Patricia McCowan
@patriciamccowan.bsky.social
Kidlit author of HONEYCOMB and UPSTAGED, Orca Book Publishers, as well as numerous short stories. Writes and lives in Toronto. Member CANSCAIP, SCBWI, WUC
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COVER REVEAL! I'm thrilled with the cover by @dreamist.bsky.social of our #picturebook ONE COSMIC ROCK: The Story of the Asteroid That Changed Our World. It's coming from @owlkids.bsky.social in Feb 2026. Outer space! Dinosaurs! And more!
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#CANkidlit #kidlit
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#CANkidlit #kidlit
June 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
COVER REVEAL! I'm thrilled with the cover by @dreamist.bsky.social of our #picturebook ONE COSMIC ROCK: The Story of the Asteroid That Changed Our World. It's coming from @owlkids.bsky.social in Feb 2026. Outer space! Dinosaurs! And more!
karenkrossing.com/2025/06/25/c...
#CANkidlit #kidlit
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#CANkidlit #kidlit
If you don't know the Canadian Children's Book Centre, you really should! 👇
Hey Canada! Do you know The Canadian Children's Book Centre? Take a moment to read Our Story: bookcentre.ca/pages/our-st... #CanadaDay
June 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you don't know the Canadian Children's Book Centre, you really should! 👇
I love this exploration of how this beautiful and tender picture book came to be!
New blog! "Like Me, But Not Me: The Magic of Autofiction in A Summer Without Anna" by Kate Jenks Landry @katejenkslandry.bsky.social @risahugo.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social
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Like Me, But Not Me: The Magic of Autofiction in A Summer Without Anna, by Kate Jenks Landry
Kate Jenks Landry Photo credit: Michael Landry
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June 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I love this exploration of how this beautiful and tender picture book came to be!
This is so important (and so weirdly overlooked)!
Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books: pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR.
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
#PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is so important (and so weirdly overlooked)!
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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.
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If you live in Canada and support independent bookstores, please make your voice heard! #CanKidLit #IndieBookstores #CanLit #BookSky
Upcoming Canadian tariffs on books coming from the US will hit independent Canadian bookstores hard since many of the books, including by Canadian authors, come through publishers and warehouses in the US. Cdn govt looking for feedback here: forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
Consultations on Canada’s Response to United States Tariffs on Canadian Goods: Comment Submission Form
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca
March 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If you live in Canada and support independent bookstores, please make your voice heard! #CanKidLit #IndieBookstores #CanLit #BookSky
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Boosting for #Canadiankidlit
#Canadian teachers & parents: get your kids (Gr 4-8) applying to the #ForestOfReading Kid Committees for a chance to meet with peers virtually and talk books and prepare summer reading lists. Deadline for applications is April 1. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/02/2025...
2025 Forest of Reading® Kid Committee: Applications now being accepted (deadline April 1, 2025)
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
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February 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Boosting for #Canadiankidlit
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A great way to avoid the drama and chaos is to put on your critical-thinking hat. Tying mine on tightly so the winds of nonsense don't blow it off.
BTW, there's a book for that.
@kidscanpress.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social
BTW, there's a book for that.
@kidscanpress.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A great way to avoid the drama and chaos is to put on your critical-thinking hat. Tying mine on tightly so the winds of nonsense don't blow it off.
BTW, there's a book for that.
@kidscanpress.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social
BTW, there's a book for that.
@kidscanpress.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @cbcqueenspark.bsky.social
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Attention picture book writers!
Only three spots left in this small-group workshop!
#picturebooks #writingworkshop #whalerockworkshops #kidlit #Cankidlit
#picturebooks #writingworkshop #whalerockworkshops #kidlit #Cankidlit
Do you have picture book manuscripts that you’d like to revise with a small, committed group of writers dedicated to helping you produce your best work? Check out this online, small-group workshop with me and Whale Rock Workshops!
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February 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Attention picture book writers!
Seems like a good day to join some fellow kid lit creators on this app!
January 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Seems like a good day to join some fellow kid lit creators on this app!