podcast
Slush is a podcast all about trade book publishing. Hosted by a publishing professional and boasting exceptional guests from across the industry, Slush aims to offer its listeners an in-depth look into the work required to create books.
Learn about the reality of working as an editor. Hear from masterful marketers and persuasive publicists. Discover lesser known departments, whose work is often unsung but necessary to the success of each and every book.
Slush is an attempt to offer a free alternative to more traditional (and expensive!) publishing educations. Listeners will gain a great deal of knowledge about an otherwise opaque and confusing industry that they can use to start or further a career working with books.
HOST
Arik Hardin received his bachelors degree in English with focuses in communication and popular culture from Michigan State University. Following graduation he attended the 2018 class of the Denver Publishing Institute and received a certificate of copyediting from the University of California, San Diego. He is an Assistant Managing Editor with Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and has been with MCPG since 2019. He is also the chairperson of the Children’s Book Council’s Early Career Committee, a group dedicated to enriching the careers of professionals in their first five years of children’s publishing.
Outside of work, Arik enjoys crocheting, rewatching seasons of Rupaul’s Drag Race, and taking every opportunity he can to pet a dog. His recent favorite reads include The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid; Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters; and Luster by Raven Leilani.
You can follow Arik on Twitter @arikhardin2 and on Instagram @arikhardin.