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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am remarkably lazy talking about my own books. I'd much rather yell about how great my friends' are, or the polycrisis, or any of my special interests (mostly books again, TBF) However: I wrote 🇨🇦 books! Gothic-dystopian dark fantasy x ecohorror for teens & up! Book 1 is free! books.kawiggins.com

Trope graphic; gold text and accents on a mottled dark background surrounding a 3D rendering of the third edition of Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins. Text reads: Threads of Dreams #1: Blind the Eyes. YA+ Dark Fantasy that dives into the nigthmare-ridden depths and comes up fighting. Trope list includes: gothic-dystopian dark fantasy, upper YA coming-of-rage, haunted girl x nightmare boy, is everyone actually following the rules or am I just neurospicy???, don't put that in your mouth!, human sacrifice, everyone is lying, drowned city, ecopunk apocalypse, more blood than kissing, monster-infested (future) Vancouver, slow-burn, threadwitchery, alexithymia, the novel

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Find full details for this & all the fantastic (& frightening!) fall programming coming up at the Parksville Museum: parksvillemuseum.com/events 🎃👻 (4/4) #Horror #Gothic #PNW #CoastalHorror #folklore #cryptids #events #bookevents #readerevents #authorevents #halloween #samhain

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The feature antho + titles by @kimberbannerman.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social Nicola Kapron & @shanonsinn.bsky.social will available for sale & signing on-site, at the Mystic Market (come early to browse from 2pm!) & in advance from local booksellers incl. Fireside & Bellflower Bookshop (3/4)

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

4 island authors will share scary stories from Canadian horror & dark spec antho The Kindread Coast in separate, seasonally decorated historic-&-haunting buildings 5-7pm Oct 17 (starting fresh every 30min, so those of you with nerves of steel can catch them all!) parksvillemuseum.com/events (2/4)

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Macabre, mystic & morbid mid-islanders, your time is near! Kick off your Halloween festivities on Saturday, Oct. 17 with a spine-tingling storywalk featuring creepy coastal tales of BC cryptids, ghosts & eerie imaginings at the Parksville Museum (Parksville, BC, Canada) parksvillemuseum.com/events

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Suitably productive on my impromptu writing/creative retreat (…last minute pet sitting for family😂) Tried a “backwards” revision (effective, avoids endless rewriting of openings, ending fatigue), sketched art for a zine/chapbook experiment (poorly, lol), tried whittling a spoon (no blood shed)

Photo of a brown couch with books and sketchbook scattered across it. Writing/creative retreat wrapped is superimposed above the photo

Photo of a sketch of an abandoned apartment building in Kitsault and a half-carved spoon and knife

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Looking for fantasy Kobo Plus reads? TBF, the Kobo algo is not amazing, but their curation is! Here's their latest fantasy collections, broken out by subgenre (incl. one of my many Kobo+ titles!) www.kobo.com/p/kobo-plus-...

Kobo Plus promo banner. Blue gradient gives way to a circular portal surrounding in green smoke with the silhouette of a humanoid walking toward a distant mountain. White text overlay reads "Your portal to epic fantasy."

Trope chart for the Threads of Dreams box set by K.A. Wiggins. 3D rendering of trilogy in slipcase on dark concrete texture background surrounded by gold text and accents. Text reads: Gothic-Dystopian YA+ Dark Fantasy that dives into the nightmare-ridden depths and Comes up fighting. Tropes: upper-YA coming-of-rage, haunted girl/nightmare boy, is everyone actually following the rules or am I just too neurospicy to have got the opt-out memo???, don't put that in your mouth!, human sacrifice, alexithymia, the novel (book 1), cryptids or folklore—why not both???, drowned city, ecopunk apocalypse, more blood than kissing, monster-infested (future Vancouver) and BC, slow-burn, threadwitchery, zombies???, everyone is lying, gothic-dystopian dark fantasy.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

TODAY ONLY: don’t miss the Midsummer Night’s Scream Stuff Your Kindle Book Event hosted by @authordonnataylor.bsky.social for a ton of free & 99c horror titles including THREE of mine!👻 www.authordonnataylor.com/stuffyourkin...

Midsummer Night's Scream Stuff Your Kindle Event on July 18 promo graphic. Gold and red text on dark rainbow background with a screaming figure in purple.

