Episode #300: Book Tours!
Grace and Alvina record an episode while Grace is in the middle of her book tour for THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON, so of course the topic is everything having to do with book tours! Grace shares some highlights and lowlights, gives some tips and tricks for travel and touring, talks about what her expectations about book tours vs the reality, how she prepares for book tours, and more.
For the Fortune Cookie segment they discuss the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden from the Library of Congress. For the Tell Me About segment, Alvina tells Grace about THE SINGULAR LIFE OF ARIA PATEL by Samira Ahmed. And, they end by sharing what they're grateful for.
How have you been?
Happy Mother’s Day! Grace is taking the day off from her book tour and Alvina talks about spending the day with Stephen’s mom and their niece Quinn. After the Botanical Garden they stopped by the Brooklyn Museum. They had seen a new exhibit called “The Dinner Party” by Judy Chicago based on 70’s feminist art. Quinn loves The Sound of Music so they watched it again! Alvina went to a book launch party for Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma. It is a really beautiful and powerful book. The launch party was at the McNally Jackson Independent book store. Alvina and Stephen watched the movie Sinners.
Book Tour
Grace talks about her book tours including her first book tour in 1999 for When The Sea Turned to Silver. Tours can look glamorous from a far but there are some pros and cons! Grace talks about her favorites parts of touring and also shares some of the hard parts of traveling. Alvina asks Grace, “What are some travel tips that you can share?”
Fortune Cookie Segment
President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Tell me about…
Alvina talks about The Singular Life of Aria Patel a multiverse story by Samira Ahmed.
Gratefuls
Alvina is grateful for all of the mother’s in her life! Grace is grateful for everyone who has come out to support her new book!
THANK YOU!
Thank you to Hachette Audio, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, and Alex at Pacyworks Studio for producing and editing this podcast. Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and tell a friend about us. (Use the hashtag #bookfriendsforever.)
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