Illo Chat: Illustration Podcast

About Illo Chat: Illustration Podcast

Illo Chat is a podcast for illustrators working in the children's book industry. Creative, funny and full of information on how to write, illustrate, and publish picture books and how to become a professional illustrator. Olga Herrera, children's book author and illustrator, teaches about the publishing industry and the behind the scenes work that goes into book design and illustration. Kidlit discussions and insights for artist and creatives. WEBSITE: www.illochat.com

Publisher

Olga Herrera

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2021

Latest episode

9 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 57 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Light For Lucinda - The story

   Illustrator Olga shares the inspiring story behind her picture book "A Light For Lucinda" and discusses upcoming graphic novels in this interview.

2. 

   27 Apr 2026

   A Chat with Jed Alexander. Writing and Marketing.

   In this Episode, I chat with Jed Alexander, author and illustrator of The Black Market. We talked about his writing style, writing for characters and not the plot. We discuss the challenges of marketing and doing author school visits and promoting work on social medias.

3. 

   24 Mar 2026

   A Chat with Kerry McQuaide. Finding your pack: Kidlit Community

   In This Episode Olga and Kerry chat about the importance of having connections, the benefits of associations and being active in your kidlit community. They discuss Kerry's picture book, The Biggest Highest Wave, and how Kerry got to make a windows display for her book at Books of Wonder.

Inside a recent episode

A Light For Lucinda - The story

Published 9 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I remember my mom, when we were talking, she said, you are just like your grandmother. And that is so true. And I take that as a complete compliment because my grandmother was an amazing woman. There was a spark to her that I feel I have. Yeah. I don't know, there was something in her that I admire and I try to have that in my life all the time. She was always a go, go, go, go, go type of person. And she didn't sit and wait for life to happen to her. She would get up and go get it. And I really hope I took that from her. And I think that's the way I like to live my life. I don't like to sit down and just wait for things to happen to me or for me. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

26 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

31 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85