Book Friends Forever Podcast
Hosted by Alvina and Grace and Alvina Ling and Grace Lin · Alvina and Grace
4.9from 253 ratings
- 349
- Episodes
- 78
- Transcribed
- 253
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 420
- YouTube views
About Book Friends Forever Podcast
Children's book publishing's secrets are revealed as we listen in on fascinating, unguarded, insider discussion from two uniquely qualified best friends: award-winning author/illustrator Grace Lin, and one of NYC's top editors, Alvina Ling. Go behind the scenes of kid lit and catch a glimpse of the lives of the best-selling author and editor, and the relationship between them.
- Publisher
- Alvina and Grace
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Jul 2019
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
78 of 349 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 370: Publishing Glossary!
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 369: The Cons of Goal Setting!
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 368: Publishing News and Play Personalities!
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Episode 370: Publishing Glossary!
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But also part of it is because during the pandemic, A lot of the accounts that used ARCs or physical ARCs or proof for FNGs, like reviewers, for example, they just got used to receiving digital materials. And now I think because a lot of people are full remote, a lot of people just prefer digital materials. So we do digital FNGs and digital galleys for all of our books. But there is a small percentage will still do arcs for, you know, books that we feel like, you know, we really need it to really show off the art or, you know, we want to show at giveaway at conferences, that kind of thing. Uh-huh. […]
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- Alison Morris
- Quade Kelley
- Laurel Snyder
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- YouTube views
- 420
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 236 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 66
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Book Friends Forever Podcast?
Alvina and Grace and Alvina Ling and Grace Lin host the show. Published by Alvina and Grace.
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