Book Friends Forever Podcast

For this surprise bonus episode, Grace and Alvina drop the very first episode of Book Friends Forever into the feed to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of this podcast! In this episode, recorded back in 2019, Grace and Alvina talk about how they met and also share their new year's resolutions (from 2019!).

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. Buy Girl Scout Cookies from Grace's daughter Hazel here: https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/hazel476196.

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Grace and Alvina are joined by author Brendan Kiely to discuss STAMPED by Jason Reynolds and Ibram K. Kendi. This is part one of their discussion. See complete shownotes at https://bookfriendsforever.com/

Grace and Alvina continue their "publishing curriculum" series and welcome special guest Julie Isgrigg, Independent Bookstore Representative. They discuss everything from how she got her start in publishing (Julie, Grace, and Alvina have all worked in the industry for 25 years!), her philosophy for selling books into bookstores, what she feels authors can do to help sell their books, and her favorite part of her job.

For the Fortune Cookie segment, they talk about what they've been reading lately.

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 in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfriendsforever_podcast/