Sara Ryan
@ryansara.bsky.social
Queer author of books & comics for teens & others. They/them. Authors Against Book Bans member. VCFA WCYA faculty. Represented by Michael Bourret. Not here much.
A lovely reflection from @ohcoleman.bsky.social
The one thing Portland has are the people who live here. Creative, eclectic, fiercely independent people who came out west to get away from the pomp and pretense of older, better run places. The people of this city make what they want to make, and help each other where they can.
A Moment in a Coffee Shop
This time last year I was sitting in a quiet cafe trying to decide if Portland was any different from anywhere else. This was one of those eclectic, slightly hippie-ish coffee shops that used to be mo...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
A lovely reflection from @ohcoleman.bsky.social
Reposted by Sara Ryan
OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...
A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From
Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...
Issue 2 of The Eavesdrop, a quarterly newsletter about process and craft with authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @exrpan.bsky.social and me, is out today! We're discussing VOICE. Sign up here (free!) to get it in your inbox: www.thisistheeavesdrop.com
The Eavesdrop
A free quarterly newsletter conversation on publishing and other obsessions among five close friends who happen to be authors.
www.thisistheeavesdrop.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Issue 2 of The Eavesdrop, a quarterly newsletter about process and craft with authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @exrpan.bsky.social and me, is out today! We're discussing VOICE. Sign up here (free!) to get it in your inbox: www.thisistheeavesdrop.com
What Anica said!
Issue 2 of The Eavesdrop (a quarterly newsletter about process and craft with authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @exrpan.bsky.social, @ryansara.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, and me) goes out tomorrow morning. In this issue, we're discussing VOICE. Sign up here (free!) to get it in your inbox:
The Eavesdrop
A free quarterly newsletter conversation on publishing and other obsessions among five close friends who happen to be authors.
www.thisistheeavesdrop.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What Anica said!
Reposted by Sara Ryan
21 states made it official this week that they want to steal your First Amendment Rights of free speech away from you.
No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves.
The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves.
The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The Blueprint of Censorship In 2026 Is Florida, Right Now
This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news.
buttondown.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
21 states made it official this week that they want to steal your First Amendment Rights of free speech away from you.
No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves.
The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
No one is coming to save us, y'all. WE need to save ourselves.
The story + concrete action steps here: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
Watching the only Christmas movie that matters
December 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Watching the only Christmas movie that matters
Hey Oregon voters, help make sure the Equal Rights for All campaign gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 2026 ballot! You can sign as an individual, and you can also get trained to gather signatures: www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign the Petition — Equal Rights for All
www.equalrightsoregon.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hey Oregon voters, help make sure the Equal Rights for All campaign gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 2026 ballot! You can sign as an individual, and you can also get trained to gather signatures: www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
🌈 50 2025 Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈
popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd...
#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd...
#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌈 50 2025 Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQIA+ Representation 🌈
popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd...
#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/50-2025-midd...
#BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
So pleased that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is among @multcolib.bsky.social's 2025 Best Fiction Books For Kids & Tweens! Hometown recognition is extra special. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
The Best Fiction Books of 2025 for Kids and Tweens | Multnomah County Library — a staff-created list from Multnomah County Library
Recommendations from Multnomah County Library staff.
For more 2025 Best Books lists for all ages, use the link at the end.
multcolib.bibliocommons.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
So pleased that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is among @multcolib.bsky.social's 2025 Best Fiction Books For Kids & Tweens! Hometown recognition is extra special. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
So many great original drawings: sketches, fan art, character designs and more, all available at our etsy shop, and many of them are on sale, too! helioscopepdx.etsy.com?section_id=6... Go take a look!
helioscopepdx.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So many great original drawings: sketches, fan art, character designs and more, all available at our etsy shop, and many of them are on sale, too! helioscopepdx.etsy.com?section_id=6... Go take a look!
What a lovely gift guide from @alwaysherebooks.bsky.social! Check it out on their site: www.alwaysherebooks.com
Also, this would be a swell time to become a member and support them year-round: withfriends.co/Always_Here_...
Also, this would be a swell time to become a member and support them year-round: withfriends.co/Always_Here_...
Become a member of Always Here Bookstore
Queer spaces are needed now more than ever – help sustain this one for as little as $5 a month!
withfriends.co
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What a lovely gift guide from @alwaysherebooks.bsky.social! Check it out on their site: www.alwaysherebooks.com
Also, this would be a swell time to become a member and support them year-round: withfriends.co/Always_Here_...
Also, this would be a swell time to become a member and support them year-round: withfriends.co/Always_Here_...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
It's not just laws about books that are breaking libraries. Several states have passed property tax reforms–or are in the process of passing them–that are dismantling, destroying, and defunding these public institutions of democracy.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
It's Not Just Laws About Books Breaking Libraries. It's Also New Tax Reforms.
Two states have passed property tax cuts that are directly impacting public libraries. Expect to see this happen more.
buttondown.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's not just laws about books that are breaking libraries. Several states have passed property tax reforms–or are in the process of passing them–that are dismantling, destroying, and defunding these public institutions of democracy.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
Authors- sign up and do your part!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Authors- sign up and do your part!
