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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"I read both your books and loved them." I am delighted when anyone reads any of my books, but if you are trying to woo me, I've published six. (This was an adult low-key seeking something from me. I save my snark for adults.)

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Wandering around my lil house singing: I- HAVE- NO FOCUS TODAY! NO FOCUS, YOU SAY? NO FOCUS TODAY! I- HAVE- NO FOCUS TODAY! HOW I'M GONNA GET SHIT DONE?

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

As hard as we are fighting, book bans are having an impact on the books being written and published. To put this another way, a very small number of well-funded people who don't write books, don't teach books, don't work in libraries are trying to decide what books are available for everyone else

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Book Bans ‘Kill Creativity,’ Sow Self-Doubt in Authors

For the past few years, author Charlotte Sullivan Wild has been working on a picture book about an LGBTQ+ family who learns to cope with one member’s deployment to the military. The story is inspired…

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Google AI is trying to summarize the AI spamming me. I hate it here.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It surprises me how often I stun people with this writing advice, so I'll just remind you here: You don't have to start at the beginning. It probably won't be the beginning anyway. You can write the part you can see/hear/imagine best and go from there.

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Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

OUR 2026 SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN! Boyds Mills offers scholarships each year thanks to the generous support of our community! Apply now! 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 January 22 – February 9 Click the link in our bio for all the details!

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Do you know trans youth aged 19 and younger who might want a piece in the second issue of Chrysalis? Submissions are open! www.chrysalismagazine.org/submissions

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Submissions | Chrysalis Magazine

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Can I name the three friends in my WIP Kay, Elle, and Emma? Asking for a friend. (I'm my own best friend.)

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I've finally reached the place as an author where I have the project of my heart and the project that will get me a contract and I have to make myself work on one and not the other. Take that, imposter syndrome!

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My new upcoming events page: Alex currently has no public events scheduled. If you would like to fight against book bans, consider checking out any of the partner organizations listed here (link to @authorsabb.bsky.social.) And see what's going on in your local libraries and school districts!

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The Book Faire | A Children's Literature Podcast @bookfairepod.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This week on the Book Faire Podcast, we have an interview with @alexgino.bsky.social author of Chris Makes a Friend! #podcast #kidlit #middlegrade open.spotify.com/episode/2CPs...

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Exploring Friendship and Diversity in Children's Literature with Alex Gino

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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🎉 Congratulations to CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND on being an Amazon Editors' Pick for the month of November! 🎉 Cheering for and celebrating with you, @alexgino.bsky.social! @literaticat.bsky.social

Congratulations to CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND on being an Amazon Editors' Pick for the month of November! 🎉 We are so proud of you, @alexgino.bsk

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I really truly didn't think there was anything in the Epstein files that was new or surprising but like they're straight up refusing to seat a Republican House rep because she'll vote to release it and the House basically hasn't existed since like September Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

A reminder thay if your senators and congressperson are not contacts on your phone ... they could be. And to be honest (maybe this isn't great), calling my reps is easier for me now than it's almost always a voicemail not a person answering the phone.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The latest AI/scam bruhaha is from surprisingly officially named local book clubs (today's is "The San Diego Women's Book Club") offering for their group to read one of my books. PSA: Book clubs do not need permission to read a book. Just sayin'.

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not your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 04/11/2025

MRS. Z'S CLASS is growing!! Happy book birthday to @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social & @marthabee.bsky.social whose new books THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT and THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE are out today from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social, both illustrated by the inimitable @katfcomix.bsky.social!

Book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT by Mike Jung has a yellow background with orange and white title graphics and shows an Asian American third grade boy in a green sweatshirt holding a surly wiggly brown and black cat as two other boys look on.

Book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE by Martha Brockenbrought has an orange background with wine-red and white title graphics and shows a third grade girl with wild reddish brown hair and a green tee shirt holding a cardboard box with a baby possum inside as two of her classmates look on.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It's my *SIXTH* book birthday!!! CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND releases today in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook (read by me!) I'm really proud of this one for a lot of reasons. It's about annoying little siblings and about having a mom with chronic pain. Chris is independent but also maybe lonely.

Cover of CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. Two kids sit in the woods reading back to back. Ones face is hidden by their book.

