Kid lit podcasts great for all writers
I like to keep my brain busy all the time so find if I’m not listening to my internal dialogue with my own book characters or thinking through sticky plot points , I am either listening to music or writing podcasts. Mostly, I listen to podcasts on children’s writing and have a few favourites such as the monthly children’s author interviews by ‘One More Page’ and the ‘Australian Writer’s Centre’ (AWC) weekly podcast.
Here are a few new podcasts you really should check out if you love the craft of writing as much as I do.
Amie Kaufman: On Writing
I am huge fan of Amie’s work in both MG and YA. She has something like 15 books out and is a NY Times bestseller. This series will prove to be very popular so get on board early.
https://amiekaufman.com/podcast/
Stories Behind The Story
Don’t miss this 6-Part Podcast Series: A Conversation about Diversity in Children’s Books from Better Reading’s podcast, Stories Behind the Story.
Episode 1: Dr Randa Abdel Fattah
Episode 2: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Episode 3: Will Kostakis
Episode 4: Laura Bloom
Episode 5: Deborah Abela
Episode 6: Rachel Bin Salleh and Magabala Books
https://play.acast.com/s/storiesbehindthestory/aconversationondiversityinchildren-swriting-1-drrandaabdelfattah
An oldie but a goodie for children’s writers is a carefully curated set of episodes from early AWC podcasts interviews with children’s authors, Magic and Mayhem. There are over 20 episodes in here so I haven’t listed them all but the link to the podcast is below. There is an excellent free ebook to download, too.
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/magic-and-mayhem-the-free-ebook-and-podcast-series/
Enjoy your listening story lovers!