Katy Farber
banner
katyfarber.bsky.social
Katy Farber
@katyfarber.bsky.social
coffee fueled writer. educator. assistant prof. reader + author of books, stories + articles. Vermont living. Ed.D (she/her/hers)

Forthcoming book: Real Talk for New Teachers: Tools for Building a Sustainable Career with Routledge. More at katyfarber.com
Reposted by Katy Farber
AAUP President Todd Wolfson on the killing of Alex Pretti:

"This moment demands a unified, bold, and powerful response from the labor movement. We are uniting across sectors to organize, mobilize, and wield our full collective power to confront ICE."

Full statement:
AAUP President on the Killing of Alex Pretti: “This Moment Demands A Powerful Response from the Labor Movement”
AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, January 24.
www.aaup.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Enter to win a copy of my upcoming #YA novel in #verse, What If It Wasn't My Fault. A story of becoming, resisting, bravery.
"Refuses shame and invisibility and affirms the healing power of sharing your story. An essential read for survivors and those who love them." —Diana Whitney

Win a copy of @katyfarber.bsky.social's "What If It Wasn't My Fault" from Rootstock Publishing #💙📚

www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...
Book Giveaway for What If It Wasn't My Fault by Katy Farber
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
www.librarything.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Has anyone checked on Mitch Wertlieb since Bobby Weir's passing? @vermontpublic.org *thinking of you, Mitch*
January 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
So grateful for this interview! Thank you @deborahkalb.bsky.social !
Q&A with Katy Farber about her new novel, THE BOARD.
tinyurl.com/3n8drp4s
@katyfarber.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pub week updates! (cover cake, fancy coffee, indie bookstores + gratitude) substack.com/home/post/p-... #vermont #authors #booklaunch #thriller
THE BOARD Pub Week Updates
Indie bookstores, fancy coffee, guest posts, gratitude
substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
THE BOARD is officially launched! Fall, lattes, a fresh thriller, new town secrets, set in New England... katyfarber.com/the-board-is...
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Vermont! Please join me at our of our lovely indie bookstores w/ my new thriller with @blackstonepub.bsky.social THE BOARD. Small town secrets. Fall in New England. One single mom trying to figure it out before more people disappear.. I would LOVE to see you. #vermont #author #thriller
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
Fantastic Publishers Weekly review for THE BOARD by @katyfarber.bsky.social. This is a concept I created many moons ago and which Katy executed amazingly. Hitting bookstores nationwide on September 9th from @blackstonepub.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/9798228016880
The Board by Katy Farber
Farber (The Order of the Trees) draws on her background in education for this shrewd small-town thriller. Recently divorced moth...
www.publishersweekly.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is me as a new teacher (yes, we actually had chalk boards then!). Now, 25 years later, Penny Bishop and I have a book out TODAY called Real Talk for New Teachers: Tools for a