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
Tovah Feldshuh - LILYVILLE
Tovah and I discuss her new book Lilyville, her difficult relationship with her mother and their generational chasm, how she came up with the delightful format of the book, incorporating “Lilysisms” …
00:35:31 |
Wed 05 May 2021
Flynn Berry - NORTHERN SPY
Flynn and I discuss her new mystery Northern Spy, how she creates such a strong sense of place, writing about a place where turmoil is always just under the surface, the roots of radicalization, bein…
00:24:20 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Jennifer Saint - ARIADNE
Jennifer and I discuss her debut novel Ariadne, putting women from Greek mythology at the center of their stories, the complexity of building a Bronze Age world, ensuring that readers are not pulled …
00:22:29 |
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Heather Caliendo
Heather and I discuss our latest book club recommendations, some books we have read recently and loved, and some titles we have not loved.
Heather's blog post with our book club recommendations can b…
00:55:41 |
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Christina Sweeney-Baird - THE END OF MEN
Christina and I discuss her debut novel The End of Men, publishing a book about a pandemic during the current pandemic, how the pandemic in the book is reverse engineered for her purposes, writing sp…
00:33:18 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Sanjena Sathian - GOLD DIGGERS
Sanjena and I discuss her debut novel Gold Diggers, the responsibilities that come with assimilation, conceptual orphans, writing the research problem she encountered into Gold Diggers, her backgroun…
00:28:17 |
Fri 23 Apr 2021
Renee Rosen - THE SOCIAL GRACES
Renee and I discuss her new book The Social Graces, how she decided to write about the legendary feud between Caroline Astor and Alva Vanderbilt, the research she conducted, the way her title and cov…
00:23:35 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Karen White - THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDON
Karen and I discuss her new book The Last Night in London, her inspiration for this story including her time living in London, how the title of this book came about, highlighting the unsung heroes of…
00:30:51 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Lisa Scottoline - ETERNAL
Lisa and I discuss her new book Eternal, the secret reason she named the book Eternal, what she learned when switching genres, how Philip Roth helped inspire her to write this story, how her research…
00:27:16 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Elizabeth Barnhill
Elizabeth and I discuss her job as a book buyer at the indie bookstore Fabled Bookshop and Café, what the job entails, the fortuitous way she landed the job, her favorite genres, how she decides what…
00:43:44 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Stephanie Dray - THE WOMEN OF CHATEAU LAFAYETTE
Stephanie and I discuss The Women of Chateau Lafayette, writing three timelines and weaving them together, what she discovered while researching one of the characters for this novel that required her…
00:23:16 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Katie Fulton and Desiree Bourkan
Katie and Desiree join me today to discuss bookstagram (book accounts on Instagram), how they got started, developing relationships with publishers, the best and worst things about the platform, the …
00:43:37 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
Danielle Martin - GLIMMER AS YOU CAN
Danielle and I discuss Glimmer As You Can, bringing 1960s Brooklyn to life, the inspiration for the Starlight, women’s experiences in the 1960s, her reading recommendations, and more.
Danielle’s 3 re…
00:28:47 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
Kathleen West - ARE WE THERE YET?
Kathleen and I discuss Are We There Yet?, how social media and cell phones play such major roles in teens’ lives today, parents who believe their self-worth and social standing are tied to their chil…
00:31:09 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Bianca Marais - IF YOU WANT TO MAKE GOD LAUGH
Bianca and I discuss If You Want to Make God Laugh, creating cultural context and awareness in her writing, her podcast and why she launched it, how to become a more responsible traveler, the importa…
00:38:06 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Kim Neville - THE MEMORY COLLECTORS
Kim and I discuss The Memory Collectors, the way inanimate objects hold power over us because of the memories tied to them, her favorite character to create in this book, her fascination with witches…
00:24:40 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Jill Santopolo - EVERYTHING AFTER
Jill and I discuss Everything After, how a Counting Crows song helped spark the title of this book, encouraging open conversations about miscarriage, maintaining individuality and identity after gett…
00:23:21 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Hala Alyan - THE ARSONISTS' CITY
Hala and I discuss The Arsonists’ City, the character she enjoyed writing the most, wanting to provide a deeper understanding of Lebanon to her readers, how and why intergenerational conflict and sec…
00:26:06 |
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Patti Callahan - SURVIVING SAVANNAH
Patti and I discuss her latest book Surviving Savannah, how she found a door into this story, the way the Pulaski and its passengers spoke to her, how Friends and Fiction came about and what the grou…
00:36:40 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
J.T. Ellison - HER DARK LIES
J.T. and I discuss her latest mystery Her Dark Lies, closed circle versus locked room mysteries, the trip that lead to her creating Her Dark Lies, the character that she really struggled to write, wr…
00:25:53 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
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