There’s a goodreads giveaway happening for the paperback edition of my YA Chinese underworld inspired fantasy Darker By Four! You have just 1 more day to enter!!!🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️ #books www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Always singing the praises of June's work. 🩷💙💜

Stay tuned... #DVPit #writersky #booksky

There are many things not to love about New York City but having everyone in the coffeeshop ignore me & act normal while I sob into my overpriced latte while reading Sunrise On the Reaping is absolutely a Love 😂😭

Fictional villains: my motivation involves a complex backstory around lost love and a deep yearning to be understood Real life villains: being cruel makes me feel like a big strong man

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

A TALL DARK TROUBLE by @vvmontalban.bsky.social is a unique Latinx YA contemporary fantasy about brujas, magic & complex family bonds! Montalban's genre blends + literary style make her a stand-out voice in young adult paranormal!🔮🌿✨ #bookreview #YALit 24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/a...

Hi everyone! Every week we host fun events with local authors/illustrators, and in case you’re not in the NYC area, we also have tons of signed books available on our website (+ international shipping)!! So however you’re able to support us, just know it makes a huge difference to our little shop 💙

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

My U.S. Rep, a Democrat, held a town hall and explicitly said that THE REASON she was speaking out louder now was because she got so many calls and emails. DEFINITELY YELL AT THEM. It’s the only language they speak. It’s literally how they gauge public opinion.

Not sure why I have to FO when I didn’t FA

This was a little easier in my mental simulations...

A Friday reminder that having your book banned doesn't sell books. Only THE MOST banned books see support, and I assure you all those creators would prefer their books were NOT banned instead. There's no silver lining. It's just the knowledge that ppl hate you! Ok have a good weekend

Look! A list with me on it! winteriscoming.net/celebrate-bl... (also some other Major Dudes)

Book bans impact public libraries & bookstores, but it’s school libraries where they are rampant ❤️‍🩹 Many kids are unable to make it to the public library. They can’t drive, often times the library isn’t in walking distance. It’s not that their grown-ups don’t want them to be library kids. 🧵 1/11

Time for a cover reveal! THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS, a middle grade anthology about Southeast Asian cryptids by an all SEAn author and illustrator team is ready for preorder! 🐉 cover design by Micah Fleming! #Booksky #art #illustration

Client @junescribbles.bsky.social has a story in this fascinating anthology! Available for preorder now!

SO LET THEM BURN is nominated for TWO categories at the It's Lit! Literary Awards. This is such an honor, thank you, thank you! Please consider voting for it in the Black Young/New Adult or Best Black LGBTQIA+ categories~ blackgirlswhowrite.com/bgww-2024-aw...

This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake web.archive.org/web/20231206...

NYC Union Square

COVER REVEAL!!!!! Say hello to the paperback cover of my YA Asian fantasy Darker By Four 😱 it’s 25% off (an extra 10% if you’re a premium member) if you preorder from @barnesandnoble.com ends Feb 7! @epicreads.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL!!!!! Say hello to the paperback cover of my YA Asian fantasy Darker By Four 😱 it’s 25% off (an extra 10% if you’re a premium member) if you preorder from @barnesandnoble.com ends Feb 7! @epicreads.bsky.social

There is still beauty in this world

I know we have a warped sense of what a banned book is because it's been a badge of honor for so long since those bans were stopped, but most banned books aren't famous and get quietly removed with no fanfare in such a way that no one knows they were banned or even that they exist.

If you’ve bought a book from a trans author lately, you’re helping. If you’ve bought a book from a queer author, a Black author, an Asian author, a disabled author, a Palestinian author — if you’ve even recommended one of those authors’ books on socials or to friends, you’re helping. Thank you.

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Would love to see the cishet white men of kidlit get vocal in the fight against book bans. Literally ALL the rest of us are being silenced. You're the only ones who truly have a chance of being listened to here. Staying silent is a political choice, too ✌🏽

uh idk why i suddenly have 3K more followers than last week, but i assume it's because of Black History Month and if so i have a book coming out, THIS ENDS IN EMBERS, sequel to SO LET THEM BURN, and tbh i'd rather you buy it or repost this so other people might buy it 😘 bookshop.org/contributors...

Daily reminder that the government didn't invent Black History Month and the government can't take it away. Same goes for Juneteenth & every other Black celebration.

may every trans child grow into a trans adult

I donated a 30-minute Ask Me Anything call to raise money for those impacted by the LA fires. There are so many amazing items! I hope you bid & support these wonderful organizations! The @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction runs today until Fri, Jan 26th, at 9pm PT! www.32auctions.com/organization...

The #kidlit for LA auction is live! There are so many brilliant creators, editors and agents offering a wide variety of items. Take a gander and bid if you can #kidlit stories do change the world, let’s tell the good ones www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...

hi yes hello #booksky. i'm gonna need you to read darker by four by @junescribbles.bsky.social. please. everyone is bisexual. there is a "flirt to roast ratio" and a mage who wears quirky pajamas. to me it's like the kdrama goblin meets the anime bleach and i just need you all to read it PLEASE.

Fellow Southern Californian friends, here's how we can prepare right now. As always, it's also on the IG: www.instagram.com/p/DEksWlVSLL...

anyway since i have a tiny following here, mayhaps it's a good place to let my brain rattle 😆

how many new social media platforms do i have to get on omg 😮‍💨

SO LET THEM BURN is now ✨ out in paperback ✨! This book changed my life. Now it has a new format, a new cover, sprayed edges, a sneak peek of THIS ENDS IN EMBERS, and a chapter in Reeve's POV. I'm just so thankful. B&N: barnesandnoble.com/w/so-let-the... Indie: bookshop.org/p/books/so-l...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that whenever a writer is on deadline, a bright shiny new wip idea will appear and latch on like a leech and cause said writer to be utterly distracted 😩

excited!!

okay i predictably agree with jenny. we live in a world where shortform dominates – tiktoks, skeets, only reading the headlines. this does not make for meaningful conversation, which is why we're seeing readers seek out either group chats/smaller networks or in-person book clubs more.

there's a new superman movie??? wow im so out of the loop now :")

It is a truth universally acknowledged that whenever a writer is on deadline, a bright shiny new wip idea will appear and latch on like a leech and cause said writer to be utterly distracted 😩

My pet peeve is when people round down a book by a POC or LGBTQ author instead of rounding up if it's a number plus .5 (3.5 for example). One because it's mathematically correct to round up not down, and two because these authors are often judged more harshly and have to endure things like book bans

collective book haul! 🥰🌷✨ ♡ THESE VENGEFUL WISHES @vvmontalban.bsky.social ♡ A CRUEL THIRST ♡ A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN @rosiesrambles.bsky.social ♡ DARKER BY FOUR @junescribbles.bsky.social ♡ FORTUNE'S KISS ♡ REGGIE & DELILAH'S YEAR OF FALLING ♡ BINGSU FOR TWO @tswitherspoon.bsky.social

So true 😭

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

should i download bsky on my phone🫣

Can confirm, Jade Fire Gold is big Zutara vibes. And the rest of the cast is fantastic as well. (Darker by Four is still on my TBR)

Darker By Four was already on my TBR but it just shot to the top