The following is a speech Jessica Powers, our Editorial and Foreign Rights Director, gave at the 2019 Neustadt Children’s Literature Conference.  Two weeks ago, I returned from a six-week trip in South Africa with my 13 year old niece. My niece has not[Read More]

We have a one-of-a-kind submission policy. It’s posted on our website for everybody who wants us to consider their work for publication. Here’s what it says: writers should call and talk to me on the phone and tell me about their proposed submission. I[Read More]

I go to a lot of books-related conferences for writers, publishers, booksellers, and librarians. In the last number of years, most of these conferences have included a panel of some sort on diversity in publishing. I’ve gone to many of these panels and[Read More]

Cinco Puntos Press co-founder Bobby Byrd is stepping away from his leadership role at the independent publishing company, headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Bobby will serve as Publisher Emeritus, developing special projects, collaborating with staff as[Read More]

      Soy fronterizo. A child of the borderlands. Home is Donna, Texas, right across the river from Río Bravo, a bustling town in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The grandparents of my abuelo Manuel Garza came to Texas from that state i[Read More]