Midsummer Night's Scream Stuff Your Kindle Event on July 18 promo graphic. 3D renderings of Blind the Eyes and Boy With No Name by K.A. Wiggins marked free, The Unsought Light marked 99 cents. Gold and red text on dark rainbow background with purple accents.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Need help finding more great Canadian books? This multi-genre collection is the place to start (incl. my upper-YA/NA short dark fantasy/villain romance!) NOT just Amazon-based; many books free on multiple platforms. Go forth & read Canadian!📚🇨🇦 canadianindieauthors.substack.com/p/stuff-your...

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition, Free Books, One Day Only on July 15 hosted by Canadian Indie Authors at www.canadianindieauthors.ca with a shortlink to bookblast and red and white icon-style background.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I've sent >100 submissions every year since 2022. 2023-2024 = my high point (8 each*), early 2025 was pretty good (6)—and this year I'm in the negative due to mags going under.🥲 *Submission grinder stats are not 100% accurate & incl. a LOT of reprints, but give the gist:

Screencap of Submission Grinder Yearly Statistics from 2019-2026 showing a rise in submissions and story acceptances in 2022-2025 and a drop in 2026.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Reading local for Parksville Storyteller Festival NEXT WEEK. Join us for Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea—a sweet-&-spicy multiauthor event celebrating rockstars, demons, fae, cowboys+ w/ @kathleenlawless.bsky.social @dovecavanaughking.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social

Paperbacks by Kate Gateley, Carissa Harper, Dove Cavanaugh King, Kathleen Lawless, Kim Bannerman & K.A. Wiggins on a wood background

Promotional graphic for The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival, presenting Stars In Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea on June 11 at 1pm

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

—BONUS: catch @kimberbannerman.bsky.social in a repeat performance at Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920’s BC on June 20 at 2pm (author talk feat. Circus Salmagundi) & check out all 2 dozen+ awesome events on the lineup at the Storyteller Festival 🔥 parksvillemuseum.com/Storyteller-...

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Discover the power of story June 4-28. Celebrate at over two dozen events featuring local authors, songwriters, dramatists & more this June incl. Stars In Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea, A Trip Through Time & Terroir: a sensory writing workshop, Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass & Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920s BC with Kim Bannerman

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting Dream of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920s BC with Kim Bannerman on Saturday, June 20 at 2pm

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

FOR FANTASY & GENRE FIC FANS: Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass (June 19, 1-2:30$ Transmuting local VI & BC settings into fantastical fiction w/ @kimberbannerman.bsky.social @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social & @kaiewrites.bsky.social 🔍 www.facebook.com/share/1CTXU4...

Promotional graphic for The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting Magic, Mystery & Mayhem: Local Settings Through the Looking Glass on Friday June 19 at 1pm

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

FOR THE ROMANCE STANS: Stars in Their Eyes: Mid-Island Romance Authors Spill the Tea (June 11, 1-2:30) Tea party attire optional at this sweet-&-spicy romance panel w/ @dovecavanaughking.bsky.social Carissa Harper & @kaiewrites.bsky.social 🫖 www.facebook.com/share/18SFEV...

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

FOR THE WRITERS: A Trip Through Time & Terroir: A Parksville Museum Sensory Writing Workshop on June 5 from 1-3 Tour the museum while grounds while honing your descriptive writing skills for a different sense at each stop! For both beginner & advanced writers.✍️ www.facebook.com/share/18uNns...

Graphic promoting The Parksville Museum’s Storyteller Festival. Presenting A Trip Through Time & Terroir: a sensory writing workshop with author and creative educator K.A. Wiggins, Friday, June 5 at 1pm, Parksville Museum, 1245 Island Hwy E.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Where are all the west coast readers asking for more bookish events?🇨🇦 Something big coming to Vancouver Island!👀 parksvillemuseum.com/Storyteller-Festival 2 dozen+ events all June in beautiful Parksville, BC! Mid-island book girlies (nongendered), we’ve got SO MUCH FUN planned:

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

So, I heard #dystopian is back…🔥 Books.kawiggins.com/tod

Graphic promoting the Threads of Dreams series Book 1: Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins. Gold filigree line art on dark concrete background with yellow/gold text reads: This dystopian future is gothic, haunted & swarming with monsters. A (neurospicy) coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy.

Photo of the third edition paperbacks of the Threads of Dreams series by K.A. Wiggins on a wood background.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

#KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser is back for year 3! Bid on 225+ lit items for readers & lit folks to help families we’ve been fundraising for for the last 3yrs! Heartbreaking that the need has only grown, but it helps to do something, however small💞 www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Ceasefire3rdYear

Promotion for Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd with white text, a link, and QR code over a grey-tone graphic of book icons. Green, red, black, and white floral and fist icons evoke Palestine.

Promotion for Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd with white text, QR code, link, and author photo highlighting a 30-minute Ask-Me-Anything with author K.A. Wiggins item available for bid in the charity auction over a grey-tone graphic of book icons. Green, red, black, and white floral icon evokes Palestine.

Screenshot of Kid Lit 4 Ceasefire's Third Annual Fundraiser from March 17 to April 2nd displaying eight items available for bid in the charity auction including Ask-Me-Anything sessions with literary agents, book ARCs, art commissions and prints, book bundles and signed books, and author websites.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Busy Canva day in the library! Can you guess them all? (There’s 1 repeat; apologies to all the notable days/month-in-honour topics I missed & reminder to library & teacher friends that #worldreadaloudday already has free printables on their site, so I didn’t design anything for that!)

Eight black and white line art/graphic collage bookmarks photographed on a green counter.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

—With @joshuagillingham.bsky.social Patrick Elworthy, @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social 📚🇨🇦 (RSVP to Windowseat for snack planning purposes! windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422... 💞) #CanLit #Fantasy #SFF #Speculative #Events #CanadianAuthors #ReadCanadian

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Kate Gateley with four of her books.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

#VanIsle #Fantasy fans unite! Come hang out at the endlessly charming Windowseat Books in Nanaimo’s old quarter for a (free/unticketed!) fantastical escape~🐉⚔️🧙‍♀️🔮🪄 Feat. readings & fantasy writing panel + book signings w/ VI🇨🇦authors on Thurs. Feb. 26 from 6:30-8pm🔥 windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422...

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Free ebooks by Canadian authors (most on multiple platforms, SYK is just the best known), today only: tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition promo graphic from Canadian Indie Authors. Free books one day only on January 15 at tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast advertised in red and black text with and black icons in background.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Book workshops are all remote-synchronous this spring, but seasonal camps where we can gather in person & "build" inspiration for our stories & creativity are super fun, too! kaie.space/news/2026/01... Feel free to reach out to cwc2004.org directly if you know a young writer who's interested!

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with teens doing textual and narrative analysis on a combination projector-whiteboard. Identities are screened by emojis.

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a young writer holding up their "tour guide" flag for their end of camp project. Their script in a matching design is on the desk in front of them.

Photo of props from a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a "tour guide" flag, map, magic wand, and masks from students' end of camp project.

Photo of a student wearing a black mask with a red swatch and a stick lurking behind a whiteboard at a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop in mimicry of a horror scene. The mask is a prop in the student's final project at camp.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

This year, I thought a SciFi-theme would be fun for the teen cohort (Sat over Zoom, Jan-Jun) We’ll explore utopias & dystopias, alt histories & apocalypses, space & time travel+more SF/spec tropes & genre conventions while writing novels or single-author collections in 20 weeks cwc2004.org (/2)

Student cover designs from my 2022 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2023 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

Student cover designs from my 2024 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2025 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Spending the next few weeks (appropriately!) immersed in future-forward curricula & reading lists as I prep for next term of CWC Every spring, young writers work toward a printed paperback of their work, whether a single-author collection of short pieces or a multi-chapter narrative (novel)... (/1)

Graphic advertising upcoming "Writing the Future" creative writing workshop with K.A. Wiggins hosted by the Creative Writing for Children Society on Saturday mornings (PST) over Zoom from January to June. Stylized sci-fi and dystopian graphics in shades of grey, blue, pink and yellow surround a retro-futuristic sign of the workshop title.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I have tons in Kobo Plus! Untangle the secrets of the past in a more-blood-than-kissing, gothic-dystopian coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy series about a haunted, neurospicy misfit unravelling monster-infested, post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver before it can tear her apart: www.kobo.com/search?query...

Landscape-format graphic with intricate blue and purple cover design surrounded by awards badges and gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams #1: Blind the Eyes. This dystopian future is gothic, haunted & swarming with monsters. A (neurospicy) coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy.

Landscape-format graphic with 3D rendering of intricate blue and gold cover design surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements and awards badges on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams Trilogy box set: a macabre misfit and her trickster ghost unravel monster-infested post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver.

Landscape-format graphic with intricate cover designs surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams: YA Fantasy with an Edge. Covers for the core trilogy (3), side stories (4), and trilogy box set (1) are grouped and labelled.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Most of mine are enrolled in Kobo Plus (& lots more in this fantasy promo!) bsky.app/profile/kaie...

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The final Kobo Plus fantasy promo of 2025 is here! Find my gothic-dystopian YA+ Dark Fantasy series* & tons more fantastic fantasy (incl. audio!) by subgenre: kobo.com/en/p/kobo-plus-fantasy-reads (*or search my name to binge-read all my books!) KOBO PLUS folks, reply your titles/graphics/whatev!

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A year of remarkable highs—& lows😅🫠 Shoutout to @blackcatbooks.bsky.social Ansible Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for some of the brightest points!📚💞 Last minute shoppers, there’s some great SFF/H in this trio!🎁 kaie.space/standalones (& #canlit friends, don’t miss 2026 best-of submissions!🇨🇦)

Paperbacks of The Kindread Coast, Year's Best Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 3, Brave New Weird: Best New Weird Horror on a wood background with overlaid text in green script reading: "2025's Crop of (Print) Releases!" followed by Canada flag, stack of books, and party popper emojis

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

All set up & making cool new friends! Find us at Royston Elementary Winter Market until 3pm~👻🎄

Photo of Loren handmade block prints table

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Next up in the calendar! Drop by & support my local school’s winter market, browse set-in-BC 🇨🇦 YA & up books & many more goodies from local artists, crafters, artisans, young makers & businesses THIS SUNDAY November 30 from 10-3!📚🎄🎉

Poster for Royston Elementary Winter Market on November 30th of 2025 from 10-3 at 3830 Warren Ave, Royston. Free Entry. Come help us bring in the holidays! Huge variety of vendors, hot dog concession, silent auction. Santa photos by donation. Ear piercing. Cut-a-thon (hair cuts by donation). Bell and winter garland graphics on cream background.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Get ready for a very merry Comox Valley TBR with the CVWS crew Nov. 22-23 at the Fanny Bay Christmas Market! Can’t make it next weekend? While we’ll have a few market exclusives, many titles ( ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/bo... ) can be found at fantastic local shops!🇨🇦📚 #shopcanadian #readcanadian

Promo graphic with glittery gold over a green background. Text reads: Fanny Bay Christmas Market. Saturday, November 22, 10 am to 4 pm. Sunday, November 23, 10 am to 3 pm. Fanny Bay Community Hall, 7793 Island Highway South. Free admission, a variety of artisans, crafters, and vendors, quilting display and sale, concession by the Fanny Bay Seniors, Seniors Raffle and Bake Sale (Saturday Only). Support Local Booksellers: Can't make the market? Pin your faves. Then snag a copy at one of these awesome Comox Valley booksellers.

A QR code graphic links to the following: https://ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/books-of-comox-valley-writers-society/

Logos are included for the Comox Valley Writers Society, Blue Heron Books in Comox, Compass Gallery + Gifts at the airport in Comox, ROAM Store + Studio in Comox, Books 4 Brains in Comox, SMÖL store in Cumberland, and Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay.

Promo graphic with glittery gold and white snowflakes over a green background features 10 authors and their books, along with event details. Authors are Anna McCarthy, Jacqueline McAdam, Lisa Johnston, M.C. Rolston, Marion Waters, Mark Lada, R.E. St. Denis, Sylvia Bourgeois, Gary Karlsen & K.A. Wiggins

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🧵3 - @kimberbannerman.bsky.social www.kbannerman.com -Nicola Kapron: www.facebook.com/nicola.kapron (or work w/ her: www.nicolakapronportfolio.com *or* Monique Riel: crowspell.ca ) - @joshuagillingham.bsky.social www.joshuagillingham.ca/writing-blog - @blackcatbooks.bsky.social www.blackcatbooks.net

Photo of Kim Bannerman reading from her story in The Kindread Coast surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🧵2 The Kindread Coast & titles by the authors are still available at Fireside Books & indie shops across Vancouver Island ( www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FRKB5364/ for ebook fans!)👻 & Stay in touch for more spooky fun: -at Fireside Books: firesidebooks.ca/events -my next event (or newsletter!) kawiggins.com

Photo of K.A. Wiggins posing with an attendee during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC. Publisher Shanon Sinn is in the background.

Photo of K.A. Wiggins holding a copy of The Kindread Coast and gesturing to a table with books, Halloween decor and candy, surrounded by book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Our WEST COAST HORROR event was AWESOME~ Thanks to Fireside Books Parksville for hosting & to all who made it out!🎃 50% of our lineup fell to the very-on-theme event planning curse, but we welcomed surprise special guests Shanon Sinn & Haley Healey💞 [photos credits: Kim Bannerman, Shanon Sinn] 🧵1

Photo of Nicola Kapron, K.A. Wiggins & Kim Bannerman with a copy of The Kindread Coast inside Fireside Books in Parksville BC

View of Nicola Kapron reading from her story in The Kindread Coast alongside contributors Kim Bannerman and K.A. Wiggins, surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Minecraft inspired “wrapping” for a 7th birthday party! Brought to you by recycled cardboard, sharpie & aluminum foil 😂 (& being too lazy/eco to actually go shopping lol)

Photo of a cardboard box coloured in black sharpie to look like a Minecraft treasure chest

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

PROGRAM UPDATES: 🎃Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals) 🎃Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror! 🎃Haunting & horrifying (short) readings! 🎃Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!

Promo graphic reads:
Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals)—enter to win an eerie prize pack!
Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror!
Haunting & horrifying (short) readings!
Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!
Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky. The Kindread Coast anthology cover also on the graphic.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Introducing the 2025 crop of @cwillbc.bsky.social books!🇨🇦📚 Excited to debut our latest postcard, survey new made-in-BC children’s books, showcase local lit stars, platform human-made art & artists, & hang with some of the most magical folk on the planet #bctlaconference2025 this Friday!🔥

Photo of both sides of the 2025 edition of the Children’s Writers & Illustrators of BC Society’s new release postcard against a wood background.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

— @joshuagillingham.bsky.social @kimberbannerman.bsky.social & I for a haunting evening of coastal horror & frightful fun featuring themed experiences/games, readings & local cryptid/ghost lore/storytelling. Welcome to the dreadful coast—may you walk out unscathed!💀 www.facebook.com/share/1Du3bx...

Promo graphic reads: Kim Bannerman

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + 12 of Kim's books & her photo.

Promo graphic reads: Joshua Gillingham

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + four of his books & his photo

Promo graphic reads: Sheena Robinson

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + six of her anthologies, a series graphic, and her photo.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Encounter shapeshifters, water monsters, 🐈‍⬛ & undead cyborgs inhabiting misty forests, murky depths, ominous city streets & deadly mountain vistas (costumes encouraged!)👻 🗓️7-8:30 Oct. 29 📍Fireside Books, Parksville, BC 📚Meet co-editor Monique Riel & authors @sheebellax2.bsky.social Nicola Kapron &—

Promo graphic reads: Nicola Kapron

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + 18 other anthologies & photo of Nicola Kapron

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Indulge in an eerie night out at WEST COAST HORROR at Fireside Books in Parksville BC with the authors of THE KINDREAD COAST @blackcatbooks.bsky.social feat. 13 stories of supernatural beings set in the haunting landscapes of British Columbia🎃 www.facebook.com/share/1Du3bx...

Promo graphic reads Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC Joshua Gillingham K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) Kim Bannerman Nicola Kapron Sheena Robinson. Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky. The Kindread Coast anthology cover and photos of participants are also on the graphic.

Promo graphic reads: 13 terrifying tales of supernatural beings—shapeshifters, water monsters, black cats, undead cyborgs... They inhabit misty forests, murky depths, ominous city streets, deadly mountain vistas—the haunting landscapes of British Columbia—evoking your darkest fears...

Welcome to the dreadful coast—may you walk out unscathed!

Including works by Aleighsha Parke, K. A. Wiggins, Derek Wagner, Konn Lavery, Jade Greive, Sheena Robinson, Kim Bannerman, Bevan Thomas, A. D. Greenlees, K. D. Kulpa, Joshua Gillingham, Shanon Sinn, and Nicola Kapron.

Cover by Lydia Avsec. Interior by Derek von Essen.

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky. The Kindread Coast anthology cover also on the graphic.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

(while I'm at it, check out this year's impressive crop of @cwillbc.bsky.social 📚!) #canlit #kidlit #readcanadian🇨🇦 cwillbc.wordpress.com/bctla2022/

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🧵8: I also do a ton of speaking and teaching—looking for spooky storytelling, creative workshops, or publishing professional development? Hit me up! kaie.space/bookings.html

Five labelled photos of K.A. Wiggins with authors Greg Brown, Stacey Matson, and Lee Edward Födi plus librarian and professor Juhee (Judy) Song in Korea at the Canadian Embassy, Songpa Libraries, Creative Writing for Children Camp, and Bugak Palgakjeong.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🧵7: Also, I lead @cwillbc.bsky.social —so, shoutout to all BC-based kid-lit authors! Have you heard of cwillbc.org ? We're the professional society/literacy nonprofit for BC's published (incl. indie!) writers & artists of books for ages 0-18 & offer a ton of benefits. Join us!

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🧵6: While it's been a minute, I also write books! A neurospicy misfit unravels monster-infested, post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver in this lush and labyrinthine, more-blood-than-kissing, gothic-dystopian coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy series: books.kawiggins.com/tod

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

2025 Release 🧵4: Powerhouse in THE KINDREAD COAST @blackcatbooks.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛Gen-Alpha slang attempt (feel free to laugh!)🫡 🐈‍⬛Much horror, many monsters, also cryptids🐙 🐈‍⬛Nature is SO over us💀 🐈‍⬛He likes to neg, she likes to watch (her bullies get eaten)👀 books.kawiggins.com/kindread #ecopunk

Silver and gold tone text on dark mottled background with sketchy pen-and-ink or tattoo-style accent images of talons clutching a radiating eye and a skull overrun by tentacles under the text West Coast Weird.

Remaining text reads: Powerhouse

in The Kindread Coast (Black Cat Books, Oct. 2025)
YA+ brainrot ecopunk cryptid horror

"You grow up afraid of the water here. Doesn’t matter if you ate in swimming lessons, the glacier-fed waters have these hidden currents. They’ll freeze your balls off and leave the rest of you on ice. We spend every summer throwing shade at the latest drownings while trading horror stories about what lurks in the depths. Those stories have me tucking my knees now, flinching at every lap against the pilings and straining to make out the chittering beneath the loon-call echoes of voices in the distance..."

Ecopunk cryptid horror meets the manosphere/toxic masculinity with a side of anticolonialism/anticapitalism & a splash of mid-2020s-era brainrot in this 6k word short in a dark speculative/horror anthology for teens and up featuring 13 haunting stories set on/near the British Columbian coast by Western Canadian authors.

Reader Advisory/Content Alerts:
bullying/hazing/harassment, implied assault, death-by-monster, racism/colonialism/white supremacy, sexism/patriarchy, terminal capitalism.

The Kindread Coast, edited by Caroline Lavoie and Monique Riel. Cover art by Lydia Avsec of a blue water monster reading a red book under a full moon with a black cat walking below the painted title.

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

2025 Release 🧵3: Crumbling of the Sandwich Generation @factorfourmagazine.com 🥪"Swallowing poison" = metaphor for propaganda—but also keeping the peace, playing nice, going w/the flow, raised♀️, etc. ☠️ 🥪Angry/sad/dark AF🔥 🥪Def. about 🍉 but also *waves hands*💔 factorfourmag.com/crumbling-of...

Factor Four Magazine 50th Issue. (50 in orange tone text over blue clouds, designer unknown.)

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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

2025 Release 🧵2: Geosapiology @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social 🪨my first serial🎉 🪨SUPER weird (sentient stones? no MC? barely narrative?)🥰 🪨geopocalypse = slow slow OOPS🫠 🪨quiet but bloody but also thinky? "Cerebral"?🤔 🪨science x politics x power - people=💣 dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/geosapiolo...

The Daily Tomorrow, text over newsprint background, designer unknown.

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