Casey Lyall
@caseylyall.bsky.social
Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
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Here's to a new year of great Canadian picture books! Please follow our 2026 authors & illustrators on Bluesky who are participating in Picture Books, Eh! Check out our Starter Pack below!
Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at picturebookseh@gmail.com.
Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at picturebookseh@gmail.com.
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Here's to a new year of great Canadian picture books! Please follow our 2026 authors & illustrators on Bluesky who are participating in Picture Books, Eh! Check out our Starter Pack below!
Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at picturebookseh@gmail.com.
Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at picturebookseh@gmail.com.
A little something I wrote for the @picturebookseh.bsky.social blog as we're all having our end of the year reflections: picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/when-le...
When Letting Go Doesn’t Mean Giving Up, by Casey Lyall
Cover of Vampire Jam Sandwich
picturebookseh.weebly.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A little something I wrote for the @picturebookseh.bsky.social blog as we're all having our end of the year reflections: picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/when-le...
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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Rob Reiner would want you to make art about everything that is happening
in whatever voice you have
in whatever way you can
in whatever voice you have
in whatever way you can
December 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Rob Reiner would want you to make art about everything that is happening
in whatever voice you have
in whatever way you can
in whatever voice you have
in whatever way you can
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I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
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Happy #Kidlitartpostcard Day!✨🎨
I'm Alexis, a Chinese-Filipino illustrator based in Toronto. I'm currently looking for MG/YA book cover and picture book projects!
Check out my portfolio at alexisyoungart.com!
For kidlit inquiries, please contact my wonderful agent @christiemegill.bsky.social !🐱
I'm Alexis, a Chinese-Filipino illustrator based in Toronto. I'm currently looking for MG/YA book cover and picture book projects!
Check out my portfolio at alexisyoungart.com!
For kidlit inquiries, please contact my wonderful agent @christiemegill.bsky.social !🐱
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Happy #Kidlitartpostcard Day!✨🎨
I'm Alexis, a Chinese-Filipino illustrator based in Toronto. I'm currently looking for MG/YA book cover and picture book projects!
Check out my portfolio at alexisyoungart.com!
For kidlit inquiries, please contact my wonderful agent @christiemegill.bsky.social !🐱
I'm Alexis, a Chinese-Filipino illustrator based in Toronto. I'm currently looking for MG/YA book cover and picture book projects!
Check out my portfolio at alexisyoungart.com!
For kidlit inquiries, please contact my wonderful agent @christiemegill.bsky.social !🐱
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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Nicole Allin, a Vancouver-based illustrator open to new projects and also seeking representation!
I wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and may all of your cats behave!
🎨 www.allinart.net
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
I wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and may all of your cats behave!
🎨 www.allinart.net
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Nicole Allin, a Vancouver-based illustrator open to new projects and also seeking representation!
I wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and may all of your cats behave!
🎨 www.allinart.net
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
I wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and may all of your cats behave!
🎨 www.allinart.net
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard from Sledi Yeti! ⛄️I’m Adriane and I enjoy illustrating cuddly creatures and whimsical scenes that bring child-like wonder to life. I am available for picture books, board books, and covers!
❄️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
jmcgowan@bookendsliterary.com
❄️ adrianetsai.com
❄️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
jmcgowan@bookendsliterary.com
❄️ adrianetsai.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard from Sledi Yeti! ⛄️I’m Adriane and I enjoy illustrating cuddly creatures and whimsical scenes that bring child-like wonder to life. I am available for picture books, board books, and covers!
❄️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
jmcgowan@bookendsliterary.com
❄️ adrianetsai.com
❄️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
jmcgowan@bookendsliterary.com
❄️ adrianetsai.com
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
Same agent, new agency!
My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.
If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!
#art #kidlitart #illustration
Same agent, new agency!
My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.
If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!
#art #kidlitart #illustration
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
Same agent, new agency!
My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.
If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!
#art #kidlitart #illustration
Same agent, new agency!
My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.
If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!
