# Paper Trail

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Official site: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-paper-trail-podcast
Author: The Paper Trail Podcast
Episodes: 31

## Resource

A monthly writing and publishing podcast featuring a rotating roundtable of children's book authors.

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## Episodes
- [Episode 31: How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (and no, it's not by calling your colleagues' books "crud")](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-31-how-to-be-a-good-literary-citizen-and-no-it-s-not-by-calling-your-colleagues-books-crud) — 2026-06-29T11:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 30: We're Not Meant to Labor Like This](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-30-we-re-not-meant-to-labor-like-this) — 2026-06-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-29-are-we-there-yet-or-what-does-it-mean-to-truly-make-it-in-publishing) — 2026-05-04T11:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-28-on-becoming-less-ambitious-and-remembering-to-touch-grass) — 2026-04-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 27: The Dreaded Demotion and the Power of Not Yet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-27-the-dreaded-demotion-and-the-power-of-not-yet) — 2026-03-09T10:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 26: Creative Resets (and Say Hello to Your Season 3 Round Table!)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-26-creative-resets-and-say-hello-to-your-season-3-round-table) — 2026-02-09T12:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 25: Nothing is Selling (or What Happened to the Tastemakers?)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-25-nothing-is-selling-or-what-happened-to-the-tastemakers) — 2025-11-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 24: Can Publishing Survive Fascism?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-24-can-publishing-survive-fascism) — 2025-10-06T11:50:00+00:00
- [Episode 23: How to Be a Publishing Anti with Sami Ellis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-23-how-to-be-a-publishing-anti-with-sami-ellis) — 2025-09-08T11:58:42+00:00
- [Episode 22: What Ever Happened to So-and-So? Or Publishing is a Game of Survivor​ (A Kidlit Happy Hour Crossover Episode) with Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-22-what-ever-happened-to-so-and-so-or-publishing-is-a-game-of-survivor-a-kidlit-happy-hour-crossover-episode-with-joanna-ho-and-caroline-kusin-pritchard) — 2025-08-04T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 21: Publishing is Not a Meritocracy (And Book Clubs Will Save Us All) with Alexandra Villasante](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-21-publishing-is-not-a-meritocracy-and-book-clubs-will-save-us-all-with-alexandra-villasante) — 2025-07-07T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 20: Publishing is a Mountain Range with Jonny Garza Villa and Aaron H. Aceves](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-20-publishing-is-a-mountain-range-with-jonny-garza-villa-and-aaron-h-aceves) — 2025-06-02T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 19: Meta Better Have My Money (An Of The Publishing Persuasion Crossover Episode) with Angela Montoya and Melanie Schubert](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-19-meta-better-have-my-money-an-of-the-publishing-persuasion-crossover-episode-with-angela-montoya-and-melanie-schubert) — 2025-05-05T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 18: Pre-Nazi Germany But with Smart Phones with Vincent Tirado](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-18-pre-nazi-germany-but-with-smart-phones-with-vincent-tirado) — 2025-04-07T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 17: Hollywood is Another Planet with Laura Taylor Namey](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-17-hollywood-is-another-planet-with-laura-taylor-namey) — 2025-03-10T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 16: The Post-debut Blues with Jill Tew](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-16-the-post-debut-blues-with-jill-tew) — 2024-11-18T14:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 15: American Dirt Part Deux](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-15-american-dirt-part-deux) — 2024-10-21T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 14: Children's Publishing is a White Woman's Game with Dhonielle Clayton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-14-children-s-publishing-is-a-white-woman-s-game-with-dhonielle-clayton) — 2024-09-23T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 13: Is All Writing Political?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-13-is-all-writing-political) — 2024-08-26T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 12: The Death of DEI in Publishing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-12-the-death-of-dei-in-publishing) — 2024-07-29T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 11](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-11) — 2024-07-01T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 10](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-10) — 2024-06-03T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 9](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-9) — 2024-05-06T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 8](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-8) — 2024-04-08T13:00:00+00:00
- [Episode 7](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-trail-6608707/episode-7) — 2024-03-04T14:00:00+00:00

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