Next,let's talk about Every Bird a Prince by @jennreese.bsky.social!Talk about books I wish I had growing up!Not only is it a fun fantasy adventure with talking birds,the main character's struggles of fitting in while being an aroace kid in middleschool.Highly recommend! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

I turned an idea I had for a YA novel into a poem, then I turned that poem into a one-act play that will be performed as part of Portland's Fertile Ground Festival on April 11, 2026. My favorite writing lesson of this year: If a story isn't working in one format, try it out in a different one.

Teachers & librarians! If you want to Zoom with an author for World Read Aloud Day, the list of volunteers is going out in my newsletter tomorrow morning - it's not too late to sign up!

Cosmic Horror Monthly is open Jan 1–7, 2026 for weird & cosmic fiction 🌕 🧠 Up to 5,000 words 💵 3¢/word (USD) 📮 Submit via Moksha only Details: horrortree.com/taking-submi... #amwriting #cosmichorror #weirdfiction

I'm going to get something up Monday but in the mean time, y'all, IMLS got a *massive* win today. The judge in the case between 21 states and the administration blocked further dismantling of the IMLS by Trump. It'll be appealed, but we've gotta take the Ws. www.wordsandmoney.com/in-a-major-v...

New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...

Yes, this is a real photo. This is how turkeys fight, biting each other's heads and pushing against each other. Nature is amazing. And kind of weird.

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN buff.ly/re8zXyz

PNW friends! It's going to be a great festival - time for a road trip! Hope to see you there. 📚❤️📚

Were you a Berenstain Bears reader? At the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at the Strong National Museum of Play, you can find original sketches from their creators—and much more! Read more in our Bookend department. https://bit.ly/47FviUF

I'm so excited for the Poulsbo Kids' Book Festival this Sat, Nov 15th 11AM - 3PM! I'll be there with over 30 AMAZING authors and illustrators at North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, WA. Visit lnkd.in/eGU5H5dK for more details. YAY! #childrensbooks #libertybaybooks #kidsbooks #mglit #kidlit

In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times: Sarah Weinman on the Awesome Responsibility of the Seekers and Keepers of Truth via @literaryhub.bsky.social "A good fight begins with books. A good fight begins with all of you." #bookbans #librarians #libraries #bannedbooks lithub.com/in-praise-of...

For the first time in the history of the Portland Book Festival, we are thrilled to share that the festival is sold out. ☂️NOTE: This means that walk-up tickets will NOT be available at the box office on festival day.  Thank you for helping us make history. ☂️ ❤️ 📚 See you all on Saturday!

Can't wait to moderate the conversation with authors Derrick Barnes & Jose Pimienta this Sat, Nov 8 at the Portland Book Festival. Gabbie (pictured with me) says unfortunately she won't see you there. She loves books but humans not so much 😹 @literary-arts.org #diversekidlit #mglit #pdxbookfest

The Check Please Moment: Why Censorship is a Threat to Safe Spaces #yalit #bannedbooks #booksky #librarybooks www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2025/...

Things are so mean-spirited right now, this made me tear up. In the gratuitously cruel age of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Mike Johnson, it's comforting to be reminded that there still are decent human beings that walk amongst us. Thank you, Heretic Coffee in Portland.

It's here!! Please join me in celebrating my delightfully creepy new book cover by the talented Kristina Kister! In this companion novel to The Ghost of Spruce Point, it's back to Maine for a season of spooktacular summer camp. On sale 6/2/26, available for pre-order NOW! #middlegradebooks #kidlit

Why the numbers 6-7 are driving math teachers up the wall You may have heard kids say "six, seven". We unpack what's behind the latest slang making waves in playgrounds and online. www.npr.org/2025/10/19/n...

If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

Friends in Mass! If your Rep is on this list, get in touch and tell them to move the bill forward!

PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today! This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic. In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook Available wherever books are sold. #booksky #Blackbooksky

For those of us attending No Kings protest events tomorrow. Know your rights and remain peaceful. REMEMBER, non-violent protest doesn't mean passivity. Done effectively, it exposes the aggression and brutality of the state enforcers. BEING PEACEFUL serves a PURPOSE 💙✊🕊️ #NoKings

PA chapter leader Katherine Locke talks with PEN American about banned books, email harassment, & more. Thread includes a link to PEN's toolkit for dealing with email harassment

here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it! electricliterature.com/book-bans-co...

