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Elaine Szewczyk @elaineszewczyk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I interviewed Tahitian Chinese author Manuia Heinrich about her debut YA novel Salt Water Blood. We talked French Polynesia, colonialism, and her remarkable indigenous culture. @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Fall 2026 Writers to Watch: Manuia Heinrich

In her YA debut, 'Salt Water Blood,' the Tahitian Chinese author looks behind the postcard surface of a fictional French Polynesian island.

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rae mariz @raemariz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

7 more days left for khōréō’s fundraiser. If you’re tired of me banging the drum about this, please help spread the word so I don’t have to! I’m now emotionally invested in this project getting fully funded 📢📢 It’s great to see how much support they’re getting! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

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khōréō: Year 6

Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!

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Kyra McKinzie Nelson @kyramnelson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Preordering Manuia's book would be a really cool way to celebrate #AANHPI month. The book also has a beautiful cover that's been revealed since this post 👀 The book was fantastic when I read an early version and I'm sure it's even better now.

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Keala Kendall @kealakendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I’m so thrilled to share such glowing trade reviews for That Which Feeds Us, including my very first STARRED REVIEW!! 🥹 I set out to write about the unsettling history of Hawaii and I’m so glad this story is leaving its mark 💕

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

SALT WATER BLOOD is on sale at B&N 📚✨ From March 24-26 it's 25% off (for members but it's free to join!). If Salt Water Blood appeals to you, this is your moment! + Preorders are super important for debut authors so yes that does make you cool 😎 www.barnesandnoble.com/s/manuia%20h... #books

A dark blue picture with coral designs on the edges. In the center is a book titled Salt Water Blood. The book is blue and pink, with a young red-haired girl swimming in the water and a watery figure representing the ocean wrapping its arms around her. The author is Manuia Heinrich. Around the book: Barnes & Noble Preorder Sale. 25% off. Use code "Preorder15" *Rewards members (free to join) Premium members save an extra 10%

Deep blue background with coral designs on the sides. In the middle is the cover of the book Salt Water Blood by Manuia Heinrich. Around the book, tropes are listed: Enchanted pastries, He falls first, Ocean Prophecies, Moana but thriller, Sentient island, Trapped in a closet together, Anticolonial + eco activism, A killer among us.

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🌊 COVER REVEAL 🌊 We’re thrilled to share a first look at the cover for SALT WATER BLOOD by 2021 WNDB Mentee Manuia Heinrich, coming out on November 17th from Simon & Schuster (Simon Teen)! 🎨 illustration by Isip Xin 🖼️ cover design by Sarah Creech

Blue promotional graphic designed to look like multi-colored waves of water, with curved shapes deepening in shades of blue as the graphic progresses from top to bottom. At the center is a mock-up hardcover of “Salt Water Blood” by Mana Heinrich, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on November 17th, 2026. The cover illustration shows the silhouette of a teenage girl diving deep in the water, hovering above a colorful coral reef on the ocean floor. Above her, the ocean is personified as a gigantic translucent blue woman with waves, coral, and fish swimming through her, and she is positioned above the main character. Above and below the cover are the words “Cover Reveal” in bold white text. There is also a golden starburst off to the side denoting the book’s release date of November 17th.

Blue promotional graphic containing the following book synopsis, in part: “Eighteen-year-old Moe hears the sea’s prophetic thoughts. Only, Moe doesn’t just hear the sea’s thoughts—she feels them. That’s how Moe learned that her father would die in an accident, and that her mother would abandon Moe and her younger brother, Tao, months later. So when the sea warns Moe that Tao will drown, she’s determined to get in fate’s way and secures them an exit off their island home. But all of those plans are ruined when Tao’s girlfriend goes missing and Tao is found where she was last seen, with blood on his hands—and no memory of what happened. Moe will do anything she can to protect the only family she has left . . . Even if it means swallowing her pride and teaming up with her annoyingly clever archenemy, Temanea. Even if it means relying on the sea and its prophecies.”

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24hr.YABookBlog @24hryabookblog.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

✨2026 YA Books by Black Authors✨ support diverse books all year long! here's my list of 20+ young adult from Black authors across YA fantasy, romance, horror, mystery and more, to add onto your 2026 tbr 📙💐 #booksky #yabooks #diversebooks 24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/2...

