Turn The Page – Episode 135B – Tanisha Mitchell

Tanisha Mitchell, best known for her innovative work in the arts at the Metropolitan Opera and the Freeport Memorial Library, joins us to talk about how the pandemic has affected the Opera industry.

Turn The Page – Episode 134A – Erica Ruth Neubauer

Jane Wunderly is a young widow during the roaring 20’s who enjoys a liberating life of jet setting, adventuring and a little amateur sleuthing. Erica Ruth Neubauer joined us to chat about her delightful tale of murder, mystery, and a hint of romance.

Turn The Page – Episode 133A – Silent Book Club

Under the subheading of “A Happy Hour for Introverts”, Silent Book Club grew from a quiet concept to an internet phenomenon , and now a global community with chapters in nearly every corner of the world. We caught up with Guinevere de la Mare, co-founder of Silent Book Club to chat about the origin story of Silent Book Club, and how the pandemic has changed the initiative in ways unexpected.

https://silentbook.club/

Turn The Page – Episode 132B – Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

The Girls are All So Nice Here with Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
A first college semester gone horribly wrong, a toxic friendship, and a college reunion over a decade past these incidents set up an intense series of events that will gut readers to the core and make you think about how women value niceness.

Turn The Page – Episode 132A – Arianna Rebolini

Arianna Rebolini is the Buzzfeed Books editor, and she spoke to us all about working with one of the most well known media and entertainment while promoting books! We discussed some favorite books, and how the world of entertainment has changed and challenged Arianna and her team to explore new ways to promote reading in a pandemic world.

Special Episode 19 – Growing for Good

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We caught up with Matthew, a home grown hero who took his love of gardening for fresh vegetables to providing produce for a local food pantry.

Matthew tells us all about his Growing for Good initiative, and how locals can get involved. Bonus! Matthew also describes the process of making seed paper, which is very cool.

Turn The Page – Episode 131A – Carola Lovering

Carola Lovering joined us to talk about Too Good To Be True, her twisty new novel which shifts perspectives between three deeply scarred characters involved in a marriage triangle. Of course, we HAD to ask Carola about Stephen, the memorable sociopath from her debut novel, Tell Me Lies — which led to a conversation about various Long Island addresses which make appearances in both of her novels.

Turn The Page – Episode 131C – Teddy Wayne

Teddy Wayne tells us about the significance of the late 1990’s, in which his short novel Apartment is set. Apartment, which not a flashy thriller is thick with anxiety and awkwardness which will keep the pages turning as Wayne’s unnamed protagonist invites his classmate Billy to share an apartment with him. While at first subtle, the chasm between Billy’s background and the protagonists begins to splinter and leads the reader to question the true meaning of loneliness and privilege.

Turn The Page – Episode 130A – Amber Benson

Amber Benson zoomed in to talk about her several series written in the fantasy genre, and ended up hanging out to discuss the foresight of Octavia Butler, the congeniality of Merricat Blackwood — Shirley Jackson’s antihero, and how often Giles cleaned his glasses during her time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spoiler Alert! Merricat wasn’t so nice, but Amber is a delight.