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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TIL about this little guy called a NOOLBENGER. A tiny marsupial who lives in Southwest Australia. Look at that snoot!

A tiny, brown, long-snouted marsupial that looks a lot like a vole, climbing on a red flower with long, red stamens.

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The International Sciences Institute (ISI) @isi.institute · 27/09/2026

🦋 The Butterfly Nebula’s wings of glory blossoming into the universe.

The Butterfly Nebula in all its glory, tilted to the right in a diagonal position, with two slightly symmetrical wings of gas bursting outward in a blend of colors — blues, purples, golds, and yellows — warm and luminous against a black background draped in stars.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy equinox! For me, this is the time when the year is handed over to the kinder forces—quieter days, dimmer lights, crisper air, and wakened spirits. My thoughts and body just feel *better*. Autumn souls, it was a trying time to get here, but we made it! 🍁 🍂 🎃

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just wanted to shoutout the scientists, artists, writers, and kind, thoughtful nature people these days. The world isn’t just enshittifying products—it’s enshittifying our minds, hearts, and ability to think critically. I really appreciate those who stand up for an ethical, decent existence.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Respect your elders. By “elders”, I mean sharks and trees and rivers and the North Wind and clouds and wolves and oceans and moss and rocks and birds and…

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Jason GRIZZLED Bittel @bittelmethis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS: New cat species just dropped! 🧪 What is a tilcayo, exactly? Well, it's a small wild cat in the genus Leopardus and a member of the tiger cat species complex, but it is NOT a tigrina, oncilla, kodkod, Geoffroy's cat... www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

For Red Wolf Week, we’re offering FREE 45-minute wolf webinars for schools! 🎉 Students can join us from their classrooms to learn about critically endangered Red Wolves, their history, and what it takes to support their recovery/. Limited availability. Enter to participate: bit.ly/4AfSPZZ

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My perennial conundrum: working on a book that has room for 10-ish animals, when the list I've created includes more than 40. Every time I cross someone off, I feel their cries of "am I not GOOD ENOUGH for this book?!" So yeah, please keep buying books about animals so I can keep making them!

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There’s a lot going on right now but one small thing you can marvel at is this little fella—Macrocilix maia, a moth who impersonates flies eating bird poop. Apparently it also smells “pungent.” #KeatingCreature

A white moth with what looks to be splatters of bird poop on its wings, sitting on a dark green leaf.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Resharing for Canadians, with a shoutout to @vivaldi.com's tab stacking and tile tab options. If you're a person with 1457 tabs open at all times, this is a gamechanger. If you are also looking to untether from problematic apps, try this one from Norway.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’ve been on the market for a new browser for awhile and this week gave me a good incentive to de-google further. I’m using @vivaldi.com and like it so far! Zero AI as a policy, great privacy and customization. Thanks Norway! 🇳🇴 ✌️🇨🇦

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Quebec, you are beautiful! Happy to visit our neighboring province this week. 🇨🇦

A vibrant blue sky with clouds over a mountain range, bordered on the bottom with colourful flowers.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We need to start recognizing more how Gen AI is directly screwing with our sense of wonder and respect of nature. Every dumb pic of some yassified BS creature pollutes what’s REAL- both environmentally and psychologically. Some ppl are ogling birds with glass feathers while real ones go extinct.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🚨Odyssey spoiler alert for fellow animal people🚨 There’s a lot of dog violence. I realize this is a creative choice people often make to showcase men & violence and despicable character, etc. If you’re someone who viscerally nopes when you see or hear an injured animal — yeah, be warned.💕

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In happy news, it’s SHARK WEEK time, which means my awkward party facts are briefly relevant. (Sharks are older than trees! And can do math! And love jazz!) Loved to see this Shark Lady pic from slowerdowntoread and @aquariumpacific.bsky.social to celebrate 🦈

A girl in a blue shirt and pants, sitting cross legged on the floor in front of a giant aquarium wall featuring vibrant coloured fish and corals. She is holding a copy of the book Shark Lady by Jess Keating.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

👇👇 I’ve been exploring some places to share more long form writing again, and it’s pretty frustrating to feel like one’s ethical standards are a business liability but here we are. So, look for my blog! On my regular ol’ website! Because I’m tired!

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Untitled (Blue Jays) Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2025

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Finished some line edits for a new book recently and finally reached my favourite part of the process—getting to see some early sketches from a galactically talented illustrator, bringing it to life! @maikeillu.bsky.social and I have something so beautiful coming next year 👀

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Butterfly in the SKYYY🌈 Today in 'it's a wonderful world, so let's treat it better': Did you know that painted lady butterflies--who weigh less than 1 gram, mind you--travel a 4200km round trip, from West Africa to South America? Meaning, they cross a WHOLE ASS OCEAN*. Nature. 🤙 *technical term

An orange black, and white painted lady butterfly, sitting on top of a fuchsia flower. Its wings are outstretched, showing off its fuzzy brown body.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Maybe better to save some water for the wildfires instead of… oh, I dunno, the data centres.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“You are unique. There is only one you. And that is you there, right here, for better or worse. Except that there is no better, and there is no worse. It’s just you.” — Sam Neill, aka the coolest, chillest uncle we all wish we had in our lives.

Sam Neill wearing his trademark blue shirt and hat, in a still from the movie Jurassic Park.

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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hey, thanks @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social!! It’s time for magical beasties! 😎 Aubrey acquired my very first books more than a decade ago! Can’t wait for you to see the magic we’ve cooked up in this new series.

Headshots of Jess Keating and Maike Plenzke, with a deal announcement:

Aubrey Poole at Literati has acquired world rights to A Tale of Two Tails, first in the Magical Creatures Clubhouse chapter book series by Jess Keating (l.), illustrated by Maike Plenzke, which follows three kids as they stumble upon a magical forest
clubhouse that serves as a portal to wild adventures and even wilder mythical beasts. In this debut installment, the trio must uncover the clubhouse's secrets in order to return a stranded, shapeshifting kitsune to its mother before its magic fades forever. Publication is planned for spring 2027; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author, and Alex Gehringer at the Bright Agency represented the illustrator.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Getting the band back together. Hold onto your butts. 🤙

The margin of a Microsoft word doc, showing a single comment from an editor named Aubrey Poole, saying HAHAHAHAHAHA.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🌈 If you see this, quote with your art to celebrate Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #kidlitart #pridemonth

A happy looking cartoon unicorn prancing over a green hill; it has a rainbow coloured and a beaming smile on its face.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s World Oceans Day! I’ve got some books for that. 💙 I've always thought the oceans are just like women - deep, vast, powerful, multifaceted, and (most importantly), completely underestimated in most ways. Grab any at your fave bookseller! #WorldOceansDay

Three ocean themed books written by Jess Keating. Shark Lady, featuring a blue cover with a scuba, diving woman and a shark. Ocean Speaks, featuring a woman floating in an ocean scape. The Girl Who Built an Ocean, featuring a woman with a notebook and pen sitting amongst a lush underwater ocean scene. The text beside the books reads three books for world ocean day.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's also a good time to note that different kids need different books, and by even mildly insinuating that what they love isn't "good", they will interpret that to mean *they* are not good. A good book is one a kid loves to read. Nobody needs more shame heaped upon them - whether writer OR reader.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I mean, on the upside, kidlit (once again) has a great opportunity to decide and stand for up for what we value, and how we want to show up in the industry - and the world. We certainly didn't NEED it. But, you know. It IS what we do. Kids deserve all sorts of great books. So let's make them.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A little thing I do on Earth Day is try to envision all of the animals that were born on the same day as me and send them all a little hug. We’ve all been growing along together. If we all do this, every animal would be covered. 💙 #EarthDay

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Proof of life! 🏴‍☠️ Always absconding to the ocean, this time hanging out with some grey whales and sea otters. Also working on some new books!

A choppy oceanscape of blue water, with a few distant islands in the background.

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It’s not the age, it’s the mileage.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Educators, I've added a big drop of new videos on my website for you. You can now find: -a writing series for kids -book trailers & virtual author visits -animal science videos -cartooning tutorials ...and more! www.jesskeating.com/videos #edusky #science #writing

A screenshot of four Youtube video stills, featuring lions, gulls, snakes, and a moose. The titles of each are "Shared Snack", "This bird vomits oil", "venom delivery", and "why no domestic moose?"

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It's a pleasure to see SHARK LADY alongside the beacon of literacy that kept so many kids (like me!) full up on amazing books all through childhood. Reading Rainbow - thanks for sharing! Hit me up if you need an unruly lady to talk books, any day.

A Reading Rainbow Facebook post, celebrating Women’s History month, featuring Shark Lady. Mae Among the Stars, and others, in a carousel post.

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 12/02/2026

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Friday the 13th, happy Valloween to all the witches, ghouls, vampires and menaces to society who celebrate ✌️

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI

[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

So, this sounds flippant, but I mean this with my whole heart: Women, sometimes the healing “meditative breathwork” you need isn’t slow, calming breaths but instead loud, rageful screaming.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Just now realized there are a whole bunch of animals out there in the world with the same birthday as me — and we’re all just going through this life thing together. 🌎

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

No one believes me when I say Canada has a term for when a Prime Minister manhandles a protester who got past security 🤷‍♂️

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