Calling all authors & illustrators & artists we would love you to create a bookmark for the 2026 #BookmarkProject which we will auction to raise money to build a library at Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe find out more here www.bookmarkproject.co.uk Please share!

Heads up for anyone looking to participate in #pbparty this year- The #PBParty Prep Zoom will be Wednesday, February 25 at 6 pm Eastern! 🗓️💻

Another publisher behaving badly. If you’ve been affected by this pls contact Writer Beware (anything shared with us is confidential). [email protected]

"New Research Shows AI Agents Are Running Wild Online, With Few Guardrails in Place "And this research was conducted before OpenClaw unleashed a monster." #TheDinosAreLoose #AIAteMyFace #IfOnlySomeoneHadWarnedUs #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians gizmodo.com/new-research...

Our release date trailer is live! It's got a serious groove to it, so please check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTC... (Music and sound design by the amazing Alex Doty at AlexDotyMusic.com) #indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #gameTrailer #trailer

I worked hard on this trailer, hope you'll take a look! 😁

It’s official! 🎉 The MGHub Pitch Party is back for another year and open to all unagented PB, CB, MG, & YA authors. Find more details here: mghubpitch.com

Just a reminder to celebrate when you can in these times.

Get in on the #pbparty critique train! A great way to meet people in the community and give and get feedback.

And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting. In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

Thanks for hosting again, @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social ! Always a nice time on a Tuesday night. #kidlitchat

My son used to stop and name EVERY roly poly bug he saw on our walk to the bus stop each day. Names are FUN. #kidlitchat

I go with whimsical or fun names most often. Or on-the-nose descriptive in a funny way. #kidlitchat

Character naming is definitely one of the most fun parts of writing. #kidlitchat

TOPIC: Let's talk names. We're #kidlitchat, which seemed spot on. But how do you come up with your character names? Place names? Or even... <gasp>... project names (aka titles!)?

Happy Tuesday! There is LOTS going on today . . . including #kidlitchat! See you there at 9E/6P, or, like 9 minutes from now!

Ya know there’s a #kidlitchat at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific today, don’t ya? Good. Next up is clearing the time on your schedule to join us #kidlit folk for an hour of chatting. Or stop by for five minutes. It’s all good! Hope to see you there!

Happy Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🐎! #kidlitart #lny #LunarNewYear #cny #YearOfTheHorse

Happy Lunar New Year! Peace and happiness! 🧧 #lunarnewyear #lny #cny #kidlit

Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders. Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond. Now Herry is threatening me. 1/

My youngest recovered from the norovirus that is blitzing the school and was able to play in his basketball game this weekend. Glad he wasn’t sidelined for 48 hours like some of the other kids seemed to be, and REALLY glad I escaped getting sick after volunteering for the Valentine party. #parenting

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️💛❤️💛 #kidlitart

A librarian friend told me a story about someone she worked with self-publishing a book and then going ahead and ordering 500 copies of his own book for the library. 1/3 #booksky #skybrarians #kidlit

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Happy Valentines Day! #valentines

Happy Valentine’s. 💘

Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...

Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...

An error caused a large number of accounts to be incorrectly "marked for review" by our automated system. This tool is normally used to rapidly respond to mass harassment and spam campaigns. We have removed the incorrect labels and will publish an incident report in the coming days.

"In just the past few days, a number of high-profile AI staffers have decided to call it quits, with some explicitly warning that the companies they worked for are moving too fast and downplaying the technology’s shortcomings," writes Allison Morrow. | Analysis

Scammers are targeting publications with AI-generated pitches

We've updated our welcome screen in v1.116 with some fresh artwork by @odpomery.bsky.social Includes different versions for light and dark themes!

To celebrate the launch of my newest series from Scholastic Branches, I’m giving away a mini writing mentorship AND a class set of books! Have you entered yet?? Enter here: www.kaileipewbooks.com/post/super-v...

THE LIBRARIANS is now streaming on @pbs.org’s YouTube channel and app. Watch now and get engaged in the Freedom to Read movement in your community! Watch now: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...

Depictions of sports drama can be really different. huge gulf between the drama in a team sport and the inner monologue of an individual event. #kidlitchat

Getting my son to sleep feels like an Olympic event tonight. #kidlitchat

TOPIC: The Olympics are full of plots/drama: ticking clocks, one-on-one competition, team competition, changing weather, too much available pasta, and more. So, how do you think about and add plot drama to your work? As a reader, what dramatic events hook you in and carry you along? #kidlitchat

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.” hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

I hope you'll join us tonight for #kidlitchat here on Bluesky at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific. It's an hour of chatting with your #Kidlit community pals and, of course, and a path to Olympic gold! Or at least a fun hour.... See you then!

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Cocoa & Critiques Night February 7:30-9:30 pm Whether you are a writer or an illustrator, join us for an evening of critiquing. Bring your Cocoa and we will break out into different critique groups based on profession or genre. Register-> www.scbwi.org/events/febru...

Something New ️ 9pm Sprint Club begins February 12! No RSVP or registration required to stay up and work creatively at 9 pm with this accountability group! For more info. -> www.scbwi.org/events/9pm-s...

Join us every Thursday for the 5 am Sprint Club! No RSVP or registration required to wake up and work creatively at 5 am with this accountability group! For more info. -> www.scbwi.org/events/5am-s...

I made some of the art for this game! See the really sketchily-drawn figures on the cards? Those are all mine! 😅😬 (All the good character art is by @desireemoffatt.bsky.social , with lovely backgrounds by @fangedbunnydraws.bsky.social ) #gameArt #indieGame #indieGames #gameDev

For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down. On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.

v1.116 is rolling out now! For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.

@charlenedraws.bsky.social spied at my local library!

@dkryland.bsky.social spied at my local library!

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Watercolor heart art projects prepared for the 3rd grade Hearts & Hugs event this week! ❤️