Grace and Alvina welcome special guest author, former agent, blogger, and editor Nathan Bransford and they discuss recent agency controversies and the state of the book publishing industry in general. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Educators! Pre-order Chinese Menu for the Carle Museum and receive a FREE virtual classroom visit with Grace to celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 29th! Not an educator? Want something different? Pre-order Chinese Menu from Porter Square Book and receive an enamel dragon pin (perfect for the upcoming Year of the Dragon)! All info here: https://gracelin.com/news-events/

In this special bonus episode, Brendan Kiely speaks with Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Sayantani DasGupta, and Joanna Ho about the recent censorship controversy involving Scholastic Education and the picture book LOVE IN THE LIBRARY. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Educators! Pre-order Chinese Menu for the Carle Museum and receive a FREE virtual classroom visit with Grace to celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 29th! Not an educator? Want something different? Pre-order Chinese Menu from Porter Square Book and receive an enamel dragon pin (perfect for the upcoming Year of the Dragon)! All info here: https://gracelin.com/news-events/

Grace and Alvina celebrate their 200th episode together in person by doing a live recording for their patreon patrons. They look back and look ahead at their podcast, and answer questions from their listeners. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Educators! Pre-order Chinese Menu for the Carle Museum and receive a FREE virtual classroom visit with Grace to celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 29th! Not an educator? Want something different? Pre-order Chinese Menu from Porter Square Book and receive an enamel dragon pin (perfect for the upcoming Year of the Dragon)! All info here: https://gracelin.com/news-events/

Grace and Alvina talk details about how the process of business financials work in book publishing, including how the budget process works, and what different business philosophies might be. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Educators! Pre-order Chinese Menu for the Carle Museum and receive a FREE virtual classroom visit with Grace to celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 29th! Not an educator? Want something different? Pre-order Chinese Menu from Porter Square Book and receive an enamel dragon pin (perfect for the upcoming Year of the Dragon)! All info here: https://gracelin.com/news-events/

Grace and Alvina talk about the Scholastic censorship controversy, what they think certain colors taste like, and what makes a book stand out in the market.

See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1.

Educators! Pre-order Chinese Menu for the Carle Museum and receive a FREE virtual classroom visit with Grace to celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 29th!

Not an educator? Want something different? Pre-order Chinese Menu from Porter Square Book and receive an enamel dragon pin (perfect for the upcoming Year of the Dragon)!

All info here: https://gracelin.com/news-events/

Grace and Alvina talk about the pros and cons of gossip, and give tips on how to gossip "nicely". See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Keep up with Grace's upcoming books and more by signing up for her newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/kEmJMT3/newsletter

Grace and Alvina talk about why people should celebrate, the things they like the celebrate, and the ways they do so. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Keep up with Grace's upcoming books and more by signing up for her newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/kEmJMT3/newsletter

Grace and Alvina discuss whether they save things or use things, if there are certain categories of children's books that have disappeared, and what their least used sense is. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Keep up with Grace's upcoming books and more by signing up for her newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/kEmJMT3/newsletter

Grace and Alvina revisit a very early discussion they had on early success vs late success, and realized what they really wanted to discuss was sustained success. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Keep up with Grace's upcoming books and more by signing up for her newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/kEmJMT3/newsletter

Grace and Alvina discuss how competitive they were as children and now, and what the pros and cons are for being competitive. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. Keep up with Grace's upcoming books and more by signing up for her newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/kEmJMT3/newsletter