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linktr.ee/heywhitney ✨Graphic Novels: FREE PIANO (NOT HAUNTED), THE RACC PACK, LONG DISTANCE & FAKE BLOOD✨YA Novels: YOU'RE WELCOME, UNIVERSE & CHAOTIC GOOD✨ 🇨🇦

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Nov 25

🎹👻ICYMI - Yesterday I got to announce my next graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted).

This book is the book of my heart.
A spooky, musical adventure about chasing dreams, finding your voice, and navigating family and fame.

Your support of this one would mean the world to me.
bit.ly/FPpreorder

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George @hannahtempler.com · 24d

also NYCC is coming up and i am begging u PLEASE wear a MASK!!!!!!! do it for georg

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Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social · Sep 9

Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Sep 10

This is amazing!!! Thank you!!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 7

I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!

A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, “that’s why I write books!”

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Alex Jade @castlehavven.bsky.social · Sep 7

I miss when AI meant adobe illustrator

Btw I also hate adobe illustrator

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Aug 12

Big news!!! Free Piano (Not Haunted) is a Harvey Award nominee for Best Children’s Book! Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported this haunted little story. My 80s pop-star ghost heart is singing today. 💖🎹👻

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · Jul 20

What a fabulous bookstore! I left signed copies and last last little KING at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine after a very sweet storytime. So nice to see book friends too! @heywhitney.bsky.social @caswasshere.bsky.social #kidlit

Storytime book at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine. THE KING OF BOOKS picture book and mini cutout of KING seen in front of an undersea mural. Book by Gina Perry

Large black drawing of THE KING OF BOOKS driving a book car while monkey and the most monster watch on. By Gina Perry

Bookshelf at Back Cove Books middle grade graphic novel section. Nathan Hale’s Bite, Cassidy Wasserman’s On Guard, and Whitney Gardner’s Free Piano featured.

Photo of children’s bookshelf at Back Cove Books. Kittybunkport and Nellie’s Big Splash featured. Portland, Maine

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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · Jul 21

Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel | CBC News

New graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted), was inspired by an ad for a free piano, that was allegedly not haunted.

www.cbc.ca

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 24

I spy Free Piano!

Julie Jarema @rainbowfish523.bsky.social · Jun 19

Books I read in May

Books read in May 2025
THE MAGIC FISH by Trung Le Nguyen (reread)
ANGELICA AND THE BEAR PRINCE by Trung Le Nguyen
THE THIRD HOTEL by Laura van den Berg
YOUNG HAG AND THE WITCHES’ QUEST by Isabel Greenberg
LUNAR NEW YEAR LOVE STORY by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
THIS PLACE KILLS ME by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux
THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW by Adrienne Young
THE APARTMENT ON POPPY HILL by Nina LaCour, illustrated by Sónia Albert
HILDA AND TWIG by Luke Pearson
FREE PIANO (NOT HAUNTED) by Whitney Gardner
CHARLIE & MOUSE ARE MAGIC by Laurel Snyder, illustrated by Emily Hughes
MIXED-UP by Kami Garcia, illustrated by Brittney Williams, lettering by Comiccraft
OUT OF LEFT FIELD by Jonah Newman

#books #minibooks #watercolor #fiction #nonfiction #middlegrade #ya #graphicnovels #comics #chapterbooks

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is so cute! I hope you liked Free Piano!

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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · Jul 16

Free Piano (Not Haunted) is the newest graphic novel from @heywhitney.bsky.social and on today’s See Jurassic Right we chat about our mutual obsession with Goosebumps and the episode, “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder,” and more!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you so much!! 👻🎹

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just in case you missed it: Free Piano (Not Haunted) is officially an Indie Next pick! 🎉

Shoutout to indie booksellers for backing a book with ghosts, glitter, and one very cursed keyboard. 💖👻🎹
bit.ly/FPpreorder

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 5

Ooh yes will look ok into this!

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The Tony ™ @tonysadowski.bsky.social · Jul 5

I just finished my copy of the new graphic novel “Free Piano (Not Haunted)” by @heywhitney.bsky.social and it is an absolute joy. Beautiful art, sweet and fun story with a moral that everyone who spends too much of our days online needs, and even a history lesson about the Prophet-5! Wonderful book.

Cover of the book “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

Beautiful sample image of the vibrant art in “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 5

Tony! Thank you so much for all your support! I'm so glad you liked it!

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 4

Major thanks to @stevenraymorris.bsky.social who has been a huge cheerleader for me and this project! 🩷👻🎹

Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · Jul 4

So excited to read @heywhitney.bsky.social’s new book, Free Piano (Not Haunted)! You better get your copy, and look forward to our See Jurassic Right coming out soon! 👻👻👻

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 3

I would happily go back to an iPod. Is there a way to load it up without iTunes?

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 2

So what are we using instead of Spotify? I'm on android/PC. Or am I just going to have to go back to burning mix CDs?

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jul 2

YAY

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Roger Braunstein @partlyhuman.com · Jul 1

Free Piano, @heywhitney.bsky.social's new graphic novel, is out today! We visited some of our local booksellers and Whitney signed some copies on this beautiful day!
bookshop.org/p/books/free...

Whitney in a pink KN95 holding a newly autographed copy of Free Piano at Bolens Books

Free Piano on the New Releases end cap at Bolens Books

Free Piano on the shelves at Munro's Books, as the #3 bestseller in kids graphic novels

Free Piano on Indigo's website (major bookseller in Canada) noted as a Staff Pick

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jun 30

Free Piano (Not Haunted) comes out TOMORROW 👻🎹
Today’s the last day for preorders and I’m feeling all the feels.

Grab your Lip Smackers and hair scrunchies… things are about to get spooky, sparkly, and very, very 80s 💖

Thank you for all the love and support. Let’s do this.
bit.ly/FPpreorder

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's almost here!!!

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Jun 27

hey remember when a rich ceo died then when they caught the suspect they made a circus of it like they found osama bin laden and charged him with terrorism but less than weeks ago two democrat lawmakers and their spouses were shot as literal assassination to shift control and everyone already forgot

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