Publishers Weekly highlights WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS book launch event at NYC’s Books Are Magic
Matthew Burgess (r.) and Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati (l.) celebrated the launch of their new poetry collection, Words with Wings and Magic Things (Tundra), at the Smith Street location of Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, on March 18. In a conversation with their editor Tara Walker, VP and publisher at Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, the duo spoke about their closely interwoven creative process and the freeing joy of poetry, and shared selections from the anthology. Afterwards, attendees enjoyed a cake baked by one of Burgess’s poetry students, with a design inspired by imagery from the book. Here, Burgess and Salati are joined by Walker (second from r.), and their agent Erica Rand Silverman (second from l.) of Stimola Literary Studio, who introduced the creators, setting in motion their collaboration.