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
Alka Joshi - THE SECRET KEEPER OF JAIPUR
Alka and I discuss The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, providing Malik with his own story and his popularity with readers, finding the balance between wearing her reader hat and her writer hat while writing…
00:40:11 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Clare Mackintosh - HOSTAGE
Clare and I discuss Hostage, the idea that it is far more terrifying when you do not know where a threat is coming from, landing a plane herself at a flight simulation center (listen to learn if she …
00:36:48 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Emma Brodie - SONGS IN URSA MAJOR
Emma and I discuss Songs in Ursa Major, how the relationship between James Taylor and Joni Mitchell inspired her story, crafting the lyrics for the songs in the book, growing up with music as a langu…
00:33:51 |
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Sarah Pinsker - WE ARE SATELLITES
Sarah and I discuss We Are Satellites, what happens when a medical technology developed for one condition is used for another purpose or has a commercial application instead, how she chose to tell th…
00:22:05 |
Fri 18 Jun 2021
Kristan Higgins - PACK UP THE MOON
Kristan and I discuss Pack Up the Moon, how reading books about other people’s grief provides a safe way to cry over the things in your own life, why she chose to incorporate letters into her book, p…
00:32:08 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Jess McHugh - AMERICANON
Jess and I discuss Americanon, the way these thirteen books shaped culture, gender roles and beliefs in the U.S., evaluating American identity in terms of a different canon of books, looking into wha…
00:33:59 |
Fri 11 Jun 2021
Philip D'Anieri - THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
Philip and I discuss The Appalachian Trail, crafting the history of the trail from the perspective of the people who built it and how and why they did so, the difficulty of knitting together a very l…
00:28:51 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Pam Jenoff - THE WOMAN WITH THE BLUE STAR
Pam and I discuss The Woman with the Blue Star, looking for the gasp in a story, her struggle to write this book, how publishing during a pandemic is like learning to walk all over again, how each on…
00:27:51 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Jeff Arch - ATTACHMENTS
Jeff and I discuss Attachments, crafting a story about relationships, his personal connection to the novel, how watching soap operas helped him write this novel, creating Sleepless in Seattle and beh…
00:42:16 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Laura Hankin - A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN
Laura and I discuss A Special Place for Women, how she loves the fake dating trope, exploring what happens when activism becomes performative instead of genuine, what her writing process look like, h…
00:25:57 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
Steven Rowley - THE GUNCLE
Steven and I discuss his new book The Guncle, including humor in his stories, how Auntie Mame and other magical caregivers inspired this story, the special message in his Acknowledgments, how The Edi…
00:30:52 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Ly Tran - HOUSE OF STICKS
Ly and I discuss her new book House of Sticks, the extent to which her father’s PTSD shaped her childhood, immigrating to the United States through a humanitarian program when she was three, writing …
00:28:10 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Elizabeth Barnhill
Elizabeth and I discuss what constitutes a summer/beach read, reading habits and tackling our TBRs, finding diamonds in the rough, our favorite books of summer 2021, and more.
Elizabeth’s 7 recommend…
00:58:27 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Cate Doty - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Cate and I discuss her new book Mergers and Acquisitions, what she learned while writing for the wedding section of The New York Times, focusing on how people view commitment in today’s world, juxtap…
00:35:14 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Genevieve Graham - LETTERS ACROSS THE SEA
Genevieve and I discuss her latest book Letters Across the Sea, focusing on Canadian stories that have been long forgotten, where she got the inspiration for this book, the enormous responsibility th…
00:29:40 |
Fri 21 May 2021
Emiko Jean - TOKYO EVER AFTER
Emiko and I discuss her latest book Tokyo Ever After, how drafting this book helped her reconcile her own identity, her writing process and how it has evolved, why it took her a while to write this b…
00:27:05 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Ayanna Thompson - BLACKFACE
Ayanna and I discuss her new book Blackface, her desire to encourage honest and sustained conversations about race, understanding the history of performing blackness and connecting these performances…
00:34:07 |
Fri 14 May 2021
Chanel Cleeton - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN CUBA
Chanel and I discuss her latest book The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, how this is the first time she has written about a real life heroine, the incredible amount of research she conducted for this no…
00:29:26 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Katherine St. John - THE SIREN
Katherine and I discuss her new book The Siren, using three points of view to slowly disseminate information to the reader, how she enjoys writing about the messiness of life, taking unexpected life …
00:35:07 |
Mon 10 May 2021
Georgia Clark - IT HAD TO BE YOU
Georgia and I discuss her new rom-com It Had to Be You, why she switched to the rom-com genre, how her own wedding inspired her to write this story, her fascination with weddings, teasing out a balan…
00:27:26 |
Thu 06 May 2021
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