Podcasts
SCBWI Podcasts is a weekly podcast hosted by archivist Theo Baker. He interviews publishing professionals as well as award-winning writers, illustrators, and translators who inform and inspire about the ins and outs of the children's book industry. Find out about the craft and creative process behind young adult novels, picture books, middle-grade fiction, graphic novels, and nonfiction. New Episodes every Thursday! We are currently on Season 9 with guests such as Bobbito Garcia, Stephen Fraser, and more! We will be back January 11th with more episodes for this season.
Podcast links
SCBWI Podcast Season 9
Listen to the Season 9 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Kate DiCamillo, Cátia Chien, Cece Bell, and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 8
Listen to the Season 8 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Lamar Giles, Deborah Halverson, Tracey Baptiste, and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 7
Listen to the Season 7 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like James Ransome, Gregory Maguire, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 6
Listen to the Season 6 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Malinda Lo, Vashti Harrison, and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 5
Listen to the Season 5 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Jerry Pinkney, Jennifer Vassel, and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 4
Listen to the Season 4 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Alex Slater, Raúl the Third, Marla Frazee and many more.
SCBWI Podcast Season 3
Listen to the Season 3 of the SCBWI Podcasts with industry professionals like Laurent Linn, Namrata Tripathi, Andrea Davis Pinkney and many more.
Meet our host, Theo Baker
Meet our Host
Theo lives in Catskill NY with his wife and two daughters and the memory of a dozen baby chickens which, thanks to his negligence, were murdered by a weasel. Theo is the author of over twenty books for children, and is currently working on funny and scary books with a surreal bent. Theo has worked in the music business, designing educational video games for children, and currently coaches a local chess club and hosts a local radio show. He makes delicious sandwiches, and for over a decade has hosted the official SCBWI podcast.