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Congratulations to @alexgino.bsky.social, the author of the groundbreaking middle grade novel, MELISSA on the release of their latest middle grade title, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A reminder that if you see someone stealing food NO YOU DIDNT

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Youtube has a music service!They're still a big company, yeah, but I'm already paying to avoid ads in videos. And wherever you transfer to, there are lots of tools online to help you move your library.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My personal Tripledent Gum (Inside Out) is George Costanza's outgoing voicemail song. I wasn't even that into that show, but I'll belt that one out randomly. Believe it or not, I'm not hooooome. 🎶

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 20/10/2025

The kids are not alright. Longitudinal research shows that rates of mental health distress among LGBTQ+ youth have increased since 2023, that they're less able to access mental health care, and that nearly 1/4 have been threatened with conversion therapy. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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LGBTQ+ youth's mental health struggles are getting worse, according to a new survey

A new survey from the Trevor Project found that between 2023 and 2025, LGBTQ+ youth reported an increase in anxiety, depression and suicide ideation.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

hey! My new MG, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND releases in 2 weeks! This may be the book I'm proudest of yet. I did a *thing* and I'm excited to share it with you! You know the deal - first week sales matter and the best way to remember is to not have to. Pre-order at: highfivebooks.org/products/chr...

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Chris Makes a Friend

From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.THIS IS NOT THE SUMMER CHRIS HAD PLANNED...Chris does not want to be spending the...

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

EVERY BOOK BANNED FROM THE READING BOWL HAS BEEN RESTORED!!!!! The kids will be able to read and compete over all 20 books. Raising the issue made a difference. Teen advocates made a difference. docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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Open Letter from the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl State Steering Committee

Open Letter from the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl State Steering Committee October 15, 2025 To Our Reading Bowl Coaches, Students, Librarians, and the Georgia Reading Community: Over the past sev...

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Hey! @slj.com's Day of Dialog is tomorrow, and it's free! I'll be live at 10 AM ET, talking middle grade with @veedabybee.bsky.social, McCall Hoyle, Primo Gallanosa, & Colleen Nelson, mod: Hilda Gonzalez. Excited to chat about my upcoming 6th book, CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND. www.slj.com/event/school...

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School Library Journal Day of Dialog Fall 2025

Join us October 9th for SLJ Day of Dialog—fully virtual and free to attend! Our daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will leave you informed, inspired, and enter...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2025

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Today’s the first day of Banned Books Week! Take a look at the thread and see if there’s something you can do to protect our freedom to read!

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

My level of tech-change-burnout: I freaked out bcs the company I pay for web hosting changed & when I logged in to update my site, everything looked different. I asked my programmer friend to sit with me to figure it out. The problem? I logged into the web host, not wordpress, where I edit the site.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

OK, here we go! My book CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND releases in 2 months! It's a personal story about loneliness and connection, and I'm really proud of it. 2025 is hell, which just makes art that much more important. Preorder: highfivebooks.org/products/chr...

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Chris Makes a Friend

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Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Stonewall Book Award-winning author @alexgino.bsky.social speaks about why they support Massachusetts' Freedom to Read legislation: because books gave them "language to describe who I was, and knowledge that there were other people like me." #MassFreedomToRead

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Just went kayaking. Look who was in steerage the whole time.

Frog sitting in water in a close up of a kayak.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I just signed up for an ICE verifier training. It's a great match for me as a white US citizen with a flexible schedule who hates ICE. Verifiers follow up on sightings. Either it's not ICE and people can go about their day or it is ICE and they know they're being watched. Is it a match for you too?

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Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I've painted the first coat of chalkboard paint onto my wall and wildly vacillating between "I am a genius" and "oh boy this is going to be hell to paint over."

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Hey folks! I have a new book Nov 4 and tbqh, I'm rather proud of it. CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND is a story of a bookish kid stuck with an annoying little sister for a summer in rural Mass. Pre-order: highfivebooks.org/products/chr... And listen to me talk about it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw7L...

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Chris Makes a Friend

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Whatever doesn't kill you makes your life worse.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Shut up and shut down are synonyms.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Writing is not a science. It's barely an art. It's mostly ineffable hocus pocus and grammar.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Hey! Are you a librarian? Thank you!!!!!!!!! Otherwise, go thank a librarian!!!

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Micropoem: It still hurts? You're still doing it.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

And if you *are* an author, join AABB classic: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

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Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Just gutted myself by writing a poem. How's your day going?

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