Maintaining Momentum as a Creative with Nova Ren Suma
In this week's episode of the SCBWI Podcast, we are joined by Nova Ren Suma!Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Walls Around Us and A Room Away from the Wolves, which were both finalists for the Edgar Award. She also wrote Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone and co-edited the story & craft anthology Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and has taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from the Hudson Valley, she spent most of her adult life in New York City, and now lives in Philadelphia. Her new novel Wake the Wild Creatures is out now from Little, Brown.Check out her website: novaren.comBuy her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781616206727Follow her on IG here: www.instagram.com/novarenSupport the show
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Writing Poetry while Hiking with Kate Messner
In this week's episode of the SCBWI Podcast we are joined by Kate Messner. New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Kate's titles include both fiction and nonfiction; she writes award-winning picture books, easy readers, chapter book series, and novels for young readers. Her books are frequently nominated for state book award lists and have been honored with the E.B. White Read Aloud Award, Golden Kite and Crystal Kite Awards, Riverby Award for Natural History Writing, and Nerdy Book Club Awards. Kate's science themed books have also been selected as finalists for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize and named to the NSTA/CBC list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12. Kate is a frequent speaker at conferences for writers and educators and visits schools all over the world to talk with students about books, writing, and the power of curiosity. Purchase her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-trouble-with-heroes-kate-messner/21573976?ean=9781547616398&next=tFollow her on IG here: www.instagram.com/katemessnerSupport the show
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An Artist's Process with Barbara McClintock
In this weeks episode we are joined by Barbara McClintock!Barbara McClintock is an American illustrator and author of over 40 books for children. Her books have received numerous awards and citations, including five New York Times Best Illustrated Picture Book Awards, four ALA Notable Book Citations, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award, a China Times Best Illustrated Books Award, and a British Fantasy Award. One of her books is a best-selling title in Japan.Her artwork has been exhibited and is in the collections of libraries, museums and galleries around the world.She has lectured about her work nationally and internationally, and is currently teaching classes on creating childrenâs books at Wesleyan University. She has served on the board of directors of the Eric Carle Museum, and chaired the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators.Barbara is self-educated as an illustrator, learning by studying and copying artwork from books checked out of public libraries.Originally from New Jersey and North Dakota, she now resides in northeastern CT with her partner, the illustrator David Johnson, and their three overly-helpful cats.Buy her latest book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781534418509Follow her here: https://www.instagram.com/barbaramcclintockart/Support the show
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A Conversation with Kyle Lukoff and Levi Hastings, the duo behind the picture book: Are You A Friend of Dorothy?
This week we are joined by author Kyle Lukoff and illustrator Levi Hastings! From Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Awardâwinning author Kyle Lukoff and celebrated picture book illustrator Levi Hastings comes an âapproachable, engagingâ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) picture book about how people found community in a time when they had to keep their true selves secret.âAre you a friend of Dorothy?âIn a time when the LGBTQ+ community was forced to hide in the shadows, a woman named Dorothy helped her people find each other in the dark and celebrate themselves in the light.But who was Dorothy? Was she from the neighborhood, someoneâs wife, mother, or sister? Was she that clever writer, who threw parties where there were no rules about who you could and couldnât dance with? Or was she a girl from Kansas, who dreamed of leaving her black-and-white, small-town life and finding a vibrant, colorful world that loved her?Dorothy might have been all these thingsâbecause Dorothy, as known by the post-WWII queer community, wasnât real. Still, she helped a community find connection and care amidst adversity.Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781665931663Follow Kyle Here: www.instagram.com/kylelukoffwritesFollow Levi Here: https://www.instagram.com/levihastingsart/Support the show
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Slowing Down with Donna Barba Higuera
In this episode of the SCBWI Podcast we are joined by Donna Barba Higuera!Donna grew up in Central California surrounded by agricultural and oil fields. As a child, rather than dealing with the regular dust devils, she preferred spending recess squirreled away in the janitorâs closet with a good book. Her favorite hobbies were calling dial-a-story over and over again, and sneaking into a restricted cemetery to weave her own spooky tales using the crumbling headstones as inspiration. âDonna's Middle Grade and Picture Books are about kids who find themselves in odd or scary situations.â From language to cultural differences in being biracial life can becomeâŠcomplicated. So like Donna, characters tackle more than just the bizarre things that happen to them in their lives. Donna likes to write about all things funny, but also sad, and creepy, and magical. If you like those things, she hopes you will read her books! âDonna lives in Washington State with her family, two dogs and a frog.âBuy here latest novel:https://bookshop.org/a/19191/9781646144129And check out the rest of her books here: https://bookshop.org/contributors/donna-barba-higueraVisit Donna's website here: https://www.dbhiguera.com/Follow her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/donnabarbahiguera/Support the show
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