Abominable Steph Lau!

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts interview guest Steph Lau about her experiences in children's literature and discuss various book reviews.

Now with 100% more consternation! Or less. Not sure where we landed on consternation. Steph Lau has gotten some good experiences over the years. Some published, some TBD. But at least we have thus far been graced with ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER, and will be graced with MEDUSA'S PET ROCK later this year! And more to come! Steph, you'll have to come back on so we can talk more about pancakes and pastries. _________ This episode’s book reviews: THE CAVE DOWNWIND OF THE CAFE by Mikey Please DESERT QUEEN by Jyoti Rajan Gopal, illustrated by Svabhu Kohli The artwork for You May Contribute a Verse features our quokka mascot, Versey, and was generously created by the great Maddie Frost! Find her on IG @hellomaddiefrost or on her website Maddie-Frost.com Our theme music is So Happy by Scott Holmes. You can find more of his music at scottholmesmusic.com Love the podcast and wanna support more episodes like this? Find Community Shoutouts, Merch and our Patreon here!! Find us on Bluesky @joshmonkwords, @brennajeanneret, and @jonseym0ur and as always, let us know what you think via a rating, review, or comment!

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh Monken, Brenna Jeanneret

Guest: Steph Lau

Topics covered

• book reviews
• children's literature
• guest interviews
• art and illustration
• pancakes and pastries

Keywords

• children's books
• book reviews
• illustration
• pancakes
• pastries
• interview
• Steph Lau

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: You May Contribute a Verse, scottholmesmusic.com, Bluesky

Books & works: ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER, MEDUSA'S PET ROCK, THE CAVE DOWNWIND OF THE CAFE, DESERT QUEEN

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