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Book Friends Forever Podcast

Alvina and Grace

Children"s book publishing"s secrets are revealed as we listen in on fascinating, unguarded, insider discussion from two uniquely qualified best friends: award-winning author/illustrator Grace Lin, and one of NYC"s top editors, Alvina Ling. Go behind the scenes of kid lit and catch a glimpse of the lives of the best-selling author and editor, and the relationship between them.

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52:52

Episode 305: Live at the Carle Museum with Melissa Hung!

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2025/06/26

Grace and Alvina are together at the Carle Museum, recording a live episode with special guest Melissa Hung, curator of Grace's solo art exhibit at the Carle Museum! They talk about how the show came to be, what the process of curation entailed, what the name and meaning of the show is, and what they would like visitors to the show to take away from it. For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about what kind of museum they'd open if they could, and they end with sharing what they're all grateful

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51:40

Episode 304: Subrights with Janelle DeLuise!

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2025/06/19

Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Janelle DeLuise, Senior Director of Subrights at Hachette Book Group to the podcast. They talk about what Subrights entails, what her most and least favorite aspects of her job are, and what a typical work day might look like for her. She talks about how international news affects the foreign rights market, which countries are licensing US books these days, and which categories are working (romantasy!) and not working (middle grade!). For the Fortune Cookie

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55:53

Episode 303: Bucket Lists!

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2025/06/12

Grace and Alvina revisit the "bucket lists" they created in 2005, see what they've already crossed off, and create updated lists. For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about some recent changes at Scholastic Publishing. And then, Alvina tells Grace about the new book WHAT IF WE... by Eugenia Yoh and Vivienne Chang. And they end as they always do with what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member:

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58:40

Episode 302: CHOP SUEY: Library of Congress, AI...

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2025/06/05

Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they give some updates on the recent firing of the Librarian of Congress, they talk about the AI-generated summer reading list, and they ponder what they're hoping to focus on this summer. Then, children's literature specialist Alison Morris joins to give some book recommendations, and they end as always with what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member:

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40:13

Episode 301: Personal Organization!

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2025/05/29

Grace and Alvina talk about their personal organization techniques, including what kind of tools they use and how they coordinate with their family. For the Fortune Cookie segment they share some book recommendations. Grace recommends Stan Yan's upcoming book The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang, and Alvina recommends TJ Klune's Somewhere Beyond the Sea. They end as always with what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member:

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Episode 300: Book Tours!

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2025/05/22

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

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58:08

Episode 299: Editing Middle Grade: The Gate, the...

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2025/05/08

Grace and Alvina are celebrating the launch of Grace's THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON and they talk about their writing, editing, and revision process for the book. They cover the writing process, how Alvina edits the novel, how Grace receives edits and revises, and more. For the Fortune Cookie segment they discuss a new publishing imprint focusing on male authors. And, they end by sharing what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a

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01:20:40

Episode 298: CHOP SUEY: Mahmoud v Taylor, MG to...

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2025/05/01

Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they talk about several topics. They discuss the recent Supreme Court case Mahmoud v Taylor about religious freedom to opt their children out from certain storytimes. They also talk about three recent picture books adapted from middle grade novels, including THE WILD ROBOT ON THE ISLAND by Peter Brown, and they talk about their relationship to group text chats! Alison Morris joins to share some book recommendations, and they end with sharing what

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50:40

Episode 297: How the New Administration is Affecting...

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2025/04/24

Grace and Alvina talk about how the current presidential administration has and could affect publishing. They discuss how the increase in book banning, cuts in funding for libraries, changes in how diversity is valued, and increased tariffs may or may not affect publishing. For the Fortune Cookie segment they talk about what's making them happy right now. And then, Grace tells Alvina about her two Spring-themed math board books, UP TO MY KNEES and WHERE ARE THE EGGS? Click here to become a

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58:16

Episode 296: Independent Publishing with Janet Bruins!

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2025/04/19

Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Janet Bruins, who has started her own independent publishing company, Picnic Heist. They talk about how she decided to start her pubilshing company and what steps she took to make that happen, including her mission for the company. They also discuss the reasons one might decide to publish with an independent publisher vs a larger one. For the Fortune Cookie segment they talk about what they've been reading lately, and of course they end with sharing what

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58:27

Episdoe 295: Authentic and Hubristic Pride!

