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David Shelley is Chief Executive Officer of the Hachette Book Group, which is home to seven publishing divisions – Basic Books Group; Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Audio; Little, Brown and Company; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orbit; and Workman Running Press Group. He also serves as CEO of Hachette UK, the second largest UK publisher, with 12 autonomous divisions and over 50 imprints. During his tenure, he published bestselling authors including Mitch Albom, Mark Billingham, Patricia Cornwell, Carl Hiaasen, Dennis Lehane, Val McDermid, and J.K Rowling. In 2015, he was named CEO of Orion and Little, Brown, and later appointed Group CEO of Hachette UK in 2018. In 2024, Lagardère tapped David to also oversee Hachette Book Group in the US as part of a new English-language management structure. He has since transformed the New York-based company, ushering in new imprints, high-profile hires, and boosting revenue and profit – HBG sales were up 7% over 2023—the biggest jump posted by any of the groups in Lagardère's publishing business. David's leadership is defined by the company's four strategic business pillars: Understanding Consumers, Changing the Story, Owner Mentality and Growth Mindset. He fosters open communication with the 3,500 employees he leads across both sides of the Atlantic, cultivating a sense of community while aligning all business teams. David is an Officer and past President of the Publishers Association, a trustee of The Reading Agency, and a director of Tate Enterprises.
Join our discussion of Rednecks by Taylor Brown, winner of the 2025 Southern Book Prize! On this episode, Michael Cunningham, Carrie Green, and guest John David Hurley share their thoughts on this novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars of 1920-1921.Want to talk with other book lovers about the novel? Register for our in-person book club discussion of Rednecks, which will take place on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 6:30 pm. If you're participating in Winter-Spring Books & Bites Bingo, you can earn another free square by reading the book and either listening to this episode or attending the book club.PairingsGarlicky White Soup Beans and Indian Creek Skillet Cornbread from Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson Pepperoni Rolls from Victuals by Ronni Lundy Butterscotch Pie and Maypop Tea from Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food: Recipes & Stories from Mountain Kitchens by Jim Casada and Tipper Pressley
SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-2025-sydney-taylor-book-awards.html TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/g5yluS6SsAbhu4hkoKy62TZUgac?utm_source=copy_url The winners of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, recognizing the best Jewish children's and young adult literature of the year, were announced on January 27, 2025 at the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards event. Aviva Rosenberg is the current chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, and she joined us to discuss the 2025 winners of the award. LEARN MORE: Sydney Taylor Book Awards ALA's YouTube channel, where you can watch a recording of the announcement Heidi's unofficial 2025 Sydney Taylor shortlist Get more Jewish kidlit news & calls to action in The Book of Life Substack newsletter 2025 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS Scroll down to see all the winning titles listed, with links to any past podcast appearances by the authors on The Book of Life. FYI, the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour will take place in early February, and I will be interviewing Joshua S. Levy about Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop. Details will appear soon at JewishLibraries.org. Picture Book Winner: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben Middle Grade Winner: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press Young Adult Winner: Night Owls by A.R. Vishny, published by HarperCollins Podcast interview with A.R. Vishny forthcoming - watch this space ~~~ Picture Book Honors Joyful Song by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, published by Levine Querido Podcast interview with Lesléa and Susan about Joyful Song: June 2024 Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by Candlewick Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper, published by Holiday House The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig, published by Rocky Pond Books Middle Grade Honors Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar, published by Nancy Paulsen Books Podcast interview with Ruth about Across So Many Seas: May 2024 Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books Podcast interview with Josh about The Jake Show: August 2023 Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Podcast interview with A.J. about Ellen Outside the Lines: June 2023 Young Adult Honors Trajectory by Cambria Gordon, published by Scholastic Press The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb, published by Levine Querido Podcast interview with Sacha about When the Angels Left the Old Country: January 2023 ~~~~ Picture Book Notables Mr. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, illustrated by Nanette Regan, published by Apples & Honey Press Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart, published by Kar-Ben Podcast interview about the Sarajevo Haggadah, with Geraldine Brooks about People of the Book: April 2008 Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, illustrated by Selina Alko, published by Holiday House Middle Grade Notables Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz, published by Dutton Books for Young Readers Podcast interview with Adam about Max in the House of Spies: July 2024 Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz, published by Kar-Ben Podcast interview with Deborah about the Friends for LQ Auction: August 2023 Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton, published by Tundra Books Podcast interview with Deke about Benji Zeb: November 2024 Young Adult Notables The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger with Esme Schwall, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers Inkflower by Suzy Zail, published by Walker Books Australia ~~~~ 2025 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Winner:"When You Write Back" by Hanna R. Neier The Sydney Taylor Book Awards are sponsored by Jo Taylor Marshall, daughter of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor. I interviewed Jo Taylor Marshall on The Book of Life in January 2024 CREDITS: Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Newsletter: bookoflifepodcast.substack.com Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens Facebook Page: Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Instagram: @bookoflifepodcast Twitter: @bookoflifepod Support the Podcast: Shop or Donate Your feedback is welcome! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.
Giuseppe Castellano talks to Tracy Shaw, Art Director for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, about how the world of picture books is more than lollipops and rainbows; what her art department's policy is on Generative AI; she answers questions from podcast patrons about emails, styles, palettes; and more.
In this special bonus episode, host Todd Loyd interviews another Todd — the legendary author/illustrator of more than 50 children's books TODD PARR. Todd Parr is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than 50 books for children, including The Thankful Book, The Earth Book and The I LOVE YOU Book, as well as The Kindness Book and the recently released The Spring Book and The Activity Book, all from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. He has inspired and empowered children around the world with simple, hopeful and powerful messages such as “be kind,” “love yourself,” and “be who you are,” all set with vibrant images utilizing eye-catching primary colors. His books have received numerous awards and are available in nearly 20 languages. He also is the co-creator of the popular three-time Daytime Emmy©-nominated animated TV series, ToddWorld with Gerry Renert of SupperTime Entertainment. Several shortfilms for Sesame Street have been based on Todd's work.A flight attendant before becoming a full-time author/illustrator, Todd's first book, The Okay Book, was published in 1999. Todd devotes time to numerous philanthropic causes supporting pet adoption, children's hunger, health, and literacy. He is a frequent reader and fund-raiser for The Ronald McDonald House, and he also currently serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Children's Book Festival.This interview — which follows the "Magic of Stories" episode of the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast — helps parents/caregivers learn from one of the most influential author/illustrators of children's books of our time. They discuss what inspires his books — as well as how his books make an impact on young children around the world.Learn more at playpsarkler.org/podcast#interview #bonus
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Algonquin Young Readers Will End in September The traditional book publishing world is a bit like the wild west if the cowboys wore pink-framed eyeglasses and could quote Derrida. People are heroes. People are let go. Entire divisions of publishing houses close. And so on. And this continues this week with the changes at Hachette Book Group and its announcement of the closure of Workman: Algonquin Young Readers this September. According to Editorial Director Cheryl Klein, “Our backlist and all books under contract will be absorbed into the Little, Brown Books for Young Readers list.” But her team Adah Li, Sarah Alpert, and Shaelyn McDaniel will be gone. Klein stays as editorial director for the Workman Kids Trade list. Last week, the New York Times' Alexandra Alter wrote, “Last month, Hachette Book Group laid off seven employees at its Little, Brown imprint, as part of a corporate restructuring. It has since hired three new editors to fill positions at Little, Brown. These changes followed a reshuffling at the top. Little, Brown's former editor in chief, Judy Clain, left to run an imprint at Simon & Schuster in January, and in March, Sally Kim, who previously worked as the publisher of Putnam, a Penguin Random House imprint, was appointed as the president and publisher of Little, Brown, becoming the first woman of color to lead the imprint.” An imprint like Algonquin Young Readers is the way a publisher groups and markets books within the larger umbrella (in this case Workman, which is within the Hachette publishing group). When an imprint like AYR ends, the authors feel stranded—editor-less—and that can be pretty scary. Last summer, Penguin Random House (PRH) said it was merging Razorbill into Putnam Children's; HarperCollins closed Inkyard formerly known as Harlequin Teen. It's usually about sales. Traditional publishers rely on sales to pay employees, pay for the books produced, pay the authors, and if the sales are not big enough? Things change. Sometimes it's about personnel. Sometimes it's about vision. While it absolutely stinks for the people who lose their jobs or the authors who lose their inprint and people, it doesn't necessarily mean that the sky is falling for an entire industry. It means things are shifting around. DOG TIP FOR LIFE Sometimes where you end up is better than where you started.- Mr. Murphy RANDOM THOUGHT LINK That Bored Panda article is here. SHOUT OUT! The music we've clipped and shortened in this podcast is awesome and is made available through the Creative Commons License. Here's a link to that and the artist's website. Who is this artist and what is this song? It's “Summer Spliff” by Broke For Free. WE HAVE EXTRA CONTENT ALL ABOUT LIVING HAPPY OVER HERE! It's pretty awesome. We have a podcast, LOVING THE STRANGE, which we stream biweekly live on Carrie's Facebook and Twitter and YouTube on Fridays. Her Facebook and Twitter handles are all carriejonesbooks or carriejonesbook. But she also has extra cool content focused on writing tips here. Carrie is reading one of her raw poems every once in awhile on CARRIE DOES POEMS. And there you go! Whew! That's a lot! Subscribe
On our Best July Books, Kirkus' editors share their top titles for the month. Then debut novelist Meriam Metoui joins us to discuss one of the best books of July, Portrait of a Shadow (Henry Holt, July 16), in which “a girl's search for her missing sister peels back a deeper mystery….Masterfully written, this is a deceptively charming horror story that also skillfully weaves in romance, sacrifice, and heartbreak” (starred review). And in a sponsored interview, Megan chats with A.J. Sass, author of Just Shy of Ordinary, a “moving and memorable” middle grade novel out now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Wondering where to start with learning more about black and brown solidarity? Or how to write about a difficult experience? Reading author and educator Nina Sharma's wonderful debut “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown” is a great first step. So grateful to Nina for her honest and elegant writing and for this amazing chat! Nina shares her sometimes rocky road to owning her writer identity, her struggle to write about her mental health challenges, and the profound connection she felt when she met her husband who is African-American and a fellow writer. BONUS: So much great advice on writing for everyone out there! Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND! SHOWNOTES for Ep. 92:Connect with Nina through her websiteand Twitter/XBuy her book “The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown”Books and other stuff we discussed on the show:Margo Jefferson's Negroland and Constructing a Nervous SystemBig Blue Marble Bookshop in PhiladelphiaAsian American Writer's WorkshopThe Question of Palestine by Edward SaidGrief is for People by Sloane CrosleyThey Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi GuptaLesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia PossanzaQuestions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram !Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgardenSpecial thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!
As one of the tenth episodes this one is just me, sharing a story about being called a copycat and what it means to me now. The title of the book about hawks is H is for Hawks by Helen Macdonald, and the intervening work by Ludwig Wittgenstein is The Blue and Brown Books. I'd love to hear what you think about copycats and originality, and what your sources of inspiration may be.
Join host Danielle Gibson in a captivating episode of Find Your Flow in MoCo as she interviews Janelle Brown, the vibrant owner of Brown Books & More in Decatur, Alabama. Janelle shares the ins and outs of running her own bookstore, delving into her process for selecting a diverse and compelling book inventory. Beyond business, Janelle discusses her unwavering commitment to community and children, making her bookstore a beacon for connection and literacy. This episode offers a peek into the world of Janelle Brown, a passionate entrepreneur weaving stories and community spirit through the heart of Brown Books & More. Brown Books & Moore Visit Decatur Alabama Find Your Flow in MoCo is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Danielle Gibson and produced by the team at Relic. To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit https://thedmpn.com/. If you are interested in becoming a part of the network, please email adam@relicagency.com.
Eugenia Yoh and Vivienne Chang share This Is Not My Home (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), a humorous and heartfelt reverse immigration story that will resonate across cultures and show us how a place can become home. Visit Eugenia and Vivienne online at https://www.vivienneandeugenia.com/ You can pick up your own copy of This Is Not My Home wherever books are found. Consider supporting independent bookstores by shopping through Bookshop.org. You can also use my affiliate link by clicking on the book's name in our show notes. Our podcast logo was created by Duke Stebbins (https://stebs.design/). Our music is by Podington Bear. Podcast hosting by Libsyn. You can support the show and buy me a coffee at www.matthewcwinner.com. Don't forget to check out the Reading Culture Podcast with Jordan Bookey, from Beanstack, if you are a fellow teacher or librarian. It's the perfect podcast to explore building a stronger culture of reading in our communities. It's available wherever podcasts are found.
Neus Jahr, neues Glück! Wenn wir die letzten Jahre eins gelernt haben, dann das zu große, unrealisitsche Vorsätze nichts bringen. Sie schrecken uns sogar ein wenig ab und dann erreichen wir sie erst recht nicht. Also her mit den kleinen, feinen Vorsätzen, die uns auch wirklich durch das Jahr begleiten werden. BUCHEMPFEHLUNGEN: Xochitl Gonzalez „Olga Dies Dreaming“ (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2023 ) - https://tidd.ly/3S90F3l * Rebecca Yarros „Flammengeküsst 2 - Iron Flame“ (dtv, 2023) - https://tidd.ly/41MM6pv * ERWÄHNUNGEN: Next Goal Wins - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Goal_Wins_(2023) HIER FINDET IHR UNS: YouTube Kanal - https://bit.ly/3gZPoQp Buchempfehlungen - https://bit.ly/2Z7wb9r Playlist - https://spoti.fi/3xqGwf1 Kat - https://instagram.com/katcomatose Zora - https://instagram.com/ichbinszora Spotify Bewertung - https://spoti.fi/3CvfClu Apple Bewertung - https://apple.co/2NX1rBW Email-Kontakt: londoncallingpodcast (at) googlemail (dot) com *Affiliate Link (Thalia)
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/asian-american-studies
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Newbery and Caldecott honoree and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin joins New Books Network to talk about her new, groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food. From fried dumplings to fortune cookies, she shares the magical tales and historical roots of these well-loved dishes in Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods (Little, Brown Books, 2023). From the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza to a look at how wonton soup represents the creation of the world, Grace Lin offers up a mix of insights and folklore. Separated into courses like a Chinese menu, these tales are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Her book brings you to far-off times and marvelous places, all while making your mouth water. And, along the way, you might just discover a deeper understanding of the resilience and triumph behind this food, and what makes it undeniably American. Interview by Laura Goldberg, longtime food blogger at Vittlesvamp.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture
In this episode, Kelly and Alix answer questions from our community! All the questions in this episode are focused on what it's like to work with authors, agents, and publishers. We discuss LitJoy Special Edition books and the process of creating beautiful books and fan art.Topics discussed in this episode:Meeting and connecting with authors [2:40]You'd be surprised to know that we don't get pitched to all the time by authors and publishers [5:15]How long does it take to make a special edition? [6:45]How we design our covers [10:15]Thoughts on when authors have a say with their covers [13:00]Kelly and Alix's favorite LitJoy covers [15:10]Working with authors and different personalities [16:40]Alix starts her monologue on how much she likes Jay Kristoff [18:00]Alix wraps up talking about Jay Kristoff [19:45]Authors insights into their fanbase [20:23]Neil Gaiman knows our name! [23:00]Process of selecting and working with artists and designers [24:10]Alix brings up Jay again [26:00]Friendships that bloom from special editions [28:00]LitJoy's Artist Series, our strategy for incorporating more art into our product offerings [28:25]Publishers and the introduction of subscription boxes [29:35]Correction: Alix was 1 credit short of getting a minor in art history. Alas. [31:42]Why we sometimes create special editions with the cover art changed and sometimes with the publishers' covers but artwork on the reversible dust jacket [31:54]Working with publishers [35:02]Major love for Laini Taylor and Little, Brown Books [36:00]Why publishers might tell us "no" on a project [37:25]Our DREAM books to make into special editions [39:10]Kelly wants to work with Markus Zusak and The Book Thief. Send good vibes out into the book universe people. [40:30]What's Next?We deeply appreciate your support in creating a community around stories!Make sure to follow The LitJoy Podcast here.Subscribe to our email list at https://litjoycrate.com/podcast-emailJoin our Lunacorns private membership group at https://litjoycrate.com/podcast-lunacornsFollow us on Instagram @litjoycrateFollow us on TikTok @litjoycrateUse the code PODCAST10 at litjoycrate.com/podcast for a 10% off discount!Shop LitJoy Special Edition books at litjoycrate.com/collections/special-editions-books Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A SHOW SO BIG IT IS 3 HOURS LONG WITH SOME THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY!!!! D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents Small Bites Radio the #1 listed “Food Radio show Philadelphia” and #1 listed “Food Radio show South Jersey”. Stay tuned for the link of our newest episode with a fantastic lineup! #SmallBitesRadio has been named #14 out of the Top 30 Best Hospitality Shows on the planet for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, #23 Top Philadelphia Lifestyle Influencer in 2021, 2022, and 2023 and nominated by Metro Philly Newspaper as 2022's Best of Philly Arts & Entertainment. Show started with a slight technical difficulty and audio finally kicked in at minute and thirty seconds of episode and talk about Starbolt Philadelphia, Cleo Bagels Philadelphia, Jim's Steaks, Center City Restaurant Week, Atlantic City Restaurant Week, Red Lion Diner Southhampton, Red Lion Inn Southhampton, and Sophie Restaurant opening on Locust St in Center City Philadelphia. We had a fantastic conversation with Colleen Worthington at 43:10 of episode to talk about her new cookbook that you can preorder NOW being released on October 3rd ‘Kneaders Bakery & Café: A Celebration of Our Best Recipes and Memories' published by Shadow Mountain. What began in Colleen Worthington's kitchen twenty-five years ago has grown into a successful family-owned bakery and café business with time-tested, delicious recipes in this one-of-a-kind anniversary cookbook. For the first time, home cooks have access to popular recipes such as Overnight Chunky Cinnamon French Toast, Artichoke Portobello Soup, and Blueberry Sour Cream Pie. Beautiful and appetizing photos accompany each recipe. Thrilled to talk to Scotland's National Chef Gary Maclean and winner of MasterChef at 58:25 of episode about his new cookbook ‘The Scottish Kitchen: More than 100 Timeless Traditional and Contemporary Recipes from Scotland' published by Appetite by Random House. A stunning showcase of Scottish cooking, with over 100 recipes celebrating this book is the very best of bonnie Scotland with the foreword by Sam Heughan the star of Outlander. We even talked about rugby for a while regarding Rugby World Cup and Scotland national rugby union team VS Springboks. From bustling cities to idyllic isles, this engrossing cookbook evokes one of the world's most beautiful countries and its cuisines on every page. Wherever you may roam, The Scottish Kitchen brings you home, planting your kitchen firmly on the shores of Scotland. Also joining us is Newbery and Caldecott honoree, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling author Grace Lin at 19:40 of episode provides a visual and storytelling feast as she delivers a groundbreaking, lushly illustrated, and beautifully written full-color book that explores the whimsical myths and stories behind your favorite American Chinese food in her new book ‘Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods' published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Do you know the stories behind delectable dishes—like the fun connection between scallion pancakes and pizza? Or how dumplings cured a village's frostbitten ears? Or how wonton soup tells about the creation of the world? Chinese Menu makes the perfect gift book for anyone who loves good food—and an even better story. Had fun talking with Chef George Duran, Polylingual chef and comedian, renowned for Food Network's Ham on the Street and TLC's The Ultimate Cake Off at 02:05:20 of episode. Celebrated culinary artist Chef George Duran, renowned for his inventive approach to healthy gourmet cuisine, is concluding the summer and kicking off the Back To School Season, with a delectable 'Labor of Love' recipe collection. This year's tantalizing repertoire features mouthwatering dishes like Grilled Vegetables with Mighty Sesame Tahini, succulent Absolutely Gluten Free Fried Chicken Breasts, and a refreshing Watermelon Mocktail or Cocktail – each infused with Chef Duran's personal touch and incorporating his favorite products such as Mighty Sesame Co.®, Absolutely! Gluten Free®, and Wonder Melon™. Celebrating ‘The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook: 10th Anniversary Edition - 150 Homegrown Recipes from the Green Mountain State' published by Countryman Press we had on author Tracey Medeiros at 05:25 of episode. Now, after 10 years, author Tracey Medeiros has revised and fully updated this culinary tome to highlight the dedication of Vermont's farmers, with brand-new recipes, photos, and local farm profiles. Including feel-good dishes like Vermont Cheddar Soup, Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes, Apple-Stuffed Chicken Breasts, homemade Vermont Maple Ice Cream, and so much more, readers can indulge in the comforting, farm-fresh flavors of all this beautiful state has to offer. Loved catching up with Charisse R. McGill Owner/Producer of Lokal Artisan Foods/ French Toast Bites and new Executive Director of Farmers Market Coalition at 01:47:40 of the episode. McGill was hired by the Board of Directors after a nationwide search. McGill now leads the national non-profit that is dedicated to strengthening and supporting 8,000+ farmers markets across the United States, while providing real income opportunities for farmers and expanding access in local communities. Now in its 24th year, NFMW is an annual celebration that highlights the vital role farmers markets play in the nation's food system, showcasing their value to customers, communities, local leaders and legislators. Leading up to and throughout NFMW, McGill will connect with farmers market operators through online town halls and in-person visits, including an in-person visit to the USDA Farmers Market in Washington DC. Fall festival season is here and we talked to Chris Endrikat the Owner/Head Brewer of New Ridge Brewing Company at 01:27:24 of the episode. New Ridge Brewing Co. announces Roxborough's first beer festival with the debut of Taps Under the Towers with a pig roast from Green Meadow Farm on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and on the same day they celebrate their return as the official beer vendor for Lincoln Mill Haunted House for the Halloween season. This brand new beer festival will benefit Friends of the Wissahickon, and take place outside the brewery, in the Roxborough Pocket Park. The event will feature unlimited beer samples from 20 local breweries such as Attic Brewing Company • Boardroom Spirits • Brewery ARS • Brewery Techne • Carbon Copy • Chestnut Hill Brewing Company • Dock Street Brewery • Human Robot • Iron Hill Brewery • Kings Road Brewing • Love City Brewing • New Ridge Brewing Co. • Other Half • Punch Buggy Brewing • Sacred Vice Brewing Company • Twisted Gingers Brewing • Two Locals Brewing • Wissahickon Brewing Company • Wrong Crowd Beer. Taps Under The Towers tickets are on sale now for $60 each, which includes unlimited sampling of all beers and a souvenir tasting cup. Food is pay as you go. Reopening on October 4th we talk with Scott Smith the business partner of The Soup Bar in Palmyra, NJ at 02:18:05 of episode. With over 40 years of experience cooking in the finest restaurants, Chef Ed is ready and eager to deliver the best soup and food. That's why they source their fresh ingredients from local farmers' markets. No matter what time of year, you can be sure you're eating the best of the season. Last, but certainly not least we chatted with Dan Schulz and Jennifer Davis at 02:31:55 of the episode. They are part of Banned Camp and winner of the recently announced award of Best Comedy Banned Book Podcast :) a comedy podcast where they read banned books and find out why they were banned in the first place. In each episode, they read a chapter of a banned book and offer our take on why it was banned in the first place. So grab a drink, sit back, and join us as we explore why some folks seem to be in such a rush to take us back to the dark ages, one banned book at a time. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! The Small Bites team consists of many segment producers and correspondents. Expect culinary tips and events from celebrity Chef Barbie Marshall who was awarded the title of Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light Magazine, Season 10 Hell's Kitchen Finalist and appeared on Season 17 Hell's Kitchen All Stars. You'll be provided with latest food news and happenings from John Howard-Fusco who has been featured in the Courier-Post South Jersey (a Gannett newspaper), as a contributor for NJ Monthly Magazine, and a New York Times recognized blogger for Eating in South Jersey. The latest trends and food concepts from Chef Beth Esposito the Chef/Owner of Pink Garlic Private Events and Butcher's Pantry in the Reading Terminal Market and has been spotlighted on The Rachael Ray Show, The Food Network programming, multiple appearances on Fox 29 Good Day, and many more television and radio outlets. Enjoy a funny joke from legendary joke teller Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, the former head writer for “The Howard Stern Show”. Last but not least we also have freelance writer William Knowles, the personality behind “Around Town” for Bluejeanfood.com doing coverage and blog posts about events. Listen to Small Bites Radio worldwide on Simplecast, iHeartRadio,TuneIn, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, Player FM, iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Audible, Amazon Music, and many more distribution partners. To see a list of everyone who has appeared on the show click below: https://bluejeanfood.com/smallbitesradio/ D & L Coffee Services has an expert staff of highly qualified, certified, and experienced office, technical, and sales personnel. D & L Coffee Services are able to provide your business, home, or special event the absolute best from the beans they sell, vendors they work with, Italian delicacies available for delivery, catering on-site for any sized affair, hands-on barista training, equipment available for purchase, and maintenance/repair services for your espresso and coffee machines. 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We are back for another amazing episode of The Magic Podcast! On tonight's episode, Crag & Lloyd discuss a report on the recent Magic Live, alongside tech in magic, scalping Derren Brown books and so much more!
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As we know, strong relationships are key to success in personal and professional endeavors. Our next guests combine both: Grace Lin, an award-winning author, and Alvina Ling, Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, join us to talk about their professional success, how as Asian-American women they navigate an industry that still struggles with diversity, and, notably, how they draw on the friendship they've had since childhood to bolster themselves to do their important, much-needed work.
This was suppose to be our Black History Month Episode, but due to heath issue it was not published in time. Regardless you should and can be reading diversely all year round and here are some of the books by Black and Brown authors that we have loved to get you started or add more to your growing TBR!
Today my incredible guest is the quirky, pun-derful, award-winning picture book author, Tara Lazar who is celebrating her dozenth (!) book, Time Flies: Down to the Last Minute (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022). We talk about her path to success, her craft and her tips for aspiring writers (concentrate on the story, not the query letter; learn all about the craft, create dummy books, find critique partners who can teach you, make a digital note of all your ideas, never give up). Tara is also the creator and motivator of Storystorm, the highly successful free initiative in which authors come up with thirty story ideas throughout January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Today my incredible guest is the quirky, pun-derful, award-winning picture book author, Tara Lazar who is celebrating her dozenth (!) book, Time Flies: Down to the Last Minute (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022). We talk about her path to success, her craft and her tips for aspiring writers (concentrate on the story, not the query letter; learn all about the craft, create dummy books, find critique partners who can teach you, make a digital note of all your ideas, never give up). Tara is also the creator and motivator of Storystorm, the highly successful free initiative in which authors come up with thirty story ideas throughout January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We had the absolute honor of speaking with associate editor, Ruqayyah Daud, at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Not only is she an amazing editor with a passion for books, but she's an awesome person too! A bit more about Ruqayyah: I am an associate editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers working on/looking to acquire picture books, middle grade, and young adult novels. I previously interned at MCPG's Swoon Reads imprint and Simon and Schuster's Aladdin and Simon Pulse imprints. I am currently pursuing my M.S. in Publishing from Pace University. My favorite books almost always feature compelling and complex characters who linger in my mind after reading. I enjoy everything from realistic contemporary books to gripping fantasies that sweep you away. Thanks for joining us, @daudrs We know our listeners will LOVE hearing all you have to say. Of the Publishing Persuasion is a podcast for writers at all stages, shedding light on the journey to publication and beyond. The ups, the downs and everything in between. Find us on Instagram: @pubpersuasion HOSTED BY: Angela Montoya: @angelamontoya_author & Melanie Schubert: @melanie_schubert_writer
We're back with another one of our segments, Write State of Mind, where we interview authors about mindset, their processes, and their journey. This week we have the author Ronni Davis! In this episode we discussed: When the writing seed was planted The long road to publication The desire to write FT The process of being on submission How Ronni dealt with rejection What she did when it hurt to write Handling criticism/reviews When to step back from publishing Writing during a global pandemic Getting in your own way Writer's guilt Ronni Davis lives in Chicago with her husband Adam and her son Aidan. By day she copy edits everything from TV commercials to billboards, and by night she writes contemporary teen novels about brown girls falling in love. Her debut novel, WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU, is available now from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and the anthology YOU TOO?, in which she is a contributor, is available now from Inkyard Press. Her next novel, THIS NIGHT IS OURS, will be published Summer 2023 by Little, Brown Books/Poppy. Ronni hangs out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and her website. You can also keep up with Ronni and all her latest news via her newsletter. Find Ronni's novels in our affiliate Bookshop or via her website. Mentioned in this episode: From our affiliate account with Bookshop.org: The Romance Writers Handbook (Sadly we couldn't find it on Bookshop) When the Stars Lead to You Giveaway! (Open until 8/31/22!) Find out more about Writer's Atelier: www.writersatelier.com The Write Gym, our accountability and group coaching program. Find Writer's Atelier on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Find out more about Racquel Henry: www.racquelhenry.com. Audio edited by Alli Nesbit. Music: Wooden Smile by Ziv Moran
Today I am chatting with author Margot Harrison about her brand new book, We Made It All Up.Margot is the author of The Glare and The Killer in Me. You won't want to miss this episode, as we chat all about her brand new thriller! This murder mystery will keep you on the edge of your toes, questioning who the killer could be. Not only that, Harrison tackles some strong themes that are important for young adult readers. So, join Margot and me as we chat all about We Made It All Up!Episode is 100% spoiler free!A little about We Made It All Up: Celeste is the talk of the town when she moves to Montana from Montreal, but the only friend she makes is Vivvy, the heir to the town's founder and a social pariah. Inspired by a passion-fueled school incident, they begin writing a love-story fanfic between the popular guy and the school stoner, one that gradually reveals Celeste's past. While her bond with Vivvy makes Celeste feel safe and alive again, Vivvy keeps prodding Celeste to turn fantasy into reality. When they finally try, one drunken night on a dark mountainside, Celeste is the one who ends up kissing golden boy Joss. And Joss ends up dead.Celeste doesn't remember the end of that night and can't be sure she didn't deliver the killing blow. Could she still be that scared of getting close to a boy? Secrets are hard to keep in a small town, and even Vivvy seems to suspect her. Exploring the winding passages of the cave where Joss died, Celeste learns he had his own dark secrets, as does Vivvy. The town isn't as innocent as it appears.Check out Margot Harrison's websiteFollow Margot on Instagram and TwitterPurchase We Made It All UpThank you to Margot for being a guest today! And thank you to Cassie Malmo at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for setting up the interview!Have a question about We Made It All Up? Have a book you want me to review on the podcast? Just want to say hi? Send me an email at yabookchat@gmail.comDon't forget to give the podcast a 5 star rating, and leave a review! Thank you for your support!Check out my Patreon! Join now for some great benefits and perks!
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Ruqayyah Daud, Associate Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. They discuss what is entailed in terms of assisting and how things have changed since Alvina was an assistant. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1.
We had way too much fun interviewing Samantha Gentry editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. We got so much insight into the editorial process, acquisitions, publication, editor phone calls, and so much more!Samantha Gentry is an editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Her primary focus is commercial nonfiction across all categories, and fiction picture books, and middle grade. She has a particular interest in pop culture tie-ins, and platform driven stories in nonfiction. She is especially on the lookout for voice-driven middle grade with unforgettable characters, a friendship story at its core, interesting family dynamics, and a touch of magical realism. She loves to see character-driven stories with a touch of humor and quirk, but she's also a sucker for charming tales that feel like an instant classic. You can learn more about Samantha Gentry at #MSWLOr connect with her on Twitter or LinkedIn. As always, please feel free to connect with Heather and Cheryl in the following places:www.CherylCaldwellAuthor.comwww.HeatherClarkBooks.comwww.MGBookParty.comTwitter: @CherylCaldwell, @HClarkWrites, @MGBookPartyInstagram: @SaltyQuills, @HeatherClarkBooks, @MGBookPartyClubhouse: @CherylCaldwell, @HClarkWritesOr Join MGBookParty on Clubhouse here.AmazonPurchase Books From Featured Authors On AmazonOrder Heather's debut middle grade novel, LEMON DROP FALLS on AmazonDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you, which helps support this podcast, and continued access to its free content.
Patrice Karst, million-selling children's book author of "The Invisible String." We talk about her years-long struggle to find her audience and the amazing take-off of the paperback version with her new publisher Little, Brown Books. She now has a series of books helping children and adults deal with loss.patricekarst.com
Paris' lifelong search for her family's genealogical records leads her to investigate the reason they are missing: the lynching of a 41-year-old African American man named George Hughes in 1930. Accused of assaulting a white woman in Sherman, located within Grayson County, Texas, George never gets his day in court. Instead, locals burn down the courthouse with Hughes trapped inside and later carry out a postmortem lynching. Special guest Melissa Thiel, a public historian and a native of Grayson County, joins Paris later in the episode to discuss her efforts in getting an historical marker placed at the county courthouse to memorialize this significant crime and to discuss artifacts from this case that she's uncovered in her own research. This episode provides little-known background information on George Hughes, his accusers, and the town of Sherman during the Jim Crow era. Please sign Melissa Thiel's historical marker petition at shermanriot.org and visit the Historical Marker for the 1930 Sherman Riot Facebook group for updates and more information about this true crime.If you like this episode, please subscribe, rate us with 5 stars on iTunes or your favorite podcatcher, and consider supporting this one-woman show at Patreon. Apologies for the sound quality of this episode; I'm in a new recording studio which has not yet been fully soundproofed.Host: Paris BrownProduced, written, & edited by: Paris BrownMusic:Dr. Frankenstein. “Theme for ‘The Mad Thinker'” from The Cursed Tapes: Stolen Songs from Dr. Frankenstein's Lab, 2005 andCanción Triste by Luis Enrique Guerra Naveda (royalty-free music)Credits:Podcast artwork by: Nathalie Rattner (nathalierattnerart@gmail.com)Logo lettering by: St. Anchor GraphicsFeatured photo: Texas Standard.Social Media:FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTubeReddit discussion groupSources:Associated Press. “Guilty Plea in Sherman Riot; 2-Year Sentence.” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 2 July 1931, p. 2.Boessenecker, John. Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde. Thomas Dunne Books, 2016.Crabb, Beth. “May 1930: White Man's Justice for a Black Man's Crime.” The Journal of Negro History, vol. 75, no. 1/2, 1990, pp. 29-40.“Farmer's Case in Sherman Riot Set for Monday.” The Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas), 31 May 1931, p. 1.Honey Grove Signal Citizen, 16 May 1930.Kumler, Donna J. “They Have Gone from Sherman”: The Courthouse Riot of 1930 and Its Impact on the Black Professional Class. 1995. University of North Texas, PhD dissertation.Lipke, Alan. “Lynching's End? The Texas Courthouse Riot.” Listening Between the Lines. February 2008.McElroy, Njoki. 1012 Natchez: A Memoir of Grace, Hardship, and Hope. Brown Books, 2009.Phillips, Edward H. “The Sherman Courthouse Riot of 1930.” East Texas Historical Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, October 1987, pp. 12-19.ADDITIONAL SOURCES LISTED ON LINKED WEBSITE BELOW.
Today's the birthday of a mystery author known to millions of kids, Donald J Sobol. He wrote the Encyclopedia Brown series, about a 10 year old detective who solved cases because he knew, as his nickname suggested, all sorts of unusual and obscure facts in the era way before the internet. Plus: it's National Taco Day, and here's the story of one of the largest tacos ever made. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Author (Crimereads) Guinness confirms 102-meter taco is world's largest (Mexico News Daily) No mystery about who makes our show happen, it's our Patreon backers --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support
From the author of the picture book phenomenon The Invisible String, which has sold over a million copies to date, comes a moving companion title about our connections to each other, to the world, and to the universe. For twenty years, the modern classic The Invisible String has helped hundreds of thousands of children and adults understand that they are connected to the ones they love, no matter how far apart they are. Now, the author of that bestselling phenomenon uses the same effective bonding technique to explain the very best news of all: All of our strings to one another are interconnected in The Invisible Web. "It breathes as we breathe, pulsating all over our Earth, the single heartbeat of life and love. And do you know what that makes us all? One Very Big Family!" This uplifting inspirational title for all ages puts the concept of "six degrees of separation" into a new context that urges readers to recognize, respect, and celebrate their infinite, unbreakable bonds with the entire human family. Book: Written by Patrice Karst & Illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff ISBN: 978-0316524964 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition Publication date: April 14, 2020 Read By: Erin YeschinPURCHASE BOOK HERE -> https://bookshop.org/a/18361/9780316524964Our free storytime is welcome to ALL and made possible by listeners like you - we thank you for your support and for sharing our storytime with friends! If you're new to the Clubhouse, click subscribe and if you like what you hear, please rate and review and be sure to add us on Instagram at @HippocampusClubhouse Check out our new and improved online bookstore! Our #OneStopBookShop offers safe and fun titles for everyone to love (including grown ups!) based on diversity, inclusion, emotional intelligence, growth mindset conscious & neuroscience based parenting all while supporting small business and independent book stores alike! SHOP HERE -> https://bookshop.org/shop/HippocampusClubhouse Want YOUR CHILD to be a guest on our podcast with their favorite story, visit our website at HippocampusClubhouse.com and Under Podcast, click on on Storytime Voices! Once there, check out our new One Stop Book Shop featuring safe and family friendly titles to love for everyone in your home (even the grownups!) all while helping to support small business and independent book stores all across the country. Don't forget to join the Clubhouse mailing list and learn about new story adventures ahead, parenting tips rooted in neuroscience, sensory based activities, printables and more! Until next time be sure to tell your story with an open heart, while listening to others with an open mind™!
This week Vanessa and Alyssa reimagine some of their favorite books into other mediums. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod Moral Panic II EP The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy (Knopf) Tillie Walden Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins) CN: Murder, death, drug & alcohol use by minors, kidnapping, violence against a child 002: Buddy Reads: Truly Devious The Haunting of Bly Manor La Casa de la Flores Little Women The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) CN: Murder, violence, xenophobia, racism (anti-Asian, anti-Black, anti-semitism), sexism, police violence Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World / Penguin Random House) CN: Child abuse, miscarriage, vivid descriptions of bodily functions, anti-Asian racism Sea Wall / A Life 008: Buddy Reads: Bestiary Soft Science by Franny Choi (Alice James Books) Cryo Chamber Soft Science playlist Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press) CN: Body horror, eating disorder, body shaming, fatphobia, sexual assault, sexual content The Magnus Archives Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books) CN: Violence, murder, rape of a minor, drug & alcohol use “Finding a Face for My Invisible Illness” by Lorraine Boissoneault (Catapult) Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes Spinning by Tillie Walden (First Second Books) CN: Sexual assault, homophobia Good Talk by Mira Jacob
Enjoy our presentation of The Inheritance Games, written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/InheritanceReviewsThe Inheritance Games is a New York Times Bestseller and an Edgar Award nominee. It is the first book in a series. This title is available as an Ebook through Libby: http://bit.ly/InheritanceLibbyEbookPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa geek out about works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Note: There are some minor audio issues in this episode. Thank you for listening, and May the Fourth be with you. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dearlitpod Media Mentioned: “For Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Story of the Universe is Also the Story of Blackness” by Aricka Foreman (Electric Literature) “Finding from Particle Research Could Rewrite Known Laws of Physics” by Dennis Overbye (The New York Times) “Is It Worth Reading If I Forget Everything I Read?” by Danika Ellis (Book Riot) The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu (Tor) CN: Murder, suicide, violence, state-sanctioned violence, torture Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Knopf) The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab (Titan) CN: Kidnapping and violence (involving children), attempted murder, imprisonment Heaven’s Vault (Inkle) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey) CN: Murder, death, suicide, violence (including gun and domestic), rape, sexual assault, incest, infanticide, cannibalism, body horror, racism (anti-Latine/Indigenous, generally white supremacist), colorism, kidnapping/confinement, alcohol use, drug use (mushrooms, cigarettes), miscarriage, abuse, sexual content The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) CN: Murder, violence, body horror/gore, racism (anti-Black, anti-semitic, as well as general white supremacy), domestic abuse, rape, alcohol use, drug use (cigarettes), abortion The End of the World with Josh Clark (iHeartRadio) “On the Behavioral Economy of the Book World” by Robert Frank (Literary Hub)
Enjoy our presentation of Code Name Verity written by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. “Verity” is a secret agent who has been caught by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France. The British spy plane she was traveling on crashed, and now she faces a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators are unforgiving, and she must decide if she should reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As Verity writes her confession, she reveals how her past lead her to this point and how desperately she hopes to make it home alive.This title was named as a Michael L. Printz Honor Book in 2013.Code Name Verity is recommended for ages 15+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VerityReviewsThis title is available as an Ebook form through Libby: http://bit.ly/VerityLibbyEbookPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
The premise of this podcast is pretty simple: I interview people who were in Teen People magazine as young adults. Some of these kids (now in their 30s and 40s) were featured in Teen People as young models, interns, and journalists. Others had overcome adversity, and shared moving stories with Teen People’s readers. And some, like my guest in this episode, appeared on Teen People’s annual list called, "20 Teens Who Will Change the World". Kelly McWilliams was a teenager when she published her first novel. These days, Kelly's working on her third novel, while promoting Agnes at the End of the World; a dystopian YA book published in 2020. Agnes at the End of the World received starred reviews in School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher’s Weekly. It was also featured, funnily enough, in People magazine’s “20 Best Books to Read This Summer”, in the summer of 2020. Kelly spoke with me from her home in Colorado, where she told me about an entirely coincidental connection between her and my very first guest on this podcast, Caron Levis. Caron (who once interned at Teen People) teaches in the Creative Writing MFA program at The New School in New York. Guess who took one of her courses? That’s right, it’s my guest, Kelly McWilliams. Podcast Notes: Take a look at Kelly's website: www.kellymcwilliamsauthor.com, and find her on Instagram at kellymmcwilliams. Kelly (an author) and I (a librarian) referenced a whole bunch of books and writers in our chat! They are: Natalie Babbitt: Tuck Everlasting (1975, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Octavia Butler: Parable of the Sower (1993, Four Walls) Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games (2008, Scholastic) Christopher Paul Curtis: The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995, Delacorte Press) Nalo Hopkinson N. K. Jemisin: How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2018, Orbit Books) Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer: Escape (2007, Broadway Books) Leah Johnson: You Should See Me In a Crown (2020, Scholastic) Caron Levis Robin McKinley: The Hero and the Crown (1984, Greenwillow Books) Kelly McWilliams: Doormat (2004, Random House Children's Books) Agnes at the End of the World (2020, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Mirror Girls (Expected publication: 2022, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Bethany C. Morrow: A Song Below Water (2020, Tor Teen) Sarah Moss: Ghost Wall (2018, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Jewell Parker Rhodes: Ninth Ward (2010, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Black Brother, Black Brother (2020, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Matt Ruff: Lovecraft Country (2016, HarperCollins) Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad (2016, Doubleday) The Nickel Boys (2019, Doubleday) Author photo: © Black Forest Photography Music: © Anna Soper Find me on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod, and take a look at my website, www.annasoper.ca. For more information on my research, check out Sarah Wilson's award-winning podcast, Roots and All. I spoke with Sarah about Kate Crooks, a long-forgotten Canadian botanist: https://rootsandall.co.uk/portfolio-item/episode-91-the-work-of-kate-crooks-with-anna-soper/.
Question: What strange / weird / random thing did you become a fan of during this past year in quarantine? (eg. Mahoney is physically IN LOVE with Guy Fieri and his Grocery Games, you started collecting Mandolorian stuff obsessively, your sister became a legit baker during the sourdough bread trend and is thinking about opening a bakery, you decided to keep all the empty liquor bottles you drank since the start of this and you're gonna need a new liver, got REALLY into the Gilmore Girls...which is odd for a 36 year old man, etc) Show Features: Dirty Laundry, Movie Quote Quiz, In Memoriam Socials: @DaveandMahoney Voice Mail: 833-Yo-Dummy https://www.twitch.tv/daveandmahoney Additional Content: daveandmahoney.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
你家的小朋友有「想像出來的朋友」嗎？就是那種只有她/他看得到，但其他人卻但不到的朋友。(還是已經被抓去收驚、關天眼了...) 今天要分享的故事是 BEEKLE 的冒險，BEEKLE 就是一個「想像出來的朋友」，他住在一座很美麗的島上，每天都在等待自己被命中註定的小孩選中，但是他等了好久都等不到，最後究竟發生了什麼事呢？ 那，來聽故事吧～
Kelly highlights this year’s YA Summer Scares horror selections. Get to know some rad horror books and a rad horror-focused program. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. SHOW NOTES Summer Scares 2021 Winners and Program Information The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline [Dancing Cat Books, 2017] The Diviners by Libba Bray [Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012] Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson [Razorbill, 2018] Summer Scares 2020 Winners Summer Scares 2019 Winners See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mara Fitzgerald's day job is as a scientist, but she has recently published her first book, a young adult fantasy novel where the water and heroes are in short supply while expectations of piety are rather high. It's called Beyond the Ruby Veil, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Enjoy our presentation of I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You, written by Ally Carter and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.Cammie may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's beginning her most dangerous mission - falling in love.This is the first book in the Gallagher Girls series. I'd Tell You I Love You...is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/34xSx38This title is available as an Ebook through Libby: http://bit.ly/3hbArJtPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
In this episode, Vanessa and Alyssa review their 2020 in books and writing. Music by Ben Sulzinsky Instagram: @dearlitpod | @sea_of_sirens (Vanessa) Vanessa's Shop: https://seaofsirens.bigcartel.com/ Books Mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Penguin Classics) The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach (Wednesday Books) Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin) Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World) The Voyage of the Sable Venus by Robin Coste Lewis (Knopf) We Slept Here by Sierra Demulder (Button Poetry) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Tor Books) Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins) Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press) Three Dark Crowns by Kendara Blake (Quill Tree Books) Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Knopf) Lovely War by Julie Berry (Viking Books for Young Readers) Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray, read by January LaVoy (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Kona Winds by Scott Kikkawa (Bamboo Ridge Press) Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Beacon Press) The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton Company) Vicious & Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (Tor Books) The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (Flatiron Books) In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Tor Books) The Diviners series by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (Beacon Press) An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (Akashic Books) Other Notes: BookCon + Book Expo closing Cons: YALL FEST, YALL WEST, NTTBF, Miami
We are so happy to welcome Esther Cajahuaringa, an editor at Hachette Book Group. This is the first in a series of live-recorded Q&A's with agents and editors. Are you interested in attending events like this? Learn more about our member lounge here: https://manuscriptacademy.com/member-lounge 8:05 Why can't one publishing house can't have two similar books at the same time? 9:41 How do the seasons work in publishing? 10:58 When are book tours a thing? 12:28 When can authors submit directly to you, or to publishers? Do publishers ever help authors find agents? 14:30: What does Little, Brown publish? 16:10: A little love for sales and marketing. 17:02: Do you recommend hiring copy editors? What do they do at a publishing house, and with illustrations? 21:22 How perfect should a manuscript be before it goes to an agent or an editor? 23:50 What's a success story you can tell us? (Plus a story about working with Mo Willems.) 27:21: If you're an author-illustrator, how much do you have to worry about page layout before you submit your picture book dummy? How does that work? 29:27 What's on Little, Brown's wish list? 31:37 You mentioned taking a middle grade novel and turning it into an early reader. Can you tell us what went into that decision, and the difference between the two? 35:11 What's something you've changed your mind about in your time in the industry? 37:07: More on laying out illustrations. 37:26: Any tips for writing books about kids in foster care, and books about the emotional well-being of children? What's the line between commercial and educational? 38:50 Tell is about the first time you saw one of your books for sale. 40:25: What's something you wish writers knew about our side of the desk? 41:55: How important is conflict in picture books? What about in a lyrical picture book? What's the difference between conflict and tension? 43:46: What's your number one tip for writers? Esther Cajahuaringa is an editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. As a former educator and non-profit organizer, Esther draws upon her experiences working directly with kids when thinking about today's readers. She has worked with Joe Cepeda, David Goodner, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Rhode Montijo, Andrea Tsurumi, and Mo Willems to name a few. She's avidly seeking picture books and graphic novels. She has her master's degree in Curriculum & Teaching with an emphasis in literacy from Teachers College, Columbia University. Originally from Southern California, she's made the East Coast home for the last seven years. Esther is a daughter of immigrant parents and truly believes in the power of storytelling, because it changed her world. You can find her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cajameansbox.
Enjoy our presentation of The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Our story starts off with a raging hurricane, and a ship that has sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor. Hundreds of crates float to the surface, and are destroyed as they hit the shore, except for one. A robot named Roz emerges from her crate, setting sight on the remote island for the first time. Now, she must adapt to her surroundings and befriend the animals in order to survive.The Wild Robot is recommended for ages 8 and up. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. https://bit.ly/WildRobot_ReviewsThis title is available in eBook and Audiobook formats on Libby by Overdrive.Libby eBook - https://bit.ly/WildRobot_LibbyEbookLibby Audiobook - https://bit.ly/WildRobot_LibbyAudioPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
Enjoy our presentation of The Secret Keepers, written by Trenton Lee Stewart and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. When Reuben discovers an antique watch that was mortared into the wall, he soon learns it has a secret power. As one secret leads to another, Reuben finds himself torn between his innately honest nature and the lure to be a hero. Now he is on a dangerous adventure, and with fearless Penny, mighty Jack, and the wise Mrs. Genevieve on his side, Reuben must outwit and outmaneuver the sly villain called The Smoke and his devious defenders the Directions, in order to save the city from a terrible fate.This title is a New York Times Bestseller and an Amazon #1 Best Book for Children for 2016.The Secret Keepers is recommended for ages 9+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/SecretKeepersReviewsThis title is available in the following formats: Libby Ebook: https://bit.ly/SecretKeepersLibbyEbookLibby Audiobook: https://bit.ly/SecretKeepersLibbyAudioPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss Maureen Johnson's Young Adult mystery novel Truly Devious. Music by Ben Sulzinsky Media Mentioned: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins) The Complete Aeschylus, Volume I: The Oresteia by Aeschylus, multiple translators (Oxford University Press) Witches Sluts Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen Sollée (ThreeL Media) Trickster Feminism by Anne Waldman (Penguin Books) R E D by Chase Berggrun (Birds, LLC) The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (HarperCollins) Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen (Beacon Press) The Glass Tree by Laura Davies Foley (Harbor Mountain Press) Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Everyman’s Library) The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (Vintage International) The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins) The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo (Imprint) Indigo by Ellen Bass (Copper Canyon Press)
For this spooky season, Vanessa and Alyssa suggest some haunting books and podcasts. Music by Ben Sulzinsky Media Mentioned: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books) House of Furies by Madeleine Roux (HarperTeen) Lore Cabinet of Curiosities Unobscured The Archived by Victoria Schwab (Hyperion) This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab (Greenwillow Books) Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Tor Books) The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Alice Isn’t Dead (podcast) by Nightvale Presents Grimm Reading, hosted by Matthew Hughes and Adam Field
In this week's episode, Vanessa and Alyssa introduce who they are as humans, readers, and writers. Music by Ben Sulzinsky. Books Mentioned: Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown and Company) Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by David Ferry (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) Contemporary Life and Witchcraft: Magic, Divination, and Religious Ritual in Europe by Alexandra Tartan (Ibidem Press) Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (Random House Trade Paperbacks) Bluets by Maggie Nelson (Wave Books) The Tempest by William Shakespeare, edited by A.R. Braunmuller (Penguin Books) Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood (Hogarth Press) Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Random House Audio) Sin Eater by Megan Campisi (Simon Schuster Audio) The Iliad by Homer The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (W. W. Norton) The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Mexican Gothic by Silva Moreno-Garcia (Penguin Random House) Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang (Alfred A. Knopf) When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen (Boa Editions Ltd) Space Struck by Paige Lewis (Sarabande Books) If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar (Penguin Random House) How to Train Your Cactus: A Guide to Raising Well-Behaved Succulents by Tonwen Jones (Andrews McMeel Publishing) On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Other Notes: DNF: Did not finish Lore January LaVoy Libba Bray Agatha Christie Dan Brown Sarah Kay Phil Kaye paperbackdreams Ellias VS Kaveh Akbar Franny Choi Danez Smith
Book Appreciation with Carrie Pack The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 84 with Heather Rose Jones In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Carrie Pack recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Books mentioned Ash by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Pulp by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen) Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books) A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Carrie Pack Online Website: http://www.carriepack.com Twitter: @carriepack
Mike Stephen discusses the state of to-go pizza slices in Chicago with Chicago Tribune food & dining reporter Nick Kindelsperger, learns about a great literacy & art organization called Brown Books and Paint Brushes with CEO Candice Washington, and gets an update on empowering youth in Austin with Adam Alonso of BUILD. And in the OTL Wrap Party segment, Mike and Producer Collin reflect on the show and ponder if we are eating too much pizza during the pandemic. The local pandemic tunez come from Photo Curio.
