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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical. Thinking it isn’t is.

Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Today after we agreed for a TPS (aka size) for a forthcoming book, the Editorial Director said "I'm glad we're on the same-sized page!" And THAT, my friends, is quality publishing humor

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I started my publishing career way back in 2007 at an informal editorial internship at University of Texas Press. This article made me so damn proud to call myself a teeny tiny part of the history of UTP! @utexaspress.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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University of Texas Press Celebrates 75 Years

The Austin-based academic publisher has evolved from a modest regional publisher into one of the most innovative academic presses in the United States, striking a balance between scholarly and trade s...

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Join me next week for a webinar on teaching children about diverse holiday traditions! shopbecker.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @barefootbooks.bsky.social

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/10/2025

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Editorial pals: My print copy of CMoS is the 16th edition. Can anyone tell me if the 18th gives the same guidelines? The entry is "plural forms of Native American group names." Thanks!! PS My car proudly sports the CMoS magnet I got at ALA last year @chicagomanual.bsky.social

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

When I start to lose clarity and focus on a book project, I turn on old episodes of Cheer and let Coach Monica set me straight

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Does anyone know any Welsh or German children's book authors?

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Just when I'm feeling so exhausted and burned out that I'm ready to throw in the towel, @deniselouisa.bsky.social has appeared in Pittsburgh deus ex machina to come to my house and eat takeout in our pile of daughters. She will be a sight for sore eyes 💗 SEESTER

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

This article features my collaborators and friends. This is insanity. Books that teach empathy must be pretty damn powerful if so many people are trying to silence them, hmm?

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

YES! Years ago I wrote an article about how @barefootbooks.bsky.social developed our version of Little Red Riding Hood to preserve the message about safety but strip out the sexualization of Little Red. It was SUCH a neat article but the publication folded and the article seems to be gone forever.

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Feana Tu’akoi @feanatuakoi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

‘Ideas are like fish.’ 🐠

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 08/10/2025

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law. A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections. We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Attention #dvpit #PB authors and illustrators! @barefootbooks.bsky.social has a line of board books about different countries around the world called Our World: www.barefootbooks.com/our-world-se... We work with authors and illustrators from the featured countries to create each book. (1/2)

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Our World Series | Ages 0-4 years | Barefoot Books

Explore more in our series of global learning books for babies and toddlers!

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We here at @barefootbooks.bsky.social are cheering on #dvpit today! Our editorial team is deep in deadline season and not able to participate this time around but we will be at the next one. 💗

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Barefoot Books @barefootbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Happy book birthday to three new Our World titles! 🎈🎂 Watch the northern lights dance in the sky in Iceland, snack on some chôm chôm in Vietnam, and play ice hockey in Canada! Click the link to get your copies! tinyurl.com/7upvwjj6

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I really try not to let football outcomes impact my daily life but I have to say that learning that the Jags beat KC last night just put the biggest smile on my face

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I was researching for a book in progress to see if we have any extant quotes from Pocahontas and I guess I walked right into this one

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This Friday finds me in the approximate condition of a Looney Tunes character with loose piano keys for teeth

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I got to talk picture book endmatter and prelims with the gigantic minds at @pubspotlight.bsky.social today and my brain is TINGLING! I feel lucky to know y'all.

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This week as I absolutely flail my way toward a huge deadline I am grateful for this article about the Millennium Dome. It reminded me that it could be worse -- at least I'm scrambling to finish something that doesn't suck! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020...

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Was the Millennium Dome really so bad? The inside story of a (not so) total disaster

The long read: Even before it opened, the Dome had become a byword for failure. But two decades on, it could be time for a reassessment

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Em Brunson-Frederick @bemmmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Read to your kids so they’ll have an ounce of empathy, I’m begging you

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Do you ever get the sense that the entire children’s publishing industry is made up of like 100 extremely overworked people doing the job of about 10000 people?

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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Justin Fields and Aaron Rodgers one-upping each other in today's dual revenge game

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

WHAT A F&%$ING FOOTBALL GAME HOLY S%$T GO STEELERS

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BeardedVirgoKing 9.5⚜️ @jes55.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Man I yelled “WHO DAT?!” to a dude who had on a saints jersey and this mfer going to say “IDK” Take that shit off

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I've been calling different pharmacies for the better part of an hour trying to find anyone who has my ADHD meds in stock. I am forever in awe at the number of administrative barriers to getting the medication that makes me . . . able to negotiate administrative barriers

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Whoever invented the ability to track a delivery truck LIVE as it drives toward you with a little treat was really doing the Lord's work

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I am in such a dire state of exhaustion and overwork that I require P. Control to keep going. Would anyone care to join me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoH7...

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P. Control

YouTube video by Prince - Topic

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My husband was watching Big Top Pee Wee recently and I yelped THIS GIVES ME AN IDEA FOR MY REVOLUTIONARY WAR BOOK and I truly cannot wait for the world to see what has come to life as a result

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

@elenitwehner.bsky.social is the first person I ever heard talk about the idea of neurodivergent FAMILIES. I am so so proud of all the hard work we put in to create the first children's book series that features one!

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I've spent most of my life living in the states on this list 🤠

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My British colleagues will never let me forget that I thought Brexit was the name of a city in England 😇

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

PS tell me this isn't the best book title you've ever heard

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

When I met @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social on Twitter in its heyday, the connection we made was instantaneous. It has taken time, love and so much effort to get to this moment, but now it is here!!! Congratulations, Ryan!!! 🥂 Thank you for trusting me with your story. 💕

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Touch base with me, Muse, re: rage of Achilles

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I am in a meeting with the greatest minds of @barefootbooks.bsky.social assembled to discuss such topics as: less puppies or more puppies? magic stars or no magic stars? green dragon or red dragon? Sometimes making books for children is exactly like it seems it would be.

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

See y'all at #ALA2025! I'm driving this year because (a) I want to avail myself of the free books and (b) airplanes won't let me stop for Amish snacks or an intriguing thrift store

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

he said we were fancy!

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My 6 year olds been calling himself queer lately so l asked at bedtime what that means to him & he said "fancy and a little annoying"
happy pride

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The Astroworld doc on Netflix is incredibly well done. Bravo for the note at the end adding that they consulted additional experts to review the conclusions reached in the film.

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I told my best friend about Ma'am O'Graham, my imaginary Victorian-era mammogram provider, and she replied with this. I do truly loathe AI artwork but must concede that this particular image is a good use of this technology

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Cigna is going to drop my healthcare provider for no discernible reason. Dispatches from hell!!!

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Kate DePalma @katedepalma.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Referring to a certain required annual medical exam by the sobriquet "Ma'am O'Graham" never fails to bring some much-needed whimsy to the entire experience

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