This play is coming to the Fringe Arts festival this weekend! Based on my children's book with the same title, this is a vivid, dramatic, and funny retelling of the story by Enchantment Theatre Company. Great family fun! #philly #kidlit #booksky

It’s the weekend… critique! WEEKEND CRITIQUE is a critiquing service I’m offering to picture book writers during the summer only with, yes, a weekend turnaround. Find out more: jamilahthewriter.com/WeekendCritique Slots are limited. #kidlit #kidlitchat #picturebooks #PBchat

Congratulations to my good friend @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social on her upcoming MG debut! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A win for my book! So much gratitude!

Authors, we do not have to bow to Meta AI stealing our work. Let’s write and put Mark Zuckerberg on notice: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth... #authors #writers #poets #kidlit

I figured I wasn't big enough to be plagiarized by evil robots, but there are five of my titles here: Two novels, a short story, an interactive story, and a poem. #Writers, you might want to check it yourself. #AI www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

+1. I didn’t know any better when I used to say this when I was a teen and early twentysomething. But there is nothing that we can do to make racists believe we are smart, qualified, and deserving. Thrive anyway.

Ramadan Mubarak!

We have career politicians, pundits, and Musk — all millionaires and billionaires — joking about doge-ing federal workers. Talking glibly about people losing their livelihoods and benefits with descriptions like “getting spanked.” Such coldness. They’re not like us. Not at all.

The final edition of #TheReidOut with Joy Reid starts right now on MSNBC. Tune in now, #reiders.

Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."

This year, #ramadan2025 begins around Feb 28. 'Salat in Secret' - a tale of faith and the power of words. @authorjamilah.bsky.social wordtorque.com/salat-in-sec... #engagewthepage Discover this book and so many more at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/

Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

Teenage angst with a lot of heart! If Huda F Wants to Know? had a vibe this would be it! Available for preorder! Link in my bio!

Feeling inspired by this today. You can worry or you can pray. #jalenhurts #saquon #eagles youtu.be/w-0JuOKML_w?...

This thread has me cackling 💀

E-A-G-L-E-S!!!! 🦅

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

📚 For Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, we are highlighting children’s book authors and illustrators from Pennsylvania! 📙 Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (@authorjamilah.bsky.social ) 📙 Greg Pizzoli (@gregpizzoli.bsky.social) 📙 Rebecca E. Hirsch #Booksky #Libraries #KidsLit #PennsylvaniaReads

Ever had an editor or agent tell you your picture book is “too quiet”? This popular workshop is back to address the why’s and explore how some “quiet books” still manage to roar: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/tur... #kidlitchat #kidlitsky

✨Ending Friday✨ Thank you for helping raise almost $17,000! Just $5,000 till goal, still with dozens of items available. If you’re in need of a critique, advice, art commission, workshop, mentorship, we’ve got you! Visit: www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...

This poem kept me up after fajr and I’ve been writing it throughout the day even though I have to do my other work. Sharing here to tell myself it’s done and in case someone else enjoys it.

"The 19 Republican officials, co-led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird have demanded Costco notify the states within 30 days whether it will repeal its DEI policies or provide an explanation for maintaining them." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

We are definitely not our ancestors. I get it. I plan Target trips to celebrate publishing wins. My statements say I am in there too much even when there’s nothing to celebrate 😆. But since when is a basic boycott too hard for our people? They get no more of my money until they reverse course.

Watching the perverse spectacle of punitive ICE raids in cities and states that didn’t vote republican, I am reminded of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which compelled non-slave states to allow manhunters to roam the north capturing blacks, whether free or slave It was the prelude to the Civil War

The annual @aamericanchildrensbookfair takes place this Saturday, February 1st at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Kick off Black History Month with notable Black authors and illustrators. Giveaways, signings, and many great books! I look forward to seeing you there ☺️ #blackbooksky #kidlit

#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

Congratulations, Everyone!

It’s a great morning to be a Philadelphian. #flyeaglesfly 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

First play!!!

Understand, the mass rollback on DEI is a test. We are being tested to see just how much we’ll allow corporations and our government lean into discrimination. They won’t stop at DEI initiatives.

Finally got my clock app archived and deactivated. Ten years put in where I met some good people and got through Covid shutdowns. It's bittersweet, but I know it's the right thing to do.

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

✨PLEASE SHARE✨ It is live!!! There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸 Link: bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

Bidding ends tomorrow (Jan.26)! So amazing opportunities to connect with #KidLit agents, editors, art directors, others in the biz *and* you help support a great cause. Browse posts by @kidlitforla.bsky.social for just some of the highlight offerings! #KidLitForLosAngeles

This is so me 😆

Names - What better way to start the year than looking into the stories of our names. #engagewthepage wordtorque.com/your-name-is... @authorjamilah.bsky.social Search these and over 300 more book suggestions to enhance your word study at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/

How I understand Islamophobia: -Muslims are always somehow deserving of any level of brutality. -This brutality is justified because of a perceived transgression of a group of us or even just one Muslim -We are always guilty as a group and therefore deserving of any level of brutality as a group

Since my article detailing Trump’s “Muslim Ban 2.0” I have received an onslaught of painful messages claiming “American Muslims are getting what we deserved” because they "helped Trump win." Why this claim is racist, false, & only enables Trump. Let's do better. www.qasimrashid.com/p/stop-blami...

"Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives." ~ George Lucas

These back-to-back headlines in my feed… What’s going on Harvard?

It’s magic. A packed hall of Black kids (and other ppl who love Black stories) clamoring to get books and meet the Black storytellers who created them! Kick off #BHM with me and dozens of greats! www.paconvention.com/events/detai... #blacksky #blackkids #childrensbooks #philly #kidlitchat #kidlit