Turn the Page - The Indie Book Podcast
By Kay M. Weston
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If you're looking for the older, Turn the Page: A Book Podcast, you can find the episodes in seasons 1-2.
Turn the Page - The Indie Book PodcastApr 12, 2021
S3, E3: Supporting Indie Authors & Interview with Kristina Carmela (Indieverse Book Awards)
Join host Kay for episode three of Turn the Page: The Indie Book Podcast as she shares some of the indie books she's been reading lately, suggests ways to support your favourite indie authors, chats with Kristina Carmela, creator of the Indieverse Awards, and spotlights a new indie book of the month.
If you want to stuff your TBR with over 150 new indie books, this is the episode for you!
Hit play, turn the page, and find your next favourite indie read!
Show Notes:
Here are the links included in this episode.
- www.indieverseawards.com
- www.instagram.com/indieverseawards
- www.tiktok.com/@indieverseawards
- www.kristinacarmela.com
- www.kaymweston.com/turnthepage
- https://www.wattpad.com/user/KMWeston
- ttpindiepodcast[at]gmail[dot]com
- Turn the Page on Spotify
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S3, E2: Finding Indie Books & Celebrating Indie Author Wins
Join host Kay for episode two of Turn the Page: The Indie Book Podcast as she shares some of the indie books she's been reading lately, congratulates the winners of the Selfies awards, shows you where to find more indie books, and spotlights a new indie book of the month. If you love cosy fantasy, witches, and thrillers, this episode is for you!
Hit play, turn the page, and find your next favourite indie read!
Show Notes:
Here are the links included in this episode.
- www.kaymweston.com/turnthepage
- https://www.wattpad.com/user/KMWeston
- ttpindieodcast[at]gmail[dot]com
- Turn the Page on Spotify
- Selfies Awards
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S3, E1: A New Chapter
Join host Kay for the exciting new chapter of Turn the Page: The Indie Book Podcast as we focus on spotlighting phenomenal indie books, chatting with talented indie authors, and peeking behind the self-publishing curtain.
Hit play, turn the page, and find your next favourite indie read!
Show Notes:
Here are the links included in this episode.
- www.kaymweston.com/turnthepage
- https://www.wattpad.com/user/KMWeston
- ttpindieodcast[at]gmail[dot]com
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Turn The Page: The Indie Book Podcast Trailer
Turn the Page: The Indie Book Podcast is a monthly podcast from Kay M. Weston that aims to shine a spotlight on self-published books and indie authors. The short episodes are packed to the brim with new indie book recommendations, author interviews, and more!
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Music credit: SigmaMusicArt
Episode 14: Spooky Reads with Gina Blaxill
Welcome back to the Turn The Page podcast.
As we hurtle towards Halloween, this month, our episode is all about Spooky Reads. Sophie and I explain why we don't like "traditional" horror novels but why spooky reads make for perfect reading at this time of year. We share some of our favourites to help you get into the Halloween spirit, and YA author Gina Blaxill joins us to chat about her latest 'spooky read', Good Enough To Eat.
Join us for spooky fun and lots of reading recommendations!
If you'd like to jump ahead to the interview, feel free to use the timestamp below - although we hope you enjoy the entire episode! You can also watch the video interview on YouTube or via our blog post.
Interview timestamp: 00:28:40
Click here for a list of the books we mentioned in this episode.
(Apologies for the sound quality on this episode - Sophie's audio is quieter than usual so best to listen with headphones).
Episode 13: Graphic Novel Marathon
Welcome back to the Turn The Page podcast.
This month, our episode is all about Graphic Novels and Comics. Sophie and I dove headfirst into a graphic novel marathon and discovered that we seem to have a "type" when it comes to the kinds of graphic novels and comics we really love.
Join us to find out what we've been reading, and why we think digital works perfectly for this format!
Click here for a list of the books we mentioned in this episode.
Episode 12: What Makes a Thriller? with Kathryn Foxfield and Maya MacGregor
Welcome back to the Turn The Page podcast.
This month, our episode is all about thrillers. Sophie is a big thriller reader, but thrillers haven't always been my cup of tea, or so I thought. But after chatting about different books, and seeing what falls under the 'thriller' category on Goodreads, this month, we're asking the question, 'What exactly makes a thriller a thriller?'
To help us out, I'll be chatting to two thriller/mystery authors, Kathryn Foxfield and Maya MacGregor about their latest books and asking them what goes into writing a gripping thriller/mystery.
If you'd like to jump ahead to the interview, feel free to use the timestamp below - although we hope you enjoy the entire episode! You can also watch the video interview on YouTube or via our blog post.
Interview timestamp: 00:27:14
Click here for a list of the books we mentioned in this episode.
Episode 11: Fun at the 2022 NYALitFest
It's time for our June 2022 episode of the Turn The Page podcast!
This month, we hit the road and visited the Northern Young Adult Literary Festival (NYALitFest) in Preston, England for a day of bookish fun!
We enjoyed a panel on witchcraft in YA that led to a discussion on female rage, women's rights, and feminism in young adult literature, followed by a panel on diversity and inclusion in YA that demonstrated why young adult novels are so important for readers of all ages.
In the panels, we heard from Ciannon Smart, Mary Watson, Finbar Hawkins, Jennifer Lane, Simon James Green, Sita Brahmachari, Cynthia So, and Kate Weston.
We also caught up with YA author, Rab Ferguson, who stopped to chat with us about his debut YA novel, Landfill Mountains, a magical YA adventure that highlights the impacts of climate change.
Sophie and I also share our thoughts on the panels, talk about the books we bought, and give you our slightly chaotic top tips for attending a book festival!
Quick note: This is our very first attempt at recording a podcast "in the field" so we apologise in advance for any sound inconsistencies as we trial new technology and equipment which might not produce our usual recording quality.
As this is a longer than usual episode, if you're interested in a particular panel/interview, feel free to jump to the timestamps below - although we hope you enjoy the whole episode!
The Craft panel - 00:01:16
The World We Live In panel - 00:55:13
Interview with Rab Ferguson - 01:47:00
Click here for a list of the books we mentioned in this episode.
Episode 10: YA Books We Love with Simon James Green
The Turn The Page podcast is BACK!
This month, we're talking about the YA (Young Adult) books that we love, looking at Netflix's adaptation of Alice Oseman's Heartstopper, and chatting to Simon James Green about his newest YA novel, Gay Club!
You can watch a video version of the interview on YouTube and visit the website to enter the giveaway for your chance to win a paperback copy of Gay Club! by Simon James Green.
Click here to find out more about Simon James Green's books.
Episode Nine: #OwnVoices Books
It's time for a brand new Turn The Page episode.
This month, our episode is all about #ownvoices books and authors.
We'll be chatting about our favourite own-voices books and authors, giving our recommendations and asking for yours.
As always, we'll also be reviewing our recent reads, chatting about what's up next on our TBR, and discussing our book club selection for April, Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron.
Episode Eight: Books That Make Us Laugh
This month, our episode is all about books that make us laugh.
We'll be chatting about our go-to authors and books when we just need to laugh, and why laughing while reading is good for you!
As always, we'll also be reviewing our recent reads, chatting about what's up next on our TBR, and discussing our book club selection for March, Lore by Alexandra Bracken.
This episode contains spoilers for Emma by Jane Austen.
Episode Seven: All About Audiobooks
It's time for a brand new Turn The Page episode from My Endless Shelf.
This month, our episode is all about audiobooks.
We'll be chatting about our favourite audiobooks and narrators, what we love about audiobooks and why audiobooks most certainly count as reading!
As always, we'll also be reviewing our recent reads and discussing our book club selection for February, A Pho Love Story by Loan Le.
Episode Six: Planning Your TBR
Sophie and I are finally back with a brand new Turn The Page episode from My Endless Shelf.
This month, we're bringing you the episode that should have gone out in January which, somewhat ironically, is all about planning.
We'll be chatting about how to plan your TBR for the next year and we'll be covering things like planners and journals, reading challenges and our most anticipated books of 2021.
As always, we'll also be reviewing our recent reads and discussing our book club selection for December, which was The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
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We purchased the reading journals mentioned in this episode from SmartBookz.
Episode Five: Christmas Special 2020
It's time for our very first Christmas special!
In this 'Bookish Christmas Party' episode, you'll find:
- Festive music
- Terrible jokes
- Party games - join in!
- Our best reads of 2020
- What we're looking forward to reading in 2021
As always, we'll also be reviewing our book club selection, which was, The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith and we'll follow that up with a Twitter chat on Tuesday 29th December at 7 pm (UK Time).
We'll also be revealing our Winter Book Club Selection, which is a historical fairytale set in Russia!
On top of all of that, we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who's listened to the podcast so far! We're absolutely chuffed that the podcast has had over 100 listens already and so, to say thank you, we're going to be hosting a giveaway. Listen for details!
To enter the giveaway, just go to www.myendlessshelf.weebly.com. Entries close at midnight on Tuesday 5th January 2020.
Episode Four: Book Adaptations
We are FINALLY back with another episode of the Turn the Page podcast. As well as being in the middle of another lockdown, we had a few hiccups that prevented us from recording for a while. But, we're happy to say that we've now updated our tech and we are back up and running! In this episode, we're talking about; our favourite book adaptations, #NaNoWriMo, #Audiblegate, our August book club selection (The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune) and as always, we review our recent reads! Happy listening and happy reading!
Please note: There are spoilers from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien at around 30-35 minutes.
Episode Three: To Finish or Not to Finish Books
Happy listening and happy reading!
Episode Two: #ReadWithPride
I can't believe it's already time for Episode Two of the Turn The Page podcast, our new, monthly podcast where we talk about our latest reads, book news and bookish events.
In this episode, we talk about Pride Month, the Summer #ReadWithPride challenge and discuss our very first Turn The Page book club book, Hour of the Bees.
Please note:
1. We did experience a few minor technical issues while recording this podcast so we apologies for any inconsistencies.
2. At around 11-12 minutes into the podcast, I accidentally named the wrong title of a book. The book I was talking about was not Project Hero (although that book was also great), the book I'd meant to reference was Charlie Sunshine (that's what I get for not adding it to Goodreads!)
Episode One: Introducing Our Virtual Book Club
Sophie and I are very excited to share with you Episode One of the Turn The Page book podcast.
In this episode, we talk about our latest reads, book news and events, books we're excited for, and we introduce our new monthly virtual book club!
Listen below, feel free to comment and tune in again on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for the latest episode!
Happy listening and happy reading!