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Authors’ Booking Service connects Canadian kidlit authors and illustrators with readers. Browse our roster of professional and engaging authors and illustrators for school, library, workshops, conferences, virtual visits and more! authorsbooking.com
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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · 15d
Hey teachers and librarians! 💛

Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays!

Enter here ➡️ forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkW...
Closes December 15, 2025.

#TeacherGiveaway #CanKidLit #SchoolLibraries
Hey teachers and librarians! 💛 We appreciate everything you do to inspire young readers. Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays! Enter here ➡️ https://forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkWBS2A9 Closes December 15, 2025. Hosted by Authors’ Booking Service, your go-to for booking Canadian children’s authors for school and library visits. #TeacherGiveaway #LibrarianLife #CanadianKidLit #AuthorsBookingService #SchoolLibraries #TeacherLibrarian #CanLit
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Check out these new fall books! Canadian creators include:

@parentclub.bsky.social
@suecurrie24.bsky.social
@reganmacaulay.bsky.social
@carolmatas.bsky.social
@carolmatas.bsky.social
@jtorrescomics.bsky.social
@heathermoconnor.bsky.social
@openmike.bsky.social

#kidlit #CanKidLit
Check out these new fall books! Canadian creators include: @parentclub.bsky.social @suecurrie24.bsky.social @reganmacaulay.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social @heathermoconnor.bsky.social @openmike.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The CCBC Best Books For Kids Fall 2025 list is out...

Current ABS members listed:

Nadine Presley
Nadia Hohn
Maria Marianayagam
Rowena Rae
Marsha J. Skrypuch
Kevin heronJones
Lea Beddia
Casey Lyall
Stephanie Cooke
Frances Backhouse
Isabelle Groc
Laura Bontje

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November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Remembrance Day books for kids (3 of 3)

Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kacer

Making Bombs For Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Stealing Home by J Torres
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Remembrance Day books for kids (2 of 3)

Surviving Darkness: A Ukrainian Family’s Resilience Through the Holodomor and Holocaust by Cynthia Lebrun

SABOTAGE: Canadian home front during World War I by Karen Autio

A Storm Unleased by Carol Matas

The Prisoner and The Writer by Heather Camlot

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Remembrance Day books for kids (2 of 3)
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Remembrance Day books for kids (1 of 3)

September 17, The Pact by Amanda West Lewis

GIRL TAKES DRASTIC STEP!: How Molly Lamb Bobak Became Canada’s First Official Woman War Artist by Jillian Dobson

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Remembrance Day is Tues Nov 11th - consider bringing these author presentations to your readers…\ Author: Amanda West Lewis Relevant novels: September 17 and The Pact Historical perspectives on Canada’s political, social, and economic importance globally, while highlighting issues regarding emigration, education, and propaganda. Insights into the causes of the Second World War and ways in which the war affected children in Great Britain, Germany and Canada MORE REMEMBRANCE DAY AUTHOR PRESENETATION IDEAS: GIRL TAKES DRASTIC STEP!: How Molly Lamb Bobak Became Canada’s First Official Woman War Artist by Jillian Dobson Surviving Darkness: A Ukrainian Family’s Resilience Through the Holodomor and Holocaust by Cynthia Lebrun SABOTAGE: Canadian home front during World War I by Karen Autio A Storm Unleased by Carol Matas The Prisoner and The Writer by Heather Camlot Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kacer Making Bombs For Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Stealing Home by J Torres
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hey teachers and librarians! 💛

Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays!

Enter here ➡️ forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkW...
Closes December 15, 2025.

#TeacherGiveaway #CanKidLit #SchoolLibraries
Hey teachers and librarians! 💛 We appreciate everything you do to inspire young readers. Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays! Enter here ➡️ https://forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkWBS2A9 Closes December 15, 2025. Hosted by Authors’ Booking Service, your go-to for booking Canadian children’s authors for school and library visits. #TeacherGiveaway #LibrarianLife #CanadianKidLit #AuthorsBookingService #SchoolLibraries #TeacherLibrarian #CanLit
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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November 5th is #IReadCanadianDay

#IReadCanadian
I Read Canadian Day
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Are you planning Remembrance Day activities with your readers?

We can help: authorsbooking.com

#schoolvisits #authorvisits
Are you planning Remembrance Day activities with your readers? We can help: https://authorsbooking.com/
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Happy School Library Day (Mon Oct 27th)
Happy School Library Day (Mon Oct 27th)
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Look who is trending on ABS today. Browse our roster of professional, dynamic, and engaging authors and illustrators for school, library, workshops, conferences, virtual visits and more!
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Look who is trending on ABS today: Browse our roster of professional, dynamic, and engaging authors and illustrators for school, library, workshops, conferences, virtual visits and more! https://authorsbooking.com/
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Boosting
marshaskrypuch.bsky.social Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · Oct 17
Toronto friends, hope to see you at the book launch for Standoff!!
Celebrate the book launch of STANDOFF, Kidnapped from Ukraine #2, at Koota Ooma bookstore, 700 Kipling Ave, unit 700, Etobicoke Ontario on Thursday November 6th at 6:15pm.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Boosting!
caseylyall.bsky.social Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social · Oct 19
On Saturday, October 25th at 1:30 pm, I'll be at Lake House Books in Port Stanley with Judy Ann Sadler and Barbara Haworth-Attard. We'll be reading from our latest books, followed by a signing. Hope to see you there!

