“Libraries exist to make space for every story and every lived experience,” ALA President Sam Helmick said in a statement. “As we celebrate National Library Week, we reaffirm that libraries are places for knowledge, for access, and for all.”
He eight-year-old and I had fun making potion bottles over spring break…🧙♂️🧙♂️🧙♂️
It’s always a joyous day when I get to hand out books to my students—and today was such a day! STORY STORM is an anthology of stories, poems, and other creative pieces that we wrote throughout our fall term.
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND Aurora award nomination graphic
Aurora award best novelette/novella shortlist graphic AURORA AWARDS BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA The First Thousand Trees, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press "In the Gardener's Service", Michèle Laframboise, Asimov's, July/August "The Lure of Stone", Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six A Palace Near the Wind, Ai Jiang, Titan Books The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA NOMINEE
excited to announce that 🏰🍃🌬️A PALACE NEAR THE WIND🌬️🍃🏰 is a 2026 Aurora Award nominee for Best Novelette/Novella!! Thank you so much to all those for voted and a big congratulations to all my fellow nominees!! 🥺🙆🏻♀️🤍
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"Just as we make ourselves more energy-secure by switching from fossil fuels to renewables, we make ourselves more food-secure by switching from animals to plants." - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Cindy's Book News Spring Newsletter 2026! 📚 Sharing news about my books, events, and opportunities to win prizes! 🐝 🦋
Plus a new endeavour! 🍃🌸
The students in my creative writing class decided to launch their own newspaper this weekend. I’m not entirely sure their perspectives are fair.
#creativeeducation #creativewritingworkshop #cwc #creativewriting
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Alice Walker:
“If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for?”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/w...
Didn’t finish this dragon egg in time for the family’s annual dragon egg hunt, but it did make it to my school visit this past week!
Chicken in kayak: "I feel like I'm doing this wrong." Other chicken in other kayak: "You are!" (this chicken looks upside-down but is actually right-side-up, so we see that the first chicken was actually underwater)
Kayak. www.patreon.com/posts/kayak-...
It’s such a pleasure having my books for sale at Munro’s. I’m glad to know it was jam-packed with customers. We live in a book loving town. No question. And of all the books, they chose this one. How lovely. 🐝 🍃
Oh, shoot! Who was the real #calamityjane? In Calamity Before Jane, by #noahvansciver, a graphic novel I revued 4 #theseaboardreviewofbooks, Sciver profiles the youthful runaway (1852-1903) & the lively stories she shared in the Wild West Show of #WildBillHickok..https://shorturl.at/6RmuC #TOONBooks
The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from James Hillman:
“When we wrong the dream, we wrong the soul.”
More on my blog:
kendrakandlestar.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/w...
Thank you so much for the interview, @patbrownbooks.bsky.social It was fun to talk about the making of BUTTERFLY SEA and share a recipe. 🦋 🌊 🐝 🍃 🧚♂️ 🧜♀️ 🥞
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The blossom-fall is bittersweet. The flutter of pink is magical, but it’s sad to see them slowly disintegrating. That’s why I took a pic of this blossom that managed to fall perfectly to the pavement, away from its fellows, as if determined to remain a star a bit longer.
#authorsEye #betterthanAI
A snake approaches a cat's scratching post. Soon, the snake is hanging from the top of the post by their fangs, thinking, "Hmm... not really understanding the appeal."
Scratching Post. www.patreon.com/posts/scratc...
Butterfly Sea cover
Bumblebee book cover.
Thanks to EVERYONE who posted reviews for BUTTERFLY SEA 🦋 and IF a BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE! 🐝 Reviews help get the #books into the hands of #readers. If you reviewed them on Goodreads, please don’t hesitate to copy/paste your review to other platforms. Happy #Spring! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
Against a grim #SaultSteMarie residential school, a bright-faced, exasperated girl—who will survive: the cover of Shirley: An Indian Residential School Story, bio of #ShirleyFletcherHorn by #JoanneRobertson. My privilege 2 revu 4 #TheSeaboardReviewofBooks. #SecondStoryPress #canlit shorturl.at/DDvuX
Photos from our annual dragon egg hunt! The eight-year-old and I are working on some new eggs—but we just didn’t finish them in time!
#dragonegg #egghunt #dragonegghunt
My son and I encountered this door on a recent family vacation. Someone—or someTHING—has a very strong grip! Also, it seems to me the dents conspire to form a creature’s face.
#authorsEye #artistsEye #betterthanAI #humaneye
Portrait of Carmen McRae by photographer James J. Kriegsmann. Photo credit: University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives.
#ResistanceRoots
Carmen McRae was born on this day in 1920 in Harlem. She was a jazz singer, pianist and composer celebrated as one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. She was also a dedicated civil rights activist who used her platform to fight for social change. /1
It wasn't just a mild winter in Vancouver. Other parts of BC also received much less snow than normal. Despite a La Niña.
Wildfire season in BC will likely be terrible this year.
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #ClimateCrisis #drought #BCwildfire
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![Caption: This Easter, give the gift of Gas Station Hot Dogs! [pic of frowning gas station hot dog, smoking a cigarette]
[Pic of parent chickens talking while little kid chicken stares at a hot dog.] Parent chicken says "Confess. You forgot to buy chocolate eggs until it was too late."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nnca7gsyvvyriz43tped5um5/bafkreig3pn6lhswui4pgmky3mh5npqv57u2fxy4por33vfgegemqstsufy)
Caption: This Easter, give the gift of Gas Station Hot Dogs! [pic of frowning gas station hot dog, smoking a cigarette] [Pic of parent chickens talking while little kid chicken stares at a hot dog.] Parent chicken says "Confess. You forgot to buy chocolate eggs until it was too late."
This Easter. www.patreon.com/posts/this-e...
A little chicken with a striped Easter egg. A crack appears in the egg! And CHOMP! A tiny snake jumps out of the egg and bites the chicken's eye. AUGH A bunny breaks the news to a snake wearing bunny ears: "You're fired."
Easter Surprise. www.patreon.com/posts/easter...
Xenomorph on the telephone: "Hello? ... ... ..." Other xenomorph: "Well? Who is it?" Xenomorph on the telephone: "It's some nerd from Earth who wants to know how our planet independently developed rotary dial phones."
Hello Xenomorph. www.patreon.com/posts/hello-...
Chicken in front of plate, to Chef Chicken: "Look, you can't just substitute ingredients with things that rhyme." Closeup of plate. From off-panel, Chef Chicken yells "Shut up and eat your Cake Frites!"
Substitution. www.patreon.com/posts/substi...
Hulk Cat yells: "HULK CAT ANGRY!" Hulk Cat yells: "OK IF BEING TOTALLY HONEST, HULK CAT MOSTLY HANGRY!"
Hulk Cat Angry. www.patreon.com/posts/hulk-c...