#art #kidlitart #illustration
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Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! ❄️
I’m Tori & I love creating fun, silly & heartwarming characters - animals and human!
Interested & open for work in PB & BoardBooks
Represented by Analía Cabello
@analiacabello.bsky.social
at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
More artwork @ torikateillustration.com
I’m Tori & I love creating fun, silly & heartwarming characters - animals and human!
Interested & open for work in PB & BoardBooks
Represented by Analía Cabello
@analiacabello.bsky.social
at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
More artwork @ torikateillustration.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! ❄️
I’m Tori & I love creating fun, silly & heartwarming characters - animals and human!
Interested & open for work in PB & BoardBooks
Represented by Analía Cabello
@analiacabello.bsky.social
at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
More artwork @ torikateillustration.com
I’m Tori & I love creating fun, silly & heartwarming characters - animals and human!
Interested & open for work in PB & BoardBooks
Represented by Analía Cabello
@analiacabello.bsky.social
at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
More artwork @ torikateillustration.com
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
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Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
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Reminder for anyone looking at their calendar + trying to figure out how to hit those writing / creative goals you made for 2025:
It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work.
Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️
It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work.
Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reminder for anyone looking at their calendar + trying to figure out how to hit those writing / creative goals you made for 2025:
It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work.
Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️
It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work.
Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️
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New books on the way from @caseylyall.bsky.social @abhialwar.bsky.social @kslivensky.bsky.social + more buff.ly/sH63snu
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New books on the way from @caseylyall.bsky.social @abhialwar.bsky.social @kslivensky.bsky.social + more buff.ly/sH63snu
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
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!
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i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all
Thank you so much to @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for selecting The League of Littles as one of their Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025. (@sarafaber.bsky.social!) It's an honour to be included with such an amazing group of authors and illustrators. bookcentre.ca/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Thank you so much to @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for selecting The League of Littles as one of their Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025. (@sarafaber.bsky.social!) It's an honour to be included with such an amazing group of authors and illustrators. bookcentre.ca/collections/...
Laurie Keller and I have been working on a new picture book and today we get to share the cover! Get ready for...
I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR
This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!
I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR
This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Laurie Keller and I have been working on a new picture book and today we get to share the cover! Get ready for...
I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR
This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!
I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR
This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!
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It's cover reveal day! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for the next book in the League of Littles series: THE BAND OF BIGS! The Band of Bigs hits shelves on June 23rd, 2026 from Greenwillow Books. Available to preorder now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's cover reveal day! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for the next book in the League of Littles series: THE BAND OF BIGS! The Band of Bigs hits shelves on June 23rd, 2026 from Greenwillow Books. Available to preorder now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
Vampire Jam Sandwich is a bestseller!!! Beyond excited to see it made the CBC's list of top ten bestselling Canadian children's books for the week of October 11th-18th. (Bit belated with this news, but still! YAY!!!) Tagging @nicigregory.bsky.social so we can cheer!!! 🍓❤️🍓
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Vampire Jam Sandwich is a bestseller!!! Beyond excited to see it made the CBC's list of top ten bestselling Canadian children's books for the week of October 11th-18th. (Bit belated with this news, but still! YAY!!!) Tagging @nicigregory.bsky.social so we can cheer!!! 🍓❤️🍓
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50/50 Raffle Alert!
OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween!
www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores...
Licence # RAF1467210
OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween!
www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores...
Licence # RAF1467210
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
50/50 Raffle Alert!
OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween!
www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores...
Licence # RAF1467210
OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween!
www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores...
Licence # RAF1467210
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Every tenant in Ontario will be at risk of losing their home if Premier Doug Ford’s government follows through on its latest housing plan, advocates are warning.
Ford Government Bill Could Spell the End of Rent Control in Ontario
Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
www.thegrindmag.ca
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Every tenant in Ontario will be at risk of losing their home if Premier Doug Ford’s government follows through on its latest housing plan, advocates are warning.
Happening today!
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!
Lake House Books is located at 302 Bridge Street in Port Stanley. Shop indie!
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happening today!