Turn The Page – Episode 252B – Jennie Wood


Jennie Wood’s PAPER PLANES is a beautiful and bittersweet tale of two queer teens navigating a complicated relationship at a summer camp for troubled youth after a traumatic . Jennie stopped by the show to talk about their stunning and contemplative graphical novel, illustrated by Dozer.

Turn The Page – Episode 252E – Jeffrey Dale Lofton

Jenn sat down with Jeffrey Dale Lofton to talk about his achingly beautiful RED CLAY SUZIE, a queer coming of age story of a sensitive boy in a working class family in rural Georgia based on true events.

Turn The Page – Episode 252A – Kate and Danny Tamberelli

Jessikah and Jenn had a blast chatting with authors and married couple Kate and Danny Tamberelli about their novel, THE FIRST DATE PROPHECY, a sweet and hilarious fictionalized account of their meet cute full of 90s nostalgia!

Turn The Page – Episode 252D – Kristen Alicia

Kristen Alicia’s YOU’VE BEEN SERVED is a delicious romcom about a California chef who leaves everything behind for law school in Michigan. We chatted about crafting romantic tension and slow burns.

Turn The Page – Episode 251C – Jake Emanuel and Willie Block

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Jessikah and Jenn sat down with Jake Emanuel & Willie Block, co-creators of THE EDGE OF SLEEP with Jason Gurley- once an immersive audio-drama podcast starring Markiplier, now a book, and soon-to-be a TV show!

Turn The Page – Episode 251A – Courtney Gould


Courtney Gould’s WHERE ECHOES DIE is a spooky and elegiac YA thriller about surviving grief, confronting the past, and facing the future. Jenn talks to Courtney about writing about “queer girls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night.”

Turn The Page – Episode 250C – Cody J. Thompson

Cody J. Thompson’s THIS ONE’S GONNA HURT is a brutal thrill ride of a slasher novel! Cody stopped by the show to talk about writing horror during the pandemic and what the slasher genre can tell us about modern life.

Turn The Page – Episode 250A – Aisha Harris

Jenn sat down with Aisha Harris, co-host and critic for NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, to talk about her book WANNABE: RECKONINGS WITH THE POP CULTURE THAT SHAPES ME, a gorgeous and insightful book creatively combining criticism and memoir.

Turn The Page – Episode 249A – Mattie Lubchansky

Mattie Lubchansky’s BOYS WEEKEND is a darkly comedic and hilariously terrifying look at being trans in a hyper-capitalistic, heteronormative near-future dystopia. Oh yeah, there’s also a crypto death cult. Jenn sat down with Mattie to talk about their new graphic novel.