Ep 94 Triumphing Over Bullies as a Dork with Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell
Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell open up about theinspiration behind Dork Diaries—the international blockbuster series with over 55 million copies sold worldwide—how their stories have empowered kids facing bullying, and why they’re bringing Nikki Maxwell’s adventures to life in vibrant full color for a new generation of readers. Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures ofmiddle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel’s books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries serieshas been translated into fifty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the serieshas garnered such honors as two Kids’ Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children’s Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids’ Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released twenty-oneconsecutive New York Times bestsellers. At time 31:00 Nikki reads from Dork Diaries 1 Full-ColorEdition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life.Author link: https://dorkdiaries.com/ Artsy Raven links:For more about The Artsy Raven Podcast or to join ourexclusive Artsy Raven club to receive free books and other cool stuff, visit: https://jfgarrard.com/artsyraven/ If you reallylike this show, please feel free to send us a digital tip https://ko-fi.com/jfgarrard Patreonsubscribers remember to access your bonus content for each episode: https://www.patreon.com/jfgarrard
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Ep 93 Climate Fiction and Magical Realism with Katie Welch
Katie Welch delves into magical realism in Ladder to Heaven, where a cataclysmic earthquake opens an extraordinary channel of communication between humans and animals. Drawing on her experience as a Banff Centre alumnus, she also shares her insights and wisdom for fellow writers.Katie Welch lives in Kamloops and on Cortes Island, BC. Herdebut novel MAD HONEY was nominated for the 2023 OLA Evergreen Prize. She is a two-time alumnus of the Banff Centre and was a finalist for the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize.At time 18:00 she reads from Ladder to Heaven.Author link: https://writerkatiewelch.com/Artsy Raven links:For more about The Artsy Raven Podcast or to join ourexclusive Artsy Raven club to receive free books and other cool stuff, visit: https://jfgarrard.com/arpodcastIf you really like this show, please feel free to send us a digital tip https://ko-fi.com/jfgarrardPatreon subscribers remember to access your bonus content for each episode: https://www.patreon.com/jfgarrard
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Ep 92 Balancing Writing and Life with Danila Botha
Danila shares how she balances life with writing, how she turned a bad reviewer into a friend, and why it’s essential to understand that an author cannot control awards or reviews.Danila Botha is the author of the critically acclaimed shortstory collections, Got No Secrets, For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known, which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, The Vine Awards and the ReLit Award and most recently, Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness. Thecollection won an Indie Reader Discovery Award for Women's Issues, Fiction, and was a finalist for the Canadian Book Club Awards, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the National Indie Excellence Book Awards. She is alsothe author of the award-winning novel Too Much On the Inside which was optioned for film. Her new novel, A Place for People Like Us will be published in Sept 2025. Her first graphic novel will be published in 2026 by At Bay Press. At time 28:30 she reads from A Place for People Like Us. Links: www.danilabotha.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/danilabotha.bsky.socialhttps://www.facebook.com/danilabothawriterhttps://www.instagram.com/danilabotha/ Artsy Raven links:For more about The Artsy Raven Podcast or to join ourexclusive Artsy Raven club to receive free books and other cool stuff, visit: https://jfgarrard.com/arpodcastIf you really like this show, please feel free to send us a digital tip https://ko-fi.com/jfgarrardPatreon subscribers remember to access your bonus content for each episode: https://www.patreon.com/jfgarrard
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Ep91 The Truth About AI, Audiobooks, and Author Success with Robert Chazz Chute
Robert Chazz Chute shares why AI is currently terrible foraudiobooks, the importance of covers, and shares his top marketing recommendations.Robert Chazz Chute writes full time from his blanketfort in Other London. The winner of fifteen writing awards, he pens apocalyptic epics with heart and killer crime thrillers with muscle. A graduate of the University of King's College journalism program and the Banff Publishing Workshop. He has worked as a crime reporter, science journalist, editor, book doctor, speechwriter, and magazine columnist. Vengeance Is Hers is his twenty-ninth novel. For a full list of all Robert's work, join his inner circle at AllThatChazz.com.At time 33:00 he reads from Vengeance Is Hers .Artsy Raven links:For more about The Artsy Raven Podcast or to join ourexclusive Artsy Raven club to receive free books and other cool stuff, visit: https://jfgarrard.com/arpodcastIf you really like this show, please feel free to send us a digital tip https://ko-fi.com/jfgarrardPatreon subscribers remember to access your bonus content for each episode: https://www.patreon.com/jfgarrard
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Ep90 Why Utopias Fail with Ewan Morrison
Ewan Morrison talks about what inspired his latest novel, For Emma, the resurgence of utopian ideas in the world, and why it’s important for every writer to have one burning question.Ewan Morrison is an award-winning Scottish novelist, screenwriter, and essayist, praised as “the most fluent and intelligent Scottish writer of his generation” by Booker judge Stuart Kelly. His booksinclude How to Survive Everything (2021/22), Nina X (Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 2019), and Close Your Eyes (Scottish Book of the Year 2013). He also won the Not the Booker Prize for Tales from the Mall, named one of the top 50 Scottish books of the last 50 years by the Scottish Book Trust.Morrison blogs regularly for Psychology Today, and writes regular articles and essays for AREO Magazine on Utopianism, Technology, and Free Speech. Ewan can be found on X at @mrewanmorrison.At time 25:50 he reads from For Emma.His website is: https://www.ewanmorrison.com/Artsy Raven links:For more about The Artsy Raven Podcast or to join ourexclusive Artsy Raven club to receive free books and other cool stuff, visit: https://jfgarrard.com/arpodcastIf you really like this show, please feel free to send us a digital tip https://ko-fi.com/jfgarrardPatreon subscribers remember to access your bonus content for each episode: https://www.patreon.com/jfgarrard
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