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Q & A with Emma Bland Smith
We spoke with librarian and picture book author Emma Bland Smith about how she discovers the stories she writes, the ways her library work and writing are intertwined, and how she hopes her books instill the value of perseverance.
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The Heart of the Story: PW Talks with Julie Flett
Julie Flett discusses her next illustration project, 'Just Like Grandma' by Kim Rogers, preserving and sharing the Cree language, and the universal theme of the importance of elders.
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Where Does Creativity Come From?: PW Talks with Hilde Østby
In 'The Key to Creativity' (Greystone, Apr.), Østby investigates the myths and mysteries of this little-understood skill.
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Go Viral or Go Home: PW Talks with Ben Smith
In 'Traffic' (Penguin Press, May), Smith, former 'BuzzFeed News' editor-in-chief and 'New York Times' media columnist, explores the history of online media.
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Eclipsed by Death: PW Talks with Harini Nagendra
In 'Murder Under a Red Moon' (Pegasus Crime, Mar.), Nagendra’s sleuth, Kaveri Murthy, is back at it in colonial India.
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Q & A with Krystal Marquis
Krystal Marquis’s debut YA novel is inspired by the real life of C.R. Patterson, a Black man who escaped slavery to found his own carriage company and elevate himself and his family to new heights in Ohio society.
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Teaching from the Cloud: PW Talks with Adam Bessie
Bessie documents his experience teaching community college during the pandemic while going through treatment for brain cancer in 'Going Remote' (Seven Stories, Mar.), a graphic memoir drawn by Peter Glanting.
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Q & A with Nick Brooks
Teacher turned filmmaker Nick Brooks follows up his middle grade debut 'Nothing Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmont' with a highly anticipated foray into YA, a thriller called 'Promise Boys.'
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Q & A with Ami Polonsky
Ami Polonsky's newest book for young readers, 'World Made of Glass,' is set in 1987 and features Iris, a 12-year-old facing her father's death from AIDS.
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Body Language: PW Talks with Virginia Sole-Smith
In 'Fat Talk' (Holt, Apr.), the journalist and 'Burnt Toast' podcaster encourages parents to name and navigate anti-fat bias.
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Hashtag Blessed: PW Talks with Sara Petersen
The author of 'Momfluenced' (Beacon, Apr.) delves into the public performance of motherhood on Instagram.
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The Truth About Lie Detectors: PW Talks with Amit Katwala
In 'Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector' (Crooked Lane, Mar.), 'Wired' reporter Katwala examines the origins of the polygraph.
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Broken Homes: PW Talks with Roxanna Asgarian
In 'We Were Once a Family' (FSG, Mar.), journalist Asgarian reveals how flaws in the child welfare system contributed to the 2018 murder-suicide of six children by their adoptive parents.
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Flights of Fancy: PW Talks with Kelly Link
Link’s engagement with the strange reaches its apotheosis in 'White Cat, Black Dog,' (Random House, Mar.), in which she draws on fairy tales including “Hansel and Gretel” and “Snow White and Rose Red.”
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Q & A with Claire Swinarski
PW talked with Claire Swinarski about addressing the "urgent and timeless" problem of sexual harassment in her new middle grade novel, 'What Happened to Rachel Riley?'
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The DIY Cosmic Cover Art of Sun Ra
In case his musical legacy wasn’t enough, free and spiritual jazz pioneer Sun Ra was also a visual artist, which is the subject of the new book 'Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra’s Saturn Label.' We spoke with Irwin Chusid, who co-edited the book with Chris Reisman, about the visual art of Sun Ra.
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How Did Poe Die?: PW Talks with Mark Dawidziak
In 'A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe' (St. Martin’s, Feb.), former film and television critic Dawidziak uses Poe’s puzzling death as a hook to revisit the writer’s life.
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A Dystopian Diet: PW Talks with Chana Porter
Two very different women navigate a world where food is taboo in Porter’s 'The Thick and the Lean' (Saga, Apr.).
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Fall 2022 Flying Starts: Jas Hammonds
You could say it was written in the stars for flight attendant–turned–author Jas Hammonds to write books. Their YA debut, 'We Deserve Monuments', showcases a multigenerational story about a Black family and their roots in the small town of Burrell, Ga.
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Fall 2022 Flying Starts: Esme Symes-Smith
Born in Exeter, in the southwest of England, Esme Symes-Smith spent a great deal of time in Cornwall, which would later influence the setting of their debut novel, 'Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston', a middle grade fantasy in which a nonbinary would-be knight pushes back against gender stereotypes and restrictions.
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