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2025/04/10

Grace and Alvina talk about two different types of price: authentic pride and hubistric pride, and how that might apply to their work and lives. For the Fortune Cookie segment they discuss a recent executive order to defund libraries. Alvina tells Grace about the book BIG ENOUGH by Regina Linke. And, they end by sharing what they're grateful for. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon":

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01:02:36

Episode 294: Six Styles of Leadership!

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2025/04/03

Grace and Alvina talk about leadership styles, specifically the Goleman six styles of leadership. They also talk about a recent Hidden Brain podcast episode about how great leaders rise to the occasion. For the Fortune Cookie segment, they discuss Meta AI and how published books (including Grace's) were pirated to train their AI program. Then Alvina tells Grace about the book BLOW OUT THE MOON by Libby Koponen--Alvina's very first acquisition! And then, as always, they end with what they're grateful

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51:41

Episode 293: Chance and the Unknown!

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2025/03/27

Grace and Alvina talk about chance, flukes, and the unknown and how small changes and chance encounters can change the whole course of your life. For the Fortune Cookie segment they share something that gives them hope (and end up on a bit of a tangent about politics). Alvina tells Grace about the book ATOMIC WOMEN by Roseanne Montillo, and they end by sharing what they're grateful for. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member:

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01:11:10

Episode 292: CHOP SUEY: Pandemic anniversary, soft...

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2025/03/20

Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss several topics. At the five-year anniversary of the global pandemic, they look back on how their lives have changed for the better or the worst; they discuss soft censorship, especially in relation to the Young Media Award winners. They continue to brainstorm their mission statement using adjectives some of their listeners used to describe the podcast. And then Alison Morris joins to share some book recommendations, and they end with

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01:31:08

Episode 291: Freelance Editing with Sangeeta Mehta...

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2025/03/14

Grace and Alvina continue their publishing curriculum series and welcome special guests Sangeeta Mehta and Julie Scheina to the podcast. Both of them are former editorial colleagues of Alvina's who now run their own freelance editorial companies. Julie also does some coaching. They discuss how they got started in publishing and when they started freelance editing. They discuss how they structure their days, how they market their services, and advice for authors on how to both improve their work on

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Episode 290: Jealousy vs. Envy!

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2025/03/06

Grace and Alvina talk about the emotion of jealousy and how it differs from envy, and how both are normal emotions. They discuss how to better reframe feelings of jealousy. They also discuss the feeling of compersion, which is the opposite of jealousy. For the Fortune Cookie segment, Grace shared some insights from a Winter Institute panel about the middle grade market. And then Alvina asks Grace to tell her about her book DIM SUM FOR EVERYONE. They end by sharing what they're grateful for. See

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38:59

Episode 289: Mission Statements!

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2025/02/27

Grace and Alvina talk about different organizations and their mission statements, and start brainstorming a possible mission statement for this podcast! They start by talking about their values. For the Fortune Cookie segment they talk about the announcement of a surprise new book by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak. Then, Grace asks Alvina to tell her about the book MIRROR GIRLS by Kelly McWilliams. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member:

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54:39

Episode 288: CHOP SUEY: blurbing, social media, and...

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2025/02/21

Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss book blurbing, where the kidlit community is on social media, how publishing has improved over the years, and then Alison Morris joins to give some book recommendations. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. See info about Grace Lin's books here: gracelin.com. Follow us on Instagram:

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Episode 287: Community!

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2025/02/14

Alvina is back from Kindling Words and so she and Grace talk about the importance of community (Alvina's word of the year!) and how to build community. They talk about which communities they are currently a part of, and which communities they want to build--including the Book Friends Forever community! For the Fortune Cookie segment they talk about two bits of publishing news: the naming of Mac Barnett as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and AI-generated books in the library

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56:35

Episode 286: ALAYMA and Publishing news!

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2025/02/06

Grace and Alvina talk about the ALA Youth Media Award winners, as well as a bunch of other publishing news, including about book bans, children's book relief efforts as a result of the LA Fires, publishing staff changes, and a book publishing scam. For the Fortune Cookie segment Grace shared about the Year of the Snake in honor of Lunar New Year. See complete show notes at www.bookfriendsforever.com. Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. See info about

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