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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chicago folks I’d love to see you! Join me and debut author Razan Abdin at Women and Children First Bookstore

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Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Chicago folks I’d love to see you! Join me and debut author Razan Abdin at Women and Children First Bookstore

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Toledo area folks come join us this weekend at the ICGT international festival!

A graphic of aya and Bayan that explains about their table for the international festival at the Islamic center of greater Toledo. Saturday September 26 11-6 and Sunday September 27 from 12-6

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Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy publication day to A PARTY OF COLORS by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social and Bayan Lahham! #TeamTriada #BookSky www.charlesbridge.com/products/a-p...

The cover for A Party of Colors by Aya Khalil and Bayan Lahham, illustrated by Olivia Aserr, which features an illustration of a muddy yellow jeep with an older masculine figure in the front and a younger figure in the back on a blue background with bubbles in various colors surrounding them.

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Did a little photoshoot with my 11 babies. Thank you to everyone who has preordered, ordered, requested from libraries and attended my events the past few years. Eternally grateful for your continuous support!

Author aya khalil in a white hijab holds her 11 books and stares at them sideways and smiles

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 21/08/2026

Extremely grateful for the $39.61 that came in yesterday from a Bluesky mutual whose work I adore, but I remain desperately in need of $1736.28 ASAP to remain housed, given how paid work has slowed down since last year, so please donate & share, as able!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 paypal.me/kjagoo ko-fi.com/equitablefor...

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’d love to do a few more NW Ohio/ SE Michigan in person visits!

Graphic of Author aya khalil, smiling in a hijab, and her books saying she’s open to author visits for the school year. For details check out her website www.aya khalil.com

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 12/08/2026

Extremely grateful for all the contributions & support, which helped with meds, food, bills, etc., but I remain desperately in need of $1775.89 ASAP to remain housed, given how paid work has slowed down since last year, so please donate & share, as able!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 paypal.me/kjagoo ko-fi.com/equitablefor...

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 05/08/2026

Extremely grateful for all the contributions, shares, & support to keep me housed, but I am most urgently in need of $300 for medication & groceries, as well as funds to keep my phone service active, so please donate & share, as able!🙏🏾 paypal.me/kjagoo ko-fi.com/equitablefor... Please share widely!🙏🏾

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Charlesbridge Publishing @charlesbridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Join Salem as he goes through his first car wash with Baba! He doesn't know what to expect, but it looks like a rainbow road of bubbles and water as the car slowly enters the tunnel. 🌈 What will he have seen when he comes out the other side? 📚A PARTY OF COLORS/UNA FIESTA DE COLORES. Preorder today!

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My eleventh book comes out next month! I co wrote it with debut author and friend Bayan Lahham! Would love to see you at our launch event if you’re in the Toledo area. Illustrated by Olivia Aserr @charlesbridge.bsky.social

A graphic of aya and bayan’s book launch event that lists the events.
Sept 12 1-2 at B&N Maumee
Sept 26 11-6 and Sept 27 12-6 at the Icgt international festival
Sept 29 6-7 at Toledo library king branch

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Charlesbridge Publishing @charlesbridge.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hop in, it's car wash day for Salem and Baba! Through the bubbly rinse and the huffing, puffing dryer, Salem watches in awe as red and blue bubbles blend into purple and yellow and blue foam melts into green. 🫧 Who knew a car wash could be this much fun? 🚗 Preorder today!

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 11/07/2026

DATE: Saturday, July 25, 2026 TIME: 7-9 pm EST Given how Alice Wong's activism helped me to feel pride in my disabled personhood, I am hosting a workshop to celebrate her legacy!🔥🔥🔥 Free sign-up here, if needed!🫂 forms.gle/PTamAHjBDvJu... Monetary contributions welcome, if able!🙏🏾 PayPal @kjagoo

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Taking Alice Wong's Advice for Disability Pride

For this Disability Pride month, please join us on Zoom to celebrate the legacy of the late Alice Wong, as we learn together in community!✨

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NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org · 17/06/2026

Are you a writer, author, or scholar based in NYC? New York City deserves the kind of writers and thinkers that only consistently well-funded public libraries can ensure. Help us call on the Mayor and City Council to fund our library systems with our open letter: forms.gle/SvQYwiyiHqXT...

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Open letter from NYC based writers, authors, and scholars to the Mayor re: public library budget

NYC Public Library Action Network is asking writers, authors, and scholars based in New York City’s five boroughs to sign on to an open letter to Mayor Mamdani asking him to fulfill the promise he mad...

