Catholic Children's Publishing 2021: Year in Review

<p>In today's episode, we're looking back at the huge changes which have taken place this year in the Catholic children's book market! No transcript today so you'll have to listen in, but I have some helpful links and bullet points here to guide you through:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Celebrating the Catholic Kidlit Podcast’s 1st year</li> <li>Giveaway for my Catholic board book <a href= "http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/90f1334e8/"><em>Liturgical Colors</em></a> (Holy Heroes, 2019) - ENTER <a href= "http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/90f1334e8/">HERE</a></li> <li>Still time to enter the giveaway for <em><a href= "http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/90f1334e6/">My Grandma Is a Lady</a></em> <a href= "http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/90f1334e6/">by Jalissa Pollard</a></li> <li>My year: 4 book contracts! <em><a href= "https://theresakiser.com/books/arthur-the-clumsy-altar-server-serves-his-first-mass-a-book-about-serving-god-coming-spring-2022/"> Arthur the Clumsy Altar Server</a></em> (Books 1 and 2) and <a href="https://theresakiser.com/books/seven-gifts-of-baptism/"><em> Seven Gifts of Baptism</em></a></li> <li>Publishing backlogs and supply chain constraints</li> <li>New and exciting market disruptions (good ones!): TAN Academy, <a href= "https://catholickidlit.com/2021/11/30/hands-on-faith-with-osv-kids-magazine-and-editor-lindsey-riesen/" data-type="post" data-id="477">OSV Kids Magazine</a>, Ascension Kids</li> <li>More Indie-publishing in the Catholic market: Kickstarters, Indie-published PBs and even BBs</li> <li>Changes happening in the <a href= "https://catholicwritersguild.org/">Catholic Writers Guild</a></li> <li><a href= "https://catholickidlit.com/catholic-kidlit-writers-club-enroll-now/" data-type="page" data-id="133">Catholic Kidlit Writers Club</a> is launching on January 1st, the first space for Catholic children’s book writers to get together. We’re starting out with some exclusive interviews including: Self-Publishing with Kristina Lahr