The Horn Book Podcast

It's Siân's last week at Horn Book! (tear) Roger and Siân mainly ramble in this episode. There was no plan. You can tell. :) They talk about Siân's new gig with Shelf Awareness, electronic books, the future of publishing, and they display an amazing lack of knowledge on how to protect the environment. While this *is* a wrap on Siân, it doesn't mean the podcast won't continue in some form or another--Roger is interested in keeping the cast going but he's making no promises on when the next...

Posting a little early! Cheers! Siân chats with LeUyen Pham about illustrating (and also authoring) 90 books, a history of animation, and getting lost in the jungle. LeUyen Pham: www.leuyenpham.com/ People we talk about Dan Santat: www.dantat.com/DANTAT.COM/DAN_SA…_illustrator.html Molly Idle: idleillustration.com/ Marla Frazee: marlafrazee.com/ Kevin Lewis: thebrownbookshelf.com/2011/02/16/day…6-kevin-lewis/ Mo Willems: www.mowillems.com/ Books we talk about Can You Do This, Old Badger? by...

Sân chats with artist and illustrator Ekua Holmes about her work at MassArt with sparc! The Artmobile, illustrating other people's words, and art in the community. VOICE OF FREEDOM: FANNIE LOU HAMER: THE SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by Carole Boston Weatherford OUT OF WONDER: POEMS CELEBRATING POETS by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth Ekua: http://www.ekuaholmes.com/ sparc!: https://massart.edu/sparc-artmobile MassArt: https://massart.edu/

Creative Director Lolly Robinson chats with Maung Nyeu about Our Golden Hour and the very cool things he's doing. https://ourgoldenhour.org/ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2016/0121/Maung-Nyeu-is-helping-his-people-put-their-language-and-stories-on-record http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2015/06/saving-a-culture-book-by-book/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130628-endangered-languages-scripts-bangladesh-indigenous-cultures-world/...

Adam Gidwitz displays his Scottish accent, talks about his work and Mac Barnett in a bunny outfit, and *tries* to tell the listeners a Big Secret. http://www.adamgidwitz.com/ https://twitter.com/AdamGidwitz People we talk about Alex Bracken: https://twitter.com/alexbracken Tom Angleberger: https://twitter.com/OrigamiYoda Links At BookCon 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jUq8aUxUvc Star Wars Celebration: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/ Podcast with Alex Bracken:...