Katherine Thorne
@sparklemarkers.bsky.social
She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
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what is up with your fur, small cat
January 24, 2026 at 4:24 PM
what is up with your fur, small cat
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Alas! We lost our game of chicken with the snow gods. SomerCon is postponed, but we’ll figure out a new date soon! All tickets are good for the rescheduled event, and we’re going to try to keep all the programming the same too, so just hang tight.
Stay warm and safe out there!
Stay warm and safe out there!
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Alas! We lost our game of chicken with the snow gods. SomerCon is postponed, but we’ll figure out a new date soon! All tickets are good for the rescheduled event, and we’re going to try to keep all the programming the same too, so just hang tight.
Stay warm and safe out there!
Stay warm and safe out there!
PBRS has always been a stellar program with brilliant mentors but this year’s lineup is NEXT LEVEL
⭐️Get Ready To Prep Those Applications! ⭐️
Starting tomorrow we will highlight one or two mentors every day so you can get to know them and see a snapshot of their wishlists! We hope you will consider EVERY mentor that you are eligible for. Make sure to visit their FULL profile.
#kidlit #kidlitart
Starting tomorrow we will highlight one or two mentors every day so you can get to know them and see a snapshot of their wishlists! We hope you will consider EVERY mentor that you are eligible for. Make sure to visit their FULL profile.
#kidlit #kidlitart
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 PM
PBRS has always been a stellar program with brilliant mentors but this year’s lineup is NEXT LEVEL
The other day I was passing the “kidport” area at Logan Airport with all the illustrations from Massachusetts children’s authors, and it reminded me of this question because I want to be on that wall someday
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The other day I was passing the “kidport” area at Logan Airport with all the illustrations from Massachusetts children’s authors, and it reminded me of this question because I want to be on that wall someday
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an axe with heart-shaped holes in the blade, japan, 14th century
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
an axe with heart-shaped holes in the blade, japan, 14th century
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January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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HELLO, good morning, the book I have been working on WITH @charmgardens.com AND @cavetoonist.bsky.social AND @goraina.bsky.social has been announced!!!
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
HELLO, good morning, the book I have been working on WITH @charmgardens.com AND @cavetoonist.bsky.social AND @goraina.bsky.social has been announced!!!
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
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I see there's "are bookshops a good place to discover books" discourse going on and I am happy to say I have my 2025 stats on this and the answer is yes, they are.
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I see there's "are bookshops a good place to discover books" discourse going on and I am happy to say I have my 2025 stats on this and the answer is yes, they are.
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I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
January 22, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨
*Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!
it won’t make you faster or better at anything but for five minutes the other third graders will think you’re cool
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
it won’t make you faster or better at anything but for five minutes the other third graders will think you’re cool
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If you have a 3D printer, you can now download software to print out lots of whistles, all embedded with the phone number for LUCE, the local immigrant rapid-response group.
www.printables.com/model/156587...
www.printables.com/model/156587...
LUCE (Massachusetts) whistle by Sokath | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:35 AM
If you have a 3D printer, you can now download software to print out lots of whistles, all embedded with the phone number for LUCE, the local immigrant rapid-response group.
www.printables.com/model/156587...
www.printables.com/model/156587...
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“What does it matter how this grief of mine evolves or what I do with it?”
“What does it matter how this grief of mine evolves or what I do with it?”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
‘Even though there were no visible gates a risk still existed.’
‘Even though there were no visible gates a risk still existed.’
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
‘So here are some new words that will help you get the hygge on.’
‘So here are some new words that will help you get the hygge on.’
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“What does it matter how this grief of mine evolves or what I do with it?”
“What does it matter how this grief of mine evolves or what I do with it?”
Please read this book; it is beautiful uncpress.org/978146968979...
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and hum...
uncpress.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Please read this book; it is beautiful uncpress.org/978146968979...
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I’m usually so bad at taking my own advice, but I’m gonna hang onto this one because I still feel this way. Art by itself won’t save us by itself, but community can. And I think it will.
Not to be unkind, but I am so impatient about the “what’s the point of making my little zines/comics/crafts/art when the world is on fire” sentiments. I get it, but saving the world is not a responsibility shouldered by your art! That’s what being a neighbor, a friend, and hell, a citizen is for!!!
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I’m usually so bad at taking my own advice, but I’m gonna hang onto this one because I still feel this way. Art by itself won’t save us by itself, but community can. And I think it will.
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
ohhh there was also the comment on Plastic that called calories “deliciousness points”
Speak, muses — tell me about a sentence or phrase that you read in someone's ephemeral post on a long-dead online forum but has lived rent-free in your head ever since
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
ohhh there was also the comment on Plastic that called calories “deliciousness points”
”I’ll give you three guesses…No. No. You suck at this.” has lived in my head for years
I recently found it again; it’s from one of the My So-Called Life recaps on Television Without Pity
I recently found it again; it’s from one of the My So-Called Life recaps on Television Without Pity
Speak, muses — tell me about a sentence or phrase that you read in someone's ephemeral post on a long-dead online forum but has lived rent-free in your head ever since
January 19, 2026 at 6:13 PM
”I’ll give you three guesses…No. No. You suck at this.” has lived in my head for years
I recently found it again; it’s from one of the My So-Called Life recaps on Television Without Pity
I recently found it again; it’s from one of the My So-Called Life recaps on Television Without Pity
Looks like the Gmail app on my phone now has the intrusive “help me write” button whenever I start a new email. How do I make it go away?
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Looks like the Gmail app on my phone now has the intrusive “help me write” button whenever I start a new email. How do I make it go away?
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Fresh from the oven. Butter Cookies are back. 🍪 A Meyoco favorite, restocked. Available for a limited time only. Shop at store.mayakern.com #store @meyoco.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fresh from the oven. Butter Cookies are back. 🍪 A Meyoco favorite, restocked. Available for a limited time only. Shop at store.mayakern.com #store @meyoco.bsky.social
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being an artist is really just realising that you've never actually known what anything looks like ever
January 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
being an artist is really just realising that you've never actually known what anything looks like ever
I want future grownups to remember my picture books and say “this STILL [2050s slang for ‘is amazing’]”
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I want future grownups to remember my picture books and say “this STILL [2050s slang for ‘is amazing’]”
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This is from the Vonnegut museum, and apt as ever.
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is from the Vonnegut museum, and apt as ever.
my cat is absolutely certain that death does not apply to her and so far there has been no contradictory evidence
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
my cat is absolutely certain that death does not apply to her and so far there has been no contradictory evidence