PubTalk Live & AgentChat Live

AgentChat Live features casual chats with literary agents to help potential clients get to know them a little bit better. This episode features Kaitlyn Johnson of Belcastro Agency.  Website | Twitter | Belcastro | MSWL

Support the show | Originally broadcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eBFZybVexMw

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. The 2nd Saturday is for Author Journeys, where host Sarah Nicolas interviews an author about their work and experiences with publication. This episode features author Emily Colin.

Emily Colin: 

http://www.emilycolin.com/

https://twitter.com/emilyacolin

https://www.facebook.com/emily.colin.79

https://www.instagram.com/emily_colin/

free short story at emilycolinnews.com

https://amzn.to/3xswE20

https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781947834460

https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AColin%2C%20Emily?aff=72724

http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781515972815&rf_code=lfm164099

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

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→Originally broadcast at: https://youtu.be/gmk1Ge3bX3w

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→Simon & Schuster's 13A: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/86794-s-s-launches-black-celebrity-imprint.html

→Hungarian LGBTQ book: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-europe-entertainment-lifestyle-arts-and-entertainment-e95b24c3d8e39b7549e07dc7b13704b2 

→Book industry's supply chain issues:  https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/manufacturing/article/86833-high-costs-services-disruptions-plague-book-biz-supply-chain.html

→People of Color in Publishing and Latinx in Publishing survey: https://www.pocinpublishing.com/workplaceracismsurvey 

→The Palace Project: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86780-knight-foundation-invests-5-million-in-library-centered-digital-platform.html 

→Vox Isabel Fall article: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter 

→Nicole Brinkley YA Twitter article: 

https://tinyletter.com/misshelved/letters/did-twitter-break-ya-misshelved-6

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host author and editor Stephanie Cooke and Special Guest Whitney Gardner, who is a writer, illustrator, and cartoonist.

→Stephanie Cooke: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Amazon | Bookshop | Indiebound 

→Whitney Gardner: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Amazon | Bookshop |  Indiebound | LibroFM 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally broadcast at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLGv5QFZtY

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→McGraw-Hill sold: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/86666-private-equity-firm-to-buy-mcgraw-hill-for-4-5-billion.html 

→Kushner book: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/86698-book-deals-week-of-june-21-2021.html 

→Wattpad Webtoon Studios: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-deals/article/86752-wattpad-webtoon-studios-commits-100-million-to-development.html 

→New NEA grants: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/86741-nea-opens-applications-for-135-million-in-grants.html 

→Survive to Thrive grants: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/86721-binc-gives-1-1-million-to-bookstores-comic-shops.html 

→Holly Black's Book of Night: https://www.denofgeek.com/books/holly-black-announces-first-adult-novel-at-torcon/ 

→Zoop crowdfunder: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/86590-new-crowdfunder-offers-fundraising-plus-support.html

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. The 2nd Saturday is for Author Journeys, where host Sarah Nicolas interviews an author about their work. This episode features judge and mystery author Debra H. Goldstein

→Debra H. Goldstein

https://www.debrahgoldstein.com/ 

https://twitter.com/debrahgoldstein 

https://www.facebook.com/DebraHGoldsteinAuthor 

https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9781496732217 

Audiobook: http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781541406414&rf_code=lfm164099 

https://amzn.to/3uCp4j3

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally Streamed at: https://youtu.be/ZY7jlya2dM0

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→Obama to keynote ALA: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86546-barack-obama-to-keynote-2021-ala-virtual-conference.html 

→Goodreads bug: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/86627-authors-upset-over-goodreads-bugs.html 

→WNDB stops using “Own Voices:” https://diversebooks.org/why-we-need-diverse-books-is-no-longer-using-the-term-ownvoices/ 

→Frankfurt to go in-person: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/Frankfurt-Book-Fair/article/86607-frankfurt-plans-live-in-person-trade-fair-in-october.html 

→Overdrive buys Kanopy: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86608-overdrive-to-acquire-kanopy.html 

→Oxford University Press stops printing books: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/09/oxford-university-press-to-end-centuries-of-tradition-by-closing-its-printing-arm 

→Books for Palestine auction: https://bookriot.com/books-for-palestine/ 

AgentChat Live features casual chats with literary agents to help potential clients get to know them a little bit better.   This episode features Cortney Radocaj of Belcastro Agency.  Website | Twitter | Agency | MSWL       

Support the show | Originally broadcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GV4Ia33laiM

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host picture book author Leah Hong and Special Guest Siena Koncsol, Associate Director of Publicity at Little Brown.

→Leah Hong

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780316536011 

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bjhyTe

https://www.leahhong.com

https://www.instagram.com/leahhongdraws/

https://twitter.com/leahhongdraws

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: →https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Originally Streamed at: https://youtu.be/KF8ZbkvjmxY

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→Enola Holmes sequel: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/millie-bobby-brown-henry-cavill-enola-holmes-sequel-1234972060/ 

→HarperCollins acquires HMH trade division: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/86297-harpercollins-completes-purchase-of-hmh-trade.html 

→Vampire Academy TV series: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/vampire-academy-series-peacock-julie-plec-marguerite-macintyre-1234976691/ 

→Digital Public Library of America / Amazon Publishing agreement: https://dp.la/news/dpla-signs-agreement-with-amazon-publishing-to-make-their-ebooks-available-to-u-s-libraries 

→Skylight Books union:  https://twitter.com/skylight_union/status/1394862226037633028

AgentChat Live features casual chats with literary agents to help potential clients get to know them a little bit better.  This episode features Jemiscoe Chambers-Black of Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Website | Twitter | Instagram  

Support the Show | Originally Broadcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UH7C_zEPjWs 

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. The 2nd Saturday is for Author Journeys, where host Sarah Nicolas interviews an author about their work. This episode features Gabi Justice, author of DOG GIRL.

→Gabi Justice

https://www.gabijustice.com/

https://www.instagram.com/gabijustice/

https://twitter.com/gabi_justice

https://www.facebook.com/yagabijustice

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20495013.Gabi_Justice

https://amzn.to/3mScwBQ

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Audiobook of the Week: The Initial Insult: http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9780063064232&rf_code=lfm164099

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally Streamed at: https://youtu.be/q3zxD0DBrCg

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→Warwick’s bookstore: https://www.lajollalight.com/news/story/2021-05-02/happy-ending-for-la-jollas-iconic-warwicks-bookstore-as-local-investors-step-in-to-save-the-day

→Johsua Wolf Shenk resigns: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-30/joshua-wolf-shenk-resigns 

https://lithub.com/believer-and-bmi-staffers-have-released-an-open-letter-about-joshua-shenks-workplace-conduct/

→Peachtree Teen: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/86215-peachtree-teen-imprint-to-debut-next-year.html 

→Lucille Clifton's house: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a36352411/40-years-ago-poet-lucille-clifton-lost-her-house-this-year-her-children-bought-it-back/ 

→Berkley Stacey Abrams romance novels: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stacey-abrams-romance-novels-reissue/ 

→Jason Reynolds and Mo Willems on Antiques Roadshow:  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2021/2/5/25th-season-surprise-first-ever-antiques-roadshow-celebrity-episodes 

→Edgar Awards: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mystery-writers-of-america-announces-winners-of-the-2021-edgar-allan-poe-awards-301280573.html 

→The Guardian report on children reading: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/29/children-read-longer-more-challenging-books-in-lockdown 

→Disney Must Pay: https://comicyears.com/books/disney-must-pay-task-force/

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host Kylie Schachte and Special Guest Angela Ackerman, co-creator of The Emotion Thesaurus.

→Kylie Schachte

https://kylieschachte.com 

https://twitter.com/KylieSchachte 

https://www.instagram.com/kylieschachte 

https://amzn.to/3dWyKhZ  

→Angela Ackerman

http://writershelpingwriters.net/

https://onestopforwriters.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAngelaAckerman

https://twitter.com/AngelaAckerman

https://www.instagram.com/writers_helping_writers_angela/

https://amzn.to/3uFFyXR 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally Streamed at: https://youtu.be/SdKgOUp_18c

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

→Audiobook of the week: THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner: http://libro.fm/referral?isbn=9781488210761&rf_code=lfm164099

https://amzn.to/3njZFbz

--News--

Shadow and Bone on Netflix. https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/shadow-and-bone-characters-cast-world-plot 

→Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey accused of sexual misconduct. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/86140-norton-halts-shipments-of-roth-biography.html 

→International Booker Prize shortlist. https://bookriot.com/2021-international-booker-prize-shortlist/ 

→LA Times Book Award winners. https://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprize-winners-2020/                                 

→Independent Bookstore Day. 

https://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day 

https://oxfordeagle.com/2021/04/23/president-barack-obama-virtually-visits-square-books-for-independent-bookstore-day/ 

→S&S defends Pence memoir. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/86136-karp-defends-pence-post-hill-decisions.html 

PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host EJ Wenstrom and Special Guest Gabriela Pereira.  

→EJ Wenstrom

→Gabriela Pereira

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas: www.sarahnicolas.com | @sarah_nicolas on Twitter | @presidentSarah on Instagram

→Become a PubTalk Live patron: https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive 

→Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place

→Subscribe via email: http://eepurl.com/gE3ahb

→Originally streamed at: https://youtu.be/50TW8UIT528

→PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com.

--News--

→Amanda Gorman, bestselling poet. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/04/07/amanda-gorman-the-hill-we-climb-tops-usa-today-bestseller-list/7122126002/ 

→Mike Pence book deal.

https://www.thewrap.com/mike-pence-simon-and-schuster-book-deal/

(ooh related: https://newrepublic.com/article/161907/andrew-cuomo-got-4-million-book-deal-scandal)

→Bologna Children’s Book Fair. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/trade-shows/article/86051-bologna-children-s-book-fair-to-be-virtual-cancels-live-event.html 

→Publisher’s Weekly state of the industry. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/86010-publishing-industry-insiders-share-insights-into-opportunities-challenges-ahead.html

→Sarah: (content warning for transphobia) The Women’s Prize for Fiction & Torrey Peters. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-04-07/womens-prize-stands-by-nomination-of-trans-author-torrey-peters 

→Serial Box, now Realm. https://www.realm.fm/blog/serial-box-is-now-realm

→Book awards! 

https://pen.org/press-release/2021-pen-america-literary-awards-given-to-top-literary-stars-of-the-year-lifelong-luminaries-of-literary-excellence/  

https://www.gf.org/announcement-2021/ 

https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/april-9-2021/new-york-public-library-announces-finalists-2021-young-lions