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Recently, I sat down in front of my computer and Skyped with two great podcasts. If you're interested in the business side of children's books and have some time to spare (and aren't sick of hearing me yap away), give them a listen!

I chatted with fellow graphic novelists Dave Roman and Jerzy Drozd on their fantastic kids' comics podcast, Kids' Comics Revolution!. Here, I delve into the business of visiting schools and libraries. My wife Gina and I put a lot of care into this programming, so it was cool to be able to share some of our practices.

Give that a listen here:



And I talked about life in art school and breaking into the kid lit market with Jeffery Yan over at RISD Voice. You can hop on over to that podcast by following this link. It's a great podcast that covers a wide variety of artistic disciplines.

Before Mother Nature dropped buckets of snow on Western Mass, radio host, pal and all-around-good guy Monte Belmonte visited the studio.

Listen in here.

Jenni Holm (Babymouse series) and I will be chatting with Katie Davis on her Internet radio show -- Brain Burps about Books. We'll be talking about our graphic novels and the upcoming Comic Con convention. Want to be a part of the conversation? Call in to 1 (347) 857-4428. The program starts at 4 PM EST today.

And if you aren't able to listen to the show live today, it will be archived here: www.blogtalkradio.com/brainburps

Mark Lynch has been covering my work on his show, Inquiry, since 2001. Mark is also that art teacher I had who told me to "forget everything I learned" upon learning that I read a "How to Draw Comics" book. In this year's interview, we cover the continuing Lunch Lady saga and I reveal info on my return to picture books in Fall 2011 and what's next for Punk Farm!

MONDAY, from 4-6PM, I'll be paying my buddy, Mindy, a visit in her satellite radio studio. And YOU can call in. Here's the number - 1-866-328-2345.

Talk to you soon!

Hello radio listeners! I'll be on with Mindy of Kids Place Live today at 4pm. Tune your Sirius XM receiver to channel 116. Hear you there!

I will be interviewed on Borders Radio this Thursday, October 22nd. I will be on live at about 11:30 AM. The show can be found at http://www.bordersmedia.com/adviceforliving and in various markets across the country.

Tune in if you can!

The Sacramento Book Review and the San Francisco Book Review host a great podcast on their website, where they interview authors of books that they review in their print edition. I was lucky enough to sit down and chat with 11 year-olds Amber Cloutman and Taylor Burns.

Listen to our chat here.

Last Friday at 5PM I was on live with Mindy of The Absolutely Mindy Show on Sirius XM's Kids Place Live. Not sure if it is archived anywhere, but maybe you caught it while driving about town!

I sat down with Monte from 93.9 The River to chat about all things Lunch Lady. You can listen to the interview here.


Also, if you are one who can hear The River on your radio dial, come on by The Odyssey Bookshop in S. Hadley, MA this Saturday at 2 PM.

The Just One More Book folk stick around Studio JJK long enough to hear about my upcoming Lunch Lady graphic novel series. Hope you enjoy this sneak preview and behind-the-scenes look at the books.

The Just One More Book folk soldier on in their Rock Stars of Reading tour and stop by Studio JJK. I take out my brushes and paints and put them to work. They call it picture-book-boot-camp.

The Just One More Book folk continue on their road trip and stop by Jeanne Birdsall's house in the latest Rock Stars of Reading episode. Jane Dyer, David Ezra Stein and I sit down with Jeanne at her table and we discuss the business that we are in and how we got into it in the first place.

You can listen to a thirty minute podcast, of what was a wonderful two hour discussion, here.

I sat down with Monte Belmonte yesterday in support of my appearance at Meltdown. You can listen to that interview here. We talk about Punk Farm, Lunch Lady and he tries to get the dirt on the divide between authors and author/illustrators. He also covers my involvement with the Shepard Fairey exhibit and asks me to weigh in on the copyright issues of the Obama Hope poster. You can listen to that segment here.

Hey radio fans - My radio spot with Jane Yolen, Jeanne Birdsall and Nick Clark has been posted on The Roundtable's website. You can listen to it here. Also click through to hear great segments with the Carle Museum's administrative staff, as well as Mo Willems and Norton Juster. It was a great day for those who could be at the museum and now makes for great listening wherever you may be!

I have a few radio spots coming up ahead of my appearance at the Strolling of the Heifers.

I stopped by the River studios to talk to Monte on The River Morning Show. Our chat aired this morning, but to hear Monte's piece on Punk Farm and The Strolling of the Heifers (and to hear Monte reading PF to his son) head over to at his page on www.wsri.com.

Also, listen to Bill and Ella as they stop by my studio for their show Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child. You can listen at 103.3 FM or 93.9 in Northampton, 101.5 FM in Brattleboro, VT, streamed live at www.wsri.com and then archived at www.sparetherock.com.

I had the pleasure of being on Dr. Kent's Sound Authors radio program last week. You can listen to the show here.

Oddly enough, if you sift through the archives, you can listen to an interview of Butch Patrick, the guy who played Eddie Munster on the Munsters... Read the rest of this post

Last fall I sat down with Bill Thompson for his Bookcast "Eye on Books". We talked about writing for children and dissected the psychology of Punk Farm. Take a listen here. And then peruse the vast archives, specifically the children's books archives and find interviews with Jan and Stan Berenstein, Rob Scotton, Lemony Snicket, and Chris Van Allsburg, among many others.