Turn The Page – Episode 396E – Donna James Alward

Donna Jones Alward shares SHIP OF DREAMS, a thoughtful look at the Titanic focusing on the friendship between two women, Hannah and Louisa, as they navigate personal secrets and societal expectations during the ship’s maiden voyage and its tragic aftermath.

Turn The Page – Episode 396C – Amber Husain

Amber Husain shares TELL ME HOW YOU EAT: FOOD, POWER, AND THE WILL TO LIVE, an insightful and affecting collection about the political, cultural, and personal dimensions of eating, moving beyond the individual to see food as a tool for power and resistance. Content note for discussion of disordered eating.

Turn The Page – Episode 395E – Mark Peres

Mark Peres shares THE ACCORD, a speculative literary novel about a grieving professor of moral philosophy, begins using an AI assistant to help prepare for her classes, and eventually, to heal. Find more info here. 

Turn The Page – Episode 395B – Rebecca Lehmann

Rebecca Lehmann shares THE BEHEADING GAME, a sharp-as-knives work of speculative historical fiction that imagines Anne Boleyn mysterious resurrection after her execution, and her efforts to protect her daughter Elizabeth and exact bloody revenge.

Turn The Page – Episode 395A – Amal El-Mohtar

Jenn chats with Amal El-Mohtar about the breathtaking short story collection SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON, encompassing almost twenty years of storytelling across multiple genres, modes, and worlds.

Turn The Page – Episode 394D – Ian Domowitz

Lived truth challenges conception of the artificially intelligent in a serial allegory of one AI’s search for the Singularity. Ian Domowitz shares INITIAL CONDITION, the third book in THE MECHANIC’S DIARY series.

Turn The Page – Episode 394C – Karma Brown

#1 international bestselling author Karma Brown shares her horror debut MOTHER IS WATCHING, in which an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters.

Turn The Page – Episode 394B – Luke Kennard

Luke Kennard chats about BLACK BAG, a novel about an out-of-work actor who takes a bizarre job for a university professor: sitting silently inside a large leather bag during lectures as part of a psychological experiment.

Turn The Page – Episode 393E – Craig Yorke

Dr. Craig Yorke stops by to share his inspiring memoir, STEEP: A BLACK NEUROSURGEON’S JOURNEY. a story of resilience and self-discovery that will resonate with anyone who has wrestled with their past while chasing the American dream.