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Michael Northrop @michaelnorthrop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The first review is in! It’s from PW & it’s fantastic! The Birder Murder is “a top-notch cozy”! “Charming”! A “winning adult debut”! They even mention the 🐕 Woohoo! 🥳 (And phew! 😮‍💨) Out 12/1 from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social! #booksky @saracrowelit.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9798892427630

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The Birder Murder (Figman Files #1) by Michael Northrop

Children’s bestseller Northrop (Dear Justice League) makes a winning adult debut with this charming spy-themed cozy. The mononym...

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now available! UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN: DONADAGOHVI by Christine Hartman Derr & Morgan Thompson (Heartdrum) "celebrates the memory of beloved, departed family members and the power of language to link memory across time." @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

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Amy Fitzgerald @amyarielfitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Speaking of nonfiction, WITNESS, a YA poetry anthology edited by Ari Tison and Ty Chapman, is out now! I had nothing to do with it (shoutout to Shaina Olmanson and @carolhinz.bsky.social), I'm just here to tell you it rocks. Kirkus and SLJ agree, via starred reviews! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/26...

Cover for WITNESS: POEMS TO ADDRESS THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF POLICING, edited by Ari Tison and Ty Chapman, with artwork by Damon Davis. Several merged brown faces, disembodied, float against a stark white background.

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

**National Book Award — Young People’s Literature, Longlist** Congratulations to @elanakarnold.bsky.social!! HOLLOWAY is on the Longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Congrats to all the nominees! What a list!

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The Horn Book: “makes inventive use of the page as a visual medium. Her imagery evokes emotions and experiences ranging from isolation, helplessness, and loneliness to self-confidence, courage, and freedom.” @kauawrites.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

$Layered: Turquoise background, blue tropical flower graphic, cover art above the quote that follows: Native Hawaiian girl in profile, flower in her hair, outline of a bird in the background, title (AN EXPANSE OF BLUE) in yellow. The Horn Book: “Adams’s verse novel makes inventive use of the page as a visual medium. Her imagery evokes emotions and experiences ranging from isolation, helplessness, and loneliness to self-confidence, courage, and freedom. While Aouli experiences loss and changes in her relationships, she also gains self-trust, romantic love, and connection to her ancestors.” ABOUT AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian), cover art by JT Ojerio (Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian)(Heartdrum, 2026). Ages 13-up. Fans of THE POET X will fall for this powerful, romantic debut novel-in-verse about a Native Hawaiian girl’s fight to find belonging in a fracturing family, sharing a message of love with resounding emotional truth. ★ Booklist (starred): “…creative placement of spare, expressive free verse on pages generous with white space will appeal to both literary and reluctant readers, as will Aouli’s fervent love for her sister and Nalu, for the blue sky, and for the big blue sea.” ★ Publishers Weekly (starred): “Via distinctive and emotionally resonant verse, Adams crafts an evocative story about identity, devotion, and belonging.“ ★ Shelf Awareness (starred): “…as is so often true of poetry, its specificity is what lends to its universality—in the wide expanse of space between Aouli’s words, anyone might find a piece of themselves reflected.”$

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Happy book birthday to @erinentrada.bsky.social and @eliotschrefer.bsky.social's Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero!

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Megan Frazer Blakemore @megbmore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When Harriet Met Homicide, my debut cozy mystery for adults, is coming in January, but you can pre-order it now wherever you get your books! If you like your mysteries with bears, cats, sexy suspects, and a rom-com twist, this is for you. @atriabooks.bsky.social @saracrowelit.bsky.social

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What Does Happily Ever After Mean for YA Romance? With Her New Book, Jennifer Decided to Find Out | People

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Michael Northrop @michaelnorthrop.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

COVER REVEAL! I believe I was supposed to tease this out over a week or 2 as part of the Cover Reveal Industrial Complex™️ but you’re busy and I love this cover! My adult debut has a face for the ages. The Birder Murder coming 12/1 from @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social!

The title The Birder Murder appears in a murderous/cardinalesque red against a sky blue background as various birds flit around like they know something.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I've had (more than once) the experience of incompetent, arrogant fuckwits hollowing out & trashing a storied journalistic institution, but it never gets easier to watch it happen elsewhere. To Bari, Nick &assorted bootlickers: Those of us with spines may be underpaid but we also have long memories.

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Happy Book Birthday, Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams @kauawrites.bsky.social! AN EXPANSE OF BLUE (Heartdrum, 2026) is Kaua’s debut YA novel and has received starred reviews from Booklist, PW and Shelf Awareness. ★★★ #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today’s book purchase in Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Forever Young Adult @foreveryoungadult.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

@elanakarnold.bsky.social's HOLLOWAY is a stunning, honest tale about grief and finding your true self where you least expect to. Check out Mandy C.'s review at foreveryoungadult.com/book-report/....

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Book Review of Holloway by Elana K. Arnold

Time—and grief—is circular.

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Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Hey guys, sign up for my newsletter. Best way to find out about a bunch of fun, cool, weird, wild stuff coming up: www.jonathanmaberry.com/contact

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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Southern California readers, here's one you won't want to miss: The one and only @elanakarnold.bsky.social, in conversation with Nina LaCour, discussing Elana's new YA novel, HOLLOWAY. Doesn't get much better than that! belcantobooks.net/events @belcantobooks.bsky.social

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer “blend technological horror with a cautionary fable” in their “brisk, unnerving” middle grade series launch CAMP ZERO, illustrated by Jeannette Arroyo

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Camp Zero (Fatal Glitch #1) by Erin Entrada Kelly, Eliot Schrefer

Kelly (The First State of Being) and Schrefer (The Brightness Between Us) craft a brisk, unnerving tale that blends technologica...

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

★ “Via distinctive and emotionally resonant verse, Adams crafts an evocative story about identity, devotion, and belonging.“ —Publishers Weekly, starred @kauawrites.bsky.social (Heartdrum) @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Katie Bernet spoke with PW about her debut YA novel ‘Beth is Dead,’ , and retelling ‘Little Women’ as a modern murder mystery buff.ly/X9cAptd

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

★ Debut author Katie Bernet delivers a “brilliantly snappy contemporary riff on Little Women” in her “electrifying” YA whodunit, BETH IS DEAD buff.ly/kEisWEJ

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Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Total instances of book bans: I'm #6. Number of unique titles affected by book bans: I'm tied for #9 with @halseanderson.bsky.social. Number of districts in which the author is banned: I'm #3. Please don't say "Good for you." It's "Shame on them."

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Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I'm THRILLED to share this exciting news!! PARK DAY makes me SO HAPPY!!!

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

"Tangerine Tyranny" When a lifelong Republican wakes up and turns on the GOP

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

“Writing, putting words on paper, became my vehicle to feel more visible”: Jeannine Atkins on the power of writing and her new memoir in verse, ‘Knocking on Windows’ buff.ly/3BIcpaY

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

COMMENTARY: It takes a great country to admit its mistakes. The Trump administration's new signs at Colorado's National Historic Sites reflect weakness and insecurity.

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Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Hello, hello! @ninalacour.bsky.social & I are teaming up again, this time for Summer Writing Nights! I hope you'll join us! howtosayit.teachery.co/howtosayit?f...

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Varian Johnson @varianjohnson.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

After working on this book for years, I'm excited that LITTLE BIG MAN, my debut picture book with @reggiebrownart.bsky.social, is almost out in stores. More details are coming soon concerning preorders, the tour, and other events, but for now, here's a bit from the book! youtu.be/QFh9_dYVTec?...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

he did this just *after* going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Cory Booker, winding down: "We need a greater love in this country a greater fight in this country a greater determination." And re: Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. The people are more powerful."

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Erin Entrada Kelly @erinentrada.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Preparing to frighten all your children!

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Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Joe Ledger is back!!!! BURN TO SHINE is out TODAY!! Hooah!! Print and ebook from @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social Audiobook by @macmillanaudio.bsky.social -read by Ray Porter GRAB YOUR COPY AND JOIN THE HUNT!

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Holy shit. This is scary. Senator Chris Murphy just revealed on the Senate floor that Republicans now have the votes to cut $2 trillion in services for seniors on Medicare and kids on Medicaid. Tomorrow is the House’s vote. $2 TRILLION IN CUTS. The worst part 👇

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Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I just found out that Coyote Queen has been selected for the 2024 MISelf in Books List! Fud's journey is one that is going to resonate with young readers now more than ever before. Thank you all to the committee members for this honor! #kidlit

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/02/2025

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If the biggest money man in the Democratic Party was a racist weirdo who was obsessed with impregnating women we would never hear the end of it

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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A picture tells 1000 words

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Says powerful man who voted to give the unqualified drunk the job

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Andrea Williams @andreawillwrite.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Yes!! And while it’s primarily a biography of Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles of the 2nd Negro National League, my book BASEBALL’S LEADING LADY is also a great primary on the history of Black baseball in America, for kids *and* adults: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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For fans of Hidden Figures and Steve Sheinkin's Undefeated, Andrea Williams's Baseball's Leading Lady is the powerful true story of Effa Manley, the first an...

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Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The luminous Nina LaCour and I are offering a new course, Listen In: Conversation and Cultivation! Learn what the class is about and listen in on a sample: listen-in-2.teachery.co/listen-in Please email me with questions: elana@elanakarnold.com

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Wow! A new BAT book is here! Congratulations to @elanakarnold.bsky.social on the release of BAT AND THE BUSINESS OF FERRETS. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world! A BOY CALLED BAT is one of the most celebrated middle grade books of the last decade. Now’s a great time to discover the series!

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"Story is timeless." —Two-time Newbery Medalist @erinentrada.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/two-...

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Heather Ray @heatherraybooks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I read INSIDE THE PARK by @andreawillwrite.bsky.social tonight in one sitting! Oh my goodness-what a riveting middle grade. If you have a sports fan in the home, place this one in their hands.

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary: "I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it." BOOM! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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