Lara Frater, Author
@larafraterauthor.bsky.social
Writer, Librarian, Feminist, Friendly Weirdo
Lara Frater (HWA member) https://larafrater.com/ author of
End of the Line Zombie Series
Miss Davis and the Movie Monsters
Paranormal Pest Control
Fat Chicks Rule
I LOVE LIBRARIES & HATE BOOK BANNING
Lara Frater (HWA member) https://larafrater.com/ author of
End of the Line Zombie Series
Miss Davis and the Movie Monsters
Paranormal Pest Control
Fat Chicks Rule
I LOVE LIBRARIES & HATE BOOK BANNING
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December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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I completely forgot to take pics. Glad someone else remembered.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I completely forgot to take pics. Glad someone else remembered.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Addams Family Thanksgiving
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal.
On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
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On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
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SIGN THE PETITION: Stand Against Trump's Budget Proposal to Defund IMLS.
Trump is more emboldened than ever to destroy library funding. We need you to take action today!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
On May 2, 2025, the Trump Administration released its FY2026 federal budget proposal.
On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
bit.ly/4cXcPFj via @everylibrary.bsky.social
On page 39 he calls for the complete elimination of the only federal agency dedicated solely to supporting America’s libraries and museums.
bit.ly/4cXcPFj via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
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What A Week for Libraries
Your donations and support helped make these wins possible!
www.everylibrary.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
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Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
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PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
action.everylibrary.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Where I'll be Nov 22!
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Where I'll be Nov 22!
The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information.
Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library
Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information.
Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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If the air doesn't crisp soon, I may freak out.
a group of people with pumpkins on their heads are standing in a field of pumpkins .
ALT: a group of people with pumpkins on their heads are standing in a field of pumpkins .
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October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If the air doesn't crisp soon, I may freak out.
Really digging #MarvelZombies Mostly because they use a lot of my favorite MCU characters: Ms Marvel, Red Guardian, Jimmy Woo, Shang-Chi and Katy.
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Really digging #MarvelZombies Mostly because they use a lot of my favorite MCU characters: Ms Marvel, Red Guardian, Jimmy Woo, Shang-Chi and Katy.
Spooky Season Movies! Here's a list of my favorites.
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Spooky Season Movie Recommendations!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Spooky Season Movies! Here's a list of my favorites.
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📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
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Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.
action.everylibrary.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
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It's Oct 5, 85 degrees out, and Stop and Shop has egg nog.
October 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's Oct 5, 85 degrees out, and Stop and Shop has egg nog.
Me: It's October. I'm super busy!
Also me:
Also me:
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Me: It's October. I'm super busy!
Also me:
Also me:
RIP Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
RIP Jane Goodall
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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I Believe in Libraries.
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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I declare spooky season open with my first Pumpkin Spice Latte. Now the weather has to commit #toohot Also #ShanahTovah for the first of the many New Years I celebrate. (Currently up to four).
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I declare spooky season open with my first Pumpkin Spice Latte. Now the weather has to commit #toohot Also #ShanahTovah for the first of the many New Years I celebrate. (Currently up to four).
Do you think when Death came for Robert Redford, they talked about how much they loved Redford's portrayal of them?
RIP Sundance Kid.
RIP Sundance Kid.
a man stands in front of a brick wall and says " give me your hand "
ALT: a man stands in front of a brick wall and says " give me your hand "
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September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Do you think when Death came for Robert Redford, they talked about how much they loved Redford's portrayal of them?
RIP Sundance Kid.
RIP Sundance Kid.
My own Newsletter went into my spam folder. I'm going to back to sleep now.
September 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My own Newsletter went into my spam folder. I'm going to back to sleep now.
NYC Just opened up it's first Horror Book Store #TheTwistedSpine I have to read more books so I can buy more books. It's the circle of life.
September 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NYC Just opened up it's first Horror Book Store #TheTwistedSpine I have to read more books so I can buy more books. It's the circle of life.
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
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Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters
action.everylibrary.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social