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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Thank you so much, @katemessner.com ! Means a lot to me that you liked it!!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Publishing 2 months from today! 👀

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Three things wrecking baseball: 1-The daily search for the game on multiple channels and streaming services 2-In-game interviews with position players 3-The Dodgers hoarding superstars like Skubal

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

NOTHING TO SEE HERE publishes 3 months from today! Honored to share these words from one of my favorite middle grade authors.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Huge scandal at Brown, as students use AI to cheat on a take-home midterm exam. Teachers, what steps are you taking to counter cheating via AI? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat

Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.

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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Librarians Film is officially a nominee for an EMMY! So proud to be a part of this film and its message is more important than ever. @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @pbs.org

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thrilled to see this!! Huge congratulations!!!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Groundbreaking. Illuminating. Changed the way I think about the world. RIP Marjane Satrapi. Thank you for this masterpiece.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

So exciting to see ARCs circulating, and getting read! 📱Thank you, @thenextgenlib.bsky.social !

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Next Saturday at the Gold Coast Book Fair in Oyster Bay, NY!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My hero, Amanda Jones (@librarianjones.com) and I chat on the podcast Always Authors—about Judy Blume, dogs, social media, the terrors of public speaking, and why kids aren’t reading these days.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

can’t help thinking about all the pressures on publishing these days, and wondering how many writers are being afforded that same grace—time to mature, to develop their voices, to find their subjects and their readers. Probably not many, & that’s a sad thing for kidlit, and our industry as a whole.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal, that I figured out the kind of books I wanted to write. Since then I’ve written 7 other books, with 2 more on the way. How lucky I was that a publisher stuck with me all those years when I was discovering who I was as a writer! So as I celebrate this anniversary, I

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Today is the 20th anniversary of my first book, and as anniversaries do, this one has me thinking. Between 2006 and 2016, six of my middle grade novels were published. Only half earned out. Three got hardly any trade reviews. None of them got much attention. It was only in 2017, with

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

She has dual American/Canadian citizenship.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/04/2026

NEWS: Bette Midler just released a new music video for her remake of "All You Fascists Bound to Lose"—featuring Barbara Hershey, other celebrities, and crowds from the No Kings protests in a joyful, powerful show of resistance. You have to see this.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

So happy you loved it! I’d be grateful if you could share your thoughts on Goodreads, etc. ❤️

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Rumors-gossip-cattiness-back stabbing- occasionally positive-all part of being on social media unfortunately! What happens when a small group of students start posting fake content to prove a point? Gotta love how author @barbaradee.bsky.social thinks!! #bookposse #kidlit #mglit

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Always exciting when your book starts circulating!! 🥰 #kidlit

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ooh, yay! Can’t wait to hear the reaction of the fantastic members of #bookposse!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

When I get my editor’s notes, I always try to take a beat before immersing myself in the revision. (Not easy when you’re working on deadline!) Then I hit the minor edit notes first. This gives me confidence to attack the major ones.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

ARCs for NOTHING TO SEE HERE (Scholastic/Oct 20, 2026) have landed! Also available on Edelweiss and next month on NetGalley!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Thanks, Sarah. And some days it’s harder than others.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Kid: What’s the hardest part about being an author? Me: To write fiction, you need to be a sensitive person, bc you need to be hyper aware of people’s feelings, including yr own. But you also need to be tough, bc an author’s life is full of rejection & criticism. And that combo is hard to pull off.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

For Women’s History Month, the ALSC recommends “four engaging middle grade novels…that bring women’s history to life.” And one of them is TEAR THIS DOWN 🗳️! www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/03...

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March! Women in History

Celebrate March Women's History Month by exploring impactful middle grade stories and graphic novels about trailblazing women.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Hi #TLSkyChat! Middle grade author here—who loves working with teachers and librarians! Thanks for the chance to connect!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Same. If you discover the secret portal to all that, please share with me.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Some publishers are cutting back on print ARCs—but digital ARCs are on NetGalley & Edelweiss. Not everyone can access though. And yes, the loss of BEA (& scaling back of conferences like ALA and NCTE) are challenges for sure. Plus…book bans/soft censorship. The loss of Twitter is just one issue.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Yes, it’s sad that we lost Twitter. It really helped us connect, and nothing’s replaced it. One more challenge for us all in the book/education/library world.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I mainly post on FB and Instagram. Used to love X for kidlit interaction pre-Elon, and was quite active there (regularly participated in Twitter chats, did book giveaways, etc). I show up here and on Threads to read the zeitgeist, but miss the engagement with authors, teachers, librarians & readers.

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Thank you so much for including TEAR THIS DOWN on this fantastic list!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Honored that TEAR THIS DOWN is nominated for the 2017 Oklahoma Library Association intermediate Sequoyah Award (Grades 6-8)!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday, Judy Blume! 🙌

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Happy news—TEAR THIS DOWN is on the ALA’s 2026 Rise:A Feminist Book Project List! www.ala.org/srrt/2026-ri...

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2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List

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