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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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"Honored to be in this brilliant book with so many wonderful verse writers." Chun Yu DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Chn’s Verse Novelists. @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @yalsa.bsky.social

Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 31/03/2025

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#Libraries - @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social want to know about your experience of this year's event and what you did to celebrate via this short survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Honoring Authors This Women's History Month in the US, spotted @margaritaengle.bsky.social author of so many wonderful #VerseNovels and #VerseMemoirs Heads up @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social

Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

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@aida_writes #VerseNovels contrib. to DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists @agentzacker Photo: Lluvia Higuera Heads up @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social@yalsa.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Great to see new release DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children’s Verse Novelists avail. at AWP Conference, Los Angeles Thanks @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @yalsa.bsky.social

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

"... a stunning, magical and confronting verse novel for young readers" review by @claresmillar.bsky.social‬ of #MG #VerseNovel LITTLEBONES by @aussie_kids_books Heads up @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

In our new PEN Ten interview, Claire Mehrotra talks with @emilystjams.bsky.social about her debut novel Woodworking (Zando, 2025), an unflinching and honest exploration of trans adolescence and resilience in South Dakota during the first Trump era. pen.org/emily-st-jam...

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What Emily St. James Hopes You Learn About the Trans Experience From Her Debut Novel - PEN America

In this PEN Ten, Emily St. James discusses the many generations and forms of trans resistance and resilience.

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

For womens history month, read #YA #VerseNovel AUDACITY by @melaniecrowder.bsky.social about Clara Lemlich whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history. @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social

Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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Calling all educators! 📚❤️ I'm giving away a class set of 25 copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social's new book, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social. Re-post this post and follow John and Holly for a chance to win! I'll pick and tag a random winner on Monday, 3/10. US only.

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

SafiaElhillo's #VerseNovel #BRIGHTREDFRUIT Winner Fiction 2025 Children & Youth Literary Award, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. & School Library Journal. @rurooie.bsky.socia @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social ❤️

Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

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🎉 Congratulations to Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book BRIGHT RED FRUIT by Safia Elhillo @safiamafia Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social Educators' guide here bit.ly/4g9PX5C

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Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Aubrey was my first grade student. 🥹 I’m beyond proud of her. 🧡

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I spent the day at a residential psychiatric school with amazing elementary, middle, and high school students. Thank you for discussing Louder Than Hunger with me!

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Today join 28 multi-awarded verse novelists from around the world in celebrating the AUS & NZ release of DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists! ‪@bloomsburylit.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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Anne O'Brien Carelli - kidlit author @aobriencarelli.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

💕💕Loved this enchanting story in verse - a tale in the arctic world that's wonderful to listen to - #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social #booksky #bookposse @etraintalks.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social 💕💕

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Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom: Building Student Agency, Independence, and Success by Valerie Bolling

"Writing is a balm for my soul. I always feel better when I’m writing. It doesn’t even have to be a story. It could be completing these sentence starters." — @valeriebolling.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/goal...

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Happy Wednesday from North Dakota! I'm grateful Valerie Bolling returned to Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed ladde...

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Thank you for reading Louder Than Hunger, @noshayminthat.bsky.social!

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"John Schu, you should have asked me how did you go from writing books for children to writing a book for teachers?" — @valeriebolling.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/goal...

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Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom: Building Student Agency, Independence, and Success by Valerie Bolling

" @valeriebolling.bsky.social skillfully blends her experience as a children’s author and middle school writing teacher to offer practical strategies that help students set and achieve personal writing goals." — @drtharris.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/goal...

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Happy Wednesday from North Dakota! I'm grateful Valerie Bolling returned to Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed ladde...

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Congrats 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing including 3 longlisted #VerseNovels Louder Than Hunger - @mrschureads.bsky.social Trigger - cgmoore_author (Insta) & The Final Year - @EarlyTrain Heads up @rurooie.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social

Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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Here’s two new #MG #VerseNovels from AUS & Aotearoa-NZ for your US & UK library collections! Sandy Bigna & Sherryl Clark on Insta @aussie_kids_books @sherrylwriter @qplnyc.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @summitlibraries.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social

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Book Clubs in Schools @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We’re very excited about the longlists #Carnegies25 #ReadingForPleasure

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

World Read Aloud Day is next week! www.litworld.org/worldreadalo...

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Great news! MG #VerseNovel SISTERS ALONE by #ShifaSaltagiSafadi Acquired by Rūta Rimas, Putnam Young Readers, pub. 2026. Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @doucette515.bsky.social @jholmblad.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social

Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Chn's Verse Novelists feat.Thanhhà Lai discussing her #MG #VerseNovels pic Paula Landry Heads up @theclpe.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social @sojustice.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

DiVERSE Conversations with YA and Chn's Verse Novelists feat. Interview with Aida Salazar #MG #VerseNovels pic: Lluvia Higuera Heads up @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Congratulations to @margaritapoet whose #VerseNovel #WildDreamers has received the distinction of Belpré Young Adult Author Honor Book. Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @bklynlibrary.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social

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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Congratulations to Carole Boston Weatherford who has won The Children’s Literature Legacy Award, for an author whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children’s lives and experiences.