Reposted by Sara Ryan
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.
Books With Pictures is such an incredible community resource. They need help to keep going: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Books With Pictures is such an incredible community resource. They need help to keep going: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Reposted by Sara Ryan
This is one of best comic shops I know of. Help keep it going. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is one of best comic shops I know of. Help keep it going. www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Delighted that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is included in this @autostraddle.bsky.social post about recent LGBTQ+ middle grade titles for gift-giving. In excellent company! www.autostraddle.com/10-new-middl...
10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters
In a time when these queer and trans middle grade books are increasingly threatened by book bans and other censorship measures from the religious right, it can be even harder for kids to get their han...
www.autostraddle.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Delighted that MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN is included in this @autostraddle.bsky.social post about recent LGBTQ+ middle grade titles for gift-giving. In excellent company! www.autostraddle.com/10-new-middl...
Excellent interview with @andrewkarre.bsky.social at @penamerica.bsky.social: pen.org/andrew-karre...
Why Editor Andrew Karre Can’t Imagine YA Literature Without Sexual Content
'If it became impossible to publish YA novels with sex in them, I think it would effectively become impossible to publish YA novels.'
pen.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Excellent interview with @andrewkarre.bsky.social at @penamerica.bsky.social: pen.org/andrew-karre...
See below: I plan to share info from the Oregon State Library and insights from the invaluable work of @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at the First Amendment Forum at Annie Bloom's tonight. (And will also be happy to sign books!)
Portland folks: Annie Bloom's Books is hosting a Freedom to Read event this evening from 7 to 8 pm. It's co-sponsored by Literary Arts as part of their Cover-to-Cover programming for the Portland Book Festival.
Please come learn how you can help fight book bans!
annieblooms.com/event/2025-1...
Please come learn how you can help fight book bans!
annieblooms.com/event/2025-1...
Event: Rosanne Parry, Sara Ryan, Mariana Garcia Medina: The Freedom to Read
Annie Bloom's Books welcomes our very own Rosanne Parry for a special event. Rosanne will be joined by fellow Portland author Sara Ryan and ACLU lobbyist Mariana Garcia Medina for a discussion about the Freedom to Read. This event is co-sponsored by Literary Arts as part of their Cover-to-Cover programming for Portland Book Festival.
annieblooms.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
See below: I plan to share info from the Oregon State Library and insights from the invaluable work of @heykellyjensen.bsky.social at the First Amendment Forum at Annie Bloom's tonight. (And will also be happy to sign books!)
It was a pleasure and an honor to co-edit this comic by Cee Lavery, "Swapping Genders With My Ex," with Al Benbow for @crucialcomix.bsky.social: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/swappi...
Swapping Genders With My Ex
We saw our future in each other, one where both of us would change.
www.crucialcomix.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It was a pleasure and an honor to co-edit this comic by Cee Lavery, "Swapping Genders With My Ex," with Al Benbow for @crucialcomix.bsky.social: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/swappi...
🧵! Seconding & signal-boosting what @anicarissi.bsky.social says:
New scholarships available for incoming students in the Writing for Children & Young Adults low-residency MFA program at VFCA (where I teach), funded by kid lit legend Katherine Paterson.
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
October 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🧵! Seconding & signal-boosting what @anicarissi.bsky.social says:
Reposted by Sara Ryan
Here's a theatrical short story about killing the malevolent ghost of Columbus for all who celebrate.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Golden Tooth: A Solo Show by Orion Cabrera - Uncanny Magazine
Scene 1: The Wedding [ORION stands alone on an otherwise bare stage. He is dressed for a wedding, but the clothes are in a state of disarray. Tie loose, shirt unbuttoned. The overall effect misleading...
www.uncannymagazine.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here's a theatrical short story about killing the malevolent ghost of Columbus for all who celebrate.
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
@uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
I often tell students working on their first comic scripts to try a short story with characters and/or settings they already know well; that's what I did with "Me and Edith Head," the story @stevelieberart.bsky.social discusses in this thread.
THREAD: Today's the anniversary of a comic I drew &
@ryansara.bsky.social wrote that had a big impact on our careers. In 2001 Sara published their first novel. It did really well. Cicada, a YA lit magazine, invited Sara to write something for them. Then they learned Sara's married to me.(cont)
@ryansara.bsky.social wrote that had a big impact on our careers. In 2001 Sara published their first novel. It did really well. Cicada, a YA lit magazine, invited Sara to write something for them. Then they learned Sara's married to me.(cont)
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I often tell students working on their first comic scripts to try a short story with characters and/or settings they already know well; that's what I did with "Me and Edith Head," the story @stevelieberart.bsky.social discusses in this thread.
Reposted by Sara Ryan
Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth:
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
September 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Dear My Phone, My Computer, My Apps, My Electronic Devices, and so forth:
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.
Please stop asking me if I want to enable AI. Or use your janky AI tool. Or load my documents or pictures with a bunch of useless, off-putting, earth-killing AI junk. I don't want it. I SAID I don't want it. Stop offering.