Get whisked away to the Dutch Caribbean to visit with our listener friends. While we’re there, we discuss beach reads, the impossibility of being a prophet in your own land, and, of course, publishing news. Plus, there are a couple of presents waiting for you at the end of this episode.

• Free Style Sheet Templates
• Plaza Bookshop, Oranjestad, Aruba - Featured Bookstore
• Manuscript Writing Cafe
• Books from Ukraine: A Call to Buy Rights to Support Publishers
• Blackstone Ends Library Embargo
• NYC libraries are offering free digital library cards to people across the U.S.
• Kentucky Legislature Politicizes Libraries
• Authors Guild Launches a Banned Book Club
• Free Writing Tips

Music licensed from Storyblocks:

“More Jam Please” by Raighes Factory

"Over The Ocean" by Sondé

"Lullaby Lofi" by OKO 

"Casa De Frio" by Jon Presstone