Sal Sawler
@salsawler.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ They/Them | Author & Graphic Novel Editor | Kjipuktuk/Halifax
Upcoming: Ellis On Guard (February 2026), The Meadow (2027)
Upcoming: Ellis On Guard (February 2026), The Meadow (2027)
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Sal Sawler
@salsawler.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Behold! It's me, talking about my upcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard, illustrated by the immensely talented Nandita Ratan! It's not out til February, but my publisher, @secondstory.bsky.social, sent me an ARC, so I decided to show it off a bit, cause I'm SO EXCITED about this character. 1/3
Anyone have an extra ticket for Sunday Hal-Con?
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Anyone have an extra ticket for Sunday Hal-Con?
Thanks for putting up with the biggest post dump ever. Going back to school has been amazing, and I am so thrilled to be doing work that I love, but it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for updating the ol social feeds. Gonna try and see what everyone else is up to on this fine and spooky evening.
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Thanks for putting up with the biggest post dump ever. Going back to school has been amazing, and I am so thrilled to be doing work that I love, but it doesn't leave a whole lot of time for updating the ol social feeds. Gonna try and see what everyone else is up to on this fine and spooky evening.
I also wrote this piece recently. This is a special one for me--Labour Day Picnic is the best community space we have in my area. Apologies for the paywall. atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/article/labo...
Labour Day Picnic Café a labour of love | Atlantic Business Magazine
Owned by Kate Melvin and Gabe Beale, Labour Day Picnic Café in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia is an entrepreneurial ode to community, caramels and year-round perseverance.
atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I also wrote this piece recently. This is a special one for me--Labour Day Picnic is the best community space we have in my area. Apologies for the paywall. atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/article/labo...
The kids at the door keep jump-scaring me every time I sit back down to type something.
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The kids at the door keep jump-scaring me every time I sit back down to type something.
Sorry, but this is how I have to do Bluesky now--you're gonna get all my news at once. Maybe I should start a newsletter? Anyways! I also have a piece in Write Magazine (The Writers Union of Canada) about how writing their Traditional Publishing How-To Guide was the hardest thing I've ever written.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Sorry, but this is how I have to do Bluesky now--you're gonna get all my news at once. Maybe I should start a newsletter? Anyways! I also have a piece in Write Magazine (The Writers Union of Canada) about how writing their Traditional Publishing How-To Guide was the hardest thing I've ever written.
Love it when rad books made by rad humans get starred reviews.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781772621136
Oh my goodness this review I got in publishers weekly is so sweet!! 🥺
Oh my goodness this review I got in publishers weekly is so sweet!! 🥺
Quiet Crossings by
Debut creator Partridge leverages fantasy allegory surrounding death and grief in this reflective and heartfelt speculative grap...
www.publishersweekly.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Love it when rad books made by rad humans get starred reviews.
Happy Halloween!! (Thanks for supplying the comics, @strangeadventures.bsky.social)
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Halloween!! (Thanks for supplying the comics, @strangeadventures.bsky.social)
PS: It's trickier to promote now that I'm only on Bluesky. If anyone is willing to share the post below on Twitter or Instagram, I'd be super grateful. Thank you!!
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 AM
PS: It's trickier to promote now that I'm only on Bluesky. If anyone is willing to share the post below on Twitter or Instagram, I'd be super grateful. Thank you!!
Cover reveal! I'm so excited to share the cover (and a couple of spooky pages) from ELLIS ON GUARD. Librarians and teachers, message me if you want a review copy!
Coming in February, and available for preorder now: 49thshelf.com/Books/E/Elli...
#kidlit #booksky #teachersky #librarians
Coming in February, and available for preorder now: 49thshelf.com/Books/E/Elli...
#kidlit #booksky #teachersky #librarians
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Cover reveal! I'm so excited to share the cover (and a couple of spooky pages) from ELLIS ON GUARD. Librarians and teachers, message me if you want a review copy!
Coming in February, and available for preorder now: 49thshelf.com/Books/E/Elli...
#kidlit #booksky #teachersky #librarians
Coming in February, and available for preorder now: 49thshelf.com/Books/E/Elli...
#kidlit #booksky #teachersky #librarians
MSVU's part-time faculty (CUPE Local 3912) is beginning a strike tomorrow at noon. I'm fortunate to have/have had many wonderful part-time instructors, and I hope they get what they need. If you're driving by the Mount, send a (friendly) honk or two their way. I'll be walking with them when I can.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
MSVU's part-time faculty (CUPE Local 3912) is beginning a strike tomorrow at noon. I'm fortunate to have/have had many wonderful part-time instructors, and I hope they get what they need. If you're driving by the Mount, send a (friendly) honk or two their way. I'll be walking with them when I can.
Hope you're all doing okay! I've had to take a break because Bluesky was simply Too Much for my anxiety over the summer, and I'm practicing Healthy Boundaries For My Poor Inundated Brain.
Speaking of anxiety (what a segue!) my forthcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard 1/3 @secondstory.bsky.social
Speaking of anxiety (what a segue!) my forthcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard 1/3 @secondstory.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hope you're all doing okay! I've had to take a break because Bluesky was simply Too Much for my anxiety over the summer, and I'm practicing Healthy Boundaries For My Poor Inundated Brain.
Speaking of anxiety (what a segue!) my forthcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard 1/3 @secondstory.bsky.social
Speaking of anxiety (what a segue!) my forthcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard 1/3 @secondstory.bsky.social
Reposted by Sal Sawler
Hello comics people of the internet! Did you know I have a graphic novel coming out? Well I do! And you can pre order it here: conundrumpress.com/product/quie... (or at your local bookstore!)
