MG Book Party Podcast
1) Author Grace Lin Talks Book Banning, Inclusivity, and Winning A Caldecott and a Newbery
Ever wondered what it's like to win both a Newbery AND a Caldecott award?Author/illustrator and delightful human, Grace Lin, is with us today and she shares all the behind-the-scenes award info y...Show More
Author Grace Lin Talks Book Banning, Inclusivity, and Winning A Caldecott and a Newbery
1:08:29 | Jul 11th, 2022
2) An Interview with MG Author Mae Respicio: Where we talk about Slime Recipes, Writing Journeys, and What We Can Control
What's it like to write, publish, and promote a book a year? Here to tell us today is middle-grade author Mae Respicio, author of the award-winning The House That Lou Built, Any Day with You, How...Show More
3) Verdigris Pawn Author Alysa Wishingrad Talks Writing Process, Inspiration, and Finding Truth Through Multiple Perspectives
If you haven’t read The Verdigris Pawn, by Alysa Wishingrad, you’ll want to after listening to this interview! "Time distorts all truths." The Verdigris PawnIn both her book and this podcast, Alysa Wi...Show More
4) Hilary McKay Talks About Writing About War From Dual Perspectives.
"When you meet people, you don't hate them anymore." This quote from Hilary during this interview expresses so much about her humanity, her love, and her wisdom. Her historical WWI and WWII novel...Show More
5) Newbery Honoree Rajani LaRocca and her Agent Brent Taylor Share Details About Their Super-Productive Partnership
Newbery Honor winning middle grade author Rajani LaRocca and her Super Agent Brent Taylor have collaborated to share Rajani's prolific collection of picture books and middle grade novels with the...Show More
6) Little Brown Editor Samantha Gentry—Where We Talk About Aquisitions, Editor Phone Calls, and her #MSWL
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, ...Show More
7) Paige Terlip Interview - Where We Discuss Queries, Dream Clients, and Her Agenting Journey
We had SO much fun interviewing Paige Terlip, literary agent with Andrea Brown Literary Agency! Paige shares her joy at working with this fantastic agency. She gives tips for querying, shares her Manu...Show More
8) fREADom Fighters Interview
We are so pleased to join two wonderful school librarians, and members of the @FReadomFighters—Nancy Jo Lambert and Becky Calzada for an interview about censorship, #FReadom, and access to books for c...Show More
9) Cindy Baldwin - Where We Discuss Perfect Character Names, Disability Representation, and Forever Homes
Author Cindy Baldwin shares her journey writing The Stars of Whistling Ridge! She offers amazing insight into disability representation, and chronic illness in fiction, sharing her own experience so g...Show More
10) Gary D. Schmidt - A Mini MFA From a Master, and The Death Of Holling Hoodhood
The opportunity to do this interview with Newbery Honoree and New York Times Bestselling author Gary D. Schmidt was one of the great honors of our professional lives! Were you hoping to get a mini-MFA...Show More
Gary D. Schmidt - A Mini MFA From a Master, and The Death Of Holling Hoodhood
1:11:48 | Jan 10th, 2022