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Delia Ruiz @aventuras.en.esl @aventurasenesl.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

⭐️ So you want to write a board book? Come join these award-winning authors for a live class + recording + giveaway! 🎉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @writeloudly.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social

board book craft class June 18 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm Et

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Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Caffeine for @newenglandscbwi.bsky.social conference! In meantime, check out my 2 upcoming #webinars! FREE 1 #YA #Thriller w @miasiegert.bsky.social & editor Mallory Kass. AND 2 #writing #boardbooks $29 w @aventurasenesl.bsky.social @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social & Andrea Campos LINK: serarivers.com

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Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

📚Are you interested in writing &/or illustrating children's books? Are you a children's book lover? Here are some podcasts about and for kidlit creators that I like to listen to! What are some of your favs? #kidlit #booksforkids #childrensbooks #amwriting #authorlife #podcast #writerscommunity

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Jen Khawam @jenkhawam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Hey @menapitch.bsky.social participants (& any other aspiring SWANA writers)! I’d love to start a Discord where all of us can chat, talk about our projects, peer review, etc. If you’re interested, interact w/this post! It would be awesome to have a hub where we can all support eachother☺️ #menapit

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Official 🦋 for #MENApit! @menapitch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Writers are you ready for the next pitch event? #MENApit is almost here! Here are the basics:

A pitch event for MENA/SWANA writers and their work. April 10th from 12 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST. For more info visit menapit.carrd.co

The rules: you identify as MENA (Middle-Eastern, North African)/SWANA (Southwest Asian, North African). You are allowed to post 3 pitches per social media platform, no more than once per hour. Guides, moodboards, character art and any other graphics (including audio/video) are welcome. Manuscripts at any stage are welcome. No AI or NFTs

Mandatory tags: use appropriate audience hashtags; use #MENApit hashtag; use appropriate genre hashtags; anyone can like and share/repost pitches. #MENApit for all pitches; #AG for agented writers; #Pub for published writers; #Qu for querying writers; #WIP for works in progress.

Identity hashtags: you are welcome to include other hashtags such as #OWN (ownvoices), #LGBT etc.

Audience hashtags: #A (adult); #CL (children’s literature); #MG (middle grade); #NA (new adult); #YA (young adult).

Full list of Genre Hashtags can be found on menapit.carrd.co

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I am one of the concerned Jewish writers! We were—and remain—concerned that the Jewish Book Council's apparent bias toward centering Israeli & Zionist voices is not only exclusionary but harmful. Thanks to @temim.bsky.social & @emmaceisenberg.bsky.social for organizing. lithub.com/an-open-lett...

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An Open Letter to the Jewish Book Council From a Concerned Group of Jewish Writers

Below is an open letter from a group of Jewish authors to the Jewish Book Council (JBC). A group of us—consisting of writers with books eligible for the 2025 National Jewish Book Awards and those w…

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

With Ramadan ending this week, it's the perfect time to pick up THE NIGHT BEFORE EID! And if you haven't already, be sure to find @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social and Rashin Kheiriyeh's latest picture book, RAMADAN FOR EVERYONE, on shelves now. #RamadanReads

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Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Loving these Ramadan picture books by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social, Rashin Kheiriyeh, @nadinepresley.bsky.social, & @asmaenayeh.bsky.social! More Book Joy to find through your favorite indie bookstore or library!😍📚💗🎉🌟 #KidLit #Ramadan #BookJoy

Screenshot of front cover of picture book, A Ramadan Night, written by Nadine Presley & illustrated by Asma Enayeh

Screenshot of front cover of picture book, Ramadan for Everyone, written by Aya Khalil & illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

THE ARABIC QUILT, AN IMMIGRANT STORY ✍🏻 Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social 🎨 Anait Semirdzhyan 2020, Tilubury House a move: Egypt to 🇺🇸 teasing a quilt 🧵 a poem 📝 a school project 🥰 #immigration #bullied #inclusion #classroom #art #PB

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

My fellow author friend @nadinepresley.bsky.social and I were on @npr.org yesterday talking about our new Ramadan picture books! Check it out here: www.npr.org/2026/02/18/n...

Photos of both authors, wearing light hijabs, holding their picture books about Ramadan. The graphic says npr all things considered in conversation with journalist Aisla Chang

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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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Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Happy publication day to RAMADAN FOR EVERYONE: A MUSLIM COMMUNITY STORY by @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social! #TeamTriada #BookSky www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...

The cover for Ramadan For Everyone: A Muslim Community Story by Aya Khalil, Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh which features a cartoon illustration of two brown-skinned figures. One is taller with a dark blue polka-dotted headscaft carrying a lantern. The other is shorter with a red and white striped headscarf with a black braid poking out the back. The shorter figure carries a bowl full of stars on their head and holds the hand of the taller figure. A black cat reaches for for one of the stars that's scattered around the cover. Yellow clouds are in the top corners and white, wavey lines are beneath the figures' feet. Both figures are smiling.

