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The Magic Pod-Conversations with Kidlit Creators on Stories, Childhood, & Identity
What if the stories we read as children could build bridges and open up entire worlds. Welcome to The Magic Pod , the official podcast of The Diaspora Bookshelf — a project by InkPageImagination . This podcast is made for co-listening — press play with your child, your student, your niece or nephew, and let the conversation that follows be part of the magic. Join host Kruti Suba-Coneti — certified educator and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion advocate — for heartfelt conversations with the South Asian authors, illustrators, and creators behind the books filling the gaps on our children's bookshel...
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Jul 9, 2026
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Episode 5: The Magic Pod with Anu Chouhan: Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover 09.07.2026 25:25
In Episode 5 of The Magic Pod we sit down with Anu Chouhan — a Punjabi-Canadian illustrator, author, and video game artist based in Vancouver, whose art blends South Asian heritage with anime, nature, and global fashion in the most beautifully distinctive way. Her graphic novel projects include illustrating Whatever After: Fairest of All for Scholastic and Aru Shah and the End of Time: The Graphic...
Episode 4: The Magic Pod with Moniza Hossain: Theater of the Lap 02.07.2026 27:44
In Episode 4 of The Magic Pod we sit down with Moniza Hossain — a Singaporean author of Bengali descent, now based in Manchester, whose books are inspired by her heritage and the communities she loves. You might know her from Street Puppy, Masjid Cat — winner of the Hedwig Anuar Children's Book Award 2026 and a finalist in the Muslim Book Awards 2025 — or from Ritu in the Sun, a tender, honest sto...
Episode 3: The Magic Pod with Jyoti Rajan Gopal: Bring Your Whole Self 25.06.2026 28:34
In Episode 3 of The Magic Pod we sit down with Jyoti Rajan Gopal — an award-winning picture book author, a mom, and a forever kindergarten teacher. Her books have earned starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Booklist, and BookPage, and she is the recipient of an ALA 2024 Stonewall Honor Book Award. Jyoti grew up across five countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar...
Episode 2: The Magic Pod with Rukhsana Khan: Everyday Heroes 17.06.2026 26:03
In Episode 2 of The Magic Pod we sit down with Rukhsana Khan — born in Lahore, Pakistan, and raised in Canada from the age of three. She is the author of Big Red Lollipop, King for a Day, Rabia's Eid, and Honk Honk Beep Beep Putter Putt, an official selection for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in 2025, and many more. Rukhsana takes us back to a small town in Southern Ontario where she was told...
Episode 1: The Magic Pod with Suma Subramaniam: The Stories we Carry Across Generations 07.06.2026 28:22
In honor of South Asian Heritage Month, welcome to The Magic Pod — the first podcast fully dedicated to South Asian and diaspora kid lit creators. In our very first episode, we sit down with Suma Subramaniam — author of Namaste is a Greeting, She Sang for India, The Runaway Dosa, and the V. Malar series. Suma takes us back to moonlit terraces in India, a grandmother who told stories from memory, a...
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