Episode #337: Seven-Year Anniversary!

Grace and Alvina celebrate seven years of this podcast by answering some author, illustrator, and listeners questions. They answer questions ranging from Alvina's imprint, the different levels of editors within a publishing company, AI in publishing, the ups and downs of the market, and more!

For the Fortune Cookie segment, in honor of the seven-year anniversary, they share seven Book Friends Forever episodes each that they feel are worth revisiting (and one they don't think is worth revisiting). And they end as always with what they're grateful for.

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How have you been?

Alvina tried a new Taiwanese place near Grand Central called Hue House that had four different restaurants within it. They ate at a delicious place inside called Traveler! Grace has been doing school visits and appreciates them more because she is doing a little less of them. The Lunar New Year webinar happened from the Carle Museum and Grace’s Children’s Book Week poster came out! It was a labor of love.

7-Year Anniversary!

Grace and Alvina answer questions from podcast listeners!

Books and other media mentioned:

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon by Grace Lin, When Cherry Blossoms Fall by Katrina Goldsaito. 7 pasts BFF episodes to revisit:

1. How it all began …..Episode #1!

2. Personality Types……Episode #245!

3. Upheavals, Slumps and Rekindling Creativity with Laurel Snyder….Episode #240!

4. Revisiting Early Success vs. Late Success….Episode #194!

5. How to be OK when the world is not….Episode #224

6. Ask Vs. Guess Culture ….episode #174

7. How we prepare for speeches….Episode #177

8. Cynicism vs. Skepticism …episode #270

9. Body Positivity and Health At Every Size: PART ONE and PART TWO ….Episodes #79 and #80

10. Jealousy Vs. Envy ….Episode #290

11. #Ownvoices….Episode #26

12. Simple Joys….Episode #284

13. Award Committees with Susannah Richards!….Episode #334

14. Ambition…Episode #125

Gratefuls

Grace is really grateful that we are STILL here after 7 years of this podcast! The bushes from the half-time show were actual people dressed up and it was a simple joy that made her laugh. Alvina is also grateful for all the podcast listeners!

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. Tag us on social media using the hashtag #bookfriendsforever OR send us a message via Instagram at @bookfriendsforever_podcast or via our website at Bookfriendsforever.com.

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