* Find Lindsey online: lindseyleavitt.com/ 
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* Check out Folklore Bookshop in Midway, Utah -- be sure to check out their awesome events, too!: www.folklorebookshop.com/ 
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* Lindsey's most recent middle grade book is NORTH OF SUPERNOVA, and her forthcoming THE GARDEN JUST BEYOND is available for pre-order now! Click the book jackets for info or to order.

Our obsessions were v altruistic this episode:
* A great place for gift-buying is The Good Store. They have a super cool socks club, among other things -- but I personally have to give shout out to their coffee club subscription -- ethically sourced coffee and tea delivered to your house, it's DELICIOUS, and 100% of the profits go to charity. I also talked about how Good Store co-founder and author John Green is obsessed with Tuberculosis, and his obsession has become my obsession: Gift NYT link about John's obsession with Tuberculosis -- Link to pre-order a signed copy of John's book that comes out in March -- Link to highly informative Crash Course about Tuberculosis. 

* Lindsey's husband is the founder of the Water For Life charity, and Lindsey spoke about it passionately: Every two minutes, a child dies of a waterborne disease, but a donation of $50 can save TEN LIVES. (!!!!) waterforlifecharity.org/ 

* The Literaticast has a Patreon - throw in a buck a month to support the pod

* Martha's website - learn about ALL her books!

* Find me on BlueSky! Find the agency on BlueSky! Find Martha on BlueSky!

* Wait, what if I need tips about joining BlueSky and making the most of it?

* Meta is doing WHAT with Instagram posts? 

* Resources to help protect your artwork from AI scraping: Glaze and Nightshade. ArtShield.

* This photographer won an AI contest... with a real photo. LOL WHOOPS

​* What's Moravec's Paradox? 

* Wait, remind me what the Hero's Journey is? 

* OK, what's "Save the Cat"? 

* Professor Casey Fiesler is a good follow on TikTok if you are interested in AI ethics and related topics!

​* Gimme that link to the Kid Nation deep dive podcast!

* The Literaticast has a Patreon - throw in a buck a month to help support the pod!

* Follow Brian on BlueSky: @brianlarossa.com / Follow ME on BlueSky: literaticat@bsky.social

* Brian's website has a ton of great info on it!

* If you want to get deep on how to design for easy readers, check out Brian's informative essay on The Role of Letterforms in Reading Instruction and Leveled Typesetting Guidelines

* The short film Brian mentioned about the last day the NYT used Linotype machines

* Debbie Ridpath Ohi's website has tons of GREAT resources for authors and illustrators - including the picture book templates I mentioned, and a BlueSky Starter Guide!

* Two of the up-and-coming illustrators Brian mentioned finding via social media are Francesca Mahaney and Kalen Chock.

* I mentioned Mark Hoffmann as an example of an illustrator who does great "branding" across his website & socials

* We Need Diverse Books has a variety of grants, mentorship opportunities, and other great initiatives. Get involved!

* I'm obsessed with the HP Sprocket Photo Printer -- I have the 2x3 in pink, but it comes in other colors and size formats to. (At the time of this posting, they are all on sale!)

* Make pictures into magnets with adhesive magnetic sheets like this!

* Books with Sprayed Edges are another of my current obsessions -- take a look at this website that creates special custom editions of popular books -- aren't they GORGEOUS? 

* Brian is obsessed with making the perfect pizza, and he's been kind enough to share his recipe. Get into it, and send him a picture of your pie!

​* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck and help keep the show running.

* Check out Jami Attenberg's website, and follow her on Instagram. 

* Subscribe to Jami's newsletter to get craft talk and inspiration straight to your inbox weekly, and for updates about the #1000wordsofsummer project!

* My obsession this week is The Gilded Age on HBO -- Jami's obsession are cult documentaries like LOVE HAS WON and ESCAPING TWIN FLAMES (which I watched both after our conversation and now I'm obsessed too!)

Click the book jackets for links to purchase through bookshop.org!

* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck to help support the show. :-) 

* Alex Gino's website

​* Follow Alex on Xtwitter

* Links to Alex discussing banned books in a lot of different forums

* My (non-bookish) obsession is the show Lupin on Netflix. (Yep, it's in French. Yep, it's worth reading subtitles for!)

* Alex's obsession is the show Taskmaster on YouTube (and I love it, too!)

* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck and help support the pod.

* Visit Oblong Books online! Support the Book Angel program! Support the Beacon Prison Books Project!

* See what's up at Blue Willow Bookshop!

* Listen to Cathy's guest spot on Nicole's podcast Misshelved, in convo with Mac Barnett!

* Check out Phoebe Wahl's online shop for gorgeous goodies!

* Nicole is obsessed with the Mom Can't Cook podcast!

​* Cathy is obsessed with the Hannah Waddingham Home For Christmas special!

* Like the Pod? Chip in a buck a month on Patreon and help keep it going! 

* Follow Raúl on Instagram to see the latest art, books and other updates! 

* Raúl wanted to work forHighwater Books  (before he realized it was like, two dudes in an apartment who made books at kinkos)

* The artwork for the LOWRIDERS series was inspired by, of course, Lowrider Magazine, as well as the Chicano art of drawing on handkerchiefs, known as paños. 

* A little about Raúl and Elaine's forthcoming co-created graphic novel series, THE SNIPS! (LittleBrown, 2024)

* About the Pura Belpré Award, including a list of past winners. VAMOS, LET'S CROSS THE BRIDGE was a gold medal winner for illustration in 2022. VAMOS, LET'S GO EAT was a gold medal winner in 2021. VAMOS, LET'S GO TO THE MARKET was a silver medal winner in 2020. LOWRIDERS TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH was a gold medal winner in 2017.

* The character of "Mr Posada" from VAMOS, LET'S GO READ, who teaches the kids to make comics, is based on the real life José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), an artist, lithographer and political cartoonist whose images of Calaveras have become synonymous with Mexican folk art and Day of the Dead imagery, and who was a major influence on Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, among others.

* My gnome book obsession reminded Raúl of David the Gnome, a cartoon from our childhood, based on the book!

* Elaine is obsessed with exercise, in particular Tai Chi practices - her daily regimen includes the Eighth Brocade and Cat-Cow pose.

* Raúl is obsessed by the IDW Artisan Editions

* Like the podcast? Chip in a dollar a month on Patreon to keep it going!

* Check out Phoebe's personal Instagram for art and book news, and the Phoebe Wahl Shop instagram for new product drops!

* Shop for all the goodies at the Phoebe Wahl shop!

* Phoebe got her start doing illustrations for Taproot Magazine -- the vibes are immaculate

* You can watch TULIP, the short stop-motion animation film Phoebe co-created, here

* Phoebe also co-created a totally adorable music video for Ingrid Michaelson and Zooey Deschanel 

* Listen to the playlist for PHOEBE'S DIARY

* Get all the Pacific North West feels with Rainymood.com

* The legendary Crockenstocks

* The Literaticast has a Patreon! Throw in a buck and help keep the podcast going.
* Visit Betsy on the web.
* Follow Betsy Bird's blog Fuse #8 - This is her final award prediction post for the year, but she also does tons of book reviews, talks about bookish news, fun random kid lit stuff and more! It's a MUST READ blog for kids book creators.
* Betsy also has a podcast where she and her (non-kid-lit-world) sister discuss picture book classics hilariously.
* This article set off "scrotumgate" - the controversy surrounding the Newbery winner the year Betsy was on the committee.
* Will the winners of the Walter Dean Myers award this year be any indication of what wins at ALA?