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Tag: author interviews

May 22, 2025 by Betsy Bird

“If you like my storytelling, this is your jam.” Jason Reynolds Goes All Audio with “Soundtrack”

Ten years ago Jason Reynolds wrote Soundtrack. Now a decade later, it comes to us entirely as an audiobook. I talk with Jason and his producers about the logistics of such a huge project.

May 21, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Erin Entrada Kelly Goes All Nonfiction on Us! A Talk About AT LAST SHE STOOD

A Newbery winner switches gears and writes a work of older nonfiction for her young readers. Today we answer why, and discover just how cool Joey Guerrero truly was.

May 15, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Remember (the) Maine: A Stroll Around Kittybunkport with Scott Rothman

Maine is where Robert McCloskey plied his trade. It's where Miss Rumphius planted all those lupines. And it's where we head today for chowder, thick sweaters, and the occasional Whoopie Pie.

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Cover Reveal and Q&A: The Lions’ Run by Sara Pennypacker (cover by Jon Klassen)

May 13, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Sara Pennypacker's books always pack a punch, but her latest goes into previously uncharted territory. We talk with her and then get to see a Jon Klassen cover like you've never seen him before.

Here Is an Interview: A Talk with Elisha Cooper About Here Is a Book

May 6, 2025 by Betsy Bird

"Here are paintbrushes and wastebaskets and thought." Elisha Cooper talks structure, color, rhythm, and love, as how they pertain to his latest book.

A Monster Blood Tattoo Return! The Ultimate High-Fantasy Middle Grade Series Comes Back to the States and I Interview Creator D.M. Cornish

April 29, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Things are afoot! I get to interview one of my favorite authors about a series so jaw-droppingly good that it's the cult classic your kids WISH they knew about. High fantasy? You don't know the half of it.

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Tentacles!! I Talk Hilarity and Board Books with Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham

April 24, 2025 by Betsy Bird

Arms! Tentacles! Real estate in the board book format! I'm talking with two picture book-turned-board book creators about how you create a title for the littlest of readers.

Climate Shock Realized: A Cover Reveal and Conversation with Nicholas Day About A World Without Summer

April 23, 2025 by Betsy Bird

A global disaster on an epic scale all thanks to a single volcanic eruption? It's not science fiction, it's history, and today I get to grill Nicholas Day about his deep dive into the world of 1816.

Troublemaking: A Conversation with Arree Chung

April 22, 2025 by Betsy Bird

How does one make the leap from picture books to a middle grade fictionalized graphic novel memoir? I intend to find out by talking with Arree Chung about his latest.

More Than Enough: A Conversation with Richard Michelson

April 16, 2025 by Betsy Bird

"I was reading Maimonides (yes, I know how that sounds), the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages, and realized he tackled the same issues in the 1100s." A talk about a book with much to say to all of us today.

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