KT Literary podcast

Jan 09 2025 52 ep. 34 mins 9
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A podcast from the team at KT Literary. We discuss books, writing, and the publishing process.

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Adria Goetz, Senior Agent and Illustration Coordinator

Jan 09 2025 24 mins  
Adria Goetz is a Senior Agent at KT Literary and our Illustration Coordinator. She represents picture books, YA, MG, and womens fiction with a genre twist. If you want to follow her on social media, you can find her on Instagram and on her website. Here's her official bio: "Adria Goetz is based out of the beautifully gloomy Pacific Northwest. Adria got her start in publishing a

Doan Phuong Nguyen interview about Mèo and Bé

May 02 2023 34 mins  
This week’s guest. Doan Phuong Nguyen is a middle grade author, photographer, daydreamer, and creative girlie girl. She was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States when she was in elementary school. She received her MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Author Interview: Rachel Werner on freelance writing

Mar 09 2023 51 mins  
Rachel Werner joins us today to talk about the art (and grind) of becoming a full time writer. She gives us freelance tips, marketing ideas, and talks about the importance of an email newsletter! She’s an author, content creator and media consultant from Madison Wisconsin. She’s the founder of The Little Book Project WI as well as a teaching artist for Hugo House, The Loft Lite

HarperCollins Strike 2022

Dec 14 2022 55 mins  
In this episode, Parrish Turner joins Chelsea and Renee to talk about the HarperCollins union, the 2022 strike, and the passion for the job that keeps him going.

Katy James author of TOO MUCH MAN

Jun 02 2022 33 mins  
Katy James joins us today to talk about her book TOO MUCH MAN. It's a fun, flirty debut about a grumpy former hockey player and a bisexual coffee-shop owner refuse to commit—to themselves or each other. We talk about identity, hockey, and Katy's day job as an archivist and rare book librarian.

Maya MacGregor and Allegra Verlezza on THE MANY HALF-LIVED LIVES OF SAM SYLVESTER

May 04 2022 66 mins  
THE MANY HALF-LIVED LIVES OF SAM SYLVESTER is about an autistic trans kid navigating their new school while finding friends—and love, along the way. It’s written by Maya MacGregor, and though they are no stranger to publishing, it’s their debut YA novel! Maya and Allegra talk about the joys of bringing Sam and their story to life, the exciting time we’re in for queer stori

Meet Our New Agent: Kari Sutherland

Mar 09 2022 37 mins  
Meet our new agent, Kari Sutherland! We are so excited to have her on the team!

Patricia A. Jackson on Book Bans and FORGING A NIGHTMARE

Nov 23 2021 28 mins  
Patty is an educator, an accomplished horse woman, and a fantasy super fan. She joined me to talk about her new novel FORGING A NIGHTMARE, her love of messing with established mythology, and how she brought her characters to life. We also talk about the racist and bigoted book banning that’s gone on in her district in Pennsylvania. If you’re in the book world, you’ve heard ab

The Supply Chain 2021 and Publishing with Sara Megibow

Nov 10 2021 43 mins  
What the heck is going on with supply chain issues? Why aren't there more books? What can we do about it? What advice do we have for authors? This week, Sara Megibow joins the podcast to talk about all these issues and more! We get granular about how books are made, what the "pain points" are in the process, and what that means for books releasing now. And though it all sounds a l

Mythology and Oral Story Telling with Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev

Oct 27 2021 27 mins  
Mayonn Paassewe-Valchev has always been a storyteller. From her youth in Liberia, to her time living in the Netherlands, and now residing with her family in Georgia, stories have played an important part in her life. In this interview we talk about mythology, capturing oral storytelling on the page and how she did that in her new book THE LEOPARD BEHIND THE MOON.