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Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Some of the books I picked up at the Spooktastic Book Fair at the Framingham Public Library. These Vengeful Wishes by @vvmontalban.bsky.social and From the Belly by @emnays.bsky.social

A photo of the covers of two books: These Vengeful Wished by Vanessa Montalban and From the Belly by Emmett Nahil

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Mad Woman Literary Agency @madwomanliterary.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Congratulations to @vvmontalban.bsky.social on THE BEAUTIFUL HEIR and THE WILD HEIR, forthcoming from Simon Pulse in summer 2027!

Publisher's Marketplace deal report dated 9/17/25 for The Beautiful Heir and The Wild Heir by Vanessa Montalban, the first two books in the Heirs of Westemere series, pitched as Bridgerton meets Succession in a series of YA romantic fantasy novels, in which the heirs to the kingdom of Westemere navigate their love lives while competing for control of their ancestral throne, to Anna Parsons at Simon Pulse, with Rebecca Kuss editing, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2027, by Danielle Burby at Mad Woman Literary Agency (World).

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

So excited to be part of the 2025 @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social! 🎉 Free + virtual sessions 📚 Shorter, classroom-ready content 🗓️ Launching Sept. 1—just in time for Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month prep! See the schedule: latinxkidlitbookfestival.org/2025-festival #LatinxKidLit #LKBF25

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information! #dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks

Mark Your Calendars #DVpit is returning October 8, 2025. The original pitch event for creators from marginalized communities. Now on Bluesky! Follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates

Agents and Editors participating in DVpit 2025 on Bluesky. Here is an initial list of some of the participating agents and editors

Gallt & Zacker:
Marietta Zacker
Beth Phelan
Linda Camacho
Erin Casey Westin
Sandra Proudman
Saribel Pages
Andrea Brown Literary:
Kelly Sonnack
Jemiscoe Chambers-Black
Jennifer March Soloway
Saritza Hernández
Analía Cabello
Paige Terlip
Azantian Literary:
Shelly Romero
Carey Blankenship-Kramer
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret:
Michaela Whatnall
Folio Literary:
John Cusick
Gelfman Schneider:
Penelope Burns
HG Literary:
Wendi Gu
Jill Grinberg Literary:
Katelyn Detweiler
Mad Woman Literary:
Alex Brown
Danielle Burby
Chelsea Hensley
Neighborhood Literary:
Eric Smith
Rebecca Podos
New Leaf:
Jo Volpe
Suzie Townsend
Sophia M. Ramos
Trinica Sampson-Vera
Jordan Hill
Page Street Publishing
Tamara Grasty
Park, Fine & Brower:
Pete Knapp
Stuti Telidevara
Root Literary:
Melanie Figueroa
Samantha Fabien
Simon & Schuster:
Rebecca Kuss
Sourcebooks:
Mikaela Luke
Triada US:
Brent Taylor
Uwe Stender
Ashley Reisinger
Moe Ferrara
Writers House:
Alexandra Levick
Andrea Morrison

Follow us at #dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!

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Gabi 📚 @gabibookworm.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Happy book birthday to this week’s new releases! 📚

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@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Today we celebrate the book birthday of Julie Morera’s @jmorerabooks.bsky.social wonderful new book, Together We illustrated by Violeta Encarnación. We sat down with Jackie to learn more about this book. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus...

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24hr.YABookBlog @24hryabookblog.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

loving the trend we're seeing in YA books specifically in young adult fantasy ― slowly we have been getting more of a rise in the genre of 'dark fantasy'?!! now i need all the recs??! ༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤˚⟡⋆༉‧₊˚ #yabooks #booksky #yalit #diversebooks

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Big fan of Reactor Magazine and Alex Brown's writing in general, so super stoked to share this review of These Vengeful Wishes! Horrormance is quickly becoming a thing & I'm honored to have joined the ranks of spooky love stories

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Morgane Magloire illustration @morganemgl.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Illustration I painted for @vvmontalban.bsky.social ✨️ love this so much. #art #illustration

a man and a woman laying on the ground with scary hands shadows coming at them.

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

BOOK NEWS!!! Can't believe I get to say this again, but I have ANOTHER BOOK COMING! Jumping for joy, kissing my lucky stars, because I'll be working with the magnificent @tiff_liao again!! Thank you @madwomanliterary.bsky.social THE MOST STUNNING ART REVEAL CREATED BY @morganemgl.bsky.social

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hi everyone! If you're in the Tampa/Tarpon Springs area, I'll be speaking with Gloria Muñoz tomorrow (tuesday, 4/8), 6pm, at The Gilded Page bookstore! Hope to see you there!

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S.E. Reed @writingwithreed.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Another AMAZING video is available at the Writer’s Workout FREE online conference over on YouTube. 🤩💕 The incredibly talented @vvmontalban.bsky.social youtu.be/x_yN99tSb_w

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From Roots to Realms: crafting fictional worlds through cultural inspiration with Vanessa Montalban

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Last day to get A Tall Dark Trouble for $1.99!!!

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Gabi 📚 @gabibookworm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happy book birthday to this week’s new releases! 📚

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Friends! This YA witchy fantasy is on sale for $1.99!! Twin witches are afflicted by a love curse & their mother forbids them from using magic, but when they start having visions of a killer targeting brujas, they must use their powers to save lives www.bookbub.com/books/a-tall...

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A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban is only $1.99 - BookBub

Utterly bewitching (Kirkus Reviews): Twin witches Delfi and Lela are afflicted by a family curse that prevents them from falling in love. Their mother forbids them from using magic, but when they star...

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Jessie 📚 LATAM LIT @readwithjessie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“They think the dark can hide their wickedness. But I see into their rotten hearts.” #booksky Join us on Fable 📖 These Vengeful Wishes by @vvmontalban.bsky.social

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Jessie 📚 LATAM LIT @readwithjessie.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Bookclub pick of the month 🖤 These Vengeful Wishes by @vvmontalban.bsky.social Join us on Fable as we will be reading the captivating retelling of Nicaraguan Dark folktale of “La Cegua” fable.co/club/discove...

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24hr.YABookBlog @24hryabookblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

A TALL DARK TROUBLE by @vvmontalban.bsky.social is a unique Latinx YA contemporary fantasy about brujas, magic & complex family bonds! Montalban's genre blends + literary style make her a stand-out voice in young adult paranormal!🔮🌿✨ #bookreview #YALit 24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/a...

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Officially one week since These Vengeful Wishes released & so thankful for the excitement & support! ✨️request at your local library ✨️if you've already read, you can leave a review on Bookbub, Goodreads, and Storygraph ✨️reviews on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, and other retailers

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Terry J. Benton-Walker (he/daddy) @handle.invalid · 07/02/2025

The paperback of Blood Justice is dropping in April, and B&N is having a 25% off preorder sale with code PREORDER25, so now is your time to preorder! I’m also doing a little mini tour for the paperback release, so be on the lookout for deets soon! 🫶🏽 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blood-just...

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Blood Justice is the hotly anticipated sequel to Terry J. Benton-Walker’s Most Anticipated debut Blood Debts.Praise for Blood Debts: “A conjuring of magnificence.” —NIC STO...

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@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy Book Birthday to @vvmontalban.bsky.social on her book These Vengeful Wishes. A vengeful female spirit with a thirst for justice ignites a teen girl’s rage in this new YA horror by award-winning author, Vanessa Montalban. #bookbirthday #lasmusas

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

So0 excited for this! Hope you can join us <3

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happiest book birthday, dear @vvmontalban.bsky.social I'm so excited for you and your amazing book These Vengeful Wishes!!!!

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Jessie 📚 LATAM LIT @readwithjessie.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Afro-Latinx Authors to read TODAY. 📚🧵👇 #booksky #bluesky

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I've been posting daily (and timely) vengeful wishes to cast on your enemies in celebration of my book's release Only 2 more days until These Vengeful Wishes is out Female rage, atmospheric, eerie Southern Gothic, Florida swamps, Nicaraguan folklore, grumpy/sunshine romance linktr.ee/VVMontalban

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🌟 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 35 exciting new young adult books books being published in February 2025! 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

A compilation of ten February 2025 YA book covers including A Touch of Blood by Sajni Patel, The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith, Where Shadows Bloom by Catherine Bakewell, Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft, Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray, (S)Kin by Ibi Zoboi, Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours, Lucha of the Forgotten Spring by Tehlor Kay Mejia, The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman and Why on Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hey, Orlando, friends. If you're around Tuesday evening, I'll be launching my second book These Vengeful Wishes, at Spellbound Bookstore in Sanford, FL. Would love to see you 🩷 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/these-veng...

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Sandgirl58 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽⚖️ @sandgirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Yes, the deportees were in shackles. The crime they committed was having no documentation. That is not violent criminals.

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@lasmusasbooks @lasmusasbooks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Today on the Las Musas Blog we present This is the Year by Musa Gloria Muñoz. We sat down with Gloria to learn more about this book. www.lasmusasbooks.com/blog/las-mus...

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Putting together a list of YA and Adult titles with Latine folklore/myths based in the modern era. I have a few in mind already but hoping to gather a few more recs Mixed genres welcome!

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I have to promote my book that comes out in 2 weeks even tho i'm full of rage so here's a ragey book about women erased from history and the vengeance they seek. A story about finding your loved ones instead of inheriting them, and a book about being seen even when you've been lost to shadows

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If anyone watched the Oval office reporting. They asked trump about Palestine. Here's the gist 🧵

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

It's not a Roman salute. He knew exactly what he was doing. And they cheered. THEY CHEERED. Just so we know how far gone they are.

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Kat Cho @katchowrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Wanted to do something positive today, so I made a starter pack of Diverse Kidlit creators and industry professionals! #diversekidlit #starterpack #diversifyyourshelves #weneeddiversebooks go.bsky.app/Ma4TCD7

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Jessie 📚 LATAM LIT @readwithjessie.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Latinx Book Releases of 2025 📚🧵👇 Horror / Gothic edition: (Feel Free to drop your releases) #Booksky #LatinxBooks

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The only thing i've been able to read lately has been historical romance so if you have any favorites, let me hear them, i beg of you

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I'm still getting the hang of things here but i really want to. I changed my settings so i no longer see friend "reposts" or "replies". I still see quoted reposts. But it's made the feed SO much easier to handle. If i want to see something trending, i can just switch over to "Popular With Friends"

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Bethany Baptiste @storysorcery.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

today hits different knowing i wrote this book because of how i felt he was elected LAST time. here we go again in 2025! THE POISONS WE DRINK is a story about an angry Black girl from DC that brewed love potions to poison politicians and make them fall in love with the idea to NOT BE EVIL BASTARDS.

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

this. I opened it up and felt too icky scrolling like it's all good.

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

✨PLEASE SHARE✨ It is live!!! There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸 Link: bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

A graphic that says 260+ items #KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction (January 15-31st) Visit Auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Florida friends! Hope you can join me along one of these stops as we celebrate These Vengeful Wishes! Book launch will be at Spellbound Bookstore, Sanford, FL at 7pm where I'll be in conversation with Rosaria Munda, author of The Aurelian Cycle! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/these-veng...

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