The University of New Mexico Press will be at the 59th Western Literature Association Conference, Sept. 21 - 24. Visit Senior Acquisitions Editor Elise McHugh who will have these titles on display, including my new book, Waiting for Godínez. www.unmpress.com/western-lite... #WLA2025
📷 Attention Wiki Loves Africa jury!
This training video will sharpen your eye & boost your judging skills for #WLA2025 🌍✨
🎙️ Led by Isla Haddow-Flood, open knowledge expert & co-lead of Wiki In Africa.
🎥 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nShH...
#WikiLovesAfrica
Great times meeting with fabulous librarians and hanging out with my favorite kidlit people at #WLA2025!
#kidlit
#authorcommunity
Thank you #WLA2025! What a fantastic conference! And many thanks to all who came to @bellevuebookie and my workshop, Awesome Author Visits! We had such a great time connecting with librarians from all over the state. You guys are amazing and we so appreciate EVERYTHING you do!!! 🥰 📚
Bright spot in a challenging week: talking and signing books with amazing kidlit creators, librarians, and booksellers at the Washington Library Association Conference.
#bookssavelives #librariansrock #localbookstore @gritcitybooks #wla2025
12 assorted authors posing in a group photo.
12 of us presented today at Washington Library Association’s #WLA2025 Conference, sharing our books with public and school librarians from across the state. What fun to hear from my fellow KidLit creators and to meet librarians. Libraries are forever my happy place, and today my heart is full. 🥰
Two white female authors in front of a brown Authors Against Book Bans sign.
The Saturday afternoon crew at #WLA2025. 😃
4 authors in front of Authors Against Book Bans sign.
We were thrilled to visit with guest Oregon @authorsabb.bsky.social author Courtney Gould to the #WLA2025 AABB WA booth!
Smiling authors Mark Holtzen and Kelly Jones hold up their exhibitor name badges in front of the Authors Against Book Bans banner.
The morning shift. Look at these friendly volunteers waiting to talk to YOU! #WLA2025 @authorsabb.bsky.social
Here are our community archives discussion questions:
How do you define change in your life? What types of documents provide evidence of this change? #WLA2025
dindria barrow: When you do this work, know that you’ll be vetted. People will want to know why you want to tell these stories and how you’ll take care of them. #WLA2025
Community archives can be shared a lot of different ways — zines, posters, websites, more. #WLA2025
Learning about community archives documenting the changing political climate with Alana Privet and dindria barrow at #WLA2025. Collect social media posts, flyers, photos, and other examples showing the shift. Include events, orgs, and people relevant to your community.
Leaving #wla2025 after being on a keynote panel about the life-saving importance of art and mushrooms.
If you're at the Washington Library Association conference in Tacoma, WA today or tomorrow come stop by our booth and learn more about Bookji! #WLA2025 #WLA 🚀🕶️
I feel like #NationalLibrariesWeek and other #Libraries people should check out some of the good stuff happening at the Washington Library Association Conference. It’s all organizing and liberation spores (h/t Nisi Shawl) over here. 🍄🍄🟫 #WLA2025
Soriano at #WLA2025: “Start with small changes. They have a ripple effect … that is the essence of community organizing.” Even when big things are happening that feel out of our control.
Loving learning about @jensorianowrites.bsky.social’s work at #WLA2025!
Jen Soriano at #WLA2025: “You can always tell what’s most important in authoritarian societies based on what gets attacked first.” Libraries and knowledge are under attack because we matter.
Nisi Shawl and Jen Soriano are talking about writing for inclusion at #WLA2025. They say it’s about putting communities first in an alluring way — seducing people into creating something different than what we have now.
Jen Soriano on community organizing and library work at #WLA2025: “Books meet readers where they are. Librarians meet people where they are because libraries are the ultimate public space … Librarians are organizers.”
A table with piles of flyers on top and two empty chairs behind. A large sign on the wall behind it reads Authors Against Book Bans.
We're all set up and ready to go. See you tomorrow, Washington Library Association! #wla2025
Can't wait to talk with Washington State librarians at #WLA2025 Book Bash this Friday 4 - 5:30PM!
#mglit #middlegradebooks #librarians
I’ll also be hanging out at @aabbwashington.bsky.social’s table in the WLA conference exhibit area on Friday 4/11 between 10-3 with other Washington @authorsabb.bsky.social members — stop by and say hello!
(Can’t make it Friday? Say hi to the Saturday group for me!) #WLA2025
Excited to connect with librarians attending the Washington Library Association conference this week.
#wla2025
photo of author Kelly Jones and the cover of her book Happily for Now, illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Text on image reads: Participating author, www.wla.org/2025-conference with logos for Book Bash, #WLA2025, Washington Library Association, Grit City Books.
Hey, I’ll be speaking and signing at the Washington Library Association conference’s Book Bash event this Friday, 4/11, from 4:00-5:30 pm, with many other amazing NW authors and illustrators! Book sales by Grit City Books. More info at www.wla.org/2025-confere...
#WLA2025
Background image of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge overlaid with logos for Authors Against Book Bans, Washington Library Association, and #WLA2025. The word Exhibitor appears above and the URL www.wla.org/2025-conference appears below.
We'll be exhibiting at the #WLA2025 conference in Tacoma this weekend!
The 2025 conference theme is "Building Bridges & Connecting Communities." We think fighting book bans is an important part of those efforts.
Stop by and say hi to our volunteers!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
Our CEO Arlene Limas will lead a Preconference Workshop at #WLA2025:
Navigating Challenges: The Workplace Situation of Library Workers in the USA
📍 Tacoma, WA
🗓️ Thurs, April 10 | 8:30 AM–12:30 PM
A trauma-informed, safety-focused session for library workers.
#PAVEPrevention #LibraryWorkers