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on! Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends! more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky

#PreDV
September 29, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET
Practice your #DVpit pitches using #preDV!
Give fellow #DVpit hopefuls feedback on their pitches.
Got o dvpit.carrd.co for more info

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 23/07/2025

Yep. Publishers are WELL AWARE of this, too, otherwise they wouldn't bother with *any* book tours or ad campaigns. If they think something won't move the needle, they don't fork out. It's just that they only want to give those things to the authors who they want to sell well. *shrug*

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Asian Author Alliance @asianauthors.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy #AANHPI Heritage Month! Get to know a few amazing Asian Authors by using our Starter Pack go.bsky.app/VDxKNDN And also some amazing Pacific Islander authors here: www.pacificislanderbooks.org

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Kat Cho @katchowrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy #AANHPI Heritage month! Just a friendly reminder that making book lists for this month means doing the work to include every letter of the acronym! Here's an amazing place to start: www.pacificislanderbooks.org

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Pacific Islanders in Publishing | A Worldwide Database of Pacific Islanders in Publishing

Pacific Islanders in Publishing is a database of Pacific Islander NHPI creators and professionals in publishing, and includes the latest PI book releases worldwide.

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

✨character art reveal✨ excited for y'all to meet moemoana & temanea, my investigative duo who can crack any case… except their own chemistry😂she’s obsessed with math, he’s obsessed with her (not that he’ll admit it). add to gr! goodreads.com/book/show/22... (art littlelundmark23 on ig)

character art commission: two teenagers standing back-to-back on a beach. The girl wears a checkered shirt tied around her waist, a black top, and shorts. The boy is in a gray T-shirt and a surf watch. Palm tree leaves frame the scene.

temporary book cover: title 'salt water blood' by heinrich manuia, coming out with simon & schuster, summer 2026. the cover is dark blue with thin blue lines imitating waves. the background is light blue. at the top is an 'add to goodreads' icon.

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Publishing is weird. I just got a year-old agent rejection followd by my 1st author payment. For my book that got 8 offers of rep & sold in just over a week at auction🙃 Your reminder that rejections are subjective Join my weird journey, add SWB on Goodreads. I’d be forever grateful💞 bit.ly/3CNgGXR

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One agent rejection email screenshot: "I first want to apologize for the long delay in my reply, and I recognize that you may have already moved on. Waiting is one of the most difficult parts of this business, and I'm sorry that it took me such an unusually long time to respond. I really appreciate the opportunity to consider SALT WATER BLOOD, and I wish I were writing to you with better news. Unfortunately this project is not the right fit for me,..."

A Publishers Marketplace Deal Report: "We Need Diverse Books mentee and Pacific Islanders in Publishing cofounder Manuia Heinrich's SALT WATER BLOOD, a speculative thriller set on an alternate Polynesian island following a girl who hears the sea's prophetic thoughts and has to race against time to clear her brother's name before he's blamed for his girlfriend's disappearance-and eventual murder-set against the backdrop of mounting tension around France's nuclear testing on the people of Ma'ohi Nui (French Polynesia), pitched as FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER meets MOANA, to Sarah Barley at Sarah Barley Books, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Marin Takikawa at Friedrich Agency (NA).
Rights also to Anna McFarlane at Allen & Unwin (ANZ), at auction, by Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein, on behalf of Marin Takikawa."

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

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Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

✨PLEASE SHARE✨ It is live!!! There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸 Link: bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

A graphic that says 260+ items #KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction (January 15-31st) Visit Auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

We've had a bunch of new people added to the 2026 debut authors starter pack so I'm sharing again so you don't miss anyone! If you are a 2026 Debut Author being traditionally published, don't forget to join the 2026 Debut Discord here: forms.gle/KtSnFmXSquCA... go.bsky.app/9Sw356k

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

✨ 2024 wrap up ✨ I’ve had a busy year 💝 - queried my YA speculative thriller - shortlisted for 2 writing competitions - 8 offers of rep, signed with agent! - got published in an anthology - 2 academic papers + a short story - sold YA to a big 5 at auction ✨ - sold ANZ rights feeling grateful 🥹

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Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I just realized I never talked about my book on here. So, I’m an author. I wrote a picture book called Tala Learns to Siva. It’s my love to letter to Samoan women who ensure our cultural traditions live on even when we move away from the motherland.

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Excited to introduce you to SALT WATER BLOOD🌊🩸If you like YA thrillers with a touch of fantasy & enemies-to-lovers romance, check out my reader’s guide ✨ Coming in 2026 with S&S /Allen & Unwin, and you can add it to your Goodreads shelf now!😊 www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #YAbooks #books

A dark green island background photo with bold white lettered words: A reader’s guide to SALT WATER BLOOD.

The same dark green island background photo with the white text in the center: “pitch: 18yo Moemoana has a gift that's more of a curse: hearing the sea's prophetic thoughts.
When her brother is framed for murder, she teams up with her school rival, Temanea, to clear his name. But with the sea warning the killer is coming for her next, her gift may be the only thing that can save them both.”

Dark green island background photo titled “comps” with three book covers: Firekeeper’s Daughter, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, and Island of Shattered Dreams.

Dark green island background photo titled “vibes” with the following tropes/themes listed in white letters: “Polynesian rep, sentient island, enemies to detective partners to [eyes emoji], only one wardrobe, unapologetically anticolonial, enchanted pastries,
you won't guess who did it.”

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

You can now add SALT WATER BLOOD on ✨Goodreads!✨ (link in bio!)  I’ve been dreaming of this moment for so long, and it’s finally here! To everyone who adds it to their shelves, thank you from the bottom of my salty little heart—you mean the world to me! 🌊💙  #writingcommunity #goodreads

a blue mockup book cover of YA speculative thriller SALT WATER BLOOD by Heinrich Manuia. List of tropes: a sentient island, polynesian rep, ‘you won’t guess who did it’, environmental activism, school rivals to investigation buddies to 👀, only one wardrobe. Add to Goodreads.

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Keala Kendall @kealakendall.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Coming overseas Fall 2026 Lilo & Stitch was the 1st time I saw a family that looked like mine onscreen 🥰, so I can't believe I now get to write a twist about them and their vile, foul, flawed—and also cute and fluffy 😉—alien Stitch. Mahalo to @marchsoloway.bsky.social, Heather, and our Disney team!

A screenshot, showing a Publishers Marketplace deal report is attached, saying: "Keala Kendall's NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND, pitched as a twist on Disney's Lilo & Stitch, for the Twisted Tales series, to Heather Knowles at Disney-Hyperion, for publication in fall 2026, by Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world)."

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

this is an important cause, and Kyra is the best so highly recommend

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

this 💯 #amquerying writers, your dream agent is the one who will fight for your book(s) and for you, and with whom you feel comfortable working (good communication is key!). that’s something you become certain of as you work together.

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ending my vague era with this: ✨I’m getting published!✨ So pumped to announce that my book SALT WATER BLOOD will be published with Simon & Schuster (US) + Allen & Unwin (ANZ) in 2026! Endless gratitude to my agent @marintakikawa.bsky.social & my editor Sarah Barley 💖 #booksky #writingcommunity

Snapshot of a deal report on a sea background. Text on a white square:
Category: Young Adult Fiction
SALT WATER BLOOD by Manuia HEINRICH.
Imprint: Sarah Barley Books, Allen & Unwin
We Need Diverse Books mentee and Pacific Islanders in Publishing cofounder Manuia Heinrich's SALT WATER BLOOD, a speculative thriller set on an alternate Polynesian island following a girl who hears the sea's prophetic thoughts and has to race against time to clear her brother's name before he's blamed for his girlfriend's disappearance-and eventual murder-set against the backdrop of mounting tension around France's nuclear testing on the people of Ma'ohi Nui (French Polynesia), pitched as FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER meets MOANA, to Sarah Barley at Sarah Barley Books, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Marin Takikawa at Friedrich Agency (NA).
Rights also to Anna McFarlane at Allen & Unwin (ANZ), at auction, by Anna Carmichael at Abner Stein, on behalf of Marin Takikawa.

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

It’s time for my ever-growing thread of tax write-offs for authors & illustrators to keep in mind as we head into year-end. ✨ Book-related travel ✨ New computer/equipment ✨ Internet / office space ✨ Paper, office stuff, packaging items, stamps ✨ Software like Word, Scrivener, Canva Pro etc.

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

SALT WATER BLOOD - a YA speculative thriller (Firekeeper’s Daughter x Moana) 🏝️Polynesian rep ❣️Enemies.. stuck together 🔪 Twists for days 🌊 Eco-activism #writingcommunity #booksky

a collage of four pictures: someone attempting to rescue another person in the sea; a boy on a surfboard in the water; a Polynesian girl with a flower in her hair, holding a large leaf; and a picture of a lush island taken from the sea (cred k. baldassari, ai tahiti nui, e. tahmida). the text in the centre reads: when her brother is accused of murder, her gift-hearing the sea's prophetic thoughts— may be the only way to catch the killer.
an indigenous Polynesian speculative thriller that is FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER meets DARK AND SHALLOW LIES

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hi 👋 I put together a starter pack to spotlight Pacific Islander authors for anyone wanting to discover and uplift PI literature. Say hi & follow along to celebrate PI! And if you're a Pacific Islander book creator, reach out to be included :) go.bsky.app/HFSy2tG #books #authors #pasifika

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

#authors do you also pretend to have conversations with your characters to untangle the plot, or are you normal?

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

oooh thank you @raemariz.bsky.social 💕 i’m so glad the article resonated with you ☺️

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Manuia Heinrich @heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

hiii👋🏼 i’m manuia, i’m a ya author and books is all i ever talk about 😆 just hopped over from the sinking ship that is twitter (rip 🛳️) & excited to meet new faces and reconnect with mutuals! ✨ #authors #writingcommunity

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