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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 Gra...
Alvina and Grace are recording together in Brooklyn! They discuss the overall state of the children's book industry, including an article by...
Alvina is back from her vacation to Spain and tells Grace all about the trip! She talks about which city she likes better--Madrid or Barcelo...
While Alvina is on vacation, Grace is joined by her Bookish State podcast co-host Melissa Thom, and they talk to Associate Executive Directo...
Grace and Alvina discuss two recent events. The first is the cancellation of the book SHY GIRL due to allegations that the author used AI to...
Grace and Alvina switch places for this Freaky Friday episode! This one was suggested by a listener who provided some questions about what w...
Grace is back from her China and Taiwan adventure and tells Alvina (and our listeners!) all about it! She shared her highlights and challeng...
While Grace was still away on her trip, Alvina invited her husband Stephen Colman to join her in discussing one of their favorite subjects:...
While Grace is away, Alvina has two special guests on the podcast, editors Carol Hinz of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books, and Andrew Ka...
Grace and Alvina continue answering the questions that had been submitted for their seven-year anniversary, including questions about divers...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where the discuss various topics, including their decision to delete their TikTok accounts, a...
Grace and Alvina celebrate seven years of this podcast by answering some author, illustrator, and listeners questions. They answer questions...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest, author Julie Hedlund, to talk about what the 12x12 Challenge is, and they talk about the importance...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling talk about some recent news, including the snow storm, the announcements of the ALA Youth Media Awards, and recent...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Susannah Richards who has served on many different awards committees! Ever wonder what goes on behind...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode, and Alvina gives a sneak peak to listeners of this podcast about the name of her new imprint...
Grace and Alvina talk about the importance of discomfort, using two Hidden Brain podcast episodes plus Adam Grant's book Hidden Potential as...
Grace and Alvina have their first episode of 2026. They sum up 2025 with one word, they share their proposed words of the year for 2026, and...
Grace and Alvina look back on the year and share their highlights and lowlights, look back at their words of the year, and evaluate how they...
Grace and Alvina talk about the difference between wisdom as intelligence, as outlined in an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, and how th...
Grace and Alvina have their annual holiday gift guide episode where they give gift recommendations for the people in your life! The gifts id...
Grace and Alvina continue their Publishing Curriculum series and welcome special guest Lianna Izzo, to talk about inventory management! They...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling have an odds and ends episode where they talk about the big news that was recently announced--Alvina is going to b...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling discuss how regret factors into their decision making, and they discuss five styles of decision making, and which...
Grace and Alvina talk about two topics this week. The first, inspired by a post by actor Ming Na Wen, they talk about different types of Asi...
Grace and Alvina discuss a recent article about the challenges regarding the business model of book publishing, and how publishers tend to g...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they talk about the closing of Baker & Taylor, and they touch on some topics regarding...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling welcome special guest Debbi Michiko Florence--Grace and Debbi are recording together while on their Very Asian Boo...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Adelia Kalyvas to talk about her job working in Special Sales, specifically the gift side. You'll lea...
Grace and Alvina discuss some recent events surrounding the Freedom of Speech, including late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel being pulled...
Grace and Alvina are together in Brooklyn and gossip with each other! They talk about their relationship with gossip, when it can be positiv...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Michele McGonigle DeYoung! Michele was the first producer/editor of the Book Friends Forever podcast,...
Grace and Alvina continue their Publishing Curriculum series and welcome special guest Jenny Mandel to talk about her job working in Special...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling discuss a bunch of different pieces of publishing news, including the launch of Google's Gemini Storybook App, the...
Grace Lin and Alvina Ling talk about travel and explore the question of whether or not all travel is transformative or opens one's horizons?...
Grace and Alvina talk about two different topics--they debate the term "well-read" and whether they consider themselves to be well-read or i...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Padma Venkatraman, author and oceanographer, to talk about a recent bill that she helped pass in Rhod...
Grace and Alvina are in CT with special guest Libby Koponen celebrating Libby's 75th Birthday. They discuss what they think the key qualitie...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss several topics, including how protagonists in YA have gotten older over th...
Grace and Alvina talk about summer--what their relationship is to summer, what their favorite childhood memories from summer are, and what t...
Grace and Alvina do a mid-year check in to see how they're doing on their new year's resolutions! They talk about their words of the year, a...
Grace and Alvina are back from ALA and discuss the importance of friendship groups, if they have them now or had them in the past, and share...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they discuss several topics, including tips on how to stay grounded, various publishing...
Grace and Alvina are together at the Carle Museum, recording a live episode with special guest Melissa Hung, curator of Grace's solo art exh...
Grace and Alvina welcome special guest Janelle DeLuise, Senior Director of Subrights at Hachette Book Group to the podcast. They talk about...
Grace and Alvina revisit the "bucket lists" they created in 2005, see what they've already crossed off, and create updated lists. For the Fo...
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 abo...
Grace and Alvina talk about their personal organization techniques, including what kind of tools they use and how they coordinate with their...
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 to...
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 re...
Grace and Alvina have an odds and ends episode where they talk about several topics. They discuss the recent Supreme Court case Mahmoud v Ta...