Regina Flath's guest appearances

Regina Flath

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books

Minorities in Publishing

Creative Playdate

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: Reviews, Interviews, and Discussion About All the Romance Novels You Love to Read

Alyssa Cole

Carol Danvers

Arkady Martine

Kate Spencer

Rachel Aaron

Erica Ridley

Rahul Mehta

Paul Jarvis

Lucy Knisley

Fay Wolf

Anna Lee

Debbie Millman

Jen Gunter

Lucy Parker

Jesmyn Ward

OwlTail

This month, Jenn speaks with former colleague and Assistant Art Director for young adult covers, Regina Flath about the arduous and import work of design, creating &amp; leading super helpful DEI initiatives in the workplace, and the discussions that have happened around BIPOC rep on covers. [Transcript of this episode can be found on the Episodes page of the podcast Tumblr. You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, and new eps  here.]

This month, Jenn speaks with former colleague and Assistant Art Director for young adult covers, Regina Flath about the arduous and import work of design, creating &amp; leading super helpful DEI initiatives in the workplace, and the discussions that have happened around BIPOC rep on covers. [Transcript of this episode can be found on the Episodes page of the podcast <a href="https://minoritiesinpublishing.tumblr.com/episodes" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>. You can sign up for the MiP monthly newsletter with job listings, guest news, and new eps <a href="https://madmimi.com/signups/09246ba5ad4a41dba8a1297d63333371/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>.]

Episode 113: Interview with Regina Flath

I am back from ICON with a great new episode featuring book designer and art director Regina Flath! She gives a nice overview of how Penguin Random House chooses illustrators, what they are looking for and how often they use stock images, illustration or their own photoshoots for book covers. One of her latest, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White is among her favorite recent projects.  Regina is also mom to an adorable toddler. She takes us through an epic year of getting and being pregnant as well as dealing with a host of medical issues that came up for both her and her daughter along the way. Fortunately, everyone is healthy and thriving now. Regina also mentioned that sometimes parents are the best artists to work with because they are GREAT at time management and at keeping their art directors abreast of what's happening as it relates to the timeline of the project. Go parents!  If you haven't heard yet, Creative Playdate now has it's own social media presence. You can follow the show on Instagram @creative_playdate_podcast and on Twitter @PlaydatePodcast. I've also created a Facebook Group where we can talk all things parenting and illustration and design and everything else. In the future I will be putting out a call for questions when I am interviewing a new guest, so I hope you will participate and get in some questions I might not have thought about. Thank you all for listening and thank you to Thomas James and Jason Ritz for the theme music. Illustration Age is our proud syndicate, so check them out as well. And of course, subscribe to the show, rate the show, review the show and SHARE the show!

I am back from ICON with a great new episode featuring book designer and art director <a href="http://www.reginaflath.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Regina Flath</a>! She gives a nice overview of how Penguin Random House chooses illustrators, what they are looking for and how often they use stock images, illustration or their own photoshoots for book covers. One of her latest, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White is among her favorite recent projects. Regina is also mom to an adorable toddler. She takes us through an epic year of getting and being pregnant as well as dealing with a host of medical issues that came up for both her and her daughter along the way. Fortunately, everyone is healthy and thriving now. Regina also mentioned that sometimes parents are the best artists to work with because they are GREAT at time management and at keeping their art directors abreast of what's happening as it relates to the timeline of the project. Go parents! If you haven't heard yet, Creative Playdate now has it's own social media presence. You can follow the show on Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/creative_playdate_podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@creative_playdate_podcast</a> and on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/playdatepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@PlaydatePodcast</a>. I've also created a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/CreativePlaydateCommunity/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Group</a> where we can talk all things parenting and illustration and design and everything else. In the future I will be putting out a call for questions when I am interviewing a new guest, so I hope you will participate and get in some questions I might not have thought about. Thank you all for listening and thank you to Thomas James and Jason Ritz for the theme music. Illustration Age is our proud syndicate, so check them out as well. And of course, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/creative-playdate/id1257436242?mt=2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe</a> to the show, rate the show, review the show and SHARE the show!

Episode 19: Interview with Regina Flath

Today I am speaking with Regina Flath, Designer, Illustrator, and book cover designer at Random House Children’s Books. This podcast was suggested by a listener named Hannah, who heard Regina Flath speak at a panel at NY ComicCon. Regina is a designer who specializes in YA covers - and her bio is adorable. It says she’s “100% constructed from witchcraft, yarn, sewing needles, and snacks. She’s a friend to imaginary creatures everywhere.” Regina is also the designer behind some very popular covers, including When Dimple Met Rishi. We had a LOT to talk about. You’ll hear behind-the-scenes details of cover development, the fun parts and the awful parts, and the jobs a cover has to do beyond looking alluring on a digital or physical shelf. Regina shares: How she figured out early what she wanted to do, and why she targeted book cover design and illustration.The full story of the development of the cover, back cover, and inside images for When Dimple Met Rishi - including whose handwriting is on Rishi’s cup. Regina also talks very candidly about diversity initiatives inside her publishing house, and the ways in which she’s often the lone diverse voice in a meeting (and how exhausting and uncomfortable that position is). We also find out which book featuring LARPing made her extremely happy, and which romance authors are her auto buys, and where you can hear Regina regularly discussing witches in popular culture. Hint: she has a podcast.I learned a tremendous amount from this conversation, but as I say during the interview, my favorite parts of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood were the tours of how crayons get made. This is all about how the beautiful covers we love get made. I hope you enjoy it, too. And thank you again, Hannah, for this suggestion, and thank you Regina, for speaking with me!

Today I am speaking with Regina Flath, Designer, Illustrator, and book cover designer at Random House Children’s Books. This podcast was suggested by a listener named Hannah, who heard Regina Flath speak at a panel at NY ComicCon. Regina is a designer who specializes in YA covers - and her bio is adorable. It says she’s “100% constructed from witchcraft, yarn, sewing needles, and snacks. She’s a friend to imaginary creatures everywhere.” Regina is also the designer behind some very popular covers, including When Dimple Met Rishi. We had a LOT to talk about. You’ll hear behind-the-scenes details of cover development, the fun parts and the awful parts, and the jobs a cover has to do beyond looking alluring on a digital or physical shelf. Regina shares: How she figured out early what she wanted to do, and why she targeted book cover design and illustration. The full story of the development of the cover, back cover, and inside images for When Dimple Met Rishi - including whose handwriting is on Rishi’s cup. Regina also talks very candidly about diversity initiatives inside her publishing house, and the ways in which she’s often the lone diverse voice in a meeting (and how exhausting and uncomfortable that position is). We also find out which book featuring LARPing made her extremely happy, and which romance authors are her auto buys, and where you can hear Regina regularly discussing witches in popular culture. Hint: she has a podcast. I learned a tremendous amount from this conversation, but as I say during the interview, my favorite parts of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood were the tours of how crayons get made. This is all about how the beautiful covers we love get made. I hope you enjoy it, too. And thank you again, Hannah, for this suggestion, and thank you Regina, for speaking with me!

290. The Art and Magic of Designing Book Covers: An Interview with Regina Flath