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Tag: Middle Grade

August 14, 2024 by Colby Sharp

Gennifer Choldenko on how writing makes her feel Completely Alive

COLBY: Earlier this year I fell pretty hard for Gennifer Choldenko’s The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman. This middle grade novel is fantastic. Interviewing Gennifer about the book was so much fun. I hope you enjoy our conversation! Subscribe below to catch every episode of The Yarn: iTunes Spotify Stitcher

April 13, 2024 by Travis Jonker

LOUDER THAN HUNGER: LIVE w/ John Schu

John Schu takes us behind the scenes of LOUDER THAN HUNGER

February 5, 2017 by Colby Sharp

Grace Lin And Alvina Ling: The BFF Episode

Last year I got an email from Newbery Honor winning author Grace Lin. She had an idea for an episode of The Yarn. I loved the idea, but it sounded tricky. Lots of moving pieces. I figured that it wouldn’t hurt to try. I’m so glad I decided to roll with Grace’s idea. This episode […]

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November 15, 2016 by Colby Sharp

Colby: I’m excited to share our last episode of Season 2. I have really enjoyed following debut author Kate Beasley’s road to publication. It is pretty wild to think that we first starting working on this season over a year ago. In today’s episode Kate talks about Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. I loved listening to […]

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