Thoughts from a Page Podcast
Thoughts from a Page is hosted by me, Cindy Burnett, a voracious reader and book columnist who provides you with casual author conversations and insider information on all of the newest releases that I have read and personally recommend. With so many books coming out weekly, it can be hard to decide what to read so I find the best ones and share them with you. Listen to find your next great book.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 543
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Interview with Bonnie Garmus - LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
In this interview, Bonnie and I discuss Lessons in Chemistry, the event that inspired the story, why Elizabeth Zott is resonating with everyone, how the title came about, her amazing publishing journ…
00:40:26 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
Kathleen West - HOME OR AWAY
For this special episode, Carol Ann Tack of Top Shelf at Merrick Library and I interview Kathleen West together. We talk about her new book Home or Away, the intensity of youth sports, the book's tit…
00:32:55 |
Tue 29 Mar 2022
Tony Birch - THE WHITE GIRL
Tony and I discuss The White Girl, crafting strong female characters, the two sections of the book that were the hardest for him to write, why he created the fictional town of Deane, the strong sense…
00:50:23 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
Azar Nafisi - READ DANGEROUSLY
Azar and I discuss Read Dangerously, how she selected the authors to include in this book, the reemergence of book banning, coming up with the format she used for the book, how curiosity leads to emp…
00:32:57 |
Sun 27 Mar 2022
Rosie Walsh - THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
Rosie and I discuss The Love of My Life, having her book selected as a GMA Book Club pick, the obituary writing business, the tortuous process she went through when writing this book, how book covers…
00:29:51 |
Thu 24 Mar 2022
David Sipress - WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
David and I discuss What's So Funny? A Cartoonist's Memoir, how he started creating cartoons for The New Yorker, using cartoons to process his emotions, how writing this book was cathartic and helped…
00:36:59 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Simone St. James - THE BOOK OF COLD CASES
Simone and I discuss The Book of Cold Cases, creating an accused female serial killer, how swapping the gender roles changes every aspect of the story, the true crime phenomenon, the recent discovery…
00:31:53 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Peng Shepherd - THE CARTOGRAPHERS
Peng and I discuss The Cartographers, the true story about an event with a gas station map in the early 1900s that inspired a portion of this story, phantom settlements and how they have fallen out o…
00:28:35 |
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Peter Swanson - NINE LIVES
Peter and I discuss Nine Lives, writing his take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, why Agatha Christie has stayed so popular and relevant, his writing process, pacing in thrillers, and m…
00:33:19 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Libbie Grant - THE PROPHET'S WIFE
Libbie and I discuss The Prophet's Wife, working with two publishers simultaneously, basing her book on the true events surrounding the creation and early years of the Mormon church, the Broadway mus…
00:38:24 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Elise Hooper - ANGELS OF THE PACIFIC
Elise and I discuss Angels of the Pacific, writing about the Pacific arena during World War 2, her research trip and snorkeling around a World War 2 war ship, how different the war in the Pacific was…
00:41:23 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
Rebecca Serle - ONE ITALIAN SUMMER
Rebecca and I discuss One Italian Summer, exploring the dialogue between fate and free will, including a bit of magical realism in her stories, how the inspiration for her stories comes from what she…
00:32:49 |
Fri 04 Mar 2022
Caroline Hewitt - Audiobook Narrator
Caroline and I discuss her role as an audiobook narrator, how she got started, the process for getting hired to narrate a particular book, the way she prepares to record, the biggest challenges she f…
00:49:05 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Erika Robuck - SISTERS OF NIGHT AND FOG
Erika and I discuss Sisters of Night and Fog, how one of her characters appeared in her dreams asking for Erika to tell her story, creating a poll so readers could help select the book's title, her A…
00:31:08 |
Thu 03 Mar 2022
Louise Candlish - THE HEIGHTS
Louise and I discuss The Heights, including her own phobia in the novel, how she created the format for this one including writing a book within a book, building a story based on the lengths parents …
00:49:26 |
Tue 01 Mar 2022
Jennifer E. Smith - THE UNSINKABLE GRETA JAMES
Jennifer and I discuss The Unsinkable Greta James, writing a love story about Greta and her music, exploring what it is like to live a creative life, the effects of living in such a connected and pub…
00:34:22 |
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Adele Myers - THE TOBACCO WIVES
Adele and I discuss The Tobacco Wives, the dangers the tobacco companies knowingly ignored and covered up, her stunning cover, the role marketing and advertising plays in shaping public perception, h…
00:30:05 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
Brit Bennett - THE VANISHING HALF
Brit and I discuss The Vanishing Half, why writing her sophomore novel was more difficult, what she loves to hear from her readers, balancing research and writing, her paperback release, and much mor…
00:27:22 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Lisa Barr - WOMAN ON FIRE
Lisa and I discuss Woman on Fire, the 2013 event that inspired this book, how the ownership of certain pieces of art is one of the only remaining issues left from World War 2, her favorite and least …
00:29:44 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Lyn Liao Butler - RED THREAD OF FATE
Lyn and I discuss Red Thread of Fate, how this book is a more personal story for her, wanting to make sure she had the adoption details exactly right, the difficulty of writing a shy/reserved charact…
00:27:43 |
Sun 20 Feb 2022
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