must confront the silence that has stolen women’s power for generations—and dare to claim their voices before it’s too late. Madeline Martin returns to the show to discuss A TIME OF WITCHES!
Turn The Page – Episode 417H – Brandt&Stein
Eisner and GLAAD award nominated creators Brandt & Stein’s debut graphic novel WORST MAN is White Lotus meets Glass Onion. Welcome to Paradise, prepare for trouble.
Turn The Page – Episode 417G – Bridget Morrisey
Two high school rivals reunite when their favorite drama teacher goes missing. Author Bridget Morrisey joins us to chat about IN WHAT WORLD, a fun and heartfelt sapphic romance which brings Pricilla and Marlow together through exploring alternate universes where their paths went quite differently.
Turn The Page – Episode 417F – Jillian Laine
Divorced, Beheaded and Died. Divorced Beheaded, Survived! Everyone knows the tragic fates of Henry Tudor’s wives – but what if they all came together in a secret sisterhood to bring him down? Jillian Laine’s book HENRY TUDOR MUST DIE, does just that!
Turn The Page – Episode 417E – Sarah Adler
Sarah Adler shares WILD GOOD CHASE!
Turn The Page – Episode 417D – Hannah Wicklund
The Strawberry Moon Tribune is an independent arts & culture magazine produced by Hannah Wicklund. A safe and magnetic space to celebrate poetry, art, song, introspection & inspiration. https://strawberrymoontribune.com/
Turn The Page – Episode 417C – Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor
Everyone’s favorite vampire odd couple is back for another bloody good time in this new supernatural mystery from the authors of Dead & Breakfast-- Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor return to the show to discuss SUMMER COVEN!
Turn The Page – Episode 417B – Talya Jankovits
Talya Jankovits stopped by to talk about THE VERY UNREMARKABLE LIFE OF MRS. ETTY BLOOM, in which a profoundly flawed Hasidic woman learns that there is beauty in even the most mundane of lives.
Turn The Page – Episode 417A – Megan Frampton
A tantalizing pact between an ordinary woman and the silver-tongued son of the Devil is all that stands between Britain—and all hell breaking loose. Megan Frampton presents DEMONS AND DIPLOMACY!
Turn The Page – Episode 416F – Jeremy Szal
Jeremy Szal stops by to discuss THE COMMON SAGA, a dark military space opera series featuring Vakov Fukasawa, a former bio-soldier caught in an intergalactic war.
Turn The Page – Episode 416E – Christopher Golden
We welcome back Christopher Golden to chat about CARRY ME TO YOUR GRAVE, a thrilling horror novel about a man trying to lay his mother to rest while the demons of the past hunt them down. Literally.
Turn The Page – Episode 416D – Shelly Jay Shore
Shelly Jay Shore shares the delightful and moving LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK SONG, an LGBTQ+ paranormal romance which follows a jilted singer-songwriter on a road trip who picks up a golem.