50: The Holiday Gift Guide, 2021 Edition, with guest bookseller Melissa Posten

10/30/21 • 51 min

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It's almost Holiday Time already (yeah, I know, yikes!) - and I want to encourage people to get their bookish gift shopping done early this year, and to pre-order books if you want them before Hanukkah or Christmas. To that end, it's time for the annual Holiday Gift Guide! Bookseller Melissa Posten joins me to give some great recommendations of beautiful Fall 2021 books for giving (or, hoarding for yourself!).

Full show notes along with links to every book we chatted about can be found here: https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

Full show notes along with links to every book we chatted about can be found here: https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

Previous Episode

49: World Kid Lit Month with Translator and Author Lawrence Schimel

Welcome back to the Literaticast! I'm back from hiatus with lots to say - first, about some of the newsworthy books of mine that came out during my absence. Then I'm joined by my friend, the prolific translator and author Lawrence Schimel, coming to us all the way from Madrid. We chat about World Kid Lit Month, and about the importance of books in translation and the International kid's book market. Lawrence tells us fascinating things about translating children's books, and we talk about how two of his new baby books caused an International Incident, just in time for Banned Books Week. And so much more. Plus, find out what we're obsessed with! If you'd like to read the articles we discussed, or purchase any of the books we talked about on the show, head to the detailed show notes: https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast

Next Episode

51: The Art of Graphic Novel Adaptation, with guest Gareth Hinds

My guest this month is graphic novelist Gareth Hinds. He's famous for doing amazing Graphic Novel reinterpretations of classics like the Odyssey, the Iliad, Shakespeare, Poe and more... and we'll talk about how he chooses projects, and how he adapts them for modern readers and a graphic format, tips for aspiring graphic novelists, and so much more. We'll also get into his NEWEST project -- a modern classic -- GRACELING, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, adapted from the YA fantasy by Kristin Cashore, which is on shelves now.

For links to all the books we chatted about, go to the show notes: https://www.jenniferlaughran.com/literaticast