Lake House Books is located at 302 Bridge Street in Port Stanley. Shop indie!
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Congratulations!
caseylyall.bsky.social Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social · 29d
It's cover reveal day! Whale, That Was Unexpected, written by me, illustrated by the amazing Kathryn Durst, and published by Tundra Books!

Coming to bookshelves near you on June 30th, 2026! Now available to pre-order anywhere books are sold - shop indie!

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The cover of a new picture book called Whale, That Was Unexpected. The background shows that large open mouth of a whale with the title text along with the author's name, Casey Lyall, and the illustrator, Kathryn Durst. In the foreground, there is an old woman and her dog standing on their boat deck, about to be swallowed by the whale. The old woman and her dog are wearing bright yellow fishing gear, the woman in a yellow hat and the dog in a red cap. The woman is holding a fishing rod. The dog looks a bit scared while the old woman just looks over it. The colours are rich and dark with a painterly feel. A screenshot with the description of the book. Text reads as follows: Book Description A classic but contemporary tale for 3-to-7-year-olds featuring a hilariously grumpy seafarer and her trusty dog sidekick who get swallowed by a whale. For fans of Caldecott Honor books Bear Came Along and Leave Me Alone. Stoic seafarer Maude and her canine sidekick Claude head out to fish as they have done every day for many years. But this time, something unexpected happens. (Maude hates it when something unexpected happens.) They get swallowed by a whale. What does one do when one is swallowed by a whale? Throw a farewell party, I guess. (Maude loves a good party.) Hilarity ensues as more and more creatures get swallowed and Maude has to keep changing her party plans. (Maude does not love crowds.) Will Maude and the whale part ways, or is this the end? (Maude would prefer it if we could hurry this up.) Okay, okay. Read on to find out.
October 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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I had the pleasure of chatting with Seasons of Kidlit about how the story of Vampire Jam Sandwich came to be. Check it out and enter to win a signed copy! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
Trick or Treat with Casey Lyall!
Hi, readers, writers, and jam lovers, too! You’re in for a super exciting (and tasty) treat today -author Casey Lyall is here to share another book jam-packed with humor, fright, and fun!Vampire Jam S...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.

pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025. pub by @cormorantbooks #kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Teachers and librarians! Connect with @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees who are available for school visits!

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Teachers and librarians! Connect with @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees who are available for school visits! https://authorsbooking.com/award-nominees/ https://authorsbooking.com/award-nominees/
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Thrilled to give the final keynote at #CANSCAIP's Packaging Your Imagination one-day conference. Before I was published, this conference jump-started my career. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in writing or illustrating books for young people. #kidlit #canlit
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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A Planet is a Poem is a wonderful read.
jmgalat.bsky.social Joan Marie Galat @jmgalat.bsky.social · Oct 2
Some books I’ve recently enjoyed. Check out these titles by Canadian creators @mikeboldt.bsky.social, Alison Hughes, and Amanda West Lewis. Special congrats to Amanda for A Planet is a Poem landing on the 2025 @laneandersonaward.bsky.social shortlist!
#kidlit #ireadcanadian #books
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?

Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).

Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

#kidlit #PlagueThieves
Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves? Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!). Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #PlagueThieves
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Congratulations Amanda West Lewis for being shortlisted for the 2025 Lane Anderson Award. Amanda is available for school and library visits!

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2025 Shortlists -
We’re excited to introduce the shortlists for the 2025 Lane Anderson Award! Young Reader: I Am Wind: An Autobiographyby Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Rachel Wada(Tundra Books) In this beautifully il...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Authors beware: fake book clubs are reaching out to writers, asking to feature your books. The emails reveal knowledge about your book, probably gleaned from the blurb. After asking if they can secure a date, they ask for an 'administrative' fee. Has happened to me and many author friends! #newscam
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Hey everyone!! You can find signed copies of GHOST CIRCUS at the @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social booth at Word on the Street this weekend in Toronto!!! ❤️📚👻🎪
September 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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My author copies of "The Love Song of Mr. Byrd"!
"This story is about friendship and love and is for everyone who has ever been moved to sing (or dance, or paint, or write, or celebrate) like Mr. Byrd. I hope he inspires you to hear your own song, & sing it, too." More on the blog!
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The cover of THE LOVE SONG OF MR. BYRD, by Philippa Dowding. Art by Caroline Clarke. An inquisitive bird looks at a smiling bat on a tree branch.
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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An exciting ABS member zoom today with booking basics, book news, and a certain someone freezing and unfreezing. 🤣

#AuthorsBookingService #AuthorVisits #SchoolVisits
An exciting ABS member zoom today with booking basics, book news, and a certain someone freezing and unfreezing. 🤣 @rowena.rae @authorsbooking @cynthialebrun @heather.m.oconnor @nataliawritesbooks @karenautio @valeriesherrard Tziporah Cohen @susanhughesbooks @jilliandobsonwriter @rochellestraussauthor @caseyklyall @beddialea #AuthorsBookingService #AuthorVisits #SchoolVisits
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Sharing!
bevrosenbaum.bsky.social Bev Katz Rosenbaum @bevrosenbaum.bsky.social · Sep 16
Been seeing a lot of dated comps in query letters lately, so today’s tip is to use recent ones—show agents and editors you’re savvy about the current publishing market! #writingtips #publishingtips #freelancedevelopmentaleditor #writer #writingcommunity #tuesdaytipsbybev
September 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM