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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
TWUC Ontario Writers-In-The-Schools Program

Applications are now open for readings taking place this Spring/Summer. Get paid for your school visits taking place between April 1 and August 31, 2026. Deadline to apply: February 10, 2026, 11:59 pm EST. 

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January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Lean into the Winter Olympics Theme with library and literacy activities with young readers.

Visit authorsbooking.com for author and illustrator presentations that tie in with sports themes.

#AuthorVisits #KidLit
January 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Look who's trending on Authors' Booking Service today! Book a Canadian children's book creator to visit your readers: authorsbooking.com

@heathercamlot.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social @parentclub.bsky.social and more!

#schoolvisits
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Boosting!
🎄✨ Vancouver friends! I’m thrilled to share that my books are available at the Vancouver Christmas Market this season thanks to @ittybittybookshop_bc @vanchristmas
🎁 Come out, and support your local authors.
#VancouverAuthors
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
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@vanchristmas
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Boosting
I’m dreaming up some new, super useful writing/publishing tip reels for 2026! In the meantime, here’s an early Happy Holidays video message for clients and friends! #freelanceeditor #happyholidays #writingcommunity
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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What pairs well with a new book? Shortbread book cookies (bookies?)! "The Love Song of Mr. Byrd" cookies are almost too cute to eat ... (but they're delicious!)
#writer #newbook #bookcookies #MrByrd #chapterbook @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Book news alert! 🎉 Detective Baby is a new picture book written by me, illustrated by the awesome Abhi Alwar, and to be published by Sourcebooks Kids in spring 2028! Working with Jenne Abramowitz has been so much fun already! And a huge thank you as always to my wonderful agent, Molly Ker Hawn!
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Even if you’re stuffing your manuscript with common genre tropes, inject something unique! This post brought to you by Kotn’s ‘soft sweaters’ ad featuring tough guy actor Danny Trejo, which really stands out from all those other sweater ads, due to that unexpected element! #editor #writingtips
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
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
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

#kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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

#kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Are you planning Remembrance Day activities with your readers?

We can help: authorsbooking.com

#schoolvisits #authorvisits
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy School Library Day (Mon Oct 27th)
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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!
authorsbooking.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Boosting
Toronto friends, hope to see you at the book launch for Standoff!!
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Boosting!
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
Congratulations!
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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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
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM