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Casey Lyall
@caseylyall.bsky.social
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Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
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shannonhale.bsky.social
I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
rianjohnson.bsky.social Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · 1d
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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cloudyning.bsky.social
Happy #Kidlitartpostcard Day!✨🎨

I'm Alexis, a Chinese-Filipino illustrator based in Toronto. I'm currently looking for MG/YA book cover and picture book projects!

Check out my portfolio at alexisyoungart.com!

For kidlit inquiries, please contact my wonderful agent @christiemegill.bsky.social !🐱
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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nicoleallin.bsky.social
Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Nicole Allin, a Vancouver-based illustrator open to new projects and also seeking representation!

I wish all of you a Happy Holiday season and may all of your cats behave!

🎨 www.allinart.net

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
A group of cats sit in a Christmas tree, knocking ornaments off the branches and otherwise being very naughty. They all look pretty smug about their bad behavior.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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theartofadriane.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard from Sledi Yeti! ⛄️I’m Adriane and I enjoy illustrating cuddly creatures and whimsical scenes that bring child-like wonder to life. I am available for picture books, board books, and covers!

❄️ Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
[email protected]

❄️ adrianetsai.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

Same agent, new agency!

My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has cofounded @starlingliterary.bsky.social and I’m excited to see where we go.

If you’d like to learn more about what they’re offer, or work together, check them out!

#art #kidlitart #illustration
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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torikateillo.bsky.social
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! ❄️

I’m Tori & I love creating fun, silly & heartwarming characters - animals and human!

Interested & open for work in PB & BoardBooks
Represented by Analía Cabello
@analiacabello.bsky.social
at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

More artwork @ torikateillustration.com
A boy is holding a bright star and being held up by a bear to put the star on a sad little tiny tree. A girl is giggling in the bottom corner at a fox who is tangled up in the christmas lights. The text reads “Tori Kate - represented by Analía Cabello at ABLA - torikateillustration.com”
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
karoline.bsky.social Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 7d
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
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November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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jesbattis.bsky.social
Reminder: you don't have to engage with AI as an instructor. You can talk about AI--even build AI literacy, if you want to call it that--and still not engage directly with a brutal, unethical, ecologically disastrous bundle of technologies. Regardless of institutional pressure, you can refuse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Reminder for anyone looking at their calendar + trying to figure out how to hit those writing / creative goals you made for 2025:

It's okay to adjust in order to take care of you. You are more important than your work.

Sending everyone gentle positive vibes as we head into the winter season. ❄️
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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New books on the way from @caseylyall.bsky.social @abhialwar.bsky.social @kslivensky.bsky.social + more buff.ly/sH63snu
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
caseylyall.bsky.social
Book news alert! 🎉 Detective Baby is a new picture book written by me, illustrated by the awesome Abhi Alwar, and to be published by Sourcebooks Kids in spring 2028! Working with Jenne Abramowitz has been so much fun already! And a huge thank you as always to my wonderful agent, Molly Ker Hawn!
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
i've said it before and i'll say it again, if you can't be bothered to read what i wrote and you'd rather let a machine tell you what it said, i'd rather you didn't read it at all
hazelxd.bsky.social Hazel Anneke Dixon @hazelxd.bsky.social · 18d
Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising.

As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Thank you so much to @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for selecting The League of Littles as one of their Best Books for Kids & Teens for Fall 2025. (@sarafaber.bsky.social!) It's an honour to be included with such an amazing group of authors and illustrators. bookcentre.ca/collections/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Laurie Keller and I have been working on a new picture book and today we get to share the cover! Get ready for...

I USED TO BE A DINOSAUR

This book has been so much fun to work on and Laurie's artwork is going to have you all laughing out loud. We can't wait to share this grumpy chicken with you!
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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parentclub.bsky.social
Happy #IReadCanadian Day!

#IReadCanadianDay
a red stamp that says des livres canadaiens pour moi
ALT: a red stamp that says des livres canadaiens pour moi
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November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It's cover reveal day! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for the next book in the League of Littles series: THE BAND OF BIGS! The Band of Bigs hits shelves on June 23rd, 2026 from Greenwillow Books. Available to preorder now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
October 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Vampire Jam Sandwich is a bestseller!!! Beyond excited to see it made the CBC's list of top ten bestselling Canadian children's books for the week of October 11th-18th. (Bit belated with this news, but still! YAY!!!) Tagging @nicigregory.bsky.social so we can cheer!!! 🍓❤️🍓
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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50/50 Raffle Alert!

OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween!

www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores...

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October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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eslfairy.bsky.social
Every tenant in Ontario will be at risk of losing their home if Premier Doug Ford’s government follows through on its latest housing plan, advocates are warning.
Ford Government Bill Could Spell the End of Rent Control in Ontario
Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
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October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Happening today!
caseylyall.bsky.social Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social · Oct 19
On Saturday, October 25th at 1:30 pm, I'll be at Lake House Books in Port Stanley with Judy Ann Sadler and Barbara Haworth-Attard. We'll be reading from our latest books, followed by a signing. Hope to see you there!

Lake House Books is located at 302 Bridge Street in Port Stanley. Shop indie!
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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It's cover reveal day! Whale, That Was Unexpected, written by me, illustrated by the amazing Kathryn Durst, and published by Tundra Books!

Coming to bookshelves near you on June 30th, 2026! Now available to pre-order anywhere books are sold - shop indie!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726562...
The cover of a new picture book called Whale, That Was Unexpected. The background shows that large open mouth of a whale with the title text along with the author's name, Casey Lyall, and the illustrator, Kathryn Durst. In the foreground, there is an old woman and her dog standing on their boat deck, about to be swallowed by the whale. The old woman and her dog are wearing bright yellow fishing gear, the woman in a yellow hat and the dog in a red cap. The woman is holding a fishing rod. The dog looks a bit scared while the old woman just looks over it. The colours are rich and dark with a painterly feel. A screenshot with the description of the book. Text reads as follows: Book Description A classic but contemporary tale for 3-to-7-year-olds featuring a hilariously grumpy seafarer and her trusty dog sidekick who get swallowed by a whale. For fans of Caldecott Honor books Bear Came Along and Leave Me Alone. Stoic seafarer Maude and her canine sidekick Claude head out to fish as they have done every day for many years. But this time, something unexpected happens. (Maude hates it when something unexpected happens.) They get swallowed by a whale. What does one do when one is swallowed by a whale? Throw a farewell party, I guess. (Maude loves a good party.) Hilarity ensues as more and more creatures get swallowed and Maude has to keep changing her party plans. (Maude does not love crowds.) Will Maude and the whale part ways, or is this the end? (Maude would prefer it if we could hurry this up.) Okay, okay. Read on to find out.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
caseylyall.bsky.social
Vampire Jam Sandwich was featured on CTV Your Morning! Thank you to Vikki VanSickle for including it in her list of Halloween reads!

You can watch the segment by going to CTV dot com and watching the October 20th edition of CTV Your Morning. The book chat starts around the 1:20:00 mark. 🎃
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
caseylyall.bsky.social
On Saturday, October 25th at 1:30 pm, I'll be at Lake House Books in Port Stanley with Judy Ann Sadler and Barbara Haworth-Attard. We'll be reading from our latest books, followed by a signing. Hope to see you there!

Lake House Books is located at 302 Bridge Street in Port Stanley. Shop indie!
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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debbieohi.com
Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit
a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."
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October 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM