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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Come celebrate with us! Three Canadian women and their new books for young people! A triple book launch at Mabel's Fables, Toronto, on April 21 at 6:30pm. #booksky #Ireadcanadian #mglit

A book launch at Mabel's Fables, Toronto for three new Canadian children's books, written by Canadian women! Marsha Skrypuch's Still Alive, bk3 of Kidnapped from Ukraine, Lorna Schultz Nicholson's, The Man in Motion, and Anna Rosner's Last Year with Maddy! April 21, 6:30pm!

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Page-turner/unusual plot. I loved the unfolding of who Ben really is, why he is abruptly fired from his job and why people are being blown up on a racing subway because of his presence. Unexpected backstory and twists, and satisfying ending. #booksky #bookbirthday #Netgalley #StMartinsPress

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Feeding my addiction! Just wrote two more pysanky today. Here are all that I've made so far in 2026.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

#booksky Elizabeth Berg's new book, Life: A Love Story, is a poignant read. Sentimental, down to earth, filled with life lessons. You will weep, but it will be a good weep. #Netgalley #RandomHouse.

Life: A Love Story, a novel by Elizabeth Berg.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Gut-punching and true. #Bucha is a must watch movie based on true events during the first weeks of Russia's war on Ukraine. Not an easy watch but ultimately uplifting. #Ukrainewar

Bucha, a must watch film about the first days of Russia's war on Ukraine. Available on Prime, Apple, Google play.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

These Are the Fireworks by Vicki Grant. At the beginning, the reader is plunged in off-kilter and can't help but read on. As the layers peel away, the true crime reveals itself and the resolution is oh-so satisfying on so many levels. #Canlit #Netgalley #Nimbus #VagrantPress #booksky

Vicki Grant's first adult novel. These Are the Fireworks.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Heather Marshall's enthralling novel set in 1960s Toronto is about a journalist who gets herself into a women's prison so she can document the injustices, but then has trouble getting out. A must read! #booksky #Canadian #canlit #Penguin Random House Canada #Netgalley

Heather Marshall's novel, Liberty Street.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

#booksky In signature style of Anna Quindlen, the reader is emotionally captivated by the complex lives of regular people as she delves into the question of family, friendship and what is required for a fulfilling life. #netgally #RandomHouse

More Than Enoough, new book by Anna Quindlen.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

#booksky Just published by #AtriaBooks, Adrift by Will Dean. Oh my goodness, this was a tense, anxiety-provoking page-turner! Must read more Will Dean!

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

World Read Aloud Day #WRAD started a bit early for me this year, as last night at 11pm I met with 4th grade students from Tashkent International School to talk about Adrift at Sea, about Tuan Ho's perilous escape from Vietnam. @pajamapressbooks #ireadcanadian #booksky

Tashkent International School 4th grade students listening to Marsha Skrypuch book talk Adrift At Sea.

Adrift at Sea, A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch with Tuan Ho
art by Brian Deines
Published by Pajama Press

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Loved reading about occupations and lives of common women. It was illuminating, reading all the reasons why women would choose a monastic life. Not at all what you might think! #booksky @netgalley.bsky.social #penandsword

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#BelleBurden's memoir about her shattered marriage is beautifully written, humble, and filled with hope. #RandomHouse #reading #goodbooks

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A choice is made that will bring in buckets of cash, but will harm the very people they've vowed to help. Reading the fallout of this horrible decision made for pageturning intensity and a sick stomach. #SharonBala #PenguinRandomCA #NetGalley #IReadCanadian

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

#Discipline. Happy #Bookbirthday! I love the structure of this story, with Christine on tour with her first novel, which is highly personal, secret, and now out there in the form of a revenge fantasy against a powerful man in her past. Beautifully written. @randomhouse.bsky.social #LarissaPham

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Will you be at the #olasc? @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social I'll be signing at 1pm on Thursday at the Scholastic booth! #Standoff #KidnappedfromUkraine. Come by and say hi! #IReadCanadian

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Thanks Riverside Elem in Suwanee GA for the #authorvisits with your 5th grade students! Loved the enthusiasm, the questions and their energy!

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Thanks for your thoughts about Under Attack, Coco! #UkraineWar #mglit growingupsc.com/young-reader...

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

CUCS Lecture Series How and why Marsha Skrypuch wrote the “Kidnapped from Ukraine” trilogy Date and Time: Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12 PM CST Location: Online via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting: umanitoba.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Lena the Chicken (but Really a Dinosaur) by Linda Bailey and K-Fai Steel. This seemingly simple story encourages kids to choose their own path and not be held back by others' expectations. An instant classic. #Tundra #Netgalley 📚👍🏼#Canlit

Cover of the picture book, Lena the Chicken (but really a dinosaur!) by Linda Bailey, illustrations by K-Fai Steele.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

@sharigreen.bsky.social !! Congratulations on winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams!!!

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A satisfying and emotional memoir that will resonate with many readers, particularly high-achieving women. #Rodale #Harmony #Netgalley #book

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Toronto friends, hope to see you at the book launch for Standoff!!

Celebrate the book launch of STANDOFF, Kidnapped from Ukraine #2, at Koota Ooma bookstore, 700 Kipling Ave, unit 700, Etobicoke Ontario on Thursday November 6th at 6:15pm.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The Hitchhikers: a thrilling ride of tense terror. An American couple taking an RV holiday across Canada befriend a young couple who seem to be in need. The interplay of personalities as each couple tries to stay alive is utterly consuming. An unputdownable thriller. @stmartinspress.bsky.social

cover of The Hitchhikers, new novel by Chevy Stevens

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Thank you @sljournal for the STARRED review of Standoff, pub date tomorrow!! "brilliantly written" "sensitive portrayal of the reality facing innocent children and families in a war zone" "historically accurate quotes and events interwoven" "VERDICT Purchase for all middle grade shelves." #Ukraine

Standoff, book two, Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. Scholastic.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Thrilled to give the final keynote at #CANSCAIP's Packaging Your Imagination one-day conference. Before I was published, this conference jump-started my career. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in writing or illustrating books for young people. #kidlit #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Book launch! Standoff, bk #2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy. #mglit #Ukrainewar #scholastic #brantfordontario

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Ukrainian heritage month in Ontario: my family's journey. www.calla.com/wordpress/uk...

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thrilled to be touring with Canadian Children's Book Week in 2026! Congratulations to all my fellow touring book creators! #canlit #mglit #reading #booktour

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Kudos to #EugeneYelchin for his brutal honesty. Well-crafted, but oh so dark. 📚👍🏼 #Candlewick #Netgalley

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

#RedFlagsandButterflies will be released on Oct 18th. “A tender, heartfelt, and intelligent coming-of-age story that celebrates quiet strength and trusting your instincts.” Starred review. -Kirkus Reviews @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 📚👍🏼#sherylazzam

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Happy #bookbirthday to Chasing Evil. This book reads like a thriller! Perfect for readers of true crime and/or psychic phenomena. #StMartinsPress

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Thrilled that Standoff, bk 2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy, is showing as a #1 hot new release in its category on Amazon.ca. In the US, it's #5. Set during the first year of Russia's current attacks on Ukraine. #mglit #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

The little quilt is just as charming in this wintry tale as in the first. Sure to be a Canadian classic. #netgalley #tundra #rielnason #mglit #canlit 📚👍🏼

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Looking forward to speaking at Bloor West Ukrainian Festival, Toronto, on Sept 13th. Hope to see you there! #mglit #Ukrainian www.calla.com/wordpress/ma...

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

An unputdownable memoir about a mother who dies holding onto her secrets, and a daughter determined to uncover the truth. #Ostarbeiter #Ukraine #forcedlabor @houseofanansi.bsky.social #halinastjames #canlit

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Happy #bookbirthday to Tim Queeney for Rope, a well-written, well-researched, and informative narrative. I appreciated the droll humor and the interesting and anecdotal style. General readers as well as historical fiction researchers will find this book to be a good resource. #stmartinspress

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Look what popped up as a #1 new release on both Amazon.ca and Amazon.com today! #Standoff, which is book 2 of my #KidnappedfromUkraine trilogy, Oct 7, 2025 pub date #Scholastic #mglit #canlit #Ukrainewar. Still Alive, bk #3 is also on both lists. It will be pub'd April 2026.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Happy #bookbirthday to #sharilapena, the master of domestic thrillers. Loved this book, right down to the perfect, unexpected ending. #penguinrandomhouse #ireadcanadian

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

New gift edition of The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt by Riel Nason -- a #canlit #picturebook classic. A whole new generation of kids will identify with the little quilt's dismay at being different. Sweet humour.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Honoured to be giving the Claire Mackay memorial lecture @canscaip.bsky.social. Attending this conference 27 books ago was one of the best things I did for my writing career. #kidlit #Canadian www.canscaip.org/PYI-Conference

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Loved reading Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie: A prominent columnist gives a new performer a vicious one star review for her fringe festival one-person act, and then he sleeps with her. What happens next is unexpected and absorbing. #Netgalley #PenguinRandomHouseCanada

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Just got to hold Standoff (book #2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy) for the first time! It will be published on Oct 7, 2025. #Scholastic #mglit #Ukrainewar

A picture of Standoff, book #2 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy, published by Scholastic.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I got to read the backmatter for the #scholastic #audiobook edition of Standoff, book #2 of my #Kidnapped from #Ukraine trilogy. Such a neat experience! #mgbook

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

#WhackJob: An interesting anecdotal approach to the history of axe murder from prehistoric times to the present. A handy reference for fiction writers and of interest to general readers. #StMartinsPress #Netgalley #nonfiction

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

THRILLED with this wonderful review of Under Attack, book #1 of my Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy #scholastic in CCBC's Children's Book News.

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

What a compelling novel! This newest story by Janelle Brown reads like a memoir and is unputdownable. The characters of Jane and her father are convincingly crafted and the story trajectory is nuanced and true. Loved every minute of reading What Kind of Paradise. #RandomHouse #netgalley #reading

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Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

And here's book #1, which came out this year in January:

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