Podcast Episodes

The Banderpod S4:E1 - Glenn McCarty

Rachel S. Donahue interviews Glenn McCarty (creator of The Song of the Stone Tiger and the Tumbleweed Thompson books) about his love of children’s literature and the origins of his newest book set in…

Published on 8 hours ago

The Banderpod S3:E10 - Mysteries!

S.D.G Morgan hosts the last episode of The Banderpod–Season 3, where Katherine Ladny Mitchell reads from her upcoming cozy mystery Not to Be (the first in the Pen & Paintbrush mystery series).

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Published on 5 months ago

The Banderpod S3:E9 - Ben Palpant

Rachel S. Donahue interviews Ben Palpant (creator of An Axe for the Frozen Sea and Letters from the Mountain) to have a conversation about conversations with seventeen powerful poets of the 21st cent…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Banderpod S3:E8 - Kelly Belmonte

Rachel S. Donahue interviews Kelly Belmonte (author of the The Mother of All Words) about how Maine, food and “the mother of all words” have all impacted her collection. These poems are Kelly's expre…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Banderpod S3:E7 - Ken Priebe

A. B. Donahue interviews Ken Priebe (author of Goblabet) about some good and beautiful uses of darkness in art, and how delight can be a weapon against the darkness. (Also discussed: the occupational…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Banderpod S3:E6 - Graeme Pitman

Rachel S. Donahue interviews Graeme Pitman (host of the Withywindle podcast and book designer for Above Not Up & Mother of All Words) to learn more about how he combines his artistry, especially an …

Published on 6 months ago

The Banderpod S3:E5 - "Librarian Laura"

Carolyn Clare Givens interviews “Librarian Laura” (the children’s librarian from "Bookish Red Reads”) all about the magic of libraries and a behind the scenes look of how a children’s section of libr…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

The Banderpod S3:E4 - Jonny Jimison

A. B. Donahue interviews Jonny Jimison (editor of The Dragon Lord Saga) for a wide-ranging discussion on how cartoonists are created, why dragons like marshmallows, and how Tolkien is a comfort in ti…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Banderpod S3:E3 - I've Got a Bad Case of Poetry

Season 3 Episode 3

Carolyn Clare Givens interviews Rachel S. Donahue (editor of I’ve Got a Bad Case of Poetry) for the full story of the origins of this beautifully illustrated children’s poetry anthology, which includ…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

The Banderpod S3:E2 - Ned Bustard

Season 3 Episode 2

Carolyn Clare Givens interviews Ned Bustard (illustrator of Every Moment Holy) about how his penchant for “full-contact collaboration” has birthed the Square Halo conference, Square Halo Books, and d…

Published on 7 months ago