Episode 19: The Newbery-Caldecott banquet, Grace’s dress, and Imposter Syndrome!
Alvina opens this episode with a little re-cap of her time at the BookExpo 2019. She ran into Claribel Ortega and Kat Cho who host the Write or Die podcast and they mentioned they listen to the Book Friends Forever podcast!
Grace and Alvina take a wonderful trip down memory lane in this podcast. As they both currently prepare for the upcoming Newberry-Caldecott banquet, they reflect on the one in the past they both attended for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
You will hear the fantastic story behind how Grace found and hunted down her “awards dress” on social media! She wore the special dress at the 2010 Newberry awards ceremony and will wear again to this year’s event. Her daughter is attending and they’ve both been having fun finding gold shoes!
Grace and Alvina at the Newberry Awards Ceremony in 2010!
THE DRESS
Find out what Alvina means when she talks “imposter syndrome”. They both discuss what they means and when they have both felt it and how they manage it.
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As always, they end with what they’re feeling grateful for! Grace is so grateful she still fits in her dress. Alvina is grateful for the wall at BookCon of books that changed your life. She’s also grateful for the movie Always Be My Maybe.
