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Book news alert! 🎉 Detective Baby is a new picture book written by me, illustrated by the awesome Abhi Alwar, and to be published by Sourcebooks Kids in spring 2028! Working with Jenne Abramowitz has been so much fun already! And a huge thank you as always to my wonderful agent, Molly Ker Hawn!

i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all

Thank you so much to @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for selecting The League of Littles as one of their Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025. (@sarafaber.bsky.social!) It's an honour to be included with such an amazing group of authors and illustrators. bookcentre.ca/collections/...

Laurie Keller and I have been working on a new picture book and today we get to share the cover! Get ready for... I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!

Happy #IReadCanadian Day! #IReadCanadianDay

It's cover reveal day! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for the next book in the League of Littles series: THE BAND OF BIGS! The Band of Bigs hits shelves on June 23rd, 2026 from Greenwillow Books. Available to preorder now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Vampire Jam Sandwich is a bestseller!!! Beyond excited to see it made the CBC's list of top ten bestselling Canadian children's books for the week of October 11th-18th. (Bit belated with this news, but still! YAY!!!) Tagging @nicigregory.bsky.social so we can cheer!!! 🍓❤️🍓

50/50 Raffle Alert! OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween! www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores... Licence # RAF1467210

Every tenant in Ontario will be at risk of losing their home if Premier Doug Ford’s government follows through on its latest housing plan, advocates are warning.

Happening today!

It's cover reveal day! Whale, That Was Unexpected, written by me, illustrated by the amazing Kathryn Durst, and published by Tundra Books! Coming to bookshelves near you on June 30th, 2026! Now available to pre-order anywhere books are sold - shop indie! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726562...

Vampire Jam Sandwich was featured on CTV Your Morning! Thank you to Vikki VanSickle for including it in her list of Halloween reads! You can watch the segment by going to CTV dot com and watching the October 20th edition of CTV Your Morning. The book chat starts around the 1:20:00 mark. 🎃

On Saturday, October 25th at 1:30 pm, I'll be at Lake House Books in Port Stanley with Judy Ann Sadler and Barbara Haworth-Attard. We'll be reading from our latest books, followed by a signing. Hope to see you there! Lake House Books is located at 302 Bridge Street in Port Stanley. Shop indie!

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps: (1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time. Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

Did you know that ALL youth events at #VWF2025 are available to watch live on our YouTube channel? Get your free tickets by choosing the livestream option on our website! writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military. If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

I had the pleasure of chatting with Seasons of Kidlit about how the story of Vampire Jam Sandwich came to be. Check it out and enter to win a signed copy! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...

Very excited to see Vampire Jam Sandwich on this list of Sweetly Spooky Stories for Halloween from Kirkus Reviews! Check out the full list for some awesome recommendations: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/s...

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Join us for the summer edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party this Monday at 7 pm! I'll be bringing the spooky fun with a reading of Vampire Jam Sandwich! Hope to see you there! (Write to [email protected] for the link!)

Save the date! I'll be at Telling Tales on Sunday, October 5th at 11:15 am in the Read Together tent followed by an autograph session at 11:30 am at the Different Drummer Books tent. If you see me there, say hi! I'll be carrying a bag full of jammy swag to give away. 😀🍓

Next Great Canadian Picture Book Party happening Monday Sept 29 at 7 pm on Zoom! Hear new #cankidlit read by the creators, with surprise 🇨🇦 musical guest! Look for the @canscaip.bsky.social invite or write to [email protected] for the link. #canlit @debbieohi.com @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

Loved seeing The League of Littles on this list from Book Riot of 'Best New Comic Books and Funny Reads for Kids' [@sarafaber.bsky.social, @harperkids.bsky.social] bookriot.com/best-new-com...

Fave book of the week: VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH by @caseylyall.bsky.social and @nicigregory.bsky.social Beyond original and adorable. #booksky #kidlit #halloween #donttrustterrence

I HATE when people compare AI to the printing press, it's so disingenuous. The printing press was opposed by the elites because it put power in the hands of everyday people, and popularized a vernacular. AI does the opposite, by allowing elites to bypass artists and laborers.

Delighted that WAKING THE DEAD AND OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES has been nominated for a CCBC Book Award! It's joined by some immense company for the Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy. Thank you to The Canadian Children's Book Centre and the award committee! I'm honoured to be included.

This is terrible. The fact that it's Bell Canada doing it isn't surprising, but no less disheartening. I also doubt anyone participating is asking questions - like, what are you agreeing to by letting Bell Canada scan your image to "create" this portrait? How can they use it? Where? For how long?

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

i don't even want to see screenshots of chatgpt or whatever being bad at things, stop voluntarily using it for anythingggg you are just a number in their proof-of-use argument

My kingdom for a KPop Demon Hunters DVD with: behind the scenes featurettes with interviews with the voice actors and singers and storyboarders and animators, plus commentary, a sing-along version, and dance tutorials, and animated bloopers. I want the full Lord of the Rings DVD treatment please.

"The Zaynab Project is a women-led, 100% volunteer-run nonprofit operating directly from within Gaza. We are part of the very communities we serve. No middlemen, no marketing costs, no admin fees — just local teams delivering urgent relief to those most in need."

I'm currently running a giveaway for The League of Littles over on Instagram - no one has entered yet so you should because your odds will be pretty good! 😊 www.instagram.com/p/DMkjbihOSiT/

If you are an independent Canadian bookstore or comic bookstore and you would like book swag to go with your copies of these books, please give me a shout. I have character card packs available for The League of Littles and swag packs for Vampire Jam Sandwich. Reply here or message me!

If it feels overwhelming to choose individuals to help in Gaza while not being able to help others, I am a regular donor to the Sameer Project and really vouch for the on the ground mutual aid work they have been doing.

The camp has raised almost $20K since yesterday, but they still have a ways to go. Donation link is in the reply to my original post.

Check out the summer releases from Picture Books, eh! Coming to a bookstore near you! #kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit @caseylyall.bsky.social @ian-duncan-pb.bsky.social @gingerngo.bsky.social @karenkrossing.com @lauraalary.bsky.social @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social

A new edition of A Spoonful of Frogs is out today from Greenwillow Books! Check the new paper-over-board version available at a deliciously lower price, just in time for spooky season: www.harpercollins.ca/978006289030...

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You know about vampires, right? But what of VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH[es]? Think delicious strawberry jam and you've got the making of a tasty #picturebook from @caseylyall.bsky.social (illus by @nicigregory.bsky.social) From Tundra Books canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/vamp...

"A hilarious spooky picture book featuring a sneaky vampire, for fans of Creepy Carrots and How to Make Friends With a Ghost." Enter to win a copy of @caseylyall.bsky.social & @nicigregory.bsky.social's "Vampire Jam Sandwich" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky

A lovely review from @slj.com for Vampire Jam Sandwich! Thank you! "VERDICT: A perfectly silly book to add to all Halloween or spooky book collections." - School Library Journal Click here to read the full review: www.slj.com/review/vampi...

It's Vampire Jam Sandwich Day! So thrilled this book is finally out in the world. Nici Gregory's illustrations will knock your socks off! Thank you to everyone at Tundra Books for loving this book as much as we do! 🥳❤️ Available now, anywhere books are sold: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/726561...

This is so true. 99% of book bans have the intended effect: you never hear about those books again. The 1% of banned books that become infamous bestsellers elsewhere are not the norm.

Exciting news: Vampire Jam Sandwich (out July 1st from Tundra Books) has been selected as one of Indigo's Most Anticipated Canadian Reads! Order a copy anytime from now until July 6th and receive 30% off. (Plum members can also receive 500 bonus points.) Order link: www.indigo.ca/.../vampire-...

so far the greatest contribution made by (purported) AI is quickly identifying (so many) people, who get paid to read and write, who have lost (or never had) respect for reading and writing

People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.

📣 Author/Illustrator interview on the blog today! Learn about these two creatives and their awesome team up to create THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES! fromthemixedupfiles.com/85004-2/ #middlegrade #graphicnovel #mgreads #authorinterview