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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#mentorship_opp Are you a Canadian writer working on a children's manuscript? I can apply for a @twuc grant to mentor 1 writer (10 hrs). Get in touch with me by Oct 15 if interested! writersunion.ca/mentorship-m... @canscaip.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social

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Lydia Lukidis @lydialukidis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Yesterday was World Ocean Day! Our beautiful deep seas are a treasure, and I love to write books about them... #kidlit #STEM #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #worldoceanday #books #edusky #education #nonfiction

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Heidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me.

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Check out these super #kidlit Spring books--both fiction and non-fiction, for babies, kids, and tweens too!

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My new MG biography about inspiring #Cambodian Phymean Noun, THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL (illus by Tida Kheav), is featured with these 5 other super books! @orcabook.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @elyssagavin.bsky.social #AAPI

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Author copies of my new middle-grade biography THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL, illus by Tida Kheav, (Orca) have arrived! Ya-hoo! The book will hit the bookstore shelves on May 19! #cambodia @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social

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Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Looking for an editor for your self-published project, book, website, corporate communication and marketing material, article, report and more? Editors Canada has an editor for every specialty: www.editors.ca/hire #HireAnEditor

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Hire an editor - Editors Canada

Untangle your communication with Editors Canada! Hiring an editor? Get info on professional editors, editorial skills and our directory.

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Loretta Garbutt www.booksbyloretta.com @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Congratulation to all these beautiful new books, making their way in the world and looking for some big readers! 💖 🤩 🙌

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Share our #picturebook WHAT HAPPENS NEXT with kids ages 5 to 12. @owlkids.bsky.social #careysookocheff

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Working on a PB, MG, or YA? An experienced editor and pub'd author, I can apply for ONE #grant to mentor ONE Canadian #kidlit writer for 10 hrs (Nov-March) ie critiques, zoom chats, etc. Interested? Pls get in touch asap. #mentorship #editing #writersunionofcanada @inkedvoices.bsky.social

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Inked Voices @inkedvoices.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

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Inked Voices @inkedvoices.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The Plot Lab is happening this Friday! Everyone who registers also gets access to Damon Suede's recent webinar, The Genre Plot: Unpacking the Universal Truths of Narrative. A terrific opportunity to dig into the building blocks of Story and apply to your own WIP. app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Just received author copies of my soon-to-hit-the-shelves “junior rom-com” novel MISS MATCH (ages 9-12; high-interest accessible)! Ya-hoo! Get ready to meet 8th-grader Polly and find out about her “great idea” in just a few days -- on April 15, '25! @orcabook.bsky.social #MG #kidlit

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Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above). To enter: 1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social 2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend) 3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit

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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Photos of today's ABS member chat. Book an author or illustrator to visit your readers: authorsbooking.com #authorvisits #illustratorvisists #schoolvisits

Photos of today's ABS member chat.

Book an author or illustrator to visit your readers: https://authorsbooking.com/

#authorvisits #illustratorvisists #schoolvisits

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Want to introduce children to amazing architect Antoni Gaudi through an imaginative story and amazing illustrations? They'll love meeting Carmen and her dragon in my #picturebook Carmen and the House that Gaudi Built #OwlKidsBooks @CasaBatlloGaudi #architects #AntoniGaudi #MarianneFerrer

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Just rec'd copies of our board books soon to be distributed free to thousands of kids by Dolly Parton's ImaginationLibrary -- my Upsy-Daisy, Baby! (illus #AshleyBarron) in Dec '24 and #GeraldValerio's Canadian Animals in Colour in Oct '24. Thrilling! #owlkidspress @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

Come to Toronto, Canada tomorrow (May 24)! and visit the art studio of Suharu Ogawa, fab illustrator of our picture book HOORAY FOR TRUCKS! (401 Richmond Street). See where all the magic happens AND ride in her handmade TRUCK. #owlkidsbooks @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

The 2024 Jane’s Walk Festival Weekend is this May 3, 4, 5-online and everywhere! Read up on #JaneJacobs herself, the great urban thinker and activist, in my #picturebook WALKING IN THE CITY WITH JANE: A STORY OF JANE JACOBS (#kidscanpress). @12x12challenge.bsky.social #janeswalk #kidslit #bio

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Kathleen Gros @kagcomix.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

gals gals gals gals gals one of my favourite drawings from this year.

Black and white illustration of four teenage girls standing on a residential sidewalk at night. Three girls carry party snacks and drinks in bags while the fourth girl looks at them with a bit of side eye under the pretence of checking her phone.

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Lovely news! My picture book EARTH TO AUDREY (illus by Stephane Poulin) was published by #KidsCanPress back in 2005--and as of March 1, 2024, it's available as an e-book. Isn't that fantastic? #picturebooks #kidlit #backlist

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

I'm excited to share that my board book UPSY-DAISY, BABY!, illustrated by Ashley Barron, and Geraldo Valério's CANADIAN ANIMALS IN COLOUR have been selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2024! #Owlkids #Dolly Parton's Imagination Library @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 12/02/2024

Yay! I'm excited for this book!

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Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Spent some time at the library today and decided to read Canadian. 🇨🇦

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 19/01/2024

Teaching little ones about #migration #winter is easy with a goose that doesn't. ZANDER STAYS by Maureen Fergus and illustrated by Scot Ritchie is a late 2023 #picturebook that will teach as well as entertain. From Pajama Press. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2024/01/zand...

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Dianne White @diannewrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

No matter where we live, we all have much in common. Beautifully illus. by Sophie Casson & extensively researched by @susanhughes.bsky.social, SAME HERE! The Differences We Share is ideal for readers interested in snapshots of customs & cultures around the world. www.readerkidz.com/2024/01/07/s...

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Time for Giveaway 32: #SpreadTheJoy - Today from Kelly Dyksterhouse is 15 min pitch/AMA. To win just follow @kellydhouse.bsky.social, comment below, and give this a repost. All #giveaways will be open for a min of 24hrs #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writingtips

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

A nice opportunity to chat with agent Kelly Dyksterhouse! #writingcommunity

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

It’s time for Giveaway 28: #SpreadTheJoy - Today from Stephanie Gibeault is a PB MS critique. To win just comment below, and give this a repost. All #giveaways will be open for a min of 24hrs #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writingtips

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SusanHughes @susanhughes.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

"This project [Hooray for Trucks!] was quite unique because with this one, I set out with only one goal—to write a really fun story for very young children." Check out more at "6 Questions with Susan Hughes" on Mary Boone's blog! www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que... #picturebook #rhyming #owlkids

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