PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host author and podcaster Emily Thiede and Special Guest Daniel Ford, author and host of Writer’s Bone podcast.

→Emily Thiede

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53241038-this-vicious-grace

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ektwrites 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ektwrites/ 

Website: http://www.ekthiede.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ekthiede

→Daniel Ford

Website: https://www.danielfford.com/

Writer’s Bone: http://www.writersbone.com/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kRxmCr 

Indiebound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781947048034?aff=72724 

→Your Host, Sarah Nicolas:

https://sarahnicolas.com 

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas

https://instagram.com/presidentsarah

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-News-

→PEN Belarus: https://pen.org/press-release/belarus-moves-to-shut-down-pen-belarus/

→Amazon's sales: amazon-sales-only-rose-27-in-q2.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/87019-amazon-sales-only-rose-27-in-q2.html 

→Reading from the American Time Use survey:

reading-time-rose-21-in-second-half-of-2020.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87009-reading-time-rose-21-in-second-half-of-2020.html 

→National Book Awards: https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-awards-will-once-again-be-live-and-in-person/

→Eisner Awards:  con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info">https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info 

→Booker Prize longlist: 

https://thebookerprizes.com/booker-prize/news/2021-booker-prize-longlist-announced 

→SCBWI executive director Lin Oliver to retire: voicing-support-for-diversity-and-reorganization-scbwi-director-announces-retirement-amid-controversy.html">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/86928-voicing-support-for-diversity-and-reorganization-scbwi-director-announces-retirement-amid-controversy.html 

→Stacey Abrams picture book: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/stacey-abrams-to-publish-kids-picture-book/ 

→Kindle Vella: https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/14/amazon-launches-its-mobile-first-kindle-vella-serialized-story-platform/