Do you know a creative 5-13 y/o kid? 👀
Lit Kids needs submissions for Issue 10: Folklore/Mythology by 5/15. So far, our inbox is crickets! 🦗
Please send writing, art, and photos for consideration. Subscribe, share, and keep shining! ✨
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Nice birthday present from my neighborhood paper(talking about my latest book with coauthor Simon Wildman Chung and ill. Estefania Razo) : @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social richmondsunsetnews.com/2026/04/09/r...
Event flyer for "Grotto Night: Getting the Scoop: The Highs and Lows of Immersive and Undercover Reporting," hosted by The Writers Grotto. Features headshots of four panelists: Katherine Seligman, Katy Butler, Kevin Fagan, and moderator Nate Olivarez-Giles. Event takes place March 31, 6:00–7:30 PM at the San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street. Co-presented with the San Francisco Public Library.
Join us for Grotto Night at the SF Public Library! 📰 "Getting the Scoop: The Highs and Lows of Immersive and Undercover Reporting." March 31, 6:00–7:30 PM at 100 Larkin St, San Francisco. Free & open to the public!
#WritersGrotto #Journalism #SanFrancisco #InvestigativeJournalism #SFPublicLibrary
Event flyer for the SF Writers Grotto Literary Salon Series, Women's History Month edition. Bold black text on a golden yellow background reads "Literary Salon Series" at the top, decorated with sparkle and star graphics. Below in blue text: "Women's History Month." Below that in black: "Friday, March 20, 5–7pm." Two rows of four headshots each feature the eight featured authors. Top row, left to right: Savala Nolan, TK Rex, Lee Ann Prescott, Marianna Marlowe. Bottom row, left to right: Elizabeth Svoboda, Eirinie Carson, Nina Schuyler, Audrey Ferber. Each photo is labeled with the author's name beneath it. At the bottom in blue text: "SF Writers Grotto, 1663 Mission St. #602, San Francisco."
Celebrating Women's History Month the best way we know how — with brilliant writers and good company. 📚 Join us March 20, 5–7pm at the SF Writers Grotto for our Literary Salon Series featuring 8 incredible women writers. 1663 Mission St. #602, SF. All welcome!
#WomensHistoryMonth #LiterarySalon
⏰ Deadline update!
The application deadline for the Writers Grotto Classes Registrar & Administrative Manager position has moved up.
🗓 New deadline: March 31, 2026
Apply here:
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It seems like a great day to put everything aside for an hour (specifically starting at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific) and have a #kidlitchat, doesn’t it? Or, you know, multitask while talking #kidlit for a bit. Whatever works! Hope to see you chatting….
Ya know there’s a #kidlitchat at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific today, don’t ya? Good. Next up is clearing the time on your schedule to join us #kidlit folk for an hour of chatting. Or stop by for five minutes. It’s all good! Hope to see you there!
cover of cabbage seds colossal secret
Happy Pub Day @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social
Look what I got! Early before release date. Congrats @kmgreenwald.bsky.social and Alejandra Ruiz! Karen is @12x12challenge.bsky.social ‘s very own nonfiction ninja. You want this book.
Congrats @devislaskar.bsky.social on your latest book!
Welcome to 2026 Author sponsor @swildmansf.bsky.social ! Stephanie Wildman has authored six children’s books: Story Power!, Miri’s Moving Day, Ghost Writer, Breath by Breath, Treasure Hunt, and Brave in the Water.
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#ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit
thanks @readyourworld.bsky.social ! @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social
Guess what? It’s #kidlitchat day (aka Tuesday). Join us #kidlit folk here on Bluesky at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific for an hour of yakking and community. Easy parking, beautifully decorated space, and ample (virtual) treats! What’s not to love? I hope you can make it!
⤵️ happy to support Read Your World⤵️
Coming Feb 17... Pre-order THE CABBAGE SEED'S COLOSSAL SECRET for a signed #book plate & #shareyourveggies! Based on an inspirational true story of a young girl and a 40 lb. cabbage-- Tilbury House Pub's (now part of PRH). @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @gardeningma.bsky.social
favorite webinar is a hard question because they are all so valuable! for this year i might have to say Anitra Rowe Shulte Musicality in PBs and Margarita Engle Poetry of PBs because I am learning to flex those muscles, even after 6 published PBs.
no in person conferences booked yet, but the year is young. i have my fingers crossed for the bay area book festival. i am taking a poetry class- not a conference but still . . .
Hard to pick one favorite Julie Andrews, but easy to pick Julie Hedland’s pb bio as a fave!
Loved writing this with @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social for @taralazar.bsky.social 's Storystorm!
Thank you Kelsey!
Thank you - I am so glad to know it was helpful!
Thanks @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social! It was so fun writing with you! Tagging @12x12challenge.bsky.social and @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social for boosts and perhaps of interest to members.
no one will be surprised if I say Estefania Razo!
12x12’ vibrant FB chat group motivated me to start a writing routine. It may be the first lace I heard about butt in chair and I realized these drafts don’t write themselves! So i write after lunch, even if for a few minutes.
would you believe I don’t snack when writing!? 🙂
Happy to share my visit to @kalwradio.bsky.social @cocoafly.bsky.social 's Sights and Sounds Picks segment. Thanks Jennee and Porfirio! www.kalw.org/show/sights-... @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social
proud to support @readyourworld.bsky.social Shout out to illustrators Estefania Razo and Dream Chen for their gorgeous work. and thanks to @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social for support!
I appreciate your asking because the answer to the “what moves the needle” question seems 🤷♀️ elusive at best. I just spent a month posting on behalf of @pbspree.bsky.social and didn’t see much engagement. ( They have great books, BTW). We may just all be overloaded. (eg. all those great newsletters)
The Cabbage Seeds, Colossal Secret: features a #kid #hero whose GIANT surprise leads to a BIGGER success fighting the #hunger crisis… Pre-order–launching 2.17! Based on a true story! @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit @eepy.bsky.social #teachers #educators #gardening #plants
All best wishes!
