Picture Book Summit Podcast

Welcome to the Picture Book Summit Podcast where we share insight on the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing picture books from the industry’s best and brightest. Each episode is an excerpt from a keynote or presentation given at Picture Book Summit, the annual world-class online conference for picture book writers and illustrators around the globe that takes place every October. Our goal is to help you reach your next writing Summit, whether that’s finishing a draft, completing your 18th revision, landing an agent or getting your book published!

069 - Shadra Strickland - The Parallel Universe of Authors and Illustrators 11/12/2024

068 - The Fan Brothers: To Imagination and Beyond 10/29/2024

067 The Cosmic Connection Between Beginnings and Endings 10/01/2024

066 Houston, Your Manuscript has a Problem 09/17/2024

065 - Kate DiCamillo: Commit to Your Dreams of Writing 08/27/2024

064 - How to Maximize Your Online Writing Conference Experience 08/13/2024

063 - How to Evaluate an Online Writing Conference 07/30/2024

062 - Picture Book Summit Roundtable: Humor in Picture Books 07/16/2024

061 - Picture Book Summit Roundtable: Fresh Takes 05/21/2024

060 - Picture Book Summit Roundtable: Why is Everything So Slow? 05/07/2024

059 - Books with Great Voice Pt 4 with Julie Hedlund 11/21/2023

058 - Books with Great Voice Part 3 - Emma Walton Hamilton 11/14/2023

057 - Books with Great Voice with Laura Backes Part 2 09/26/2023

056 - Books with Great Voice Part 1 – Julie Hedlund & Katie Davis 09/12/2023

055 - Rob Sanders: Mind MappingYour Way to Authentic Stories 08/29/2023

054 - Yuyi Morales: The Ideas are Inside You! 08/15/2023

053 - Fine Tune Your Pitch 07/25/2023

052 - Artificial Intelligence - PBSummit Roundtable 07/11/2023

051 - Anything Goes in Picture Books Nowadays - PBSummit Roundtable 06/20/2023

050 - Book Bans - Picture Book Summit Roundtable 06/06/2023

049 - 4 Big Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected - Part 4 05/23/2023

048 - 4 Big Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected - Part 3 04/25/2023

047 - 4 Biggest Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected Part 2 04/11/2023

046 - 4 Big Reasons Manuscripts Get Rejected Part 1 03/28/2023

045 - Finding Voice in Picture Book Biographies with Lesa Cline-Ransome 03/14/2023

044 - Peter H. Reynolds - The World Needs YOUR Voice 02/21/2023

043 - Jon Klassen - Use Your Fear 02/07/2023

042 - Layers in Picture Books 01/24/2023

041 - How to Get Out of the Slush Pile: Part 3 01/10/2023

040 - How to Get Out of the Slush Pile: Part 2 12/27/2022