Candlewick Press Presents

Candlewick Press

Candlewick Press Presents is a new audio podcast about the storytellers behind your favorite children’s books!

  • 51 minutes 26 seconds
    Candlewick Press Presents: Janet Costa Bates

    Janet Costa Bates, author of Time for Bed, Old House and Rica Baptista: Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend, talks to Candlewick Press about her childhood reading experiences, her “quilting” writing method, and her path to publication.

    Episode Show Notes:

    24 January 2023, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Candlewick Press Presents: Chris Van Dusen

    Chris Van Dusen, illustrator of the Mercy Watson books and author-illustrator of Hattie & Hudson, The Circus Ship, Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit, and Big Truck, Little Island, talks to Candlewick Press about his childhood, his work for children’s media giants like Nickelodeon, and his art outside of the world of kid lit.

    Episode show notes and cited sources:

    9 November 2022, 5:00 am
  • Additional show notes for our podcast with Flavia Z. Drago

    3 August 2022, 4:01 am
  • 59 minutes 45 seconds
    Candlewick Press Presents: Flavia Z. Drago

    Flavia Z. Drago, author-illustrator of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost, Leila, the Perfect Witch, Monsters Play... Counting!, and Monsters Play... Peekaboo! talks to Candlewick Press about her childhood, what it means to have the support of her family, and her love of monsters and spooky things.

    3 August 2022, 4:00 am
  • Additional show notes for our podcast with Lindsay Eagar
    • Lindsay talks to the Cracking the Cover blog about her childhood.
    • Lindsay talks to the Literary Rambles blog about the fairy tale retellings, plays, and ballets that she wrote when she was a child.
    • Lindsay shares her publication journey on The Story of the Book, a podcast hosted by Lindsay and author Hayley Chewins.

    6 July 2022, 6:37 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Candlewick Press Presents: Lindsay Eagar

    Lindsay Eagar, author of The Patron Thief of Bread, Hour of the Bees, Race to the Bottom of the Sea, and The Bigfoot Files, talks to Candlewick Press about her childhood and family, fairy tales, and bread.

    6 July 2022, 5:46 pm
  • Additional show notes for our podcast with Eugene Yelchin

    2 February 2022, 5:01 am
  • 47 minutes 56 seconds
    Candlewick Press Presents: Eugene Yelchin

    Eugene Yelchin, author of The Genius Under the Table (Sydney Taylor Honor Winner) and coauthor of The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, talks to Candlewick Press about his childhood in the former Soviet Union, his art, banned books, and more.

    2 February 2022, 5:00 am
  • Additional show notes for our podcast with Maggie Tokuda-Hall

     

     

    12 January 2022, 5:01 am
  • 1 hour 42 seconds
    Candlewick Press Presents: Maggie Tokuda-Hall

    Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of Also an Octopus; The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea; and Love in the Library talks to Candlewick Press about the many hats she has worn in the field of children’s literature, her childhood and teen years, and her travels to South America.

    12 January 2022, 5:00 am
  • Additional show notes for our episode with Chitra Soundar

    Episode Show Notes:

    Chitra shares the Seven Habits of a Highly Distracted Writer on the Awfully Big Blog Adventure.

     

    15 December 2021, 5:01 am
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