Coming Soon: Chapter & Verse, The Art of Selling Children's Books
Chapter and Verse: The Art of Selling Children's BooksShow Notes
Coming soon from The Bookseller and marketing agency Rocket, Chapter and Verse is the brand new podcast for those in the world of publishing.
Chapter and Verse - The Art of Selling Children’s Books will be hosted by children's editor at The Bookseller, Charlotte Eyre. Twice a month, Charlotte will be joined by a different author who will share their story with us and discuss a challenge in line with their upcoming title.
From reaching out to LGBTQ+ teens to introducing an adult author to the children's audience, we will be sharing ways to get books into the hands of all children from toddlers to young adults. With added insight from marketing professionals, publicists and retailers, this podcast will be educational and insightful. Please do subscribe and support us, we will be launching on Wednesday 5th May and you can listen to a new episode every other Wednesday.
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Produced by youth marketing business Rocket: www.wearerocket.co.uk Hosted by The Bookseller: https://www.thebookseller.com
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This week on the podcast, Charlotte speaks to the brilliant and hilarious author Maz Evans! Find out how Maz became an author and debate our topic of the week - how do you make readers laugh when you're not a famous comedian! Also joined by CEO of Rocket, James Erskine. James has been marketing children's books for more than 10 years across all genres, and brings examples and case studies across children's publishing.
This week Charlotte is joined by Neurodivergent writer, Elle McNicoll. After completing her Masters dissertation on the lack of Own Voices representation for Neurodivergent children, she grew tired of the lack of inclusivity in the industry, and wrote a book herself and that's where her career began. Also on the podcast, marketeer Ella Chapman who works closely with Elle’s publisher, Knights Of. Some very interesting insight on author marketing and book marketing.
A wonderful warm welcome to Liz Pichon! Author of the best selling Tom Gates series for 9+ readers, we talk to Liz about her career so far, winning awards and building a brand. Charlotte also talks to Cheyney Smith from Pan Macmillan for our industry insight. Thank you to both for joining us!
This week Charlotte interviews author Anna James, and is joined by Charlotte Halstead from Penguin Random House for our industry insight. We talk all things Middle Grade, a chat about capturing the point of difference, what consumers want and how Instagram users are ‘aging up’.