Misa Sugiura
@misa-sugiura.bsky.social
Award-winning author of YA contemporary novels and a MG fantasy trilogy about Japanese gods and monsters.
Preorder MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH today!
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Preorder MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH today!
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Please enjoy these candid, spontaneous, not at all staged photos of me unboxing MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH (isn't she gorgeous, though?). T - 18 days to launch!
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Because efforts to ban books that center disabilities have an outsized impact, this #DisabilityPrideMonth we've curated a reading list of banned books with characters who are neurodivergent or who have a physical, learning, and/or developmental disability: bookshop.org/lists/disabi...
Disability Pride Month: A Banned Books Reading List
This Disability Pride Month, PEN America has curated a list of banned books that feature characters who are neurodivergent or who have a physical, learning, and/or developmental disability.
bookshop.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Because efforts to ban books that center disabilities have an outsized impact, this #DisabilityPrideMonth we've curated a reading list of banned books with characters who are neurodivergent or who have a physical, learning, and/or developmental disability: bookshop.org/lists/disabi...
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Former Pierce County Library Manager Lavonnia Moore was called into the office to speak with Three Rivers Library System Dir Jeremy Snell, who told her she was being let go over a book that was part of a summer reading display, When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
www.slj.com/story/Georgi...
www.slj.com/story/Georgi...
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Former Pierce County Library Manager Lavonnia Moore was called into the office to speak with Three Rivers Library System Dir Jeremy Snell, who told her she was being let go over a book that was part of a summer reading display, When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff
www.slj.com/story/Georgi...
www.slj.com/story/Georgi...
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Jeffries is now naming and shaming House Republicans in swing districts and citing figures of how many of their constituents will lose healthcare and food assistance
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Jeffries is now naming and shaming House Republicans in swing districts and citing figures of how many of their constituents will lose healthcare and food assistance
11:15 PM Pacific Time: phone rings. It's my 22yo son, who lives in Boston.
Me (does the math. It's-2AM-in-Boston-omg-is-he-in-the-hospital-has-he-been-mugged-has-he-been-arrested-what's-going-on): Tai?
Tai: Ughhh...
Me (panicking): Tai! Are you okay? What's wrong?
Tai: I HATE MY APARTMENT.
Me (does the math. It's-2AM-in-Boston-omg-is-he-in-the-hospital-has-he-been-mugged-has-he-been-arrested-what's-going-on): Tai?
Tai: Ughhh...
Me (panicking): Tai! Are you okay? What's wrong?
Tai: I HATE MY APARTMENT.
June 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
11:15 PM Pacific Time: phone rings. It's my 22yo son, who lives in Boston.
Me (does the math. It's-2AM-in-Boston-omg-is-he-in-the-hospital-has-he-been-mugged-has-he-been-arrested-what's-going-on): Tai?
Tai: Ughhh...
Me (panicking): Tai! Are you okay? What's wrong?
Tai: I HATE MY APARTMENT.
Me (does the math. It's-2AM-in-Boston-omg-is-he-in-the-hospital-has-he-been-mugged-has-he-been-arrested-what's-going-on): Tai?
Tai: Ughhh...
Me (panicking): Tai! Are you okay? What's wrong?
Tai: I HATE MY APARTMENT.
So...how are things looking for MG graphic novel authors (as opposed to author-illustrators)? I'm thinking acquisitions, advances, debuts vs established names, etc. Asking for a friend.
June 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So...how are things looking for MG graphic novel authors (as opposed to author-illustrators)? I'm thinking acquisitions, advances, debuts vs established names, etc. Asking for a friend.
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For all my #kidlit author friends out there! A school cancelled this author's school visit bc of DEI-related nonsense. Her contract protected her. www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contract...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
For all my #kidlit author friends out there! A school cancelled this author's school visit bc of DEI-related nonsense. Her contract protected her. www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
The best LOTR thread
Making my way through LORD OF THE RINGS for the first time and I will admit to being charmed by how Tolkien goes out of his way to explain why the hobbits have tobacco but says nothing about why there's fireworks but no cannons.
May 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The best LOTR thread
I started taking improv classes and power-lifting classes about 8 weeks ago and it is so fun to be such a beginner at something that you get measurably better every week. Highly recommend.
