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Mombian @mombian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These LGBTQ-inclusive picture books aren’t “about” being LGBTQ, but feature LGBTQ people and families experiencing life. The LGBTQ inclusion isn’t always obvious from the covers, so make sure you don’t miss these beautifully told and illustrated tales. Reviews: mombian.com/2026/10/02/1... #BookSky

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10 LGBTQ-Inclusive Picture Books You May Have Missed - Mombian

These LGBTQ-inclusive picture books aren’t “about” being LGBTQ, but simply feature LGBTQ people and families experiencing a variety of joys and challenges. The LGBTQ inclusion isn’t always obvious fro...

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Over the weekend I was on a panel about AI in books and I said that publishers have always been so careful about fair use -- you can use maybe a line or two from a song but never any more -- and then the tech bros were like, we are entitled to all books. They belong to us now. Fuck you.

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Avery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My personal #WorldKidLitMonth read has been BUTTERFLY HEART by Swedish Sámi author Moa Backe Åstot, translated by Agnes Broomé. This coming-of-age book reminds me of ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET but with slightly older characters (8th grade) and a quest to learn a once-suppressed language. 🦋

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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Question for any authors who have had recent contract dealings w/ Must Read Magazines & ASIMOV’S. Have they asked you to surrender copyright of your stories to them? They want me to create new cover art & they want to own copyright of the art. Seems like a pretty outrageous rights grab.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A Chilean stem picture book I translated for @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8

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Peter Paltridge @peterpaltridge.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What can you say? This was the definite winner they will never top. Also one of the best things I've seen at any PRGE #PRGE #PRGE2026

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 10/10/2026

"OOH THEY'RE AN INDIE PUBLISHER" Mthrfkr do you know what PRH, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster—all of whom I've published multiple translations with—have never taken from me? MY TRANSLATOR COPYRIGHT.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I don't yet have pics from all the events I moderated at the Frankfurter Buchmesse #fbm26 this year, but here are some, including: 1) Keynote talk with comics superstar Raina Telgemeier for the Frankfurt Kids Conference (Squee!) #booksky #buschsky #comics #kidlit #worldkidlit 1/3

A photo of the packed audience for the Frankfurt Kids Conference last week. I am on stage, with a handheld mic, looking at the screen behind me where Raina Telgemeier took time off from her East Coast tour to give the keynote in conversation with me. (SQUEE!)

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Anya Johanna DeNiro @adeniro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the Internet Science Fiction Database has the listing of ALL my books and stories under my deadname, and my books with my real name 'written as Anya Johanna DeNiro'. Obviously not a legacy system but a choice. It's exhausting to deal with this shit 10 years after I legally changed my name.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 8h

My teenage children, who have never set foot in NYC, go around saying "Help me, Mamdani!" whenever anything goes wrong and/or they can't figure out their homework, just to give everybody a sense of the scale of this man's presence in the culture lol

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Robert Paltock sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/paltoc... and Lawrence Schimel sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schime... were born on this day: here's three illustrations to Paltock's "Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man" (1st ed 1750, art from later editions), plus one for a 1993 Schimel tale.

Interior artwork for Robert Paltock's "Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man", from an 1816 edition (couldn't identify artist).

Interior artwork for Robert Paltock's "Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man". Not sure of edition, but presumably 18th/19th century.

Interior artwork for Robert Paltock's "Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man". Artist: JA Harrison, from a 1783 edition

Interior magazine artwork for Lawrence Schimel's "Blossoms in the Night" (artist Barb Armata)

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026

So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.

Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily. I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 15/10/2026

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 21/07/2026

‘What stayed with me were not his monumental pieces or bold chunks of colour, but individual lines, faint traces, the marks of a hand at work.’ Irina Dumitrescu is drawn to the details of Matisse’s late work, on display at the Grand Palais in Paris until Sunday.

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The furious creativity of Matisse’s final years

Burdened by poor health in later life, the artist would have been forgiven for slowing down, but there was no stopping him, writes Irina Dumitrescu

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Kara McNair @karamcnair.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Best quote I ever heard on this concept was: “Parents don’t have rights; they have responsibilities. Children have rights, which ‘parents rights’ groups seek to undermine.”

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 17/10/2026

Speaking of money, help settle something: I always thought a millionaire was somebody who earned a million dollars a year. But apparently there is another camp that thinks a millionaire is someone whose *total assets* are a million dollars or more. Which is correct?

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 21h

it seems to shock the New Zealand government that Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, and the Conchords etc all emerged from the same city in the same span, which coincidentally is when Wellington rent was dirt-cheap and there were heaps of empty industrial buildings around

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Now we are 55! The husband made the traditional birthday tortilla española. ¡Ñam! (It feels a bit curious to be home on this day as, for the past 30 years, I've usually been in Germany at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but the Buchmesse was very early this year.)

Selfie (I'm a middle aged white male with short dark hair and a salt and pepper beard, wearing a black t-shirt) holding a tortilla española with two lit candles on it to read 55.

Selfie (I'm a middle aged white male with short dark hair and a salt and pepper beard, wearing a black t-shirt) holding a tortilla española with two candles on it to read 55. The 50 candle is still lit but I'm blowing out the 5 candle.

Smiling selfie (I'm a middle aged white male with short dark hair and a salt and pepper beard, wearing a black t-shirt) holding a tortilla española with two blown-out candles on it that read 55.

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Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

just a separate building for all my books. with hidden staircases and passageways just for kicks.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Con cebolla, of course! 🥰

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Texas Chainsaw Writing Workshop @kellylink.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

y'all, I am going to be yelling about this on and off for a while — T-shirts! Tea towels! Tuckerizations! 2 much else 2 mention!

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich.

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month is coming to an end (10/15) but it's never too late to keep the support going. I hope people will continue to support Latine/a/o/x writers, artists, restaurants, businesses, films, etc. Especially during these trying times. Much love.

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