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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

BEWARE OF SCAMS! Legitimate Starling emails will ALWAYS end in @starlingliterary.com. If you receive emails from ABLA or gmail address, it is NOT from us. Be sure to check that editor or publisher emails are also coming from verifiable email addresses. The scammers are relentless. Be safe!

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🌟 Our Starling Illustrator Pages are now live! 🌟 Visit our website to learn more about the Starling artists and view their incredible work! ✨ #StarlingFirsts #StarlingLit #StarlingArt #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookcoverart

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Amazing news! 🎉 MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE by Ally Russell has been nominated for a 2026 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Congratulations, @allyoutthere.bsky.social!! ✨

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Yusuke Watanabe @artofyusuke.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

A little piece of news ✨ (a bit late!) I’m happy to share that my agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has officially launched her own agency @starlingliterary.bsky.social. I’m so grateful to continue working together in this new chapter! To celebrate this new start for us, I made a mock-up book cover📗

Mock-up book cover celebrating a new beginning: Starling Literary + Media.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Yay! ✨💫🧑🏽‍🚀🤿 A new book!! By @laurabontje.bsky.social & pics by me : Spring 2028. I can't wait...the ocean & space? Two of my favorite things. (Who doesn't love the ISS?) @owlkids.bsky.social @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidsbooks #kidsbookpublishing #kidlit #Kidlitart

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Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I’m so happy to share this great review of AT THE COOKOUT from Kirkus! I wanted to write a book that was full of joy & love, & I’m so happy that I get to share it with you when it releases this April. See below for preorder options #kidlit @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social

Graphic with the cover of AT THE COOKOUT with the following excerpt from Kirkus Reviews:

The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. Warm and inviting.

Kirkus review part one: “A youngster reconnects with a favorite cousin at a get-together.
It’s summer break, and for Cici, that means making time for family cookouts at Grandma’s house. Cici has a bunch of cousins to play with—and we see them taking part in balloon water fights in the backyard, jumping double Dutch, and playing horseshoes—but there’s one cousin in particular whom the child is searching for, and he’s looking for Cici. At Cici’s lowest point (“Still no sign of Chase”), the little one is compelled to check under a table, where Chase has been hiding with a handful of Grandma’s chocolate chip cookies. Their reunion means the party can finally start in earnest as they join everyone else in cutting up the dance floor until the food is ready to be eaten.”

Kirkus review part 2:

“Plates full of chicken, burgers, mac and cheese, greens, and more feed the whole family, but Cici and Chase are nourished by each other and the love they share. The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. The author/illustrator employs a variety of panel sizes and vibrant pastel backgrounds, making for an accessible picture book filled with smiling brown faces, as dynamic as the event itself.
Warm and inviting. (Picture book. 4-8)”

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Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The world is full of uncertainty right now, and many of us look to books as a way to escape--hence the current popularity of romantasy, romance, etc. But I agree that kids need to see themselves reflected on the page. I love those stories, and I welcome them. Please send them to me. #querytip

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Jennifer March Soloway @marchsoloway.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Hello! I'm here and available for questions. Please ask me anything, and I'll reply. I may not have all the answers, but I will share my experience re. #querying #writing #revising #craft #StarlingLit Happy to help as much as I can!

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Happy New Year, #Writers! We're hosting our first #AskMeAnything event with @marchsoloway.bsky.social Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Time: 5 - 6pm PT / 8 - 9pm ET Where: #Bluesky P.S. If you can't make it, Jennifer will be back every Wednesday in January, same time, same place. Join us!

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

DAWN OF THE FIREBIRD is an instant Sunday Times Bestseller!! Huge congratulations to Sarah Mughal Rana! 🎉 #StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #Fantasy

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

ETERNAL RUIN is still going strong on the NYT list! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations to @tigestgirma for your 5th week on the charts! #StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy

Graphic that reads 5 weeks as a New York Times Bestseller. With an image of the New York Times bestseller list from 12.10.2025. Number 8 is circled: “Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma. (Little, Brown) Kidan's quest for power consumes her as she must face her sister, June, in a looming war. (Ages 14 to 18)”

The right side of the graphic includes the cover of Eternal Ruin which is red with the image of two hands reach for a golden mask.

Bottom of the graphic reads Eternal Ruin, by Tigest Girma

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Dear #Writers and #illustrators, If you recently queried Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social), Paige Terlip (@pterlip.bsky.social), or Jennifer March Soloway (@marchsoloway.bsky.social), there is no need to re-query us at Starling. We received it and will respond, we promise!

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Starling Literary + Media @starlingliterary.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Got some fun stuff in the works. 😉 More very soon!

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Jem is OPEN to queries @jemiscoe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

So excited for this next chapter with @pterlip.bsky.social and @marchsoloway.bsky.social!!!

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