May 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I started taking improv classes and power-lifting classes about 8 weeks ago and it is so fun to be such a beginner at something that you get measurably better every week. Highly recommend.
Keep up the good work, everyone!
On Saturday, voters in Texas gave notice that the tide may be turning against the people, organizations, and efforts that seek to limit or remove access to books and materials. www.slj.com/story/Pro-Ce...
Pro-Censorship Candidates Lose Big in School District Races Across Texas
In a big victory in the fight for intellectual freedom and access to books in school libraries, the majority of candidates backed by pro-censorship organizations like Moms for Liberty lost their schoo...
www.slj.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Keep up the good work, everyone!
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Congratulations to Colorado for signing a bill limiting school library book bans!
Colorado bill meant to limit school library book bans signed into law • Colorado Newsline
Colorado school districts will need to adopt policies about when and why library books can be taken from the shelves under a new law.
coloradonewsline.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Congratulations to Colorado for signing a bill limiting school library book bans!
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This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
April 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
Just want to give a Friday shoutout to all the booksellers, librarians, and teachers out there on the front lines fighting for kids' right to read books that reflect their experiences and/or expand the boundaries of their empathy. #kidlit
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just want to give a Friday shoutout to all the booksellers, librarians, and teachers out there on the front lines fighting for kids' right to read books that reflect their experiences and/or expand the boundaries of their empathy. #kidlit
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us.
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
An Open Letter to My Fellow Book Creators — Pretty Ok Maggie
Inside me there are two wolves: the one that understands that the best activism happens behind closed doors and that everyone does what they can and that not everyone can be asked to do the same thing...
www.prettyokmaggie.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us.
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
I generally avoid engaging with
right wing buffoons online
because they don't care and won't listen
but every once in a while
I can't help myself
and then I instantly regret it
and wish I'd spent that time
clipping my toenails or
unloading the dishwasher or
checking the cat for ticks.
right wing buffoons online
because they don't care and won't listen
but every once in a while
I can't help myself
and then I instantly regret it
and wish I'd spent that time
clipping my toenails or
unloading the dishwasher or
checking the cat for ticks.
April 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I generally avoid engaging with
right wing buffoons online
because they don't care and won't listen
but every once in a while
I can't help myself
and then I instantly regret it
and wish I'd spent that time
clipping my toenails or
unloading the dishwasher or
checking the cat for ticks.
right wing buffoons online
because they don't care and won't listen
but every once in a while
I can't help myself
and then I instantly regret it
and wish I'd spent that time
clipping my toenails or
unloading the dishwasher or
checking the cat for ticks.
A film that takes place where you're from
April 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A film that takes place where you're from
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North Carolina! A censorship bill moved out of committee yesterday and could be up for a vote later today! Get on the horn to your reps if you can! www.wral.com/story/nc-bil...
NC bill banning books with sex descriptions from school libraries passes House committee Tuesday
House Bill 636 would create committees and processes to review existing and future library books down to the school level and require reviews of all materials at book fairs -- a major funder of school...
www.wral.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
North Carolina! A censorship bill moved out of committee yesterday and could be up for a vote later today! Get on the horn to your reps if you can! www.wral.com/story/nc-bil...
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All across the country, library advocates are speaking up in their local papers, reminding their communities why federal funding for libraries is so important.
Use our new LTE toolkit to raise your voice in your own community: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
More tools: ala.org/showup #ForOurLibraries
Use our new LTE toolkit to raise your voice in your own community: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
More tools: ala.org/showup #ForOurLibraries
April 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
All across the country, library advocates are speaking up in their local papers, reminding their communities why federal funding for libraries is so important.
Use our new LTE toolkit to raise your voice in your own community: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
More tools: ala.org/showup #ForOurLibraries
Use our new LTE toolkit to raise your voice in your own community: www.ala.org/sites/defaul...
More tools: ala.org/showup #ForOurLibraries
It's a small act of resistance but I like it. See replies for links to videos of the crosswalk voices
www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...
www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk begin speaking.
www.paloaltoonline.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's a small act of resistance but I like it. See replies for links to videos of the crosswalk voices
www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...
www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...
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If this made you mad a week or so ago and you're a Harper Collins author, please consider signing this letter @michaelleali.bsky.social put together.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If this made you mad a week or so ago and you're a Harper Collins author, please consider signing this letter @michaelleali.bsky.social put together.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...