Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including an update on Simon & Schuster's new owners. Then, stick around as Christine chats with successful theatre costume designer turned-author and illustrator Sally Gardner!

Sally Gardner gained a first-class degree at a leading London art college and became a successful theatre costume designer before illustrating and writing books. Her debut novel, I, Coriander, won the Nestle Gold Award, and she is also a Costa and Carnegie prize winner. Her latest novel, The Weather Woman, was released in September by Head of Zeus Press.

Check It Out!

The Weather Woman - https://www.amazon.com/Weather-Woman-Sally-Gardner-ebook/dp/B09MXD9MCV/

Kevin's Announcement! - https://www.openpr.com/news/3272937/kevin-tumlinson-assumes-role-of-ceo-for-next-chapter

"KKR Closes Deal to Buy Simon & Schuster" (via The New York Times) - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/books/kkr-simon-schuster-sale.html

Show Links:

Writers, Ink on YouTube! - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts⁠⁠⁠

J.D. Barker - ⁠⁠⁠https://jdbarker.com/⁠⁠⁠

Christine Daigle - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/⁠⁠⁠

JP Rindfleisch IX - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jprindfleischix.com/⁠⁠⁠

Kevin Tumlinson - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kevintumlinson.com/⁠

Patrick O'Donnell - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.copsandwriters.com/⁠⁠

Sally Gardner - https://www.sallygardner.net

Other Links

Best of BookTok - ⁠⁠⁠https://bestofbooktok.com/⁠⁠⁠

Booktrib - ⁠⁠https://booktrib.com/author/writers-ink/⁠⁠

Music by Nicorus - ⁠⁠⁠https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep⁠⁠⁠

Voice Over by Rick Ganley - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.nhpr.com⁠⁠⁠ and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.millpondstudio.com⁠⁠⁠

Show notes & audio production by Geoff Emberlyn - ⁠https://twitter.com/horrorstoic⁠⁠⁠

Website Design by Word & Pixel - ⁠⁠⁠http://wordandpixel.com/⁠⁠⁠

Contact - ⁠⁠⁠https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/⁠⁠⁠

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