Today on Middle Grade Mavens we chat with Leesa Lambert of The Little Bookroom Carlton Victoria and Marisa Pintado of Hardie Grant Egmont, about the changing face of the children's book selling and publishing industry during Covid 19.
The Little Bookroom recommendation quiz link:
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Hardie Grant Egmont links:
https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/egmont
Ampersand Prize: https://www.hardiegrant.com/au/egmont/ampersand-prize
Sally Rippin Holiday Program: https://www.sallyrippin.com/?fbclid=IwAR3ULFONSwvSIuNzJA931zwFBrlhJ4PY6g_cKYyDlcmiLt1UkimuPlofeoI
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Author: Sally Rippin
ISBN: 9781760501907
Release Date: 1 April 2020
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Author: Sally Rippin
ISBN: 9781760504984
Release Date: 1 April 2020
Title: Billy B Brown: The Honey Bees
Author: Sally Rippin
ISBN: 9781760504991
Release Date: 1 April 2020
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Author: Nicole Hayes, Adrian Beck
Illustrator: James Hart
ISBN: 9781760505431
Release Date: 1 June 2020
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Author: Nicole Hayes, Adrian Beck
Illustrated: James Hart
ISBN: 9781760505424
Release Date: 1 April 2020
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Author: Alex Dyson
ISBN: 9781760505042
Release Date: 1 May 2020
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Author: Andrew McDonald
Illustrator: Ben Wood
ISBN: 9781760502911
Release Date: 1 May 2020
If you’ve been listening to our show in 2020, you’ll know we did an #MiddleGradeMavensAskTheEditor series, to prepare you for conferences like Kidlitvic and CYA. The good news is these conferences aren’t cancelled due to the outbreak of Corona Virus.
Kidlitvic is merely postponed to November, and CYA is forging ahead in July going totally online.
In the space of about a month, the world has dramatically changed. Terms like essential services are spoken about on a daily basis and the world has been asked to stay at home.
We contemplated this long and hard when it comes to books, after all, we are all about books. The thing is, we consider books to be an essential services. Thankfully, we are pleased to discover many folks agree. We’ve opened our social media platform doors to authors and illustrators that have cancelled their book launches, offering to promote them the best way we know how, by showing you wonderful book covers and displaying fantastic book blurbs. Creators keep sending us those requests to mavens@middlegradepodcast.com
We aren’t the only ones innovating obviously. Book shops are no longer open to the public but delivering door to door, and libraries are following suit by changing their services models to suit this terrifying and turbulent time.
When talking about books however, we can’t forget about the book makers.
We asked a bookseller and two publishers a few questions about how things are changing during Covid19 and guess what, they agreed. So sit back and have a listen to our bonus episode on how the kids book industry is changing world we live in.
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Episode 107 : Interview with Nat Amoore, author of We Run Tomorrow
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Episode 104: Interview with Yvette Poshoglian, Author of "Dear Greta."
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Episode 102: Pow Pow Pig 2 / Mermaid Tales / Xavier In The Meantime/ The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor
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Episode 100: Pony/ The Incredible Talking Machine / Interview with Craig Cauchi of Genrecon / Interview with Sam Rutter, Publisher at Storytorch
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Episode 98: The What On Earth Institute of Wonder / My Brother Ben / The Magic of Magnolia Moon / Shadowghast / Andy Griffiths Interview
Episode 97: Dragon Skin / Seven Wherewithal Way / Karen Foxlee Interview / Samantha-Ellen Bound interview
Episode 96: Night Ride Into Danger / The Wolf's Howl / Treasure in the Lake / Interview with Jason Pamment
Episode 95: The Song Of Lewis Carmichael / Sophie Laguna and Marc McBride Interview
Episode 94: The Boy Who Stepped Through time / Interview with Maddy Mara of Dragon Girls
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