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Thoughts from a Page PodcastMary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn - Third Quarter 2025 Recommended ReadsMary Webber O'Malley and Pamela Klinger-Horn join me to recommend their favorites reads of the third quarter of 2025.
Pamela's Selections:
July A Marriage at Sea by Sophie ElmhirstTypewriter Beach by Meg Waite ClaytonThe Harvey Girls by Juliette FayAshes to Ashes by Thomas MaltmanAugustJoy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn MayneJust Another Dead Author by Katarina BivaldThe Lies They Told by Ellen Marie WisemanDestroy This House by Amanda UhleSeptemberLife and Death and Giants by Ro...2025-07-221h 18
Gobblefunking with WordsA chat with Bao PhiFor the final episode of Season 1, listen to our conversation with poet and picture book author Bao Phi. And hear how a poem about a cinnamon donut can encompass so much wisdom.2025-07-0749 minGobblefunking with WordsA chat with Kao Kalia YangJoin us for the long-awaited interview with award-winning superstar author Kao Kalia Yang, recent record-breaking winner of 3 Minnesota Book Awards in 3 categories in 1 year.2025-06-1651 min
ÉlabèteEncanto - La famille Madrigal vue par ses membresSuccès surprise de 2021, Encanto et sa bande-son menée par Lin-Manuel Miranda font désormais partie des grands classiques Disney.Si le film est un projet original ne trouvant pas sa source dans un livre, Disney a sorti deux ouvrages complémentaires pour tout savoir sur la famille Madrigal. Ces deux livres vont faire l'objet de l'épisode du jour. Encanto: A Tale of Three Sisters par Anika Fajardo, une version romancée du film, mais racontée du point de vue des trois sœurs : Mirabel, Luisa et Isabela. Encanto: Nightmares and Sueños p...2025-06-101h 13Gobblefunking with WordsA chat with Diane WilsonAuthor Diane Wilson (The Seedkeeper,Spirit Car, and other books) chats about bog stewardship, kombucha, and living with the earth. In this delightful and wide-ranging conversation hear about how we can think about our environment and the land in a positive way, the power and wisdom of stories, and finding your way as a writer.2025-02-1055 minGobblefunking with WordsA chat with Pete HautmanNational Book Award winning author Pete Hautman joins us to talk about breakfast, motivation, writing with his wife and co-author Mary Logue, and his latest novel for children: Answers to Dog. 2024-11-2348 minGobblefunking with WordsA Chat with Ty ChapmanPicture book author and poet Ty Chapman talks about process, rap as poetry, and his cats. He reads his recent poem from Poets.org and shares more about his motivation for writing for children.
Learn more: www.gobblefunking.com/guests/ty-chapman2024-10-2144 minGobblefunking with WordsA chat with Sheila O'ConnorSheila O'Connor is the author of the genre-bending novel for adult readers, EVIDENCE OF V, as well as several other novels including SPARROW ROAD for middle-grade readers. We chat about process, poetry, silence, and her surrealist professor.
https://www.gobblefunking.com/guests/sheila-oconnor2024-09-2344 minGobblefunking with WordsA chat with Kelly BarnhillNewberry-winner Kelly Barnhill chats about her books and the honor of writing for children. She also reads from her adult novel, When Women Were Dragons, and talks about her brain injury, which she beautifully documented in a NYT opinion essay. www.gobblefunking.com/guests/kelly-barnhill2024-09-0955 minGobblefunking with WordsA chat with Sun Yung ShinSun Yung Shin, a self-proclaimed poetry evangelist, joins us as our inaugural guest on Gobblefunking with Words. We chat about not only poetry but also her children's books, politics of writing, and even why she used to consume lots of Mountain Dew.
“You can use a very few words [in poetry and picture books] to try to get at some very big ideas.”
-Sun Yung Shin
2024-08-1847 min
Las Musas PodcastBack to SchoolJoin Terry Catasús Jennings as she talks with Emma Otheguy, Andrea Beatriz Arango, and Anika Fajardo about back to school excitement, jitters, and bridging cultures. Together they explore how the characters in their books experienced their own new starts, remember and honor the teachers that inspired them, and discuss the importance of having a wide selection of books available in classrooms and libraries.
If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or a few) to say thanks!
Order Terry Catasús Jennings's Picture Book The Li...2022-09-0658 min
Las Musas PodcastSophomore Social, Ep 1.In this episode of the Las Musas Podcast, Rebecca Balcarcel joins Laekan Zea Kemp and Anika Fajardo to talk about their experiences living through the sophomore slump and the pressures to make their second books just as good -or better- than their first. They discuss how the sophomore slump manifested in each of their lives, how it was compounded by the pandemic, and what it's like to juggle the promotion of your debut book while working on your second.
