Coming in February, just in time for the 2026 Olympics hockey competition, when all those hockey-fan young readers will be in the mood for a story about the sport they love – in this story, teammates figuring out a tough situation, together.
Orca Anchor @orcabook.bsky.social
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Coming November 25 from Red Deer Press/Sutherland House. Nineteen stories that explore genres, experience, identity from a teen perspective. My story RIGHT DEFENSE is included - so grateful!
FunFact: RIGHT DEFENSE was the origin story (spark?) for my 2021 novel, THE LEGEND.
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I have a new hi-lo title, BUSTED, coming out this winter from @orcabook.bsky.social. Just for fun, I googled “Orca Busted”.
This is what came up:
“Orca caught ‘moonwalking’ in West Vancouver”
(Don’t you just love the internet...sometimes??)
BUSTED
Orca Anchor
#winter2026
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Elite school. Vril powers. Missing students. Basically, it’s dark academia— but with more cannibalism, magic, laughs, and gut punches.
Elite school.
Vril powers?
Missing students.
Basically, it’s dark academia—
but with more cannibalism, magic, laughs, and gut punches.
Meet Me Tonight is now free to read on Kindle Unlimited. This summer only.
#KindleUnlimited #yabooks #CanYALit #kidlit #DarkAcademiaBooks #QueerYA
Graphic of 4 drinks that says it's the squad from meet me tonight, they are an orange energy drink, iced tea, chocolate milk, and kombucha. Which would you choose?
Convincing you to read my YA Dystopian Fantasy by asking you: if the squad were drinks, who would you be?
Meet Me Tonight is free on Kindle Unlimited now.
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Amazing what a little browsing will reveal. Thank you, Helen Kubiw @hkubiw.bsky.social ! My book is a long way off (early 2026) and yet there it is, included in your always-welcome list of #kidlit releases we have to look forward to... Grateful!
#CanKitLit #CanYALit BUSTED @orcabook.bsky.social
Your next summer read is now free to read on Kindle unlimited. This summer only.a ya Dystopian Fantasy, Meet me tonight
Elite school.
Vril powers?
Missing students.
Basically, it’s dark academia—
but with more cannibalism, magic, laughs, and gut punches.
🔥 Meet Me Tonight is now free to read on Kindle Unlimited. This summer only.
#KindleUnlimited #yabooks #CanYALit #DarkAcademiaBooks #QueerYA #FearKraehlings
Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadian creators! Great starter pack to check out below! Thanks @debbieohi.com
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Introducing my debut YA Dystopian Fantasy, Meet Me Tonight! It’s got: • A reluctant and bi enby protagonist • Dark academia + laughs • Found family + freaky powers • Chronic illness + disabilities • Awkward teen crushes, not spice • Missing students… who aren’t just missing
Blurb for book, Meet me tonight. New school, new homeroom, and kids going missing? T his is definitely not what I signed up for. I never wanted to be a hero. I just wanted a normal high school experience. One with homework, bullies, mascots, maybe even a love interest or two. Instead, I get a cryptic warning: Fear Kraehlings. Scientific anomalies? Check. Vril-Challenged (whatever that means)? Apparently. Misfit Friends? Obviously. A rare blood type that puts a target on my back? Fantastic. When six students vanish, the professors tell us to forget. But my friends and I won’t let it go—and what we uncover is worse than anything we imagined. These kids aren’t just disappearing. They’re being used. Turns out, the biggest threat to students isn’t failing grades, after all. But if we don’t fight, empower, adapt, and resist… then we’re all on the menu.
Ever wanted to expose a cannibal conspiracy at a prestigious school?
Same.
Meet Me tonight, a YA Dystopian Fantasy, is out now!
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So happy to see THE SHADOW ROAD mentioned as one of five must-read favorites in this wonderful article about the need for more books aimed at younger teen readers! Thank you, @youngteenlit.bsky.social! #kidlit #CanYALit
Super happy to share that The Canadian Children's Book Centre has chosen THE SHADOW ROAD as a best book for teens in the grade 9-10 category! Huzzah! #kidlit #CanYALit
Yes, Flora & I are very happy to share a shelf in the JFIC section of the library with Pooh & A.A. Milne.
Because, well, who doesn't love a sweetly philosophical bear? #CanKidLit #CanYaLit #classics
Graphic that reads: Meet Me Tonight written by L.A. Fowler Only 30 more sleeps Available everywhere June 11th
The blurb for Meet Me Tonight, by L.A. Fowler
Meet Me Tonight book tropes
Calling all avid readers of YA Dystopian Fantasy! It’s now only one month until the release of Meet Me Tonight! #kidlit #CanYALit #YAlit
Four smiling women at a restaurant with trays of Indian food in front of each other
Always SUCH a joy to catch up with my longtime writer friends @bevrosenbaum.bsky.social @claudiaosmond.bsky.social @maureenmcgowan.bsky.social in person. ❤ #CanKidLit #CanYALit #TorKidLit
Just a heads-up that for the next few days, you can pre-order my novel THE RAVENOUS SKY (the sequel to THE SHADOW ROAD) for 25% off from Barnes & Noble if you're a member!
#kidlit #CanYALit
Are you looking for your next great read? Listed in the CBCs "18 Canadian Young Adult Books to Check Out for Fall 2024," The Great & the Small is an award-winning dystopian fantasy. Check it out! 💜
Illustrations from #TheGreatandtheSmall #YAlit #CanKidLit #CanYALit #KidLitart #traumaresilience
Super happy to see that THE SHADOW ROAD is a staff pick for teen science fiction at the Seattle Public Library! #kidlit #CanYaLit
To view the full 22-book list:
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Happy to share that THE SHADOW ROAD made it onto the CBC's 2025 Librarian Favorites list for sixth to eighth grade readers! Thank you, Children's Book Council! #kidlit #CanYALit
To view the full list, check out the PDF link here: www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/u...
A book about a girl who loves yarn, sold in a store run by (and attracting) people who love yarn.
Yes, my local Indie bookshops are awesome...
...but so is my local #yarn shop.
(Kudos if you know the 1st rule of knitting!)
#CanYALit #CanKidLit #IWriteCanadian 🇨🇦
A book illustration from The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great. A strange, warthog-like, sad creature stares at a tsunami surging over a mountain range towards it.
Book illustrations from The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great-- wolves howl mournfully in the snowy night.
A book illustration from The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great. One of the characters, an owl, is almost devoid of feathers and is close to death. She has luminous eyes which tell of her suffering.
A book illustration from The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great. A little field mouse clings to an ant hill to try to keep from being washed away in a flood, as ants fall into the water.
Sometimes #art can express emotions that are otherwise hard to express.
Illustrations from 💜 The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great 💜 helped me express my grief over the plight of many animals in the world.
#CanKidLit #Illustration #Kidlit #CanYALit #ArtAsTherapy #BooksMatter #IndieBook 💜
The illustration shows a teenage girl crouched over a rat laying injured on the ground. The girl looks very concerned and is almost touching the injured animal to see if it is okay. The image is drawn in pencil.
If you see this, Quote post your black and white artwork.
An illustration from my #YA dystopian fantasy THE GREAT & THE SMALL. This is my FAVOURITE illustration in the book. 🐀💜
#YA #kidlit #kidlitart #CanKidLit #CanYALit
To those posting about 🇨🇦 books for young people: add #CanKidLit #CanYALit #IReadCanadian or a related keywd to your posts (posts only, replies not incl) & it will be be pushed to CanKidLit feed:
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If you notice anyone pushing NON-🇨🇦 #KidLit content to feed, pls let me know.
If audiobooks are your jam and you'd rather support indie bookstores than Amazon by way of Audible, please consider Libro.fm instead. You can find THE SHADOW ROAD there and I would love it if you gave it a listen! #CanYALit #kidlit #IReadCanadian #YAfantasy
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