Carolyn Clare Givens interviews Ned Bustard (illustrator of Every Moment Holy) about how his penchant for “full-contact collaboration” has birthed the Square Halo conference, Square Halo Books, and dozens of other fruitful side quests (including Ned’s generous design of our Bandersnatch Books’ “Beastie”—the “B” logo).

Mentioned in this episode:

* Pre-save Kickstarter for I’ve Got a Bad Case of Poetry

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bandersnatchbooks/illustrated-childrens-poetry-anthology

* Every Moment Holy

www.everymomentholy.com

* Square Halo Conference - 2025

www.squarehalobooks.com/2025-conference

* Square Halo Books

www.squarehalobooks.com

* Joe Sutphin

www.joesutphin.com

* John Hendrix

www.johnhendrix.com

* Lumen - from Goldberry Arts

www.goldberryarts.com

Click to learn more about Bandersnatch Books!

www.bandersnatchbooks.com

Special Thanks to:

Son of Laughter for our theme song: “Cricket in a Jar.” - www.son-of-laughter.com

Evelyn Warnemuende for our artwork. - www.instagram.com/starclad.magpie

S.D.G. Morgan for audio engineering. - sdgmorgan.substack.com & bammerhab.substack.com

Diana Pavlac Glyer for our namesake book, Bandersnatch. - www.dianaglyer.com

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