It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕ PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks

🧙‍♀️📚 The Little Gothic Bakeshop Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite. A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween. By @helenagarciafp Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off Publisher @quartobooksus

Congrats @owlkids.bsky.social authors @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @annahumphrey.bsky.social (and someone tag the 3rd author!) On your launch at Mables Fables! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Check out these new books!

Three cheers to @karenkrossing.com and @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for My Street Remembers #picturebooks #kidlit

The Writer's Union Microgrants submissions are open: writersunion.ca #CanKidLit

Inside the pages of ASHA AND BAZ MEET MARY ANNING Young readers can learn along with Asha and Baz as they travel back in time and meet Mary Anning - fossil finder! Created by @parentclub.bsky.social and Dharmali Patel www.commondeerpress.com/books-1/asha... #kidlit #CanKidLit

I'll be volunteering again at #PYI2025 - here are my tips for the conference: * wear comfy shoes * bring a refillable bottle * BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch * Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention #kidlit #CanKidLit

PUBLICATION DAY! We are thrilled to share ASHA AND BAZ MEET MARY ANNING by Caroline Fernandez and Dharmali Patel with chapter book readers. This is book 6 in this women in history and women in STEM series. www.commondeerpress.com/books-1/asha... #chapterbooks @parentclub.bsky.social #AshaAndBaz

In case you need a homemade ice cream recipe this week to keep the kids busy: parentclub.ca/2025/08/home...

Do you think auhor visits are important to readers? Share your opinion in the comments... #kidlit #CanKidLit

Honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES (pub @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) is a finalist in the Diamond Willow @willowawards.bsky.social. They have a great finalist list for readers in grades 4-6 for this category. Best wishes to all the nominees! #CanKidLit #KidLit

PSA for your author or illustrator website/blog (not sponsored I use this and recommend)...Nifty icons creates HTML for your social media icons (it's free and easy to use). www.niftybuttons.com #kidlit

Yay Andrea!

Thanks Helen for always sharing great Cdn info! #CanKidLit #KidLit

I had to turn off my blog comments because I had over 80 spam comments. It's amazing that they can automate spam comments to little blogs but they can't figure out how to put a resealable ziplock on cereal bags.🤦‍♀️

TONIGHT...Free but you must register...WOTS virtual workshop on Self-care tactics for Writers www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-wo...

Authors and illustrators - what is your preferred enewsletter platform? I'm using mailchimp right now but I'm thinking about making a change...I'd like inexpensive and easy to use.

Save the date...I'll be at Word on the Street Toronto! Sun Sept 28th at 11am at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth. New location this year: David Pecaut Square (near St. Andrew Station). Signing: PLAGUE THIEVES (historical middle grade book)

Good luck to all. What an honour to be shortlisted! Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

So I bought a package of cookies, at a store, for the kids. I noticed (while I was still as the cash register) that the package looked open. I tugged on the tab and the whole first row of cookies were gone. Whoever stole the cookies...I hope they needed them. Bc what a jerk thing to do.

New: Author Caroline Fernandez (Asha and Baz series - @parentclub.bsky.social) shares tips on How To Research A Historical Fiction Novel. Read now: www.commondeerpress.com/single-post/... #historicalfiction #publishing #kidlit

Reading recommendations! @parentclub.bsky.social @lesliegentile.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social l @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social @karenkrossing.com @mbleatherdale.bsky.social @oksanna.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social #kidlit

Kidlit creation tip: write down the month/year you start a new project and then the month/year you finish it. Because kids will ask you how long it took you to create it. And you won't remember. #kidlit #CanKidLit

Thrilled for this Between the Covers review of PLAGUE THIEVES. "This isn't a sanitized version of history - it's raw, real, and exactly the kind of story kids deserve." -- Joeseph Tito review www.jeopublishing.com/pricing-plan... #PlagueThieves #kidlit #CanKidLit @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

I'm honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES has made it into the final round of voting in the Canadian division for the 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards. SCBWI members - you can vote now for any of the shortlisted titles. Congratulations nominees. #CanKidLit #KidLit #SCBWI @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

📚👍Voting is now open for the 2nd round of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards! Congratulations to all of the nominees. I'm honoured to have PLAGUE THIEVES shortlisted in the Canadian division.❤️ #CanKidLit #KidLit

Great reading recommendations! Honoured to be listed.

🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎉 Win a copy of Asha and Baz Meet Gladys West from @parentclub! How to Enter: ✅ Like this post ✅ Comment below ✅ Follow @parentclub on Instagram or Bluesky ✅ Tag 3 friends in your comment Open to residents of Canada & the U.S. (excluding Quebec), age 18+. Not endorsed by Bluesky

So when your kids have their friends over do you... - feed them - hope their parents send food - tell them to go home and eat (I ask because we are the hang-out house -- which is great -- but they are always hungry -- and I get a tad resentful of having to have snacks at-the-ready all summer)

Honoured to have been interviewed. twelveminuteconvos.com/caroline-fer... #12mincovos @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @commondeerpress.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Hey @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social members - don't forget to vote for the Crystal Kite awards - Canadian division. www.scbwi.org psst...pass it on ;-) #CanKidLit

An editor once advised me to run my manuscript through Hemmingway Editor App to flag complex sentences and reading levels. Is this considered using AI? #kidlit #kidlitchat

If you want to be inspired in all things #kidlit I recommend following: @fuse8.bsky.social @imaginationsoup.bsky.social @debbieohi.com - their bluesky posts include topics on publishing, new books, book marketing ideas and more. #kidlit #CanKidLit

Still booking authors in June, summer, and into the Fall school year! authorsbooking.com #CanKidLit #KidLit

SAVE THE DATE - Saturday October 25 Join us for the 41st Annual PYI Conference Get ready for a powerful day of insight, inspiration, and connection at this year's annual conference! REGISTRATION OPENS IN JULY #CanKidLit

Ontario teachers & librarians -- the Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools Program applications are open! My presentations: 🔖Plague Thieves 🔖 Asha and Baz series 🔖 Hide and Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North America 🔖 The Adventrues of Grandmasaurus Contact me. Deadline is July 7th. #kidlit #CanKidLit

SCBWI members - Crystal Kite Awards - Canada Division voting open now First round voting open until: June 17, 2025 www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #CanKidLit #CrystalKiteAwards @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social

Save the date for @karenkrossing.com

A 'lil "All About Me" acitivity page for kids... Handy for: 🎨boredom buster activity when you are travelling 🎒handout to give to kids at author visits ☀️summer camp activity 🗺️Scavenger hunt with people 💬 Interview activity for classrooms #kidlit #CanKidLit

Check out the @49thshelf.bsky.social #bookgiveaway: * Asha and Baz Meet Gladys West - @parentclub.bsky.social and Dharmali Patel * Hiss - @kirsten-marion.bsky.social * Emily and Sam The Spelling Bee Showdown - David Cole and @drawntoyourstory.bsky.social Enter Here: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways/(o...

🎉IODE Violet Downy Book Award Short List ⭐A Galaxy of Whales H Fawcett Tundra ⭐Iggy Included @deborahkerbel.com Scholastic ⭐Plague Thieves @parentclub.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social ⭐The Outsmarters D Ellis @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social ⭐Tig HT Smith Rocky Pond #KidLit #CanKidLit

Emerging and experienced authors! I highly recommend following @imaginationsoup.bsky.social and signing up to her newsletter. I'm reading the latest newsletter on book marketing for authors and it is full of good info! imaginationsoup.net #kidlit #CanKidLit

Have I shared this? Forgive me if I have (life has been busy)...I'm honoured to be a nominee for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2025 for my historical #middlegrade novel PLAGUE THIEVES. Pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Annual General Meeting + Monthly Membership Meeting All CANSCAIP Members and Friends are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wed May 14 2025 @ 6:30 ET. #CANSCAIP #CanKidLit

*Swoon*

Today, my 14th #kidlit book goes out into the world. Asha And Baz Meet Gladys West is a chapter book series about #WomenInSTEM. Modern-day GPS is based on the mathematical work of Gladys West. Let's celebrate the number 14 with a cup of tea (or beverage of your choice). Cheers! ☕ #CanKidLit

Here are my homemade ice cream tips: 🍨 use a recipe (easy ones come in the @hamiltonbeach.bsky.social manual) 🍨 follow the directions The next "homemade" request is to make raspberry sherbert (for the no-lactose people). #homemadeicecream #hamiltonbeachcanada #gifted

Photo from today's Authors' Booking Service membership chat... #kidlit #CanKidLit

Last night at dinner my son asked: "What is the first worst thing for orphans?" It makes no sense but at the same time I can't get it out of my head.