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liv mae morris
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author: THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE (Abrams, 5/12/26)
2022 Lambda Literary Fellow | rep: @sarahnfisk.bsky.social
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liv mae morris @dogtective.bsky.social · Aug 21
Pre-orders for THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE are now live! Check out the gorgeous cover by Erwin Madrid:
www.abramsbooks.com/product/last...
Cover for THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE by Liv Mae Morris, featuring a large house and six dragons. Clockwise from top left: Amy, a rose gold wyrm; Ehrm, a green six-legged creature with a mask for a face; Mindi, a blue-gray bat-dragon wearing glasses; Stardrop, a blue fairy-dragon with dragonfly wings; Brutus, a green hellhound and very very good boy; and Onyx, a stone dragon.
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THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE is an Indies Introduce pick! I've been an indie bookseller myself for six years, and though most of my professional life is now devoted to writing, I still consider the bookselling world a home. So I could not be more thrilled or honored, truly. www.bookweb.org/indies-intro...
The title "Middle Grade" above the cover for THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE, followed by three blurbs: “A fast-paced spellbinding middle grade fantasy that will have you laughing out loud. This is bound to be a cult classic!” —Elisa McIntosh, The Bookstore Plus, Lake Placid, NY “The Last Dragon House is the perfect summer book for a middle grade reader! It’s full of humor, adventure, and of course, dragons! Olly is an 11-year-old boy living in a kingdom where sometimes kids have to get jobs to help their families to have enough food. When Olly finds a job at a secret house filled with dragons that aren’t supposed to exist, he discovers a magical world where he might just be able to make things better if he can make sure his new mentor doesn’t fall victim to her many enemies. You won’t be able to put this book down once you pick it up!” —Fisher Nash, Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY “A joy to read right from the start! The Last Dragon House has a plethora of delightful characters, including the dragons, and you'll be rooting for the Dragon House the whole time.” —Sydne Conant, Ink Cap Books, Stoughton, WI
September 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078
Donate to Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague, organized by Angel Matos
Recently, our colleague Melissa McCoul was fired from her position as a S… Angel Matos needs your support for Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague
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September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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There are so many amazing items on here with no or only a few bids!
sandraproudman.bsky.social Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · Aug 19
✨WE ARE LIVE!✨

Almost 400 amazing items are available to help #KidLit4Ceasefire families survive the genocide in Gaza!

322 still without bids:
www.32auctions.com/organization...
August 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
Finally some respect
August 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
Pre-orders for THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE are now live! Check out the gorgeous cover by Erwin Madrid:
www.abramsbooks.com/product/last...
Cover for THE LAST DRAGON HOUSE by Liv Mae Morris, featuring a large house and six dragons. Clockwise from top left: Amy, a rose gold wyrm; Ehrm, a green six-legged creature with a mask for a face; Mindi, a blue-gray bat-dragon wearing glasses; Stardrop, a blue fairy-dragon with dragonfly wings; Brutus, a green hellhound and very very good boy; and Onyx, a stone dragon.
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
At least someone’s having fun
Wynnie, a brown dog that looks like a dingo or coyote or something but is actually a husky/chihuahua mix, lounging in frozen snow Wynnie sitting in the snow and smiling at the camera Wynnie once again lying in the icy snow like it’s a comfy bed and squinting in the sun Wynnie frolicking in the ice and snow
February 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Really excited to announce that my debut book, the first in a middle grade trilogy about dragons and labor rights, will be published by Abrams in spring 2026. Many many thanks to my amazing agent @sarahnfisk.bsky.social and @thetobiasagency.bsky.social for making my lifelong dream come true.
A Publishers Marketplace deal report: Lambda Literary Fellow Liv Mae Morris's DRAGON HOUSE, about a boy who gets a job taking care of a charming array of dragons, to Erica Finkel at Abrams Children's, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2026, by Sarah Fisk at the Tobias Literary Agency (world).
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
The ALA awards always make me wish I were physically capable of jumping and clicking my heels. I love books
January 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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marawilson.bsky.social
The Eaton fires destroyed a youth care facility my friend worked at. They had no time to pack, and everything is lost.

Please help support them if you can. These children and teen were ALREADY vulnerable before the fires.

www.gofundme.com/f/provide-ai...
Donate to Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire, organized by Hwesu Cobb-Phillips
As a member of Bourne Family Services, our organization and members… Hwesu Cobb-Phillips needs your support for Provide Aid to support youth Displaced by Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵

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Red and white text on black, grungy background: "DO NOT BUY FROM STARBUCKS WHILE WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE!" The SBWU fist logo with fire around it sits at the bottom of the graphic.
December 22, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.

The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.

The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
December 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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As of yesterday booksellers at The Strand are on strike. Solidarity with them. Don’t cross the picket line, even virtually.
Local 2179's Strand Booksellers on Strike
After months of stalled negotiation and three separate contract extensions, UAW Local 2179 members at the Strand Bookstore walked off the job today, December 7, marking the first strike at the iconic ...
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December 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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mariobrothblog.bsky.social
An officially licensed bottle of Mario shampoo from Japan with an attached waterproof picture book contains a small unique illustration showing that the book can be read while bathing, using Yoshi as a subject. Below is the illustration, upscaled and isolated.
Source: ebay.com user "lilyjapan", ebay.com/itm/286187057702
December 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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bedupolker.bsky.social
Contrary to popular belief, there are only four kinds of bats.
Illustrated image divided into four panels, each showing a head of a bat with a text label. Top left: little guy, a regular looking back with a dark face and light colored fur, top right: little guy deluxe, a bat with a mask and large ears alongside a bat with a leaf shaped nose, bottom left: what is even going on here, a visored bat with a large forehead next to a bat with a large, wrinkly nose, bottom right: o hi doggie, a fruit bat with its tongue sticking out.
November 21, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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katelynburns.com
If you read the Washington Post story i shared in here yesterday about the trans teen volleyball player who had her life ruined by bigots and the police. This is a verified fundraiser (I have personal verification) to help them raise moving expenses to flee Florida.
September 30, 2024 at 11:12 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
one of my favorite/least favorite things is when I’m listen to If Books Could Kill while working and the subject of the episode comes up in my buying list, thus forcing me to acknowledge how well it’s selling
A picture of a computer screen showing a bookstore’s sales numbers for The Anxious Generation. At the bottom is the If Books Could Kill podcast episode about the same book.
August 8, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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codenameminali.bsky.social
turns out my state is having a contest on "I Voted" sticker designs, and I would like to show you the most metal one by a middle schooler:
Finalist for "I Voted" sticker contest in MI, by middle schooler Jane Hynous. It has a werewolf mid-transformation tearing off a blue tank top and howling. The background is an American flag and the words "I VOTED." (Also, the wolf is wearing gray pants.)
July 9, 2024 at 6:08 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
Happy Indie Bookstore Day! I love working at an indie bookstore. I don't love not making a living wage. You can help with that by signing our union's petition and following us on instagram linktr.ee/hbsunion
Harvard Book Store Union | Instagram | Linktree
UAW Local 1596. Selling books & standing together for 30 years!
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April 27, 2024 at 6:52 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
if you have any questions or concerns you can find me at the Skyline behind the mastodon skeleton in CVG
a mastodon skeleton in an airport food court
April 11, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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Folks, check out the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction, live now!!! The funds from this fundraiser will go toward helping people in Gaza, Sudan, and Congo. A portion of it will also go toward the Little Miss Flint water national fundraiser. www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...
KidLit4Ceasefire Fundraiser
Silent auction 'KidLit4Ceasefire Fundraiser' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
March 28, 2024 at 1:42 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
happy national puppy day, check this out
a puppy curled up with a llama toy the size of her body the same puppy, now much larger than the same llama toy
March 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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The joke is on you, Baby.
October 16, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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doing this also with Godzilla
dogtective.bsky.social liv mae morris @dogtective.bsky.social · Feb 3
putting on Planet Earth III and chanting “an-i-mals, an-i-mals”
February 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
dogtective.bsky.social
putting on Planet Earth III and chanting “an-i-mals, an-i-mals”
February 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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Here’s a link to #condeunion’s walkout support fund, if you’re resourced to help. The company is legally permitted to dock our pay for the day, and the funds will go to union members for whom going without today will mean financial hardship.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-co...
Support Condé Nast Union Workers Walking Out!, organized by Condé United
On November 1st, Condé Nast announced plans to lay off 5% of the workforc… Condé United needs your support for Support Condé Nast Union Workers Walking Out!
www.gofundme.com
January 23, 2024 at 3:13 PM