Veera Hiranandani
@veerawrites.bsky.social
Award-winning author of The Night Diary, Amil and The After, How To Find What You’re Not Looking For, and more! Rep: Sara Crowe Literary. Faculty—VCFA, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program.
www.veerahiranandani.com
www.veerahiranandani.com
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Happy birthday, @veerawrites.bsky.social!
June 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy birthday, @veerawrites.bsky.social!
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Come hear these amazing authors:
@padmatv.bsky.social @federicoerebia.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @taradairman.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social @robinstevenson.bsky.social
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @samanthamclark.com @juanamartinezn.bsky.social
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@padmatv.bsky.social @federicoerebia.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @taradairman.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social @robinstevenson.bsky.social
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @samanthamclark.com @juanamartinezn.bsky.social
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May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Join us this Friday May 9! for a Freedom Read-In! A ton of fantastic writers for young readers will be sharing their work throughout the school day!
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Freedom to Read-In Morning Session
Register now for Freedom to Read-In Morning Session on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on May 9, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT.
www.crowdcast.io
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join us this Friday May 9! for a Freedom Read-In! A ton of fantastic writers for young readers will be sharing their work throughout the school day!
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Join us on May 9! See @authorsabb.bsky.social to register!
The Freedom Read-in afternoon lineup includes @samanthamclark.com @veerawrites.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @margaritaengle.bsky.social and Carol Boston Weatherford
May 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join us on May 9! See @authorsabb.bsky.social to register!
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Back from Spring Break and SO excited for Spring weather 🌸 There’s nothing better than sitting outside with a great book… or 15 of them!
Can’t wait to get started on this week’s fabulous #libraryhaul. Shoutout to Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Jonathan Roth rounding out this #kidlit book stack!
Can’t wait to get started on this week’s fabulous #libraryhaul. Shoutout to Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Jonathan Roth rounding out this #kidlit book stack!
April 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Back from Spring Break and SO excited for Spring weather 🌸 There’s nothing better than sitting outside with a great book… or 15 of them!
Can’t wait to get started on this week’s fabulous #libraryhaul. Shoutout to Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Jonathan Roth rounding out this #kidlit book stack!
Can’t wait to get started on this week’s fabulous #libraryhaul. Shoutout to Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Jonathan Roth rounding out this #kidlit book stack!
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!
I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
Something Good in the World: Let’s Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day This Weekend
I was going to write something else for today’s column, something complain-y but righteous that would allow me to get some stuff off my chest and maybe even get some rage clicks. Shit is bad. But I…
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April 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!
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LAST DAY to sign up for #Kweli25!
Sunday #kidlit programs include
@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
@sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social
@simranjeetsingh.bsky.social
@veerawrites.bsky.social
@armyvet5.bsky.social
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
@jecheverria.bsky.social
@djolder.bsky.social
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FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾
Sunday #kidlit programs include
@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
@sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social
@simranjeetsingh.bsky.social
@veerawrites.bsky.social
@armyvet5.bsky.social
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
@jecheverria.bsky.social
@djolder.bsky.social
+MORE
FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾
April 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
LAST DAY to sign up for #Kweli25!
Sunday #kidlit programs include
@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
@sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social
@simranjeetsingh.bsky.social
@veerawrites.bsky.social
@armyvet5.bsky.social
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
@jecheverria.bsky.social
@djolder.bsky.social
+MORE
FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾
Sunday #kidlit programs include
@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
@sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social
@simranjeetsingh.bsky.social
@veerawrites.bsky.social
@armyvet5.bsky.social
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
@jecheverria.bsky.social
@djolder.bsky.social
+MORE
FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾
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In their picture book MANY THINGS AT ONCE by @veerawrites.bsky.social, illustrated by Nadia Alam, the narrator is told by her parents she is lucky to be both Indian and American, both Jewish and Hindu; sometimes feels she is not “enough.” lilith.org/articles/fem...
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In their picture book MANY THINGS AT ONCE by @veerawrites.bsky.social, illustrated by Nadia Alam, the narrator is told by her parents she is lucky to be both Indian and American, both Jewish and Hindu; sometimes feels she is not “enough.” lilith.org/articles/fem...
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New blog post: #kidlit Great recent reads about the world for #MG readers, including ones by Karen Kane,
@as-king.bsky.social, @veerawrites.bsky.social, and
@kloshaughnessy.bsky.social.
www.lisayelon.com/blog/mg-real...
@as-king.bsky.social, @veerawrites.bsky.social, and
@kloshaughnessy.bsky.social.
www.lisayelon.com/blog/mg-real...
