Grace Lin and Alvina Ling talk about travel and explore the question of whether or not all travel is transformative or opens one's horizons? They discuss how living in a foreign country is more transformative than travel, and how reading can be more transformative than travel. 

Then they talk about how scammers are using AI to send very personalized emails to trick authors. They talk about some other recent scams, including fake employment texts and other scam texts. 

Then Alvina tells Grace about the book INVISIBLE PARADE by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio. And, they end with what they're grateful for. 

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Grace and Alvina talk about two different topics--they debate the term "well-read" and whether they consider themselves to be well-read or if they even aspire to be so. They also discuss the gender disparity in children's books featuring animal protagonists.

And then, Alvina tells Grace about the Book BEAR CAME ALONG by Richard T. Morris and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. They end as always with what they're grateful for.

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Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Padma Venkatraman, author and oceanographer, to talk about a recent bill that she helped pass in Rhode Island to protect librarians, teachers, authors, and publishers from book banning.

For the Fortune Cookie segment they all talk about their favorite ice cream flavors!

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Grace and Alvina are in CT with special guest Libby Koponen celebrating Libby's 75th Birthday. They discuss what they think the key qualities for success in the book publishing industry are. For the Fortune Cookie segment, Libby tells Grace and Alvina about her newest book, IS THAT THE BUS. And they end as always with what they're grateful for.

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Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss several topics, including how protagonists in YA have gotten older over the years, different ways authors use pen names, and then, Alison Morris joins to discuss what they would all eat for their last meals! Alison also gives some book recommendations based on her recent travels, and they end as always with what they're grateful for.

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Grace and Alvina talk about summer--what their relationship is to summer, what their favorite childhood memories from summer are, and what their favorite summer reading books are.

For the Fortune Cookie segment, they discuss the recent Mahmoud vs Taylor Supreme Court ruling and read part of a statement written by author Katherine Locke.

Then, Grace tells Alvina about her book DUMPLING DAYS which is about a summer trip to Taiwan. And then end as always with what they're grateful for.

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Grace and Alvina do a mid-year check in to see how they're doing on their new year's resolutions! They talk about their words of the year, and give updates on their goals and aspirations.

For the Fortune Cookie Segment, they talk about the seven types of friends everyone needs. And, Alvina tells Grace about the middle grade book SILVERBORN by Jessica Townsend. And they end as always with what they're grateful for. S

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Grace and Alvina are back from ALA and discuss the importance of friendship groups, if they have them now or had them in the past, and share some articles that give advice on how to create them.

For the Fortune Cookie segment, they discuss Quirk Publishing's recent announcement that they are pausing their publishing program and subsequent layoffs. For the Tell Me About segment, Alvina tells Grace about Peter Brown's picture book adaptation of The Wild Robot, The Wild Robot on the Island. And they end as always with what they're grateful for. 

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Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss several topics, including tips on how to stay grounded, various publishing news including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, BookCon returning, and a bookstore in San Francisco deciding not to carry Harry Potter. They also discuss various recent developments regarding AI. And then, Alison Morris joins to give some book recommendations, and they end as always with what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com.  Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1.  See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor.  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfriendsforever_podcast/

Grace and Alvina are together at the Carle Museum, recording a live episode with special guest Melissa Hung, curator of Grace's solo art exhibit at the Carle Museum! They talk about how the show came to be, what the process of curation entailed, what the name and meaning of the show is, and what they would like visitors to the show to take away from it.

For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about what kind of museum they'd open if they could, and they end with sharing what they're all grateful for. 

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