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Thank you!!!

Thank you, Anne! 💛

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Savor the Day was inspired by my daughter, Lisa, who loved the beach & was esp good at savouring the simple joys in life. So today, I'm celebrating this "book birthday" in the best way I can, by savouring it all. ☀️🐚🌊⛱️📚❤️ Picture book, ages 4-8. Illustr by Gabby Grant, published by @sleepingbearpress.

Picture Books, Eh! launches in 2026! ​ There are many wonderful places where readers of all ages, including teachers, librarians and booksellers, can discover new Canadian picture books, and Picture Books, Eh! is one of them! We are...

#GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2026, we’re giving away 4 manuscript crits & many PBs! Details on website below. To enter:
1. Follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. Like + repost this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners announced Mar. 27 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit

Yes! I recommended he get himself to a library, stat.

This morning I listened to a "cultural critic" and writer claim that all modern children's literature is horrible, simple, and dumbed down. Reader, I did not take it well. #kidlit

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Thank you so much! 🥰💛

Thank you so much, Karen 💛

Verse novel fans, updated list is now available! 📚🇨🇦 MG and YA novels in verse by Canadian authors. New this year: includes French-language verse novels. #versenovels

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Yesterday I sent a new ms to my agent. It's the first novel-length project I've managed to write since trauma & loss shattered me almost 5 years ago, and honestly, to me it's the clearest evidence my brain and my heart really are healing. I'm verklempt. And I'm so grateful.

I made a library scene with LEGO. I especially loved the double-sided rotating dictionary stand. 😁📚

Wish I could be in Vic for the 26th! I'll be there a few days before but can't stay that long. Hopefully I'll get another chance to see this.

Making Music Book List Music gets us through the bad days. It connects us with the people around us. It helps us explore the deeper parts of ourselves. These books from Canadian creators explore the many ways music enriches our lives.    Picture Books  It Began with a Buzz  Written and illustrated by Shiva Delsooz  Owlkids Books, 2025 IL: Ag

Music gets us through the bad days. It connects us with the people around us. It helps us explore the deeper parts of ourselves. These books from Canadian creators explore the many ways music enriches our lives.

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Thank you, Helen!

7 books win big at 2025 Canadian children's book awards | CBC Books Presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the awards celebrate literature for young people.

Thanks for celebrating with us, CBC!

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Yay!!!! Congrats!!!

Thank you!!

@sharigreen.bsky.social !! Congratulations on winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams!!!

Thank you so much, Marsha!!

Poetry by author, adult fiction by author, kidlit by author, nonfiction by topic then author, picture books in a chaotic pile.

A poster for the GoFundMe for the Surrey International Writers' Conference featuring a quote from Crystal Hunt that reads, "The thing that has always struck me about SiWC is the unflagging support for writers at every stage and the real feeling of community and welcome that surrounds the conference" and a QR code linking to the fundraiser at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc

We need storytellers now more than ever. Please support SiWC and keep the magic alive. www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc

I'm on Vancouver Island, BC 🇨🇦

Thanks.💛 I should've included text of the original post for context.

Yes! Sorry, that's nurse humor. 😬

It's so quiet tonight. 🧑‍⚕️🏥😱

It's Banned Book Week in the US, and here in Canada, we need to be standing up against censorship and defending the right to read. If you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, writing for kids or adults, please join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans.