Posts tagged publishing
Episode 3: Black Joy, Black Pain, and the Spaces Inbetween

This week’s episode features Jay Coles, author of Tyler Johnson was Here and the forthcoming novel, Things We Couldn’t Say, which drops September 21st.

In addition to writing books for middle grades and young adult audiences, Jay is a composer with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and a professional musician living in Muncie, Indiana.

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Episode 2: Representation and Roadblocks in Kid Lit

This episode features Crystal Swain-Bates, founder of Goldest Karat Publishing and author of several children’s books including Big Hair, Don’t Care, and Supermommy: A Super Single Mommy Tale.

Crystal on a mission to positively reshape the way children of color all over the world see themselves. Fed up with the lack of black children's books on the market, Crystal founded Goldest Karat Publishing in order to address the lack of diversity in children's literature.

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