Joel A. Sutherland
@joelasutherland.bsky.social
Award-winning author-librarian (HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE @TundraBooks, HAUNTED CANADA & more @scholasticCDA). 'Canada's R.L. Stine.' ~Quill & Quire
👻 Thanks to CBC Books for including HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2 in "13 Canadian Books to Read with Your Kids this Halloween"! 🎃
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October 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
👻 Thanks to CBC Books for including HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2 in "13 Canadian Books to Read with Your Kids this Halloween"! 🎃
cbc.ca/books/kids/13-…
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🎃 "Joel A. Sutherland brings us another four Canadian ghost stories that will thrill, shock, scare, and even delight young readers, especially those who can't get enough horror." 👻
Read the full review of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
Read the full review of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
Haunted Canada (Graphic Novel, Volume 2): Four More Terrifying Tales
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
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October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🎃 "Joel A. Sutherland brings us another four Canadian ghost stories that will thrill, shock, scare, and even delight young readers, especially those who can't get enough horror." 👻
Read the full review of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
Read the full review of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
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Great new #Halloween bk of CDN ghost stories. HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: FOUR MORE TERRIFYING TALES by @joelasutherland.bsky.social illus by @mikeseriously.bsky.social @salisketch.bsky.social Maya McKibbin, Hannah Barrett (ScholasticCDA) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great new #Halloween bk of CDN ghost stories. HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: FOUR MORE TERRIFYING TALES by @joelasutherland.bsky.social illus by @mikeseriously.bsky.social @salisketch.bsky.social Maya McKibbin, Hannah Barrett (ScholasticCDA) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
🎃 Looking to stock up on HAUNTED CANADA, both the main series and the graphic novels, this Halloween season? Indigo has got you covered! For a limited time, buy 2, get the 3rd free on kids' spooky series! 👻
October 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎃 Looking to stock up on HAUNTED CANADA, both the main series and the graphic novels, this Halloween season? Indigo has got you covered! For a limited time, buy 2, get the 3rd free on kids' spooky series! 👻
Had a bit of time between school visits today so you know what that means: surprise book store signing!
Chapters Ajax has signed copies of my latest books, including THE WHISPERINGS & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, both HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVELS, & the 4th HAUNTED CANADA COLLECTION.
Chapters Ajax has signed copies of my latest books, including THE WHISPERINGS & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, both HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVELS, & the 4th HAUNTED CANADA COLLECTION.
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Had a bit of time between school visits today so you know what that means: surprise book store signing!
Chapters Ajax has signed copies of my latest books, including THE WHISPERINGS & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, both HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVELS, & the 4th HAUNTED CANADA COLLECTION.
Chapters Ajax has signed copies of my latest books, including THE WHISPERINGS & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, both HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVELS, & the 4th HAUNTED CANADA COLLECTION.
Lovely to see two of my books, HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2 and THE WHISPERINGS, included in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's October Book List: Chills & Thrills! 😱
🎃 See the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/newsle...
🎃 See the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/newsle...
October 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Lovely to see two of my books, HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2 and THE WHISPERINGS, included in the Canadian Children's Book Centre's October Book List: Chills & Thrills! 😱
🎃 See the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/newsle...
🎃 See the full list here: bookcentre.ca/blogs/newsle...
I had a frightfully fun time at yesterday's book launch for my four latest releases: HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2, THE WHISPERINGS, HAUNTED CANADA: THE FOURTH TERRIFYING COLLECTION, and the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate!
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I had a frightfully fun time at yesterday's book launch for my four latest releases: HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2, THE WHISPERINGS, HAUNTED CANADA: THE FOURTH TERRIFYING COLLECTION, and the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate!
Come join me this Sunday, September 28 at 2pm at Coffin Creek Cafe in Courtice to celebrate the release of my four new books! Enjoy spooky treats, book sales and signings, drawing demos from some of the HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL illustrators, and more!
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Come join me this Sunday, September 28 at 2pm at Coffin Creek Cafe in Courtice to celebrate the release of my four new books! Enjoy spooky treats, book sales and signings, drawing demos from some of the HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL illustrators, and more!
This Sunday! Join me at Coffin Creek Cafe at 2pm to celebrate the release of my four newest books! Get a book signed, enjoy spooky treats, and meet two of the illustrators of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This Sunday! Join me at Coffin Creek Cafe at 2pm to celebrate the release of my four newest books! Get a book signed, enjoy spooky treats, and meet two of the illustrators of HAUNTED CANADA: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL!
I've had 4 (!) books published in 4 (!) months: the 2nd graphic novel and 4th collection in the HAUNTED CANADA series (Scholastic Canada) & THE WHISPERINGS in hardcover & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE in paperback (Tundra Books).
This calls for a celebration! I hope to see you there. 🎉👻
This calls for a celebration! I hope to see you there. 🎉👻
September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've had 4 (!) books published in 4 (!) months: the 2nd graphic novel and 4th collection in the HAUNTED CANADA series (Scholastic Canada) & THE WHISPERINGS in hardcover & HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE in paperback (Tundra Books).
This calls for a celebration! I hope to see you there. 🎉👻
This calls for a celebration! I hope to see you there. 🎉👻
🎂 Happy book birthday to HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL, VOLUME 2!
Featuring four more spine-tingling stories from the world of HAUNTED CANADA, adapted into chilling graphic novellas illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury. 👻😱
Featuring four more spine-tingling stories from the world of HAUNTED CANADA, adapted into chilling graphic novellas illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury. 👻😱
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🎂 Happy book birthday to HAUNTED CANADA: GRAPHIC NOVEL, VOLUME 2!
Featuring four more spine-tingling stories from the world of HAUNTED CANADA, adapted into chilling graphic novellas illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury. 👻😱
Featuring four more spine-tingling stories from the world of HAUNTED CANADA, adapted into chilling graphic novellas illustrated by Hannah Barrett, Mike Feehan, Maya McKibbin, and Matt Salisbury. 👻😱
⭐I am happy to share the news that The Whisperings has received a starred review from SLJ! This is my 19th book & has received the best reviews of my career. I feel so fortunate that I get to keep sharing "heart-thumping, gory ghost stories" with the world.
🔗Full review: www.slj.com/review/the-w...
🔗Full review: www.slj.com/review/the-w...
August 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
⭐I am happy to share the news that The Whisperings has received a starred review from SLJ! This is my 19th book & has received the best reviews of my career. I feel so fortunate that I get to keep sharing "heart-thumping, gory ghost stories" with the world.
🔗Full review: www.slj.com/review/the-w...
🔗Full review: www.slj.com/review/the-w...
I'm looking forward to returning home and getting back into my routine, but I am definitely going to miss waking up to this view! Adios, Cuba!
August 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'm looking forward to returning home and getting back into my routine, but I am definitely going to miss waking up to this view! Adios, Cuba!
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Reposted by Joel A. Sutherland
"Burn Our Bodies Down meets Delicious Monsters in this terrifying new young adult horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland."
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social 's "The Whisperings" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social 's "The Whisperings" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
August 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Burn Our Bodies Down meets Delicious Monsters in this terrifying new young adult horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland."
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social 's "The Whisperings" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social 's "The Whisperings" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
After one day in bookstores, THE WHISPERINGS is already the top new release in teen & young adult ghost stories on Amazon in America! Are you ready to find out why readers are calling THE WHISPERINGS "a gripping and gruesome ghost story that's as emotionally resonant as it is terrifying"? 😱
August 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
After one day in bookstores, THE WHISPERINGS is already the top new release in teen & young adult ghost stories on Amazon in America! Are you ready to find out why readers are calling THE WHISPERINGS "a gripping and gruesome ghost story that's as emotionally resonant as it is terrifying"? 😱
🎉 My newest book, THE WHISPERINGS, is out today!
This book has been whispering in the back of my mind for years and now it's ready to crawl into yours.
If you enjoy ghost stories, small-town secrets, and characters who have to face down the darkness (inside and out), this one’s for you. 😱
This book has been whispering in the back of my mind for years and now it's ready to crawl into yours.
If you enjoy ghost stories, small-town secrets, and characters who have to face down the darkness (inside and out), this one’s for you. 😱
August 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🎉 My newest book, THE WHISPERINGS, is out today!
This book has been whispering in the back of my mind for years and now it's ready to crawl into yours.
If you enjoy ghost stories, small-town secrets, and characters who have to face down the darkness (inside and out), this one’s for you. 😱
This book has been whispering in the back of my mind for years and now it's ready to crawl into yours.
If you enjoy ghost stories, small-town secrets, and characters who have to face down the darkness (inside and out), this one’s for you. 😱
Reposted by Joel A. Sutherland
Reposted by Joel A. Sutherland
"The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland."
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social's "House of Ash and Bone" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social's "House of Ash and Bone" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
July 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"The Haunted meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this young adult debut horror by acclaimed master of the macabre Joel A. Sutherland."
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social's "House of Ash and Bone" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
Enter to win a copy of @joelasutherland.bsky.social's "House of Ash and Bone" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
Check out this deep dive into the legend of the haunted Pennyland amusement park that served as inspiration for my middle grade horror novel, Screamers: theghostinmymachine.com/2025/03/10/p...
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Check out this deep dive into the legend of the haunted Pennyland amusement park that served as inspiration for my middle grade horror novel, Screamers: theghostinmymachine.com/2025/03/10/p...
People are going to extreme lengths to get their hands on a copy of the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, out today! And what better way to celebrate July 1 than by pushing a Canadian author in a lake & reading his latest release? #HappyCanadaDay 🇨🇦
July 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
People are going to extreme lengths to get their hands on a copy of the paperback of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE, out today! And what better way to celebrate July 1 than by pushing a Canadian author in a lake & reading his latest release? #HappyCanadaDay 🇨🇦
Well, this is exciting! Indigo has selected THE WHISPERINGS as one of their most anticipated Canadian books and is offering a 30% discount until July 6. Save some money, preorder today, and see what all the buzz is about when it's released on Aug 5! 😱 www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-wh...
June 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Well, this is exciting! Indigo has selected THE WHISPERINGS as one of their most anticipated Canadian books and is offering a 30% discount until July 6. Save some money, preorder today, and see what all the buzz is about when it's released on Aug 5! 😱 www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-wh...
It's Box of Books Day! It's always such a thrill to open a delivery and see my author copies for an upcoming release. Behold the paperback edition of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE with an all-new cover! In stores July 1 and available for pre-order now. 😱
June 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's Box of Books Day! It's always such a thrill to open a delivery and see my author copies for an upcoming release. Behold the paperback edition of HOUSE OF ASH AND BONE with an all-new cover! In stores July 1 and available for pre-order now. 😱
Happy Father's Day.
June 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Father's Day.
Had an absolute blast at the Mississauga Library's Grade 4 Read to Succeed event as the featured guest author this morning! Seeing a crowd of nearly 500 kids come out to celebrate books never fails to warm this author-librarian's heart. 🖤
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Had an absolute blast at the Mississauga Library's Grade 4 Read to Succeed event as the featured guest author this morning! Seeing a crowd of nearly 500 kids come out to celebrate books never fails to warm this author-librarian's heart. 🖤