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!

106 - What Katie Learned About Rhyming at Picture Book Summit 07/14/2026

105 - Brian Lies Says You Should Keep Writing 07/07/2026

104 - Getting Honest with Deborah Underwood 06/30/2026

103 - Derrick Barnes Doesn't Quit 06/23/2026

102 - Our 2026 Winning Workshops! 06/16/2026

101 - Superstar Speaker Reveal 2026 06/09/2026

100 - Our 100th Episode Celebration! 06/06/2026

099 - Our Writing Routines 05/26/2026

098 - 2026 Caldecott Conversation Part 2 05/20/2026

097 - Winning with Wordplay with Julie Hedlund 04/14/2026

096 - 2026 Caldecott Conversation Part 1 03/24/2026

095 - Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett Find Themselves in a Triangle 03/03/2026

094 - Everyone Needs Feedback 02/17/2026

093 - How to Be a Good Literary Citizen 02/03/2026

092 - Meg Medina on Writing for Young Readers 01/20/2026

090 - How to Ruin a Picture Book Biography 10/14/2025

091 - Grace Lin on Finding Your Why 10/04/2025

089 - Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead 09/30/2025

088 - The State of the Picture Book Publishing 09/16/2025

087 - How to Prepare Conference Submissions 09/02/2025

086 - Game Changing Ideas 08/19/2025

085 - Roundtable: Backmatter Matters 08/05/2025

084 - Vashti Harrison Caldecott Celebration 07/22/2025

083 - Homage, Parody, and Plagarism, Oh My! 07/08/2025

082 - Picture Book Summit 2025 Speaker Reveal 06/24/2025

081 - Nikki Grimes: The Music of Language 06/04/2025

080 - Interview with Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton 05/21/2025

079 - Great Refrains in Picture Books 05/07/2025

078 - Interview with Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple 04/22/2025

077 - How to Analyze a Picture Book: Part 2 04/01/2025