Turn The Page – Episode 379E – Peggy Townsend

In THE BOTANIST’S ASSISTANT, Peggy Townsend weaves an unputdownable tale. A murder in the science lab shatters a woman’s quiet and ordered life when she decides she must solve the crime herself in this entertaining and uplifting mystery.

Turn The Page – Episode 379C – Michelle Kadarusman

Celebrated and internationally published children’s author Michelle Kadarusman writes gorgeous books that explore environmentalism and humanitarianism through powerful storytelling and emotion. She stopped by to talk about her work, including SEA BIRD and MUSIC FOR TIGERS.

Turn The Page – Episode 379A – Janet Rich Edwards

Janet Rich Edwards discusses CANTICLE! Set in thirteenth-century Bruges, this debut novel follows a young woman’s explorations of faith, agency, and love among a community of fiercely independent women.

Turn The Page – Episode 378D – Dr. Vaughn Joy

Dr. Vaughn Joy discusses her film blog at https://blackwhiteandread.com, as well as her new book, SELLING OUT SANTA: HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS FILMS IN THE AGE OF MCCARTHY, which explores Christmas as a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealizing mirror for American cultural and political attitudes of a given moment.

Turn The Page – Episode 378B – Alexa Pedrero

Alexa Pedrero stops by to share NIFTY GIFTY: MINI CRAFTS WITH MAJOR CHARM, a guide to creative gift-giving that grew from her explosively popular crafting TikTok account @‌Lauraleii.

Turn The Page – Episode 377C – Zoë Rankin

A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush—and the witness who looks all too familiar—draws a woman back to the very place she swore she’d never return to. Zoë Rankin discusses THE VANISHING PLACE.

Turn The Page – Episode 377B – Seamus Sullivan

Seamus Sullivan shares DAEDALUS IS DEAD, a beautiful, mournful, and shocking story of fatherhood and masculinity, told through the reimagined destinies of Greek mythic figures Daedalus, Icarus, King Minos, and the Minotaur.

Turn The Page – Episode 377A – Traci Hunter Abramson

Traci Hunter Abramson stops by to chat about VICTIM #8, in which military aide Luke Steele and FBI Special Agent Amberlyn Reiner go undercover again to unravel a string of murders that may be tied to a nuclear threat.