🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 30: We're Not Meant to Labor Like This The one where we talk about writing the best book we possibly can under constraints, accessibility to readers & ask ourselves what we can do to foster the next generation of book lovers. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 30: We're Not Meant to Labor Like This The one where we talk about writing the best book we possibly can under constraints, accessibility to readers & ask ourselves what we can do to foster the next generation of book lovers. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the book, THE CHISMOSAS ONLY BOOK CLUB by @laekanzeakemp.bsky.social (GP PutnamBooks BFYR). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... more ways to win)

✨💜 The Chismosas Only Book Club comes out on May 26th! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768696... It sits in that sweet spot between middle grade & YA with 4 freshmen protagonists embarking on the milestone of starting high school while trying to keep their friendship intact

I'm attending Gina Hinojosa for Texas Governor's event, “Join the Movement! New Volunteer Orientation” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mothersagain...

It's ✨Teacher Appreciation Week✨ and I have a graphic novel fundraiser on @donorschoose in case you're looking for a way to support educators & our students! www.donorschoose.org/sl/5fB47osaYJ 🚨Donations are currently doubled!

🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing) The one where we fantasize about financial security & a regulated nervous system & unpack TLA 2026! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0rIK...

🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 29: Are We There Yet? (Or What Does it Mean to Truly Make it in Publishing) The one where we fantasize about financial security & a regulated nervous system & unpack TLA 2026! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0rIK...

🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass) The one where we chat about the realities of going out of print, community as a path towards hope & writing for your Id Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6pTw...

🎙💜✨ New episode alert! ~ Ep. 28: On Becoming Less Ambitious (and Remembering to Touch Grass) The one where we chat about the realities of going out of print, community as a path towards hope & writing for your Id Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6pTw...

🌸 Pop! Goes The Reader's 32 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: April-June 2026 🌸 popgoesthereader.com/32-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit

🎙💜✨ Ep. 27 just dropped: The Dreaded Demotion & the Power of Not Yet in which we learn new & disappointing things about the publishing industry, discuss how our writing routines have changed over time & adopt the mindset of "not yet." Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

🎙💜✨ Ep. 27 just dropped: The Dreaded Demotion & the Power of Not Yet in which we learn new & disappointing things about the publishing industry, discuss how our writing routines have changed over time & adopt the mindset of "not yet." Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

🎙💜✨ We're back for season 3 of The Paper Trail! Ep. 26: Creative Resets (& Say Hello to Your Season 3 Round Table!) The one where we reflect on a difficult 2025, discuss our hopes & goals for the year ahead & commit to fighting for our creative joy. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

🎙💜✨ We're back for season 3 of The Paper Trail! Ep. 26: Creative Resets (& Say Hello to Your Season 3 Round Table!) The one where we reflect on a difficult 2025, discuss our hopes & goals for the year ahead & commit to fighting for our creative joy. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Folks in MA, the number for the LUCE ICE Watch hotline is ☎️ 617-370-5023 5am-9pm, multiple languages. More info: www.lucemass.org

With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

Season finale just dropped! The one where we discuss publishers forfeiting their role as creators of culture, brainstorm ways to successfully promote a book these days & celebrate @authorhien.bsky.social debut novel Twin Tides! open.spotify.com/episode/2ob2... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Season finale just dropped! The one where we discuss publishers forfeiting their role as creators of culture, brainstorm ways to successfully promote a book these days & celebrate @authorhien.bsky.social debut novel Twin Tides! open.spotify.com/episode/2ob2... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

I have a book due Mon & here is how I get myself to write for long stretches on deadline 1. Turn on HGTV 2. Watch the first 10 min of the ep. so I can see the fugly house they're going to renovate 3. Press mute & do a 20-min sprint 4. Watch the last 10 min of the ep. to see the results 5. Repeat

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📚✨Please share✨📚 For the next 10 hours donations to my classroom library will be DOUBLED meaning I actually only need $141 in donations to be able to fully fund this project! Not only that but today is actually the LAST DAY this project can be funded period. www.donorschoose.org/project/span...

📚✨Please share✨📚 For the next 10 hours donations to my classroom library will be DOUBLED meaning I actually only need $141 in donations to be able to fully fund this project! Not only that but today is actually the LAST DAY this project can be funded period. www.donorschoose.org/project/span...

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Texting with another YA author friend this morning about the rough state of the market, and our consensus was, publishing keeps looking for the next Hunger Games, but they wouldn’t acquire the original if it were in their inboxes today

hey @theonion.com what's up with this unwarranted attack on me, personally 😭

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ The one where we celebrate the release of The Silenced, discuss book banning efforts in Texas, and question whether the U.S. publishing industry can survive this dystopian hellscape. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ggW...

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020. $0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ The one where we celebrate the release of The Silenced, discuss book banning efforts in Texas, and question whether the U.S. publishing industry can survive this dystopian hellscape. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ggW...

Here's some amazing news... READING RAINBOW is back and @mychal3ts.bsky.social is the new host! Congrats, Mychal! bookriot.com/new-host-of-...

If this week had you mad and taking action against censorship, might I recommend finding a way to join the fight against book bans? Readers: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/ Authors: @authorsabb.bsky.social

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ The one where ​we discuss the grief that comes with seeing behind the proverbial publishing curtain, using your day job as a way to stay hungry & how to be a publishing anti w/author Sami Ellis. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4nk8...

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ The one where ​we discuss the grief that comes with seeing behind the proverbial publishing curtain, using your day job as a way to stay hungry & how to be a publishing anti w/author Sami Ellis. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4nk8...

Oh look. When you fight instead of capitulating, you can have your funding restored.

Democrats are averaging a +20 overperformance in 2025 elections. That is why the GOP is trying to restrict mail in voting, deny access, and gerrymander for favorable demographics.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ What Ever Happened to So-and-So? Or Publishing is a Game of Survivor (a Kid Lit Happy Hour Crossover Episode) with @joannahowrites.bsky.social & @carolinepritchh.bsky.social Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5CbM... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ What Ever Happened to So-and-So? Or Publishing is a Game of Survivor (a Kid Lit Happy Hour Crossover Episode) with @joannahowrites.bsky.social & @carolinepritchh.bsky.social Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5CbM... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Do you want to know who DOESN’T receive Medicaid in the US? Anyone who is here without documentation Do you wanna know who DOES receive Medicaid and is subsequently on that list? US citizens — who ICE is 100% preparing to target next

Massachusetts! Freedom to Read legislation is in the legislature & there is a hearing next week! Info you need to submit written testimony here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari... You can also sign up to get updates from Mass Freedom to Read here: instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Friends! Right to Read legislation is live in Mass right now and you can help make it law! See the post below for info on how to submit testimony for the hearing next week.

@laekanzeakemp.bsky.social Congrats! Your book An Appetite for Miracles has been selected as a 2025-26 Oregon Battle of the Books high school title. OBOB has over 30K participants annually, with 750 schools fielding 8,000 teams of students. We're excited to share your book with Oregon readers!

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Interested media should RSVP to media @ ufw . org. Ahead of his press availability, George Retes issues the following statement:

Just me reacting: Woot! Congrats on getting the paperback AND doing those edits 👏👏 Also, not a blog post but #blogpostshare lol

✨💜✨NEW EPISODE✨💜✨ Publishing is Not a Meritocracy w/Alex Villasante Alex talks publishing her sophomore novel 6 years after her 1st, we discuss the Luke Bateman controversy & I celebrate my 5-year anniversary of being a full-time author by going back to teaching open.spotify.com/episode/7xfE...