Track Changes Bonus Episode: Panel Conversation With Abigail Hing Wen, author of Loveboat Taipei; Literary Agent Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, VP and Editor in Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers A conversation between an author, agent, and editor to cover the ins and outs of the publishing process. The panel features Abigail Hing Wen, debut author of Loveboat Taipei; agent Joanna Volpe, president and literary agent at New Leaf Literary & Media; and Alvina Ling, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at Little Brown Books for Young Readers (and co-host of the Book Friends Forever podcast). This conversation was held as part of A Mighty Blaze’s YA Weekend, and many thanks to Joseph Moldover (author of Every Last Breath) and Jennifer de Leon (author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From) for all the help putting that entire celebration together. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode This is My Brain In Love by I. W. Gregorio Stephen Barbara, literary agent at Inkwell Management Holly Black, The Cruel Prince series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and many more (hear her First Draft interview here) Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series and the Strange the Dreamer series (hear her First Draft interview here) Brandy Colbert, author of The Voting Booth, The Only Black Girls in Town, Little & Lion, and more (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here, and her mailbag episode here) Emily X. R. Pan, author of The Astonishing Color of After (listen to her First Draft interview here) Samira Ahmed, author of Internment Kirsten Pettit, Executive Editor at HarperChildren’s Alvina Ling contributed to the Track Changes episode After the Book Deal: What Next? Adam Silvera, author of They Both Die at the End, Infinity Son, and History is All You Left Me (hear his First Draft interview here) Lea Salonga, singer, actress, and the voice of Jasmine in Disney’s animated Aladdin Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in writing for children’s and teens Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath and The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp We Need Diverse Books I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998 or send an email to mailbag @ firstdraftpod dot com! Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds; Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House and the Grishaverse series; Creator of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell; YouTube empresario and author Hank Green; Actors, comedians and screenwriters Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham; author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast Linda Holmes; Bestselling authors and co-hosts of the Call Your Girlfriend podcast, Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish and co-host of the Sciptnotes podcast; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Track Changes If you’re looking for more information on how to get published, or the traditional publishing industry, check out the Track Changes podcast series, and sign up for the Track Changes weekly newsletter. Support the Show Love the show? Make a monthly or one-time donation at Paypal.me/FirstDraft. Rate, Review, and Recommend Take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!
Grace and Alvina are joined by guest Siena Konscol, Associate Director of Publicity at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. They discuss what a publicist does, and how that job has changed during the pandemic. See complete shownotes at https://bookfriendsforever.com/
Enjoy our presentation of Internment, written by Samira Ahmed and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp's Director and his guards. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.Internment is a New York Times Bestseller. It is recommended for ages 13+. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/InternmentReviewsThis title is available in the following formats: Libby Ebook: https://bit.ly/InternmentLibbyEbookLibby Audiobook: https://bit.ly/InternmentLibbyAudiobookPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
Omu’s thick, red stew is sure to be the best meal she’s ever had. The only trouble is, everyone in town seems to agree. Author and illustrator Oge Mora visits the library to read her book. Plus, she tells us about the real-life Omu who inspired her book. Submit your Wonderful Words at julieslibraryshow.org/contact. Support the podcast at julieslibraryshow.org/donate. This episode is sponsored by KiwiCo (kiwico.com/library) and Laurel Springs (laurelsprings.com/library). Today’s featured book: “Thank You, Omu!” written and illustrated by Oge Mora. Copyright © 2018. Used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
Enjoy our presentation of The Revolution of Birdie Randolph written by Brandy Colbert and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention.The Revolution of Birdie Randolph is recommended for ages 15+ for language and substance use. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/Birdie_ReviewsThis title is available in ebook format through Libby by Overdrive: https://bit.ly/Birdie_LibbyEbookPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
Enjoy our presentation of When, written by Victoria Laurie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In today's story, a young teen has the ability to see the date anyone will die. Using her gift as a psychic, she learns that a client's missing son isn't long for this world. With the help of a new friend, she must attempt to save him before his doomed date comes up. When was a 2017 Black Eyed Susan Award winner and was named a 2016 Texas Long Star Commended Book.When is recommended for ages 12 and up for paranormal suspense as well as themes of alcoholism, bullying and death. Visit NoveList Plus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WhenReviewsThis title is available as an ebook on Libby by Overdrive: https://bit.ly/WhenLibbyEbook Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
Enjoy our presentation of Etiquette and Espionage written by Gail Carriger and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.Fourteen year old Sophronia Temminnick is more interested in climbing trees and dismantling clocks than becoming a proper young lady. So her mother enrolls her in the prestigious Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality, where Sophronia learns the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette… and also death, diversion, and espionage.Etiquette and Espionage is recommended for ages 13 and up for violence. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/EtiquetteReviewsThis title is available in the following formats.Libby Ebook: https://bit.ly/EspionageLibbyEbookLibby Audiobook: https://bit.ly/EspionageLibbyAudiobookPlease visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Sad Clown (excerpt) by Orquesta Arrecife. Licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0 http://www.opsound.org/artist/orquestaarrecife/
Check the book out here https://amzn.to/2XfgNnG M.R. Carey has been writing comics and novels for over two decades. He’s written for DC Comics and has written nearly a dozen novels. His most well-known novel is “The Girl With All The Gifts.” He recent;y released a new post-apocalyptic book titled “The Book of Koli.” We spoke … Continue reading Post-apocalypse novel – “The Book of Koli” (Orbit/Little, Brown Books, 2020) – M.R. Carey interview →
Enjoy our presentation of Who Could That Be at This Hour? written by Lemony Snicket and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In this story, a young Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He starts by asking questions that shouldn't be on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn't be read. This is the first volume.Who Could That Be at This Hour is recommended for ages 9+. Visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WhoCouldThatBeReviewsWho Could That Be at This Hour is available in the following formats through Libby by Overdirve:Ebook - https://bit.ly/WhoCouldThatBeLibbyEbookAudiobook - https://bit.ly/WhoCouldThatBeLibbyAudiobook Please visit www.calvertlibrary.info for more information.Music: Dub the Uke (excerpt) by Kara Square (c) copyright 2016. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/53340
Today’s stories are about the things that make us unique, whether it’s a favorite dress or a special talent. Plus, author Christine Baldacchino tells us how an experience from her life inspired her book. Submit your Wonderful Words at julieslibraryshow.org/contact. Support the podcast at julieslibraryshow.org/donate. This episode is sponsored by Ivory. Today’s featured books: “Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress,” written by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Groundwood Books. All rights reserved. “The Very Fairy Princess,” written by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, illustrated by Christine Davenier. Copyright © 2010. Used with permission of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.
First Draft Episode #254: L.C. Rosen Lev A.C. Rosen, author of Depth and Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts), talks about his latest young adult novel, Camp. This episode is brought to you by Highland 2, the writing software made by writers, for writers. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar Phylicia Rashad, actress Dan Chaon, author of Among the Missing: Stories, and You Remind Me of Me David Walker playwright instructor Oberlin Lev teaches at Gotham Writers workshop in New York City Liz Gorinsky, editor who bought Lev’s debut book while she worked at Tor Alvina Ling is Lev’s editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Virgin Xtravaganzah, the drag queen and voice actor who read Lev’s audiobooks for Jack of Hearts and Camp I want to hear from you! Have a question about writing or creativity for Sarah Enni or her guests to answer? To leave a voicemail, call (818) 533-1998. Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Linda Holmes, author and host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast; Jonny Sun, internet superstar, illustrator of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Gmorning, Gnight! and author and illustrator of Everyone’s an Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!
Co-Authors: Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi Book: STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Publishing: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (March 10, 2020) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of […] The post JASON REYNOLDS & IBRAM X. KENDI – STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning appeared first on KSCJ 1360.
In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Amanda Turner, who writes under the name AK Turner. Amanda is a writing coach and completes an average of two books each year, while also managing to travel for four months of every year as a part-time digital nomad. Together with her husband and two young daughters, their travels have taken them from her home in Idaho to Australia, Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, and Thailand. Amanda is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog. In our discussion, Amanda and I talked about: The importance of your book cover and title to capture attention from the beginning Understanding your audience and getting your message in front of the right audience Focusing your writing on one reader and in building a connection with that one reader Listen to the podcast to learn more. Show Notes and Blog The Podcasts
In this episode we chat about the twenty-three books queer-centric books I am SUPER eagerly looking forward to reading in 2020. Check out the list in written form on my blog here and / or in the show notes below: 1// “Dark and Deepest Red” by Anna-Marie McLemore#OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Feiwel & Friends ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 14th, January 2020GENRE: YA / Magical Realism 2// “Upright Women Wanted” by Sarah Gailey#OwnVoices (queer author) PUBLISHED BY: Tor.com / Tor/Forge (Macmillan imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 4th, February 2020 GENRE: YA / Adult? / Fantasy 3// “Middle School’s a Drag, You Better Werk” by Greg Howard#OwnVoices (I think)PUBLISHED BY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers (Penguin Imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 11th, February 2020GENRE: Middle Grade / Contemporary 4// “A Home for Goddesses and Dogs” by Leslie ConnorPUBLISHED BY: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 25th February, 2020 GENRE: Middle Grade / Contemporary 5// “Docile” by K.M. Szpara #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Tor.com / Tor/Forge (Macmillan imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 3rd, March 2020 GENRE: Adult / SciFi 6// “The Animals at Lockwood Manor” by Jane HealeyPUBLISHED BY: Mantle (Pan Macmillan imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 5th, March 2020 GENRE: Adult / Historical Fiction / Fantasy / Mystery 7// “Super Adjacent” by Crystal CestariPUBLISHED BY: Disney-Hyperion ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 17th, March 2020 GENRE: YA / Superhero 8// “Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit” by Lilliam RiveraPUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette Book Group imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 17th, March 2020 GENRE: Middle Grade 9// “Wow, No Thank You.” by Samantha Irby #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Vintage (Penguin Random House imprint)ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 31st, March 2020 GENRE: Non-fiction, essays 10// “Look” by Zan Romanoff #OwnVoices (I think)PUBLISHED BY: Dial Books ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 31st, March 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 11// “Girl, Serpent, Thorn” by Melissa BashardoustPUBLISHED BY: Flatiron Books (Macmillan imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 12th, May 2020 GENRE: YA / Fantasy / Retellings (Persian/Zoroastrian mythology) 12// “Felix Ever After” by Kacen Callender #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins in print) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 12th, May 2020 GENRE: YA 13// “The Henna Wars” by Adiba Jaigirdar #OwnVoices (POC MC by POC)PUBLISHED BY: Page Street ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 12th, May 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 14// “Date Me, Bryson Keller!” by Kevin van WhyePUBLISHED BY: Random House for Young Readers ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 19th, May 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 15// “I Kissed Alice” by Anna Birch #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Macmillan/Imprint ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 26th, May 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary Interesting Twitter post by the author: https://twitter.com/Almost_Anna/status/1194963670813556737 16// “Something to Talk About” by Meryl Wilsner #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Berkley ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 26th, May 2020 GENRE: Adult / Contemporary 17// “You Should See Me in a Crown” by Leah Johnson #OwnVoices (POC MC by POC)PUBLISHED BY: Scholastic Press ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 2nd, June 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 18// “The New Queer Conscience” by Adam Eli, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Workshop ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 2nd, June 2020 GENRE: Non-fiction 19// “The Falling in Love Montage” by Ciara SmythPUBLISHED BY: HarperTeen ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 9th, June 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 20// “I’ll Be the One” by Lyla Lee #OwnVoices (POC MC by POC)PUBLISHED BY: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins imprint)ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 16th, June 2020 GENRE: YA / Contemporary 21// “Cinderella Is Dead” by Kalynn Bayron #OwnVoices (POC + queer author, queer themes + POC MC)PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury YA ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 7th, July 2020 GENRE: YA / Fantasy / Cinderella retelling 22// “Cattywampus” by Ash Van Otterloo #OwnVoices (queer author)PUBLISHED BY: Scholastic ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 4th August, 2020 GENRE: Middle Grade / Fantasy 23// “The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks” (Montague Siblings #3) by Mackenzi Lee PUBLISHED BY: Katherine Tegen Books (HarperCollins imprint) ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 18th, August 2020 GENRE: YA / Fantasy ----- Follow me on all my other social medias for life in between episode uploads!: P A T R E O N : http://bit.ly/malaraypatreonI N S T A G R A M : http://bit.ly/malarayinstagramW E B S I T E : http://www.malarayofsunshine.comT W I T T E R : http://bit.ly/malaraytwitterG O O D R E A D S : http://bit.ly/malarayreadsF A C E B O O K : http://bit.ly/malarayFB --- Music purchased from Epidemic Sound. Songs are "Sun Sun Sun (Sting Version)" and "Enjoy Your Heartbreak (Sting Version)".
#238 • The bestselling phenomenon The Invisible String has helped countless families with separation anxiety and loss. Patrice Karst, author of The Invisible String, The Invisible Leash, The Invisible Web, You Are Never Alone: An Invisible String Lullaby, and the co-author of The Invisible String Workbook speaks with us about how this independently published book made it around the world, why it’s healing message is so important today, and the exciting backstory of her new Invisible String series (published by Little, Brown Books, Dec 3rd, 2019).Hope you all survived the hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving and made beautiful memories with your little ones. Post-Thanksgiving, I find that my kids have a really hard time heading back to school. The separation anxiety kicks in deep after so much fun, quality time with family. Thankfully, this week on the podcast, guest Patrice Karst has the most heart-warming solution to this challenging struggle. Can’t wait for you to take a listen.As always: subscribe, rate, and review HERE! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Show Notes: www.atomicmoms.com/podcast/patrice-karst-invisible-string-series-atomic-momsSubscribe + Listen on the Go: Apple Podcasts | StitcherJoin our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.
Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers) ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset 2019 World Fantasy Winners Nommo Award winners British Fantasy Awards winners BOOKS DISCUSSED The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror) The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Some of the best teachers you’ll ever have are the ones who won’t answer your questions right away or at all. The great ones will put the onus back on you to fill in the blanks for yourself.This week’s Living 4D conversation is a special meeting of wise teachers, as Paul discusses games, GOD and myth with James Carse, Professor Emeritus of history and religion and former Director of Religious Studies at New York University.Learn more about James, his career and the books he’s written, including the amazing Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility, on his website.Show NotesFor most people, belief is where their thinking stops, unless they possess a deep spiritual curiosity. (8:35)James’ primary challenges as a teacher: Showing his students how ignorant they were about the world while enlarging their sense of mystery. (11:17)The counterintuitive nature of playing games. (23:48)Words have no meaning until/unless you respond to them. (29:42)Deep, difficult intellectual work and everyday physical labor are different forms of play. (36:27)The differences between finite and infinite play. (42:41)“The horizon is a metaphor for the edge of our consciousness that we can’t reach.” (52:46)The overlapping of religions. (59:31)At the center of religion may be an infinite game. (1:03:06)Are finite games essential tools for the development of consciousness, awareness and knowledge? (1:11:58)The differences between political and politics. (1:23:22)“To be the genius of all that we do means to be ultimately responsible for everything we do, by choice.” (1:27:34)James’ definition of the soul. (1:36:06)Why are boundaries so important in a game? (1:40:45)Freud was a bad scientist, but a better mythologist who told stories that made us look at our lives very differently. (1:53:22)“A true myth is, not only, a story that will lead to an infinite number of other stories. It’s a story that creates storytellers as well as explanations.” (1:56:46)“It’s one thing to tell a story that will silence you. It’s another thing to present a silence that will cause you to tell a story.” (2:05:44)ResourcesThe Religious Case Against Belief and Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience by James CarseThe work of Luke Timothy Johnson and Ludwig WittgensteinTractatus Logico-Philosophicus and The Blue and Brown Books by Ludwig WittgensteinThe Field: The Quest For The Secret Force in the Universe by Lynne McTaggartMetaphysical Bible Dictionary by Charles FillmoreSwamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places by Dr. James Hollis
You asked, and Kelly and Eric answered. It's the holiday YA book recommendation extravaganza! This episode is sponsored by The Read Harder Journal and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Show Notes The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Dean Hale and Shannon Hale Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith Con Quest by Sam Maggs Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis Kiffe, Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner Front Desk by Kelly Yang With The Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo Heroine by Mindy McGinnis Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman Slay by Brittney Morris Under A Painted Sky by Stacey Lee The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely Rotten by Michael Northrop Trapped by Michael Northrop 172 Hours On The Moon by Johan Harstad The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Dear Martin by Nic Stone The Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha Deen The Boy In The Black Suit by Jason Reynolds Bookish Boyfriends by Tiffany Schmidt Tyrell by Coe Booth A Line In The Dark by Malinda Lo Spin and Fake ID by Lamar Giles Pointe by Brandy Colbert Who Put This Song On? By Morgan Parker It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga Six Goodbyes We Never Said by Candace Ganger Shade Me by Jennifer Brown Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson Ordinary Girls by Blair Thornburgh Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillero del Toro and Cornelia Funke The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees Cecil Castellucci books Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John Run by Kody Keplinger LGBTQ Reads Adaptation and Inheritance by Malinda Lo Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells' Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Colthurst Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Hot Dog Girl by Jen Dugan In The Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Brett McCarthy: Work In Progress by Maria Padian The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall The November Girl by Lydia Kang The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by FC Yee The Light At The Bottom of The World by London Shah A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna Want by Cindy Pon
Karina and Matthew talk about the LGBTQ representation in children's literature, anti-queerness and parallels with colorism and racism, and what LGBTQ-centered stories can mean for kids who have not yet encountered queer individuals. Joining is special guest Kacen Callender, author of Hurricane Child. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm Audiobooks Source Books and P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter (AKA Lushlife); illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more kidlit news and recommendations, sign up for our The Kids Are All Right newsletter! RELEVANT LINKS: Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists (Banned & Challenged Books: a website of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom) Trans Activist Miss Major Revisits The Stonewall Riots (HBO Vice News) 50 Years Since Stonewall, Transgender People Are Still Fighting for Their Lives (The Daily Beast) Kacen Callender's website @KacenCallender (Twitter) Kacen.Callender (Instagram) BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Picture Books: When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Luckoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, and translated by Claudia Bedrick It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn, illustrated by Noah Grigni Middle Grade: Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt (out 10/1 with Chronicle Books) Graphic Novel: The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (out 1/20/20 with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Let us know what books or topics you've been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email (kidlitthesedays@bookriot.com), Twitter (@KarinaYanGlaser and @MatthewWinner), or Instagram (@KarinaIsReadingAndWriting and @MatthewCWinner).
Grace shares Part 2 of the interview with Victoria Stapleton, the executive director of school and library marketing at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (which is the main publisher of her books). This is part 2 of the interview.
In this episode Grace shares an interview with Victoria Stapleton, the executive director of school and library marketing at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (which is the main publisher of her books). This interview has been broken up into two parts. Please come back on wed to hear part 2.
First Draft Episode #191: Ryan Graudin Ryan Graudin, New York Times bestselling author of the Wolf by Wolf series, as well as Invictus and The Walled City, talks about staging Redwall battles in the backyard, how bad teachers inspired her love of history, and how restrictions at key times in her life led her imagination to flourish. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode The Redwall series by Brian Jacques The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis and The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander were among the fantasy stories Ryan devoured after she discovered Redwall AIM: AOL instant messenger Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine was a novel Ryan devoured, and was so upset by the fact that it didn’t have a sequel that she made her first foray into fan fiction Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Bret Lott author of Oprah Book Club pick Jewel, who taught Ryan at the College of Charleston, where she majored in creative writing Cathedrals by Raymond Carver was the kind of high literary fiction that was all Ryan was allowed to write about in college (she turned to fantasy after graduation) Kowloon, the Walled City in Hong Kong that inspired Ryan to write The Walled City Jackie Pullinger, a woman who worked inside Kowloon for 25 years, and author of Chasing the Dragon: One Woman’s Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong’s Drug Den and A Crack in the Wall: The Life and Death of Kowloon Walled City. Hearing her story inspired Ryan to explore Kowloon and to write The Walled City SNIS: Shiny New Idea Syndrome Anata No Warehouse, an arcade in Tokyo that replicates Kowloon Walled City in painstaking detail Bloodsport, the Jean Claude Van Damme movie in which certain scenes were filmed in Kowloon Walled City Ryan’s short pitch for Wolf by Wolf is: Code Name Verity (by Elizabeth Wein) meets Inglorious Basterds (movie) meets X-Men (comic book and movie series) The Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, which is a fantasy world that takes place in an alternate World War I, which inspired Ryan’s approach to World War II in Wolf by Wolf Alvina Ling, VP, Editor-in-Chief of Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, was Ryan’s editor for The Walled City, Wolf by Wolf, and Blood for Blood YALLFEST, an annual young adult book festival that takes place in Ryan’s hometown of Charleston, S.C. Ryan asked Alexandra Bracken, author of Passenger, for advice on writing time travel. Alex told her, “Run--don’t do it,” but Ryan went ahead and did it anyway Pam Gruber is a Senior Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, and she was Ryan’s editor for Invictus Ryan’s next book, a stand-alone YA, is pitched as Lost meets Westworld meets Black Mirror (her nickname for it is TwistyAFBook) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark was one of the books Ryan may not have read unless she was in South Korea with limited access to English-word books Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!
One of the best things for me about doing VVV is talking to all these amazing people whom I would otherwise never meet...AK is one of those amazing people, funny, smart and living a life of adventure! Enjoy. :-). AK Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014. AK Turner has traveled to Greece, Ireland, France, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and Italy, and completed extended trips (two months or more) to Russia, Palau, Vanuatu, Mexico, Morocco, England, Spain, Australia, and Brazil. She is a contributor to the anthologies Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana (Traveler’s Tales), Little White Dress (Mill Park Publishing), I Just Want to Be Perfect and I Just Want to Be Alone (Throat_Punch Books). Her work has been featured online at Scary Mommy, In the Powder Room, The Huffington Post, Nickmom, Felicity Huffman’s What the Flicka?, and Artocratic, among others, and in a variety of print publications. She is a former humor columnist, founded “The Writers’ Block” on Radio Boise, serves on the board of the Idaho Writers Guild, and speaks at conferences and in live comedy events. A former Writer-in-Residence for the City of Boise and Idaho State Parks, she lives in Idaho with her husband and two children, but travels frequently as a part-time digital nomad. AK Turner Vroom Veer Stories Grew up in Maryland, studied Russian, even visited Russia at age 15 Studied Russian through college, and suddenly fell out of love with Russian Met her husband (to be at the time) on a trip to Cabo, then moved to California Waited tables and scrubbed toilets while "trying to be a writer" Husband figure out he hated his dream job in one month...that was quick Hubby started a new gig working on boats for movie shoots around the world Landed in Boise, finally got some traction talking to an editor from Penguin The penguin deal fell through after two years of talk (groan) Self-published This Little Piggy went to the Liquor Store, and is New York Times Best Seller Continues to travel; Vagabonding with Kids is a book series, blog, and a lifestyle. AK Turner Links Vagabonding with kids
Book Appreciation with Carrie Pack The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 29c with Heather Rose Jones In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Carrie Pack recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Ash by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Pulp by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen) Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books) No transcript is available for this episode Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: contact@alpennia.com Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Heather-Rose-Jones-490950014312292/ Links to Carrie Pack Online Website: http://www.carriepack.com Twitter: @carriepack If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow
Tally in Texas with her husband and four children. (And one big, fat English bulldog). She's been writing her entire life. She learned early the characters in my head just swirl around with different potentials if she didn't put them on paper. By the time she entered high school, Tally already wrote her first book. Years later, She worked as a nurse and continued to write. Finally, Tally decided to move forward into the world of publication and share her imaginary friends with the world. Shadow Pact was released in 2018 in digital format through Kindle. Audible release in September 2018, and paperback format through Brown Books in the Spring of 2019. The main characters, William and Emily, flowed as they were expected to through the story. Paoli, however, became a real pain. He refused to stay in the original idea I had for him, and continued to shift into a very different character than I meant him to be. Eventually, I gave up the fight and allowed him to develop as he was determined to.The next book in the series, Shadow Blood, is Paoli's story. I can't wait to see how it unfurls, but Paoli's woman is sure to keep him on his toes!http://www.tallyadams.comMusic by Chronox, Kevin Macleod, Space Station, Bundy
Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe and her newest, Little and Lion, on exploring non-traditional families, her nocturnal writing schedule, and having a productive hibernation. Brandy Colbert 2.0 Show Notes Listen to Brandy’s first First Draft interview here Dahlia Adler "The Pain of the Watermelon Joke," by Jacqueline Woodson An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michaelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney Stephanie Perkins Stephanie Kuehn (listen to her First Draft interview here) Kelly Jensen The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Dear Martin by Nic Stone Jason Reynolds The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton American Street by Ibi Zoboi Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson Nicola Yoon (listen to her First Draft interview here) Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson Calling My Name by Liara Tamani (listen to her First Draft episode here) Madcap Retreats NCTE conference (the National Council of Teachers of English) Zadie Smith Maurene Goo (listen to her First Draft podcasts here and here, or read the transcript here) The Fug Girls, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (listen to their First Draft podcast here) Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender (assistant editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Nikki Garcia Assistant Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Alvina Ling,Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers “What About Intersectionality and Female Friendships in YA?,” Brandy’s post on Stacked Marie Lu (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here)
Social Sidekick with Laurie Solgon | Compelling stories from today’s Dynamic Entrepreneurs
Amanda "AK" Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as "This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store", "Mommy Had a Little Flask", and "Hair of the Corn Dog" (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and have been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014.
In Hollywood, a name alone can attract a big paycheck. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time in the early days of filmmaking that the big studios wouldn’t allow the actors name to be known. They feared their actors becoming stars, because they knew the consequences. This changed with one person, a female actor named Florence Lawrence, who is credited at the first film star in America. She was know as “The Biograph Girl” and she made 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career. Show notes and links: * Florence Lawrence – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * Florence Lawrence: The First Movie Star (history.com) * Florence Lawrence – Women Film Pioneers Project (columbia.edu) * The first ever movie star: Florence Lawrence – Page 2 of 3 (queensofvintage.com) * Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America’s First Movie Star (9780786430895): Kelly R. Brown: Books (amazon.com) * Carl Laemmle, Sr. Biography | Fandango (fandango.com) * Florence Lawrence: Automotive Inventor and the “World’s First Movie Star” (historicvehicle.org)
AK Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014. AK Turner has traveled to Greece, Ireland, France, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, and Italy, and completed extended trips (two months or more) to Russia, Palau, Vanuatu, Mexico, Morocco, England, Spain, Australia, and Brazil. She is a contributor to the anthologies Leave the Lipstick, Take the Iguana (Traveler’s Tales), Little White Dress (Mill Park Publishing), I Just Want to Be Perfect and I Just Want to Be Alone (Throat_Punch Books). Her work has been featured online at Scary Mommy, In the Powder Room, The Huffington Post, Nickmom, Felicity Huffman’s What the Flicka?, and Artocratic, among others, and in a variety of print publications. She is a former humor columnist, founded “The Writers’ Block” on Radio Boise, serves on the board of the Idaho Writers Guild, and speaks at conferences and in live comedy events. A former Writer-in-Residence for the City of Boise and Idaho State Parks, she lives in Idaho with her husband and two children, but travels frequently as a part-time digital nomad. AK Turner Vroom Veer Stories Grew up in Maryland, studied Russian, even visited Russia at age 15 Studied Russian through college, and suddenly fell out of love with Russian Met her husband (to be at the time) on a trip to Cabo, then moved to California Waited tables and scrubbed toilets while "trying to be a writer" Husband figure out he hated his dream job in one month...that was quick Hubby started a new gig working on boats for movie shoots around the world Landed in Boise, finally got some traction talking to an editor from Penguin The penguin deal fell through after two years of talk (groan) Self-published This Little Piggy went to the Liquor Store, and is New York Times Best Seller Continues to travel; Vagabonding with Kids is a book series, blog, and a lifestyle. AK Turner Links Vagabonding with kids
Social Sidekick with Laurie Solgon | Compelling stories from today’s Dynamic Entrepreneurs
Amanda "AK" Turner is The New York Times bestselling author of the Vagabonding with Kids series (Brown Books) as well as This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store, Mommy Had a Little Flask, and Hair of the Corn Dog (Fever Streak Press). Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, an IPPY Award for Humor, and have been named in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014.
Whether it is Watchmen, Maus, Batman, or Spider-Man all comics are a representation of the time of their creation. Join us as we consider how best to put comics in a historical context. In this discussion we will be focusing on how comics can give insight into history and vice-versa. Panelists include WILL ALLRED (University of Arkansas), TOM HEINTJES (Hogan’s Alley), ANDY KUNKA (Comics Alternative, USC Sumter), BRIAN PUACA (Christopher Newport University), and DEREK ROYAL (Comics Alternative, Brown Books), with SHAWN DAUGHHETEE moderating.
International multi award-winning author from Australia, Nola Hennessy, is a successful businesswoman, mentor, and peace advocate, who is currently in Texas setting up Serenidad Consulting LLC's foundations to operate in the United States. The much-anticipated release by Brown Books of Nola's prayer-like autobiography The Peace Angel is forthcoming, with the global launch expected in mid-Summer 2014. In this interview, we will also learn about her fourth book dealing with post-traumatic stress, as well as the continuing work Nola and her companies do to heighten resilience and empower others for positive outcomes. How can you change your waistline and the world with ten exceptional food choices? In Health Matters, Heather Brittany talks about buying local, growing your own, and using fair trade products. When you travel, do you have trouble deciding what to pack? With summer on the horizon, Cynthia Brian shares suitcase simple strategies that will help you hit the road running.
Welcome to Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are!® with your hosts Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany on the Voice America Empowerment Channel. Our goal is to seed, stimulate, and support space for positive, meaningful conversations that will get you talking around the dinner table. To launch our program on our new network, we are excited to showcase multi-award winning author and peace advocate Nola Hennessy. This Peace Angel is coming to America as she prepares to publish her autobiography with Brown Books of Dallas. Ultra-revealing, heart-wrenching and immensely soulful, this latest literary work will not only inspire and astound readers, it will reveal Nola's journey through past lives, her time in heaven, God's words to her and the immensely challenging journey she has lived in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Does the weather play a part in our weight? Can climate contribute to being fat or thin? In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian will discuss these facts and research as well as give you tips to help fight the winter weight in preparation for summer sun.
In episode 50, we talk about Stephenie Meyer’s Illustrated Guide and closeted vampires. It’s the 50th episode, yo! Intro “Breaking Dawn is Hard to Do” as a parody of “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” Twilight News The Eclipse DVD release date is December 4th, 2010 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release The […]
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