Helloooooo world. We are back!Like Frankenstein’s monster, or a bookstore troll after a long winter, we emerge from the darkness. Squinting, drooling, and very disoriented, we are once again:1) Sitting in front of microphones interviewing authors and illustrators who have no idea what they’re getting into. 2) Eating a cornucopia of delicious (and sometimes not) snacks.3) Telling the best/worst jokes you’ve ever heard in your entire life. Seriously. Have the superglue handy because we know your sides are going to be splittin’.

In episode one we are speaking with the one-and-only Jonathan Auxier, author of Sweep, The Night Gardener, and Vanished Kingdom series, including the newest addition The War of the Maps! Jonathan is one of our favorite authors and we are so glad he’s back with a new book and could come on the show to answer your questions.

THIS SEASON we want to hear from you. Send us an audio recording of a book recommendation and a question, and you might end up featured on the show! Email those to [email protected] Also, leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts, and your review might be read on the show as well.A note about this season: David and I will be doing some traveling this summer, which will most likely cause a few gaps in the recording process. So if you don’t see Withywindle in your feed some weeks, don’t fret!

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