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If you’re in the Toronto area, come by and celebrate this wonderful book!

Yay Debbie! 🥳🎉
#kidlit #kidlitillustrator #kidlitauthor #torkidlit
debbieohi.com Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Aug 13
To Toronto area #KidLit: You're invited to my book launch at TYPE Junction Sept. 24th at 7p ET: 2887 Dundas St W. Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada & Type Books for their help. typebooks.ca

p.s. #IWantToReadALLTheBooks will be my first solo picture book (wrote & illus) in nearly 7 yrs! #CanKidLit ❤️
A "Save the Date" graphic for a book launch event, featuring large, playful text that reads "Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024" with the time "7 pm (Doors open 6:30p)" and the location "Type Junction, 2887 Dundas St. W." The text is accompanied by a yellow speech bubble with "save the date!" in bold, and a small image of the book cover titled "I Want to Read ALL the Books" by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, depicting a child surrounded by stacks of books. The Simon & Schuster Canada logo is at the bottom right corner.
August 13, 2024 at 10:06 PM
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With fellow early #torkidlit arrivals @elainechen.com and @adriennekress.bsky.social !
#KidLit #CanKidLit
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July 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Look what just arrived!! Yay @debbieohi.com! ✨🎉✨ If you’re in the Toronto area come celebrate at Type Books in the Junction this Tuesday! #kidlit #torkidlit
September 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Made it to New Orleans….and ran into my Torkidlit friend Anna Humphrey (anna-humphrey-snkg.squarespace.com), who is on her way back to Toronto!
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January 17, 2024 at 12:03 AM
claudiaosmond.bsky.social
I met @debbieohi.com through our TorKidLit group, back when it started in 2009. Debbie has always been a fierce supporter of kidlit authors and illustrators and if there’s ever been a kidlit-er who deserves to be celebrated it’s her! Come to Type Books this Tues for her book launch! #kidlit
September 22, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Such a fun #TorKidLit meetup tonight! Feel so lucky to be part of this amazing supportive group.

Thx @kateblair.bsky.social for organizing. Attendees also incl @elainechen.com @adriennekress.bsky.social @calyssaerb.bsky.social @ameyers333.bsky.social Danielle Younge-Ullman, Jo Karaplis. #CanKidLit
Eight women sit around a rectangular outdoor table at a restaurant, smiling at the camera. Plates of food, drinks, and menus are on the table. The setting is a shaded patio with brick walls and greenery. Text at the bottom of the image reads: “TorKidLit meet-up at The Blake House, 2025-07-02.”
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Always SUCH a joy to catch up with my longtime writer friends @bevrosenbaum.bsky.social @claudiaosmond.bsky.social @maureenmcgowan.bsky.social in person. ❤ #CanKidLit #CanYALit #TorKidLit
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May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Early #torkidlit arrivals are the best arrivals! 😁❤️❤️
July 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Thanks to @claudiaosmond.bsky.social for hosting the annual #TorKidLit holiday party. SO great to see everyone again plus make some new friends. ❄️💙
A group of smiling women gathered in a warmly lit kitchen during a festive gathering, many holding drinks and dressed in casual yet chic attire. The background features holiday decor, including a lit tree branch and a wreath. Photo credit: Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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Met up with #KidLit friends at the private screening of THE LIBRARIANS today, including @karenkrossing.com @jgcanada.bsky.social Hélène Boudreau and @maureentai.com (who recently moved to Toronto from Hong Kong). #TorKidLit
Group of smiling people, one of whom is wearing a t-shirt that reads "I Read Banned Books" Two smiling people giving a thumbs up outside of the Toronto Reference Library. Author Joyce Grant holding up a copy of her new book with Jan Dolby, Burst Your Bubble. Debbie Ridpath Ohi and Karen Krossing. Karen is wearing a t-shirt that reads "I Read Banned Books."
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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My friend @adriennekress.bsky.social and illustrator @yellghoul.bsky.social are launching their MG graphic novel GHOST CIRCUS this Sat at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social! (sadly, I'll be out of town so won't be able to attend, will be there in spirit 🩷)
#CanKidLit #TorKidLit #GraphicNovels #BookBirthday
adriennekress.bsky.social Adrienne Kress @adriennekress.bsky.social · Aug 9
I am launching my first ever middle grade (ages 8 - 12) graphic novel GHOST CIRCUS👻🎪 with @yellghoul.bsky.social on August 23rd!! If you can, please come by and say hi!

GHOST CIRCUS book launch!
Where: Bakka Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, Toronto.
When: August 23rd
Time: 2pm
August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Wonderful to catch up with my longtime #KidLit friend and one of my co-writing session partners @claudiaosmond.bsky.social! One of the most caring people I know, Claudia is also founder of our #TorKidLit group in Toronto.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Looking forward to #TorKidLit tonight! It's been way too long. Thanks to @kateblair.bsky.social for organizing these monthly meetups and to TorKidLit founder @claudiaosmond.bsky.social. #KidLit
July 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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At the end of the evening, some of us were exchanging Bluesky profile info. 🦋💙

In this photo: Me, @adriennekress.bsky.social, @kateblair.bsky.social, & @artofachalugo.bsky.social. First time meeting freelance illustrator Ijeoma!

#KidLit #TorKidLit
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December 5, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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Sooooo great to catch up with my #TorKidLit friends @claudiaosmond.bsky.social, Bev Katz Rosenbaum, & Maureen McGowan tonight! met these three many yrs ago, when I was a pre-published nervous newbie writer, trying to get my novels for young people published. They STILL inspire me. ❤️❤️❤️
claudiaosmond.bsky.social Claudia Osmond🌙✨(she/her) @claudiaosmond.bsky.social · Jul 10
Friends … they do the heart good. Always inspired by these three. Thanks for the pic @debbieohi.com ♥️
#kidlit #kidlitauthors #kidlitillustrators
July 10, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Yay! My Curtis Brown agency sibling and Torkidlit friend @karenkrossing.bsky.social is on Bluesky!
karenkrossing.com Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · Sep 15
Hello, Bluesky friends! I’m a kidlit author of picture books and novels, and I’m excited to connect here. My latest book is MONSTER VS. BOY, and you can enter a giveaway for it here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho.... Deadline to enter is today!
Book giveaway for Monster vs. Boy by Karen Krossing Aug 16-Sep 15, 2023
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September 16, 2023 at 1:58 AM
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I met some through @scbwi.bsky.social msg boards ( @andreamack.bsky.social is one of my writing critique partners), some @canscaip.bsky.social, some via Twitter (via @claudiaosmond.bsky.social, who started #TorKidLit in-person meet-ups). #kidlitchat
January 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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My friend @claudiaosmond.bsky.social is not only the founder of #TorKidlit and a longtime booster of others in the kidlit community, but she is also a wonderful WRITER. ❤️ Thank you, Claudia!
claudiaosmond.bsky.social Claudia Osmond🌙✨(she/her) @claudiaosmond.bsky.social · Sep 22
I met @debbieohi.com through our TorKidLit group, back when it started in 2009. Debbie has always been a fierce supporter of kidlit authors and illustrators and if there’s ever been a kidlit-er who deserves to be celebrated it’s her! Come to Type Books this Tues for her book launch! #kidlit
September 22, 2024 at 2:12 PM
debbieohi.com
It was great meeting you last night at @claudiaosmond.bsky.social's #TorKidLit holiday party!
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM