Middle Grade Mavens

By Julie Grasso+Pamela UeckermanArts Books

Middle Grade Mavens episodes

February 13, 2020 Episode 45 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Clair Hume of University of Queensland Press
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.

Today we welcome Clair Hume of University of Queensland Press.
Clair brings some wonderful insights, so get your pens ready folks.... Enjoy!

Publisher Links:
https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/

If you want to check out some other books by this publisher, head on over to
Episode 21 for Pip Harry's, "The Little Wave." https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-21-The-Mavens-review-His-Name-Was-Walter--The-Little-Wave--Boot--Pip-Harry-Interview-e45mu6

KidLitVic Links:
http://www.kidlitvic.com/

To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle

25 min
February 11, 2020 Episode 44 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Nancy Conescu of Berbay books
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
In this episode we have Nancy Conescu of Berbay Books.
Nancy brings some wonderful insights into the world of Middle-Grade, so get your pens ready folks ... Enjoy!
Publisher Links:
http://www.berbaybooks.com/
KidLitVic Links:
http://www.kidlitvic.com/
If you want to check out some great books by this publisher, head over to Episode 27 for our review of Grace's Secrets by Louise Park
https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-27-The-Mavens-review-Graces-Secret--How-To-Make-A-Movie-In-12-Days--Interview-Fiona-Hardy-e4p294
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
26 min
February 07, 2020 Episode 43 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Davina Bell of Affirm Press
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
In this episode we have Davina Bell of Affirm Press.
Davina brings some wonderful insights, so get your pens ready folks.... Enjoy!
Publisher Links:
https://affirmpress.com.au/
If you want to check out some other books by this publisher, head on over to episode 27 for Fiona Hardy's, "How To Make A Movie In 12 Days."
https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-27-The-Mavens-review-Graces-Secret--How-To-Make-A-Movie-In-12-Days--Interview-Fiona-Hardy-e4p294

Want to request Davina's middle-grade books at your local library? Here's the information you'll need.
Title: Sophia and the Corner Park Clubhouse
Format: Book
Author: Davina Bell
Distributor: Hardie Grant Egmont
Date: May 2019
ISBN: 9781760503970

Want to request Davina's middle-grade books at your local library? Here's the information you'll need.
Title: The Secret Life of Lola : Corner Park Clubhouse #2
Author: Davina Bell
Format: Book
Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont
Date: Sept 2019
ISBN: 9781760504038

KidLitVic Links:
http://www.kidlitvic.com/
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
44 min
February 02, 2020 Episdoe 42 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Paul Collins of Ford Street Publishing
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series. Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's. We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
We welcome Paul Collins, Publisher at Ford Street books to the Maven's hot seat. He had some wonderful insights into the world of middle-grade books.

Publisher Links: https://fordstreetpublishing.com/

Kidlitvic Link: http://www.kidlitvic.com/conference-information

To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
25 min
January 29, 2020 Episode 41 Bonus: Ask The Illustrator: Nelle May Pierce
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series. Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring you some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's. We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners, who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10 February, 2020.
Today we have an illustrator in the hot seat in Nelle May Pierce. http://www.nellemay.com/
She had some wonderful insights into what happens after the contracts are signed, and how she goes about her illustration process. Plus she has two amazing books coming out in 2020, which we can't wait to get our hands on.
Author links: https://www.louisepark.com.au/
Want to request Nelle and Louise's book at your local library. Here's the information you will.
Title: 7 Steps to Get Your Child Reading
Author: Louise Park
Illustrator: Nelle May Pierce
Format: Book
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Date: Feb 2020
ISBN: 9781760524678
Want to request Nelle and Pamela's book at your local library. Here's the information you will.
Title: The Mummy Smugglers of Crumblin Castle
Author: Pamela Rushby
Illustrator: Nelle May Pierce
Format: Book
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Date: July 2020
ISBN: 9781760651930
For more information on Kidlitvic jump on over to http://www.kidlitvic.com/conference-information
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to
https://www.middlegradepodcast.com Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com And for Pamela online find her at
https://www.ueckerman.net Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected] To learn what books are in the pipeline,
follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/ You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
27 min
January 26, 2020 Episode 40 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Suzanne O'Sullivan of Hachette
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series. Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's. We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
Today we welcome Suzanne O'Sullivan, Publisher at Hachette books. She had some wonderful insights into the children's book industry.
Publisher Links: https://www.hachette.com.au/
For more book review episodes from this publisher, check out
https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-9--The-Mavens-review-The-Orchard-Underground--Wundersmith--Mat-Larkin-Interview-e2vma5
https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-21-The-Mavens-review-His-Name-Was-Walter--The-Little-Wave--Boot--Pip-Harry-Interview-e45mu6
Kidlitvic Link: http://www.kidlitvic.com/conference-information
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
23 min
January 22, 2020 Episode 39 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Susannah Chambers of Allen and Unwin
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
In this episode we have Susannah Chambers, of Allen and Unwin.
Susannah brings some wonderful insights, so get your pens ready folks.... Enjoy!
Publisher Links:
https://www.allenandunwin.com/

If you want to check out some other books by this publisher, head on over to:
Episode 2 Swallows Dance by Wendy Orr https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-2-Danielle-Binks-on-middle-grade-plus-reviews-Swallows-Dance--Wyrd--Cate-Whittle-Interview-e2135r
Episode 10 Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-10-The-Mavens-review-Lennys-Book-of-Everything--The-Beast-of-Hushing-Wood--Gabrielle-Wang-Interview-e36kr2
Episode 19 Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery by Renee Treml https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-19-The-Mavens-review-Sherlock-Bones-And-The-Natural-History-Mystery--Raising-Readers--Megan-Daley-Interview-e3q8kt
Episode 30 Wolf Girl by Ahn Do https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-30-Wolf-Girl--Taylor-and-Rose-Spies-in-St-Petersburg-e5pbnv

KidLitVic Links:
http://www.kidlitvic.com/

Want to request Susannah's books at your local library, here's what you will need?
Title: The Snow Wombat
Author: Susannah Chambers
Illustrator: Mark Jackson
Format: Picture Book
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Date: May 2018
ISBN: 9781760632939

Title: The Beach Wombat
Author: Susannah Chambers
Illustrator: Mark Jackson
Format: Picture Book
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9781760631857

Title: The Easter Bunnyroo
Author: Susannah Chambers
Illustrator: Laura Wood
Format: Picture Book
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Date: Feb 2020
ISBN: 9781760635015

To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
39 min
January 19, 2020 Episode 38 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Michelle Madden of Penguin Random House
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring you some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners, who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10 February, 2020.
Today we have Michelle Madden of Penguin Random House Australia.
Michelle brings some wonderful insights, so get your pens ready folks.... Enjoy!
Publisher Links:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com.au/
To hear about more books by this publisher head on over to Episode 1: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-1--What-is-Middle-Grade-plus-reviews-Fearless-Frederic--The-Secret-of-the-Night-Train-e20td7
Episode 10: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-10-The-Mavens-review-Lennys-Book-of-Everything--The-Beast-of-Hushing-Wood--Gabrielle-Wang-Interview-e36kr2
Episode 11: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-11-The-Mavens-review-The-Stupendously-Spectacular-Spelling-Bee--Max-Booth-Future-Sleuth--Cameron-McIntosh-Interview-e36krc
Episode 26: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-26-The-Mavens-review-Grimsdon--The-Boy-Who-Grew-Dragons--Deb-Abela-Interview-e4krvq
Kidlitvic Link:
http://www.kidlitvic.com/conference-information
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
40 min
January 15, 2020 Episode 37 Bonus : Ask The Agent: Justine Barker of Mayfair Literary Agency
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring you some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners, who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10 February, 2020.
Today we have an agent in the hot seat in Justine Barker from https://mayfairliteraryagency.com.au/about
She had some wonderful insights and we can't wait to bring another perspective.
For more information on Kidlitvic jump on over to http://www.kidlitvic.com/conference-information
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
31 min
January 13, 2020 Episode 36 Bonus: Ask The Editor: Marisa Pintado of Hardie Grant Egmont
Today on Middle Grade Mavens we're doing something different in our bonus, "Ask The Editor," series.
Running over January - February 2020, each week we'll bring some insider information on what exactly is on some incredible Australian Children's book editor's wish list's.
We hope this will be helpful for our author and illustrator listeners who might be attending some great children's literature conferences in 2020. The Mavens are avid supporters of KidLitVic, of which the tickets go on sale 10th February 2020.
Today we welcome Marisa Pintado of Hardie Grant Egmont to the hot seat. She has some wonderful insights so we hope you enjoy.
To check out more books by this publisher, head on over to
Episode 4, for Peter Helliar's, Frankie Fish, https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-4-The-Mavens-review-Frankie-Fish--The-girl-with-the-broken-wing-e2osdd
Episode 9, for Mat Larkin's, The Orchard Underground.: https://anchor.fm/middlegrademavens/episodes/Episode-9--The-Mavens-review-The-Orchard-Underground--Wundersmith--Mat-Larkin-Interview-e2vma5
To learn more about the Mavens, head on over to https://www.middlegradepodcast.com
Or to find Julie online drop by https://www.julieannegrassobooks.com
And for Pamela online find her at https://www.ueckerman.net
Have a question or comment? Email us at [email protected]
To learn what books are in the pipeline, follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/middlegrademavens
And we love blabbering about books over at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/middle_grade_mavens_podcast/
You can find us on Twitter https://twitter.com/GradeMiddle
36 min

About Middle Grade Mavens

From the publisher's feed

The Middle-Grade Mavens are two Australian authors reviewing middle-grade children's books. We also chat with authors and illustrators about their inspiration, processes and experience and sometimes we interview publishers and agents to find out more about the industry. Whether you're a writer, school librarian, teacher, or just a book fan, this is for you. Julie Anne Grasso is the author of the Frankie Dupont Mystery series, cupcake enthusiast and part-time library book wrangler. Pamela Ueckerman is a dance teacher, writer, book reviewer, editor and home educator.