Andrea Tsurumi
@atsurumi.bsky.social
(they/them) Kidlit author/illustrator, cartoonist, game lizard. Books include Accident!, Crab Cake, and I'm On It!
andreatsurumi.com
https://substack.com/@amusedbycorners
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https://substack.com/@amusedbycorners
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doing promo is physically painful for me but i really would love it if you bought or read my newest book that came out a few months ago. i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever made and im so immensely proud of it. simplicitybook.xyz
December 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
doing promo is physically painful for me but i really would love it if you bought or read my newest book that came out a few months ago. i think it’s the best thing i’ve ever made and im so immensely proud of it. simplicitybook.xyz
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HELLO I have a shop (that I often forget to talk about) and I'm doing 20% off for the next two days, which is the window to order something if you'd like it in time for Christmas (US shipping only). Code is ENDOFYEAR - I have lots of signed books and self published zines!
mkobooks.bigcartel.com
mkobooks.bigcartel.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
HELLO I have a shop (that I often forget to talk about) and I'm doing 20% off for the next two days, which is the window to order something if you'd like it in time for Christmas (US shipping only). Code is ENDOFYEAR - I have lots of signed books and self published zines!
mkobooks.bigcartel.com
mkobooks.bigcartel.com
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I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'm excited to announce that I've accepted a comics co-editor position at @therumpus.net
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
We're looking for original literary fiction and non-fiction comics that feel personal. Bonus if it's hand-lettered (the path to my heart) 😘
No AI
Pays $100
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Pass it on!
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The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
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‘We Must Remain Vigilant’: an open letter to publishers from Jason Low about book banning | SLJ
We Must Remain Vigilant: An open letter to publishers | Opinion
Lee & Low publisher and co-owner Jason Low says publishers must continue the commitment to diverse titles while also contributing to the larger fight for the freedom to read.
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
‘We Must Remain Vigilant’: an open letter to publishers from Jason Low about book banning | SLJ
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Today!!!
This Thursday at 6pm GMT I'm giving a lecture with the wonderful @archaeoplays.bsky.social about how to conceive and build living images of the past. All the in-person tickets have been snapped up, but you can still watch online for free (I think via Zoom)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carved-in-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carved-in-...
Carved in Stone: Bringing the Picts to Life
This hybrid discussion panel will feature Stout Stoat’s Brian Tyrell and ArchaeoPlays’ Dr Heather Christie FSAScot.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today!!!
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I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it!
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
(I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
Introduce yourself in 5 TTRPG classes:
The Summoned (Monster of the Week)
Encyclopedia Brown (Brindlewood Bay)
The Fresh Face (Moonlight on Roseville Beach)
The Lurk (Blades in the Dark)
World Tree Barbarian/Wild Magic Sorcerer (D&D)
The Summoned (Monster of the Week)
Encyclopedia Brown (Brindlewood Bay)
The Fresh Face (Moonlight on Roseville Beach)
The Lurk (Blades in the Dark)
World Tree Barbarian/Wild Magic Sorcerer (D&D)
Introduce Yourself in Five #TTRPG Classes 🎲🎲
The Gamemaster (DIE the RPG)
The Cheat (Nimble TTRPG)
The Waxen Scrivener (Silt Verses RPG)
The Bohemian (Flabbergasted)
Miss Jane Mollentina - Secret Wrestler (Blood Cotillion/TEETH)
The Gamemaster (DIE the RPG)
The Cheat (Nimble TTRPG)
The Waxen Scrivener (Silt Verses RPG)
The Bohemian (Flabbergasted)
Miss Jane Mollentina - Secret Wrestler (Blood Cotillion/TEETH)
Introduce Yourself in Five #TTRPG Classes 🎲🎲
The Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)
Esoteric Hermit (Mörk Borg)
The Whisper (Blades in the Dark)
The Tail Weaver (Inevitable)
Idol (Spire)
The Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)
Esoteric Hermit (Mörk Borg)
The Whisper (Blades in the Dark)
The Tail Weaver (Inevitable)
Idol (Spire)
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Introduce yourself in 5 TTRPG classes:
The Summoned (Monster of the Week)
Encyclopedia Brown (Brindlewood Bay)
The Fresh Face (Moonlight on Roseville Beach)
The Lurk (Blades in the Dark)
World Tree Barbarian/Wild Magic Sorcerer (D&D)
The Summoned (Monster of the Week)
Encyclopedia Brown (Brindlewood Bay)
The Fresh Face (Moonlight on Roseville Beach)
The Lurk (Blades in the Dark)
World Tree Barbarian/Wild Magic Sorcerer (D&D)
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🚨 Out Of The Ordinary - Improv College starting Jan 18 2026 🚨
I'm back teaching improv online in the new year with the wonderful Improv College!
🎭 Out Of The Ordinary: Unusual Characters in Unusual Locations
More info in thread below 🧵
Sign up here > improvcollege.ca/collections/...
#improv
I'm back teaching improv online in the new year with the wonderful Improv College!
🎭 Out Of The Ordinary: Unusual Characters in Unusual Locations
More info in thread below 🧵
Sign up here > improvcollege.ca/collections/...
#improv
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨 Out Of The Ordinary - Improv College starting Jan 18 2026 🚨
I'm back teaching improv online in the new year with the wonderful Improv College!
🎭 Out Of The Ordinary: Unusual Characters in Unusual Locations
More info in thread below 🧵
Sign up here > improvcollege.ca/collections/...
#improv
I'm back teaching improv online in the new year with the wonderful Improv College!
🎭 Out Of The Ordinary: Unusual Characters in Unusual Locations
More info in thread below 🧵
Sign up here > improvcollege.ca/collections/...
#improv
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Embarrassed Ferret by @lisariddiough.bsky.social is in great company on Mombian's Holiday Best LGBTQ Picture Book/Board Book List: mombian.com/2025/12/03/2...
Thank you @mombian.bsky.social !
Thank you @mombian.bsky.social !
mombian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Embarrassed Ferret by @lisariddiough.bsky.social is in great company on Mombian's Holiday Best LGBTQ Picture Book/Board Book List: mombian.com/2025/12/03/2...
Thank you @mombian.bsky.social !
Thank you @mombian.bsky.social !
If anyone's looking for gifts for small children this month, can I suggest my board book Accident: a heartfelt story about messing up, packed with visual jokes to spend hours enjoying. "completely nuts and completely charming."-SLJ bookshop.org/p/books/acci...
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If anyone's looking for gifts for small children this month, can I suggest my board book Accident: a heartfelt story about messing up, packed with visual jokes to spend hours enjoying. "completely nuts and completely charming."-SLJ bookshop.org/p/books/acci...
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If you're buying gifts for spirited 12 year olds who have read most of the middle grade graphic novel canon, can I recommend my book The Legend of Auntie Po? It's multi-awarded, and well reviewed, but hasn't entirely found its commercial footing.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor: 9780525554882 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Part historical fiction, part fable, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you're buying gifts for spirited 12 year olds who have read most of the middle grade graphic novel canon, can I recommend my book The Legend of Auntie Po? It's multi-awarded, and well reviewed, but hasn't entirely found its commercial footing.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/601780...
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Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I've talked about it before but the AIDS Quilt and the project of memorializing queer stories through tangible physical objects is fundamental to how I want to make art and the methods and mediums I choose. This is such a loving interactive digital archive, and I am so sad and glad for it.
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I've talked about it before but the AIDS Quilt and the project of memorializing queer stories through tangible physical objects is fundamental to how I want to make art and the methods and mediums I choose. This is such a loving interactive digital archive, and I am so sad and glad for it.
The HPV vaccine is a flippin' miracle. As are PAP tests, but man, a real deal cancer vaccine
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The HPV vaccine is a flippin' miracle. As are PAP tests, but man, a real deal cancer vaccine
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I'm gonna be doing a co-working stream at 4pm GMT because there are tasks I have been avoiding! If you wanna smash through some of your own to-do list join in and we can tick things off together youtube.com/live/vs90lgm...
Co-working stream! Let's get stuff done
YouTube video by Johnny Chiodini
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November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm gonna be doing a co-working stream at 4pm GMT because there are tasks I have been avoiding! If you wanna smash through some of your own to-do list join in and we can tick things off together youtube.com/live/vs90lgm...
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I'm still too sick to write today but I wanted to talk a little about my Patreon. It is my main source of income and I've always felt too shy to share it as much as I probably should.
Earlier this year I decided to get over that shame. www.patreon.com/posts/too-si...
Earlier this year I decided to get over that shame. www.patreon.com/posts/too-si...
Too Sick to Write Today, But... | Katelyn Burns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm still too sick to write today but I wanted to talk a little about my Patreon. It is my main source of income and I've always felt too shy to share it as much as I probably should.
Earlier this year I decided to get over that shame. www.patreon.com/posts/too-si...
Earlier this year I decided to get over that shame. www.patreon.com/posts/too-si...
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Talking with Thomas was a real delight! Heather and I peel back the curtain on the process behind Carved in Stone (and we gush about how much we love all of our artists, too!)
The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
Carved in Stone is both a history book and an eye-catching RPG
Publisher Brian Tyrrell and archeologist Heather Christie paint a pretty Pict-ure.
www.rascal.news
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Talking with Thomas was a real delight! Heather and I peel back the curtain on the process behind Carved in Stone (and we gush about how much we love all of our artists, too!)
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
1. Chill afterschool art class at a frame store run by a locally beloved, yiddish-cursing, painter where we drew whatever we wanted and listened to her wild stories.
2. Mr. Mounkhall's soph Eng class had weekly time for the kids to shoot the shit and tell stories to each other.
3. His office hours
2. Mr. Mounkhall's soph Eng class had weekly time for the kids to shoot the shit and tell stories to each other.
3. His office hours
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
1. Chill afterschool art class at a frame store run by a locally beloved, yiddish-cursing, painter where we drew whatever we wanted and listened to her wild stories.
2. Mr. Mounkhall's soph Eng class had weekly time for the kids to shoot the shit and tell stories to each other.
3. His office hours
2. Mr. Mounkhall's soph Eng class had weekly time for the kids to shoot the shit and tell stories to each other.
3. His office hours
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I’m at @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth 4143: come talk to me.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m at @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth 4143: come talk to me.
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Katelyn is an excellent journalist and if you can sign up for her paid Patreon I doubt you’ll regret it. She provides very valuable insight.
I am only 142 paid Patreon members from hitting my end of year goal. I'd like to get there this week.
To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone?
patreon.com/katelynburns
To entice you, I am offering 20% off your first year on annual memberships all this week. Can you help me hit this important milestone?
patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Katelyn is an excellent journalist and if you can sign up for her paid Patreon I doubt you’ll regret it. She provides very valuable insight.