@conundrumpress.bsky.social
@skyjanquest.bsky.social - colourist
@salsawler.bsky.social - editor
@conundrumpress.bsky.social
@skyjanquest.bsky.social - colourist
@salsawler.bsky.social - editor
Quiet Crossings - Conundrum Press
In Quiet Crossings Selena agrees to help out at the nearby Inn in exchange for a room after crashing her car in the unfamiliar countryside. Located on the edge of the world, the Inn attracts extraordi...
conundrumpress.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hello comics people of the internet! Did you know I have a graphic novel coming out? Well I do! And you can pre order it here: conundrumpress.com/product/quie... (or at your local bookstore!)
@conundrumpress.bsky.social
@skyjanquest.bsky.social - colourist
@salsawler.bsky.social - editor
@conundrumpress.bsky.social
@skyjanquest.bsky.social - colourist
@salsawler.bsky.social - editor
Hey #teachers, there was someone on here compiling a list of research links on the impact of AI on education. I thought I saved it, but can't find it now. Anyone know who that was?
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hey #teachers, there was someone on here compiling a list of research links on the impact of AI on education. I thought I saved it, but can't find it now. Anyone know who that was?
🧵 Anyone in #halisky need an amazing-but-enormous chair? If you're in the market, I have not one, but two (!) options for you to choose from! With ✨ special ✨ discounts for Bluesky people. 1/3
September 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🧵 Anyone in #halisky need an amazing-but-enormous chair? If you're in the market, I have not one, but two (!) options for you to choose from! With ✨ special ✨ discounts for Bluesky people. 1/3
Also, I haven't been around much cause I bought myself a Brick, which is the little device that makes it impossible to access social media on my phone unless I ask my partner to get it from wherever he hid it so that I can "unbrick" my phone. Mental health is on the upswing.
September 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Also, I haven't been around much cause I bought myself a Brick, which is the little device that makes it impossible to access social media on my phone unless I ask my partner to get it from wherever he hid it so that I can "unbrick" my phone. Mental health is on the upswing.
MORE OF THIS PLEASE. If people are going to claim that AI is an artist, we need to quadruple down on demonstrating that art, especially meaningful art, is inextricably connected to being human, even if that art is "terrible." www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Artist who draws 'terrible portraits' vows to never improve | CBC Radio
Chicago artist Jacob Ryn Reno has built up a sizeable clientele in recent months for his self-described "terrible portraits," which he draws in five minutes for $5 US a pop at parties, weddings and hi...
www.cbc.ca
September 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
MORE OF THIS PLEASE. If people are going to claim that AI is an artist, we need to quadruple down on demonstrating that art, especially meaningful art, is inextricably connected to being human, even if that art is "terrible." www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Reposted by Sal Sawler
I wrote this in May: "Here in Canada, we are not immune to the influence of our neighbors to the south... As we watch what is happening in the US, I hope we will continue to speak up for the freedom to read."
As Alberta bans books, I'm glad to see people pushing back!
macleans.ca/society/how-...
As Alberta bans books, I'm glad to see people pushing back!
macleans.ca/society/how-...
How My LGBTQ Kids’ Book Ended Up at the U.S. Supreme Court - Macleans.ca
My book Pride Puppy is about love and inclusion. Watching its message get twisted by hate and misinformation has been devastating.
macleans.ca
August 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I wrote this in May: "Here in Canada, we are not immune to the influence of our neighbors to the south... As we watch what is happening in the US, I hope we will continue to speak up for the freedom to read."
As Alberta bans books, I'm glad to see people pushing back!
macleans.ca/society/how-...
As Alberta bans books, I'm glad to see people pushing back!
macleans.ca/society/how-...
Reposted by Sal Sawler
I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.
Reposted by Sal Sawler
I love this view of Halifax from Georges Island
August 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I love this view of Halifax from Georges Island
Is this app totally annihilating anyone else’s nervous system right now? I think I have to unfollow a few people (probably not you) because my nervous system just can’t handle the constant horror. I know it’s a privilege to be able to do that but… wow. It’s really feeling necessary.
August 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Is this app totally annihilating anyone else’s nervous system right now? I think I have to unfollow a few people (probably not you) because my nervous system just can’t handle the constant horror. I know it’s a privilege to be able to do that but… wow. It’s really feeling necessary.
Boosting this!
But also, I’m proud to say that Quiet Crossings is an EMANATA book, so I’m handling the marketing for it! If anyone in my circle sees this and knows of an opportunity, you’re welcome to reach out to me by DM, or go directly to Vivi.
Trust me, this is a GREAT book. #kidlit #booksky
But also, I’m proud to say that Quiet Crossings is an EMANATA book, so I’m handling the marketing for it! If anyone in my circle sees this and knows of an opportunity, you’re welcome to reach out to me by DM, or go directly to Vivi.
Trust me, this is a GREAT book. #kidlit #booksky
Hello cool comics ppl in my phone! I’m looking to do some press for my upcoming debut graphic novel “Quiet Crossings” coming out this fall!
Anyone know any cool podcasts and comics magazines that’d be willing yo do a piece with me? Any nudges in the right direction are appreciated 🙏🙌
Anyone know any cool podcasts and comics magazines that’d be willing yo do a piece with me? Any nudges in the right direction are appreciated 🙏🙌
August 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Also, I left Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for obvious reasons, but if you want to share a link to the video on any of those platforms you are absolutely welcome and I would be very grateful!
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Also, I left Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for obvious reasons, but if you want to share a link to the video on any of those platforms you are absolutely welcome and I would be very grateful!
Behold! It's me, talking about my upcoming picture book, Ellis on Guard, illustrated by the immensely talented Nandita Ratan! It's not out til February, but my publisher, @secondstory.bsky.social, sent me an ARC, so I decided to show it off a bit, cause I'm SO EXCITED about this character. 1/3
August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM