Turn The Page – Episode 178A – Jillian Cantor


West Egg is revisited in this murder mystery told by the women of The Great Gatsby. Jessikah and Evelyn welcome author Jillian Cantor to the North Shore of Long Island (virtually) to talk about her inspiration behind this book, and the legacy of Gatsby.

Turn The Page – Episode 177C – Matthew Gabriele & David M. Perry

Jenn sat down with Matthew Gabriele and David Perry to discuss their new book, THE BRIGHT AGES: A NEW HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE. They talked why “Dark Ages” isn’t a useful term for the medieval period, the supposed “fall” of Rome (spoiler alert: Rome never fell!), and the complexity and richness of medieval culture.

Turn The Page – Episode 177B – Elizabeth Weiss


Elizabeth Weiss dazzles with THE SISTERS SWEET, a story set during the Vaudeville era, set around a set of twins forced to preform as a conjoined pair by their father, until one runs off to become a movie star — leaving her sister to pick up the pieces.

Turn The Page – Episode 176B – Sue Lynn Tan

Author Sue Lynn Tan zoomed into the pod to discuss DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS the beautiful story of Xingying, the child of Chang-e, the Chinese Moon Goddess and her beloved Houyi the archer.

Turn The Page – Episode 176A – Kerri Maher

Author Kerri Maher chats with Evelyn about 1920’s Paris, queer culture and Hemingway, all in the context of Sylvia Beach the titular PARIS BOOKSELLER who opened the first Shakespeare and Co. Shop.

Turn The Page – Episode 175B – Radhika Sanghani

Radhika Sanghani chats internet trolls, those pesky life milestones society puts on us all, and why self love is so important! Stacey and Jessikah sat down with Radhika about all of these things and more in the context of her book 30 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MYSELF which finds it’s heroine, Nina, a young British Indian navigating her life after a painful but necessary breakup.

Turn The Page – Episode 175C – Ellie Kagan

Syosset High School student Ellie Kagan chats with us about DYSLEXIA AND SELF ESTEEM, a book she researched and wrote while witnessing her sister’s struggle with dyslexia.

Turn The Page – Episode 175A – Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell

Jenn sits down to chat with Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, author of the Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession. They discuss the true crime genre and its appeal to women audiences, making the jump from drawing comic strips to a full-length graphic novel, and avoiding artistic burnout.

Turn The Page – Episode 174A – Anna Lynn Martino

Nickelodeon’s cartoons have defined a generation of fans — and we got to get up close and personal (over zoom) with Anna Lynn Martino, senior manager of the Nickelodeon Animation Archives and Library Resources. Anna Lynn treats our hosts to a small taste of the magic that takes place at her place of work. Who is your favorite Nicktoon? Spongebob, Invader Zim, Eliza Thornberry?