If you enjoyed this episode or plan on using the resources provided, please consider buying a book (or...2022-03-2242 min
The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival PodcastIT’S CAREER DAY! EXPLORE CAREERS IN PUBLISHING ORGANIZED / BROUGHT TO YOU BY LATINX IN PUBLISHINGAre you a book lover? Did you know that there are many ways you can turn that love of story and books into a career besides being an author or illustrator? Join Penguin Random House associate publisher, Nancy Mercado, Andrea Brown Literary Agency agent, Saritza Hernandez, publicists Tiffany Gonzalez Marketing & Publicity Coordinator at Astra Publishing House and TXLA librarian and book blogger, Margarita Longoria. Moderated by award-winning author Anika Fajardo.2022-01-3149 min
White on RiceAnika FajardoAnika Fajardo is the author of Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family and What If A Fish which won a 2021 Minnesota Book Award. Anika shares her story of being born in Columbia, growing up in Minnesota, and her journey to meet her father as an adult and learn more about her identity. The White on Rice podcast is hosted and produced by Yia Vang and David Crabb. For more information, please visit us at whiteonricepodcast.com.2021-05-2455 minLas Musas PodcastAsk a Musa, Ep. 4In the fourth episode of Ask A Musa, we take listener and subscriber questions! Discover how to find traditional publishers that are friendly to Latinx creatives, what to do when you get a "Revise & Resubmit" email from an agent, and what to expect when you're on submission and an agent or editor wants to hop on the phone with you.
Resources Mentioned:
Writing Contests from Lee & Low
SCBWI Awards + Grants
Manuscript Wishlist
Here Wee Read's blog post "Diversity in Publishing, A-Z"
If you enjoyed this episode or plan on...2021-04-0535 min
The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival PodcastThe Culture of Machismo and Toxic MasculinityLatinx men get the message early: be strong, cold and tough. Surrounded by machismo, boys and men often internalize a pose that injures their emotional health and endangers others. Authors Rebecca Balcárcel (THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY), Fred Aceves (THE NEW DAVID ESPINOZA), Ruben Degollado (THROW), Anika Fajardo (WHAT IF A FISH) and Matt Mendez (BARELY MISSING EVERYTHING) will discuss experiences relating to machismo, the portrayal of male Latinx characters, and healthy male role models in Latinx literature.
Moderator: Rebecca Balcárcel is the author of the middle grade novel The Other Half of Happy a Pu...2020-12-1851 min
The Nasiona PodcastWriting from Experience (Being Mixed-Race Series)Publishing has a race problem. Entertainment Weekly reported that only 7.8% of romance authors using a traditional publisher were people of color in 2016. For that same year, NPR found that only 22% of all characters in children’s books were characters of color. This, in a country where people of color are expected to make up more than half of the population by 2044 according to The Center for American Progress. For this reason, writers like Anika Fajardo, who is Colombian and white, and F. Douglas Brown, who is African American and Filipino, are more important than ever. Both were co...2019-09-3041 min
For Real#30 May the Fourth Be With YouThis week Alice and Kim talk about spelling bee horror stories, why you should read about ancient scrolls, and nonfiction to read if you love (or even just sort of like) Star Wars.This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes.Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura.FOLLOW UPIndependent Bookstore DayNotes From...2019-04-3043 min
The Creative Nonfiction Podcast with Brendan O'MearaEpisode 149: Anika Fajardo—Writing is About Communicating "Part of me thinks nobody should write a memoir," says Anika Fajardo, @anikawrites. Anika Fajardo, author of Magical Realism for Nonbelievers, joined me for a nice conversation about her late-blooming journey through writing. She thinks writing is about community and connection and writers need to be submitting work. Be sure to keep the conversation going on Twitter @BrendanOMeara and @CNFPod. Thanks to Goucher College's MFA in Nonfiction and Bay Path University's MFA in Creative Nonfiction. 2019-04-261h 04
All the Books!New Releases and More for April 16, 2019This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Miracle Creek, The Binding, Alice’s Island, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, ThirdLove, and The Fall of Crazy House.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.2019-04-1637 min
All the Books!E204: 204: New Releases and More for April 16, 2019This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Miracle Creek, The Binding, Alice's Island, and more great books.
This episode was sponsored by Libro.fm, ThirdLove, and The Fall of Crazy House.
Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.
Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.
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Books discussed on the show:
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Alice's Island: A Novel by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Magical Realism for Non-Believers...2019-04-1636 min