Dec 6, 2024
It's the best time of year - HOLIDAY BOOK SHOPPING TIME! I'm joined by author and newly minted bookstore owner Lindsey Leavitt, whose gorgeous store Folklore Bookshop opened just this September. We talk a bit about what it is like to open a bookstore and the special things she and her co-owners are doing to help make...
Aug 26, 2024
The number of books being banned and challenged in schools and libraries has increased exponentially in the USA in recent years. These attacks on our freedom to read are not coming just from fringe zealots -- they are being embedded into legislation across the country, and that's a BIG problem for anyone who values...
May 27, 2024
We're back from hiatus with special guest Brian LaRossa, who in addition to being an Executive Art Director at Scholastic, is an educator, pizza-maker, and all-around mensch. We tackle a variety of topics, like what IS an Art Director, how does the Art Department work with illustrators, what role do they play in...
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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