MG Realistic Fiction Gems — Lisa Yelon
Great reads set in a familiar world
www.lisayelon.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New blog post: #kidlit Great recent reads about the world for #MG readers, including ones by Karen Kane,
@as-king.bsky.social, @veerawrites.bsky.social, and
@kloshaughnessy.bsky.social.
www.lisayelon.com/blog/mg-real...
@as-king.bsky.social, @veerawrites.bsky.social, and
@kloshaughnessy.bsky.social.
www.lisayelon.com/blog/mg-real...
Thank you so much @varshab.bsky.social!!!💜🙏🏽
January 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you so much @varshab.bsky.social!!!💜🙏🏽
Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social !!!😄💜
Happy book birthday to @veerawrites.bsky.social and Nadia Alam's Many Things at Once!
January 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social !!!😄💜
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#Bookaday I added @veerawrites.bsky.social and Nadia Alam's Many Things at Once to my 2025 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...
January 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#Bookaday I added @veerawrites.bsky.social and Nadia Alam's Many Things at Once to my 2025 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...
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MANY THINGS AT ONCE is out January 28 and I’m celebrating at the Barnes & Noble in Hartsdale, NY on February 1 at 11am. Join me! Beautifully Illustrated by @nadiaala!
January 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
MANY THINGS AT ONCE is out January 28 and I’m celebrating at the Barnes & Noble in Hartsdale, NY on February 1 at 11am. Join me! Beautifully Illustrated by @nadiaala!
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GIVEAWAY! Not only are these 3 of the best books of 2024, @anneursu.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social all blurbed SNOW.
To enter a giveaway for all 3 books:
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I’ll pick a winner on 1/21, SNOW’s release date.
US and Canada only #giveaway #mglit #kidlit
To enter a giveaway for all 3 books:
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I’ll pick a winner on 1/21, SNOW’s release date.
US and Canada only #giveaway #mglit #kidlit
January 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
GIVEAWAY! Not only are these 3 of the best books of 2024, @anneursu.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social all blurbed SNOW.
To enter a giveaway for all 3 books:
❄️Like
❄️Follow
❄️Repost
I’ll pick a winner on 1/21, SNOW’s release date.
US and Canada only #giveaway #mglit #kidlit
To enter a giveaway for all 3 books:
❄️Like
❄️Follow
❄️Repost
I’ll pick a winner on 1/21, SNOW’s release date.
US and Canada only #giveaway #mglit #kidlit
Thanks for choosing AMIL AND THE AFTER as one of your top books in 2024!!😄💜
Sonderbooks Stand-out #9 in More Children's Fiction is Amil and the After, by @veerawrites.bsky.social
www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_Fi...
www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_Fi...
January 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thanks for choosing AMIL AND THE AFTER as one of your top books in 2024!!😄💜
Wonderful seeing so many of my kidlit pals at #NCTE!! Always energizing and inspiring and boy did I need some of that energy. And got this fantastic news for THE GREATEST chosen by the amazing @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social for NPR’s annual Books We Love list!!! @randomhousekids.bsky.social 🎉💜
November 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Wonderful seeing so many of my kidlit pals at #NCTE!! Always energizing and inspiring and boy did I need some of that energy. And got this fantastic news for THE GREATEST chosen by the amazing @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social for NPR’s annual Books We Love list!!! @randomhousekids.bsky.social 🎉💜
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What an inspiring and thoughtful morning with my panel. It was an honor to moderate and learn from @veerawrites.bsky.social @barbaradee.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
#NCTE24
#NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:49 PM
What an inspiring and thoughtful morning with my panel. It was an honor to moderate and learn from @veerawrites.bsky.social @barbaradee.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
#NCTE24
#NCTE24
So thrilled that AMIL AND THE AFTER was chosen as a top ten audiobook of the year by School Library Journal!!!🎉💜 Link here: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/slj-to...
November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
So thrilled that AMIL AND THE AFTER was chosen as a top ten audiobook of the year by School Library Journal!!!🎉💜 Link here: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/slj-to...
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Join me at #NCTE24! I’m moderating a panel on humanizing history…a topic we need spotlit now more than ever. Presenting with @barbaradee.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
November 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Join me at #NCTE24! I’m moderating a panel on humanizing history…a topic we need spotlit now more than ever. Presenting with @barbaradee.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
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Hi everyone!! Just getting started here. Excited to post about books, writing, staying sane in this difficult world, lifting up teachers and librarians, and fighting against book bans. 💜📚
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Hi everyone!! Just getting started here. Excited to post about books, writing, staying sane in this difficult world, lifting up teachers and librarians, and fighting against book bans. 💜📚