Dec 23, 2023
Happy Holidays! In this episode, I give a bit of an End-of-the-Year rundown -- what sold this year, what good stuff happened, and what's the mood? Then Middle Grade author Alex Gino joins me to chat about their new book, GREEN, out now from Scholastic, and what it is like being a "mid-career" full-time author. From...
Nov 16, 2023
It's the most wonderful time of the year -- BOOK GIFTING TIME!
I'm joined by booksellers Nicole Brinkley from Oblong Books in
Rhinebeck, NY, and Cathy Berner from Blue Willow Bookshop in
Houston, TX, and we give you 50+ great recommendations for all the
readers in your life, or for your own To Be Read pile.
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Sep 11, 2023
Kid-lit power couple Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay are collaborators in both life and in books. They met in high school, grew into underground artists and zinesters, and in recent years, have become an award-winning and New York Times Bestselling creative powerhouse team. We talk about how they got started, how they...
Aug 31, 2023
The multi-talented Phoebe Wahl joins me to talk about how she got her start in publishing, as well as how she manages to run the cutest online shop in history, do brand collaborations, make films, thrive on social media, raise a toddler and more in addition to her busy career as an author-illustrator of picture books....
Jan 18, 2023
Librarian, author, blogger, podcaster -- our guest Betsy Bird wears a lot of hats. She is not only a bona fide children's book expert but also has a great knack for predicting ALA Awards! As the awards are being given out at the end of this month, Betsy's going to take us behind the scenes and talk about the mysterious...