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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!

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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

Libraries are more than just a building: they extend all the way into the community! Thanks to federal funding, Iredell Co. Free Library in NC has a new bookmobile to reach even more community members: www.iredellfreenews.com/news-feature... Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries

Believe it or not, you can be creative with your book launch. Here are some clever out-of-the-box ideas from some amazing kidlit authors. #kidlit open.substack.com/pub/melissat....

Happy Book Birthday @lilymeade.bsky.social!!! Get your copy of THE HEX GIRLS: A ROGUE THORN today! bit.ly/41g7uo7

It’s KINGDOM OF DUST’s first birthday! I’m proud of this little book and glad readers are still finding it. @harperkids.bsky.social #middlegrade www.lisastringfellow.com/kingdom-of-d...

I'll be chatting with the wonderful @marthawells.com at Powell's Cedar Hills on October 16th. Get yer tickets now! www.eventbrite.com/e/martha-wel...

Happy Book Birthday to MG Coast-to-Coast author @melissadassori.bsky.social! Her second book, GRETA EVER AFTER, is out today!! #kidlit #mglit

Happy Book Birthday @melissadassori.bsky.social and GRETA EVER AFTER!!! I absolutley adore this #mglit coming-of-age story meets modern day fairytale. YAY!

This major legal win is a sweeping victory for the right to read, affirming that students—and books—deserve full constitutional protection. #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks #BooksBelong

I almost never make it onto this platform, so this is a wee bit belated: BEHOLD, A NEW MG HORROR BOOK! 🔥

What a writer finds beautiful and moving, what they write about as aesthetically pleasing, what they struggle to and manage to get in front of a reader as a thing of beauty—all of that, independent of the “message” or “moral” or “theme”, is political

Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...

@melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER comes out in just a few weeks! Get to know this delightful, magical middle grade in @teachingbooks.bsky.social's Meet-the-Author recording: school.teachingbooks.net/book_reading...

Check out the NEW Everyday Advocacy Playbook: a guide for educators on changing the narrative surrounding the world of teaching & books. You'll find: An intro to Everyday Advocacy Reflection prompts A pathway to develop advocacy plans A section on opposing book bans And more! #UniteAgainstBookBans

Learn how we started and where we're going with #youngteenlit on our podcast episode with @slupodcast.bsky.social! Librarians who work with ages 12-15 need to tune in for ideas on how to find and advocate for more Young Teen Lit. #tlsky #edusky #skybrarian #skybrarians #mglit #yalit

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

It’s a gorgeous day in Boston to support the freedom to read! #MassFreedomToRead @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE! @joycekay.bsky.social with The Seymour Agency joins us to explore the challenges and opportunities in today’s publishing landscape. 📚 #kidlit #writers #writingcommunity #amquerying #querytip #writingpodcast #podcast #scbwi www.writerswithwrinkles.net/navigating-k...

Young readers: Learn about writing, illustrating & publishing at this free event 7/19 w authors, agents + editors! danielleturmaud9.wixsite.com/danielle-ren... @drenderturmaud.bsky.social‬ #kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade

A lovely blurb from the wonderful Kate Albus for GRETA EVER AFTER, coming 8.19. This is a great week to support your favorite bookstore and preorder a copy. #teachers and #librarians, reach out for visits next year. @lbschool.bsky.social

Out today! The normal-amount-of-time-awaited paperback of my latest MG, Mind over Monsters! Get it here (non-evil): bookshop.org/p/books/mind.... Or from your favorite bookstore that features quirky #MGLit #KidLit. Thanks for your support!

ATTN Albert Whitman Authors: The deadline to file a proof of claim in the AW&C bankruptcy is Monday, July 7th. If you are owed money and have not yet filed a proof of claim, please do. Late claims are NOT accepted. Claims can be filed via this link: www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/electronic-p...

If you're a traditionally-published middle grade author with a MG book being published between now and December 2025 that has LGBTQIA+ representation, please tell me about it! I'm making a 2025 masterlist and want to make sure I'm not leaving anything or anyone out! 💖 #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit

Have a movie fan looking for a book? Check out GRETA EVER AFTER (8.19.25). Preorders are so helpful to authors! Links in my bio if you are inclined to add to your collection, or ask your library to order a copy. #middlegrade #mglit #booksky

I still get people who say things to me like the turtleneck guy in my comic. Including recently, when I told someone I was going to switch to writing MG/YA for a while. Their attitude was "oh good, it's about time you write REAL books". Grrrrrr. #KidLit #PictureBooks

Why Black Boy Joy Belongs on Every Bookshelf buff.ly/BpKCd4H via @readyourworld.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #BlackJoy #KidLit

The great @pronounced-ing.bsky.social on why you should support the Florida Freedom to Read Project with a donation. Get your activism done for the day and donate here: www.fftrp.org/donate

Did you know Florida leads the nation in book bans (by a lot)? And that most of the bans come from just a handful of people? And that the books aren't "porn" as claimed, but just... books? Help Authors Against Book Bans (@aabbri.bsky.social) & @flfreedomread.bsky.social defend the freedom to read.

Grab your FREE COPY of this toolkit to help guide the next generation of teen advocates, intellectual freedom champions, and library supporters. Inspired by the guide? Don't forget to apply for funding to run your own teen advocacy program! bookriot.com/books-unbann...

Love the Page Break session "This is not your only book" with Jessica Brody from @writingmastery.bsky.social and the article below that inspired it! #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing www.clearerthinking.org/post/believi...

Thrilled to receive a wonderful review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social for GRETA EVER AFTER! #teachers and #librarians, hope you will check it out for your middle grade readers. #middlegrade #mglit

Deeply disappointed in the Supreme Court pen.org/press-releas...

Georgia Librarian fired for including WHEN AIDEN BECAME A BROTHER in a book display titled “Color Our World,” featuring diverse kids’ books. www.gpb.org/news/2025/06...

Valid Criticisms - How can you tell if a criticism of your work is valid or not? lauriewallmark.blogspot.com/2025/06/vali... #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing

Getting published is a dream for many. Here’s an insightful look at lessons learned by debut author Patchree Jones. #kidlit, #middlegrade, #MGlit, #WritingCommunity fromthemixedupfiles.com/a-year-in-re...

The @lgbtqreads.bsky.social page is an invaluable resource for this or any month. They have detailed reading lists of queer books for readers of all ages. Of course, I'm partial to their #mglit section. Highly recommend browsing around to find a few summer reads.