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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Myself, cartoonist Damian Alexander, and author Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve are appearing with @riaclu.bsky.social on Tues 10/6 at 6 PM (next week!) to read from our books and discuss them in context of book banning at the Narragansett RI public library! Register at riaclu.org/events!

Author Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, a Latinx femme presenting person with curly black hair wearing a black tee shirt and gold jewelry.

Cartoonist Damian Alexander, a white masc presenting person with short brown hair wearing black glasses and a blue shirt and bowtie.

A flier advertising this event: Join us in Narragansett for a celebration of banned books! October 6, 2026 6 PM - 7:30 PM, Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, 25 Pier Market Pl., Narragansett, Registration is required, go to riaclu.org/events.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have a cardigan on and a fan going because I'm too hot with the cardigan on and too cold with it off anyway being a middle-aged woman is going great.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Southeastern MA people, Boston MA people, Portsmouth NH people! I am coming to you for author-slash-comedy-slash-storytelling events!

Gorytime: an Evening of F*cked Up Fairy Tales and Spooky Stories with Liz Gotauco in Boston MA! Tuesday, October 20, 2026 from 6 PM - 8:30 PM at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. 338 Newbury St, Boston MA 02115. Tickets include a copy of F*cked Up Fairy Tales.

F*cked Up Fairy Tales, an evening of bawdy storytelling with Liz Gotauco in Portsmouth, NH. Friday, 10/16/2026 at 6 PM, at Reedmor Books & Brews, 67 State St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 aw crap there's a typo in this one!

Gorytime: the most frightening versions of your favorite fairy tales, with Liz Gotauco. West Bridgewater, MA. Wed. 10/7/2026 from 6 PM - 7 PM at the West Bridgewater Public Library, West Bridgewater MA 02379. Free!

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Getting dropped off at the library book sale like

An ingenue in a red coat jumps off a bus and sings "Three bucks, two bags, one me!" - this is a reference to the musical Annie. Just kidding, this image is actually a reference within a reference, of the sitcom 30 Rock poking fun at the musical Annie. My tweets have layers.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Well shiiiiiit the goddamn BBC profiled my amazing sister Jade Gotauco and her work with scrimshaw. (As a reminder, Jade did the amazing illustrations of my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales!)

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Scrimshaw: The controversial art form on the brink of extinction

As Moby Dick turns 175, some of the last American scrimshanders grapple with the legacy of maintaining one of the US's oldest art forms.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

IT'S BANDCAMP FRIDAY! Buy some music there from your friends indie band. I know you keep forgetting to do it. I bought some friends' music today (Emily Bawn and Marcus Ricci). They'll get most of the revenue. What a good deal. Support indie music! bandcamp.com

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Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am attempting to use my Storygraph account more, for all of my various reading (Children's Librarian books, fairy tale books, just for fun books). I made my account public if you like to follow along: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cosb...

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cosbrarian's profile on The StoryGraph

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

i just reached out to a performer to inquire about them coming to my library and the response they sent back was AI generated and now I don't want to book them, turns out I can't afford them no matter the price

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

WOW, READ THE ROOM, RANDOM TEXT ALERT ABOUT IMMINENT DEATH

A text alert that says "Make-A-Will Month is almost over. Take a few minutes today to put a plan in place."

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RoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#Caturday #cats 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚜. -𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 🎨 𝙽𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝙰𝚛𝚝

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Merrimack NH area folk, I'm at the library on Tues 8/25 at 6 PM to tell stories from my funny book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (yes, for adults). Free, tho you can purchase the book at the event! Register here! Tell a friend in NH if you're not there (or if you are)! merrimack.libcal.com/event/17092929

The beautiful, silly cover of my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales, which features a 19th century illustration of Cinderella doing chores while her stepsisters watch - but everyone has googly eyes and/or devil horns and Cinderella is thinking "F*ck this!"

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The FDA has recalled milkshakes due to contamination by Winnie the Bish dipping his beans in the shakes.

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Nick Miller's Disgusted Face in New Girl

Alt: Nick Miller's Disgusted Face in New Girl

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How is THE LOST CROWN OF SODOR a Thomas the Tank Engine book and not an unfinished entry by George R. R. Martin in The Game of Thrones series?

cover of THE LOST CROWN OF SODOR, one of the picture books in the Thomas & Friends book series for children

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOKISH FOLKS! I am at the Merrimack Public Library for an author event on Tuesday, 8/25 at 6 PM! Reading and signing my book. This is an 18+ only event as my book is quite saucy, as am I! Register at the link in the comments so they know you are coming, and please bring friends!

a pink flier advertising my author event "Author Visit with Liz Gotauco" on Tuesday, August 25th at 6 PM at the Merrimack Public Library, to read from my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales.

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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 08/08/2026

9 Supernatural Creatures in the Works of Oscar Wilde Mermaids, giants, and witches are some of the supernatural characters readers encounter in the words of the brilliant writer Oscar Wilde. www.thecollector.com/supernatural... Wilde at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

This photograph of Oscar Wilde in a dramatic pose, taken by Napoleon Sarony around 1882, shows him standing and facing slightly to the left. Wilde has medium-length wavy hair and wears a wide-brimmed fedora-style hat. He has a large dark cape over his shoulders and a light-colored cravat or neck scarf tied in a big bow. His right hand is lifted near his chest, holding the cape in place.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thanks so much to @libbyapp.com for recommending F*cked Up Fairy Tales! Fun Fact: the picture book they picked to compare to mine was the only fairy tale book my sister liked when we were growing up - and now she's the illustrator of my grown-up fairy tale book!

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What to read as an adult based on your childhood favorites | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.

Remember your favorite childhood books? From Goosebumps to Magic Tree House, discover 12 adult reads that deliver the same beloved vibes.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday! Buy some music from your favorite indie artists and grow a streaming list that isn't big tech! bandcamp.com

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Bandcamp

Discover amazing music and directly support the artists who make it.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Man Vs. Machine but it's me insisting on blowing up the 5' wading pool myself because the hand-pump just ain't cutting it. (That's what she said.)

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#FolkloreThursday friends, Hello! I recently learned of Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" from Kate Forsyth's collections, and I wondered if there are more public-domain fairy tales or folktales about women who walk away from the crown like the Toy Princess does?

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS I am signing and speaking at Dark Summer Book Fest this Saturday August 8 at the Framingham Public Library. Amazing lineup of authors! Would love to see you there! framinghamlibrary.org/news-events/...

Promo art for Dark Summer Book Fest in Framingham, MA, featuring a vampire reading a book on a spooky beach at sunset.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

OH MY GOD I FINALLY MADE A NEW F*CKED UP FAIRY TALE VIDEO, inspired by the Wicker Trailer craze! youtu.be/iBKFRxrvDmU

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Gender-Swap Pygmalion, but Cookie!

YouTube video by Liz Gotauco

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Nolan being inspired by Wilson's Odyssey translation but not getting the women characters and then Wilson hating it and not getting that it's a great look at a classic through modern eyes is the funniest thing to happen to the classics since Aristophanes.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

She also loved my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales (back when she blurbed it in 2025).

A screencap of a post featuring a bunch of things Margaret Cho loves (summer, charli xcx's new movie, phoebe bridgers' tour) collaged with her blurb of my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales, which reads: "Hilarious and original yet completely timeless takes on tales told all around the world for centuries, this book is putting all the lore into one gLOREious place! I love it!"

The gorgeous cover of my book F*cked Up Fairy Tales, picturing a classic illustration of Cinderella and her stepsisters, scribbled over with googly eyes, devil horns, and Cinderella thinking to herself, "F*ck this!"

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I just emailed myself with a reminder to build some sensory kits for our childrens room, which is a Disability Pride Month win, but I addressed the subject "Hey idiot" which is a Disability Pride Month fail.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I don't have two wolves inside of me. I have these guys. (I'm a perimenopausal woman on SSRIs in an irrevocably changed climate.)

Side by side pictures of Heat Miser and Snow Miser characters from THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

On our way to brunch, a small child ran away from his mom and told my husband, "You did a great job as the voice of Bowser!" Then Dan said "Thanks!" And the boy said, "Your voice was lower in the movie!"

A photo of my bearded husband wearing a TMNT shirt and raising his eye brow a la Jack Black.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

OMG my parasocial buddy BJ is 99% towards funding her insane dental surgery! BJ survived pancreatic cancer but the cancer took her teeth out of spite! If you have five bucks to throw in, I bet we can knock down that goal before the weekend!

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Amazing public support at the Cumberland School Committee meeting right now in support of trans students. I hope the committee listens. Shout out the queer person who, despite crying thru their speech, said the funniest thing I've ever heard: "I was so far in the closet I was Mr. Tumnus."

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's interesting that the wizard boy author hates the US president so much, because she keeps acting like him: getting worse and worse and more and more abrasive and hateful. Both are a poop-type Pokémon, coasting gleefully through the sewage, only evolving into an even bigger POS.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm an astrology skeptic -- except when I desperately need my Dunkin iced and everyone in the nighborhood is also in line and running late for work that morning.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Tragically, the book club kid who declared that China's five hundred year old Monkey King myth was a rip-off of Dragon Ball Z did not come to book club to discuss this more.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Back in my day, we typed out our RPF on a word processor and only shared it with two horny friends, because we had a healthy level of shame and no other option!

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I haven't seen as much discourse on Make Believe here, but I figured I'd share my take in case it would do good. A lot of authors have been hurt at the many librarians and booksellers dismissing their issues w/ Barnett's criticisms of the kidlit industry. Here is my reminder to Barnett's champions:

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Very depressing reboot of Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince" forthcoming.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'm excited to report that at this time, days before all of my final wedding payments are due, my credit score is "exceptional."

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is going to ruin the tour. (What tour?) The book tour!

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

YEAH BABY, YEAH!!!!! (I was the teen librarian at Warwick for six months!)(Cuz I had to move)(It's a great library!)

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Supreme Court? more like Regime Court, amirite?

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I love planning a wedding. It's like being the star of a play that I'm also directing, designing, stage managing, house managing, and funding and that is simultaneously running for one night only/the rest of your life.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't reply to my comment on this public post, I wasn't even talking to you.

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Oooh, now that I'm getting into the nitty gritty of wedding planning, all the problems are popping up! (derogatory)

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Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

You can give a hedgehog human teeth, you just have to do it right. Hans My Hedgehog, my newest F*cked Up Fairy Tale, out later today!

A photo of a hedgehog in the grass with my face filtered over it.

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