Friends for LQ Auction
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🕮 We're squeezing in an extra episode this month to let you know about a special project inspired by our July 2023 interview with Arthur Levine of Levine Querido! After hearing the July interview, listeners Liza Wiemer and Debbi Lakrtiz were inspired to address the challenge of reduced sales that LQ is facing due to its mission of championing diverse voices.
Levine Querido is a remarkable publisher with an important yet imperiled mission. In the few short years since they were founded, they've won over 150 awards for their devastatingly beautiful books, but the timing of the pandemic and the rise in book banning is a huge challenge for them. We need Levine Querido to succeed, not just because they are doing great work but because the publishing industry needs to see that diversity does sell.
Liza and Debbi are organizing an online auction to help Levine Querido
get past this difficult time. You are welcome to donate an item or
service, AND of course to bid in the auction! Listen to this short
episode to learn more, and please join me in buying LQ books, requesting them from the local library, and supporting Liza and Debbi's auction.
LEARN MORE:
- Letter from Liza and Debbi about the auction
- Suggestions for items and services that you can donate to the auction
- Fill out this form to offer a donation of an item or service
- Auction website
- Buy Levine Querido books at Bookshop.org
- Full interview with Arthur Levine about Levine Querido (July 2023)
- Levine Querido website
AUCTION ORGANIZERS:
Note that Liza and Debbi are authors but are unaffiliated with Levine Querido. They are performing a mitzvah by organizing this auction.
CREDITS:
- Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
- Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries
- Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books
- Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
- Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens
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