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Amplify Palestine @amplifypalestine.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Icymi, when writers organize, they win. As Writers Against the War on Gaza lifts its PEN America boycott, it looks back at the power of collective pressure, and looks ahead toward the work to come. lithub.com/the-boycott-... writersagainstthewarongaza.com/statements/p...

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The boycott of PEN America led by Writers Against the War on Gaza was a success.

On December 31st, 2025, Writers Against the War on Gaza ended their boycott of PEN America, declaring a win in the collective effort of pressure and condemnation that they helped to organize: …as P…

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My author copies are here!!! Out january 27th www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...

Author who is a white passing Arab is holding her copies of her picture book Ramadan For Everyone, with two girls in hijab holding Ramadan decorations and lanterns. Author is smiling but and closing her eyes

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Hi all I am raising funds for a good friend of mine who is going through a very difficult time. If you can donate any amount, I would be forever grateful. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

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Please help my friend who is going through a difficult situation and is asking for community support and help.

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

We got another fantastic trade review! Thank you Booklist. Releases January 27th, 2026 but you can preorder now or request from your library. Please consider preordering from your local independent book stores. For more information: www.ayakhalil.com/ramadan-for-...

The cover of picture book RAMADAN FOR EVERYONE which has two Muslim girls holding stars and lanterns. There’s a black cat too in the front. Written by aya khalil and illustrated by rashin kheiriyeh. It has the review from booklist which is positive and says that Ramadan is the context for one girl’s growth…

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hard to believe Ramadan for Everyone, my tenth book, comes out in just two months! And Ramadan is in less than 100 days! To celebrate its release, I’m offering 30 minutes of a free read aloud of Ramadan for Everyone + q&a to local classrooms/school libraries + virtual sessions if you’re not local!

Author aya wears a beige hijab and a blue thobe/dress holding her book Ramadan for everyone. Offers a free read aloud for local schools and virtual visits

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Me and my friend Erin put together a fun story time and yoga session at our public library the other day. It was actually my first time reading my Hello, Body! books out loud to little ones and they seemed to enjoy it. @barefootbooks.bsky.social @toledolibrary.bsky.social

Author Aya reads her book Hello, Hands! at the library while kids listen. She’s wearing beige and cream outfit and hijab.

Erin, a yoga instructor, leads a yoga session for children and their caregivers at the local library. The instructor has blonde curly hair and wearing. A gray shirt

The cover of Hello, Hands on the screen at the library and a few other books from Aya on display.

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Tomorrow! Post description: Yoga and story time by yoga teacher Erin, a white woman doing a yoga pose at the library and Aya, an author wearing hijab standing in front of a bookshelf with her books. Monday Oct 6 at sylvania branch library at 10:15 am!

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

We got our first trade review for our picture book, Ramadan for Everyone and it’s a glowing review from Kirkus! Read here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Excited to do a story time and yoga with my friend Erin at the Toledo Library next month. Check it out if you’re in the area!

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Four months until Ramadan for Everyone comes out! Read about why I wrote it here Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh Published by Little, Brown www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/aya-k...

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Shelly Romero @shellyromero.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The We The People Summer Fundraiser has started and I’ve got 3 items up for grabs! I’m offering two 30 min. AMA sessions & a 50-page critique for a MG, YA, or adult fiction manuscript. Be sure to check out and bid on all the amazing items available! www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

Graphic for the fundraiser with text explaining that its ongoing from August 18th through the 27th to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire and immigrant and trans rights

Graphic for my 30 min. AMA featuring my pic and a QR code.

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Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Our picture book, Ramadan for Everyone, comes out in five months! Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh. You can preorder from wherever books are sold or request it from your library. Link here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ramadan-fo...

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Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Happy Book Birthday to THE ZOMBEES, written by @justincolonbooks.bsky.social, illustrated by @kalyquarles.bsky.social--a picture book dream team! Don't miss this funny, adorable picture book with a fun unexpected twist and lots of heart at a bookstore near you! Congratulations, Justin and Kaly!

The book cover for THE ZOMBEES, written by Justin Colón, and illustrated by Kaly Quarles. The title is in large white hand-drawn letters in a serifed font on a black background with tiny green bees flying up and around the title lettering with a green spine. It's super cute!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Educators, you have to resist AI. That includes LLMs for "research" as well as AI classroom assistants. Advocate for admin to spend that money on your classrooms, not by handing it over to some weird tech bro who wants to buy another yacht.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I'm looking for Canadian book reviewers, bloggers, educators or influencers for Simon & Schuster Canada to send review materials for THE PINK PAJAMAS. If you're interested, please leave a comment or send me a DM! #kidlit #canlit #bookstagram #books

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