Catch up on author interviews and storytimes from our Instagram Live series

March 27, 2020

In case you missed it, we’re filling your weeks stuck at home with plenty of literary programming (more coming your soon) on Instagram Live to keep you entertained and learning. We have drawing lessons and storytimes for kids, as well as interviews with some of your favorite adult authors. If you’ve missed any of the live streams, watch replays of them here (including links to where to buy their books):

Interview with Deb Olin Unferth, author of Barn 8

Drawing lesson with author and illustrator Juana Medina

Interview with Kate Elizabeth Russell, author of My Dark Vanessa

Interview with Richard Santos, author of Trust Me

Monoprinting with artist Tonya Engel

Children’s story time with René Colato Laínez, My Shoes and I 

Interview with Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters

Naibe Reynoso reads Fearless Trailblazers: 11 Latinos Who Made U.S. History

Interview with Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock

Kids’ story time with Raquel Ortiz, When Julia Danced Bomba

Interview with Natalia Sylvester, author of Running, and Ire’ne Lara Silva

Interview with Mary Pauline Lowry, The Roxy Letters

Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg, Astronuts, teach collaging using public domain art

Siblings Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey, The Old Truck, teach you how to make stamps at home

Bilingual story time with James Luna, The Place Where You Live, in partnership with Austin Parks Foundation

Julissa Arce reads from Someone Like Me and answers audience questions

Interview and cooking demo with Ned Baldwin, co-author of How to Dress an Egg

Interview with H.W. Brands, author of Haiku History

Interview with Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept

Children’s storytime with Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Just Like Me

Excerpt from interview with Russell Gold, Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy

Interview with Asher Price, Earl Campbell: Yards After Contact

Interview with Maya Shanbhag Lang, What We Carry

Storytime with Avi, Gold Rush Girl

Interview with Jennifer duBois, The Spectators

Interview with Jose Ralat, American Tacos


Interview with Paul Coggins, Sting Like A Butterfly

Interview with Rebekah Manley, Alexandra and the Awful, Awkward, No Fun, Truly Bad Dates: A Picture Book Parody for Adults