In good news (which I know I need these days), my book Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (which has been challenged in four states, and had been pulled from shelves in one county in Florida) seems to have been restored to shelves! Not sure if it's been relocated to YA but I'll take the win 🎉

PEN America: "Rather than overtly censoring reporters, the DoD’s revised policy now includes vague and troubling provisions that allow government officials to label reporters as ‘security risks’ and revoke their credentials simply for seeking information." pen.org/press-releas...

Just an FYI for #bannedbooksweek. This fight isn't about books. It's about freedom. #TLSky #TLSkyChat #Booksky #Edusky #Librarians #Skybrarians

Book censorship in schools has reached a new apex, becoming a routine and expected part of school operations, particularly in states like Texas, which recorded 1,781 total bans in the 2024-25 school year. Read more at: pen.org/report/the-n... #bannedbooksweek @txfreedomread.bsky.social

What an honor! Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads. @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

It was moving and impactful to watch the documentary THE LIBRARIANS, which is about freedom to read and the fight against banned books, in a roomful of librarians and writers. #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 @debbieohi.com @jgcanada.bsky.social

TUESDAY! Join #UniteAgainstBookBans & Everyday Advocacy during #BannedBooksWeek for a free interactive workshop. We’ll share: ⚒️ Practical tools to help you craft advocacy plans 💬 Interactive reflection prompts + breakout groups ✊ Strategies to confront book bans Register today:

AABB is proud to join this coalition of groups fighting for the freedom to read. Nothing gives us more hope than the understanding that while the fight may be daunting, we are not in it alone. 1/3

Our report details how book censorship in schools is becoming a routine and expected part of school operations, particularly in states like Florida, Texas, and Tennessee. And it is now being anticipated on the horizon for educators and families in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota.

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Addressed a large group of Utah teachers and librarians yesterday and today, talking about challenges, both the life kind and the book kind. This seems fitting.

The Cybils awards are taking a hiatus this year. If you are looking for kidlit, middle grade and YA recs, please check out amazing winners from past years. Every time one of us celebrates a good book on any platform or offline, we are supporting literacy and empathy. Books help.

I want an 8 foot taco.

Do you have any plans October 5-7? Visit this site to find your closest indie bookstore and library hosting a Banned Books Week Read-In. blog.libro.fm/banned-books...

Historically some bookmobiles have traveled by watercraft, train, and carts pulled by horses, donkeys, elephants, and camels. action.everylibrary.org/bookmobiles_...

Classroom #1, $571 to get this Arkansas classroom a rad set of books that these high schoolers need and deserve. This is a historically underfunded school with 1/2 of students being low income. www.donorschoose.org/project/find...

Oct 11 is #LetFreedomReadDay! During #BannedBooksWeek, take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers & booksellers who make them available: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day/ #UniteAgainstBookBans

I grew up thirty minutes away. This is shameful. bookriot.com/josephine-co...

The September edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at www.sfwa.org/2025/09/10/s...

Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor | NPR

SFWA is getting shivers with HWA this year at Baltimore Book Festival! On Sept 13, 3pm, the SFWA Stage features @somtoihezue.bsky.social, @justinaireland.com, @stayseajackson.bsky.social, @isisasare.bsky.social, @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social for SALVATION: LIFE AFTER SINNERS. Join us in the fray!

Where do we live again?

So frustrating that there seems to be a million ways for creators to be taken advantage of. If your publisher didn't register your copyright or it falls outside of the dates when Anthropic officially began their shenanigans, you might be out of luck. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

KINGDOM OF DUST is a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book! 🎉 Thank you so much to the Mass Center for the Book for this amazing honor! Congratulations also to Robin Wasley and Desmond Hall for their awards. I'm thrilled to be in their company.

NEWS: A House of Representatives Subcommittee just voted to continue library funding in next year's federal budget. This is thanks to YOUR hard work as library advocates. The fight to #FundLibraries isn't over yet. Stay tuned for more ways to take action for libraries. #ForOurLibraries