CBC Ed. Talks Videos
CBC Ed Talk is a series of monthly educational events for CBC member publisher staff, hosted on Zoom, that will expand the programming created by the Forum and other committees. The videos below are available exclusively to CBC members. If you are a member and have forgotten the login, please email cbc.info@cbcbooks.org.
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Panelists will speak to the ever changing dynamics of publishing for this diverse and opinionated age range. Panelists will be able to speak to all steps of the YA publishing process, from acquisition and editing to the promotion of a book. Find the password-protected transcript here (coming soon).
Moderated by: Bess Braswell — Publishing Director at Inkyard Press
Panelists:
- Isa Caban — Senior Marketing Manager at Tor Teen
- Emily Forney — Literary Agent at BookEnds Literary Agency
- Karina Granda — Art Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Rebecca Kuss — Senior Editor at Disney Hyperion
- Stephanie Pando — Marketing and Publicity Associate at Candlewick press
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The panel discusses the ins and outs of children’s book production as well as how the production department collaborates with others to get books on the shelves. Find the password-protected transcript here.
Moderated by: Angie Dombroski — Senior Production Manager at Candlewick
Panelists:
- Jennifer Delaney — Production Director at Charlesbridge
- Scott Meyers — Production Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books
- Nyamekye Waliyaya — Director of Production at Little, Brown BYR
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2022 Disability and Neurodiversity in the Workplace
The panel is comprised of several disabled and neurodivergent publishing professionals who share issues they face in the children’s publishing world, and they help provide action steps to implement in your own work settings; helping all to work toward industry-wide positive change. Find the password-protected transcript here.
Moderated by: Naomi Davis — Literary Agent, BookEnds Literary Agency
Panelists:
- Madison Parrotta — Senior Editor, Includas Publishing
- Victoria Hendersen — Foreign Rights Assistant, New Leaf Literary and Media
- Kirsteen Navarro — Part-time Digital and Social Media Coordinator, P.S. Literary Agency
- Victoria Mallorga Hernández — Chief Organizer of Literature, ANTIFIL
- Natasha Razi — Writer & Editor, Razi Editorial
The panel centers on the unique needs of baby and toddler readers with a focus on the multi-sensory experience and explores a creative range of formats, from board books to cloth, as well as a wide variety of interactive novelty books. Panelists share their experiences creating books that best engage these budding young readers.
Moderated by: Liza Baker — Vice President and Publisher of Cartwheel Books and Orchard Books at Scholastic
Panelists:
- Jennifer Delaney — Production Director, Charlesbridge
- Maria Elias — Art Director, Rise x Penguin Workshop
- Meredith Mundy — Editorial Director, Appleseed/ABRAMS
- Andrea Davis Pinkney — Author
2021 Graphic Novels Early Readers
As the comics format continues to grow in sales, more and more publishers are bringing them to early readers. Brigid Alverson, Graphic Novel journalist for SLJ & PW, will moderate this Ed. Talk panel on the opportunities and challenges of publishing graphic novels for the early reader age range.
Moderated by: Brigid Alverson — Graphic Novel journalist for School Library Journal & Publishers Weekly
Panelists:
- Justin Colussy-Estes — Store Manager, Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA
- Phil Falco — Art Director, Scholastic Graphix
- Sarah Gaydos — Editor in Chief, Oni-Lion Forge Publishing
- Geoff Lapid — US Sales and Marketing Manager, Flying Eye
Disney Copy Chief, Guy Cunningham moderates a panel of copyediting professionals, some in-house and some freelance. The panel discusses topics like keeping up with ever-changing language, conscious language, hard deadlines in relation to other departments, and more.
Moderated by: Guy Cunningham — Copy Chief, Disney Publishing
Panelists:
- Anna Dobbin — Copy Editor and Proofreader, Freelance
- Debbie DeFord-Minerva — Copy Editor, Random House Children’s Books, Penguin Random House
- Hannah Mahoney — Copy Manager, Candlewick and Freelance
- Christine Ma — Copy Editor and Proofreader, Freelance
Antonio Gonzalez Cerna, Levine Querido’s marketing director and a panelist on our recent Why YA? panel, leads four teens from around the country on a discussion about what they read, when they read, and why they read. The panel discusses trends in YA as seen through the eyes of teens, as well as ways they access books, covers they love, and more.
The CBC is proud to bring you insights into trends in YA, as seen through the eyes of editors and marketing and publicity folks, as well as discussion on how editorial, marketing, and publicity work together in different roles to support the ultimate success of YA books.
Moderated by: Bess Braswell — Inkyard Press Publishing Director
Panelists:
- Krestyna Lypen — Editor of Algonquin Young Readers
- Saraciea Fennell — Publicity Manager of Tor Books
- Antonio Gonzalez Cerna — Marketing Director of Levine Querido
The CBC is proud to bring you insights into the publicity and marketing fields, including the challenges and successes they face in this new virtual era, how they work with the media, the differences between publicity and marketing, and ways in which their colleagues in other departments can interact with them and support their work in getting books into the hands of readers.
Moderator:
- Shifa Kapadwala — Scholastic Global Brand Publicity Manager
Panelists:
- Faye Bi — Director of Publicity at Bloomsbury Children’s
- Geena El-Haj — Publicity & Marketing Coordinator at Mango Publishing
- Morgan Kane — Assistant Director of Publicity at Macmillan Children’s
- Jackson Ingram — Marketing Specialist at Andrews McMeel
The CBC Forum Committee is proud to bring you an inside look into How to Speak Designer. Disney Hyperion Creative Director, Joann Hill, moderates a panel of art directors and designers about how they work effectively with editors, marketing managers, and authors to illuminate the mind of a designer for non-designers. Panelists share examples of work-in-progress designs and discuss the challenges and joys of collaborating. An audience Q&A ends the program.
Panelists:
- Dave Caplan — VP and Creative Director, Little Brown Books for Young Readers
- Mary Claire Cruz — Senior Designer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lucy Ruth Cummins — Executive Art Director, Simon & Schuster
- Donna Mark — Creative Director, Bloomsbury Children’s Books
- Sharismar Rodriguez — Senior Art Director, Macmillan Children’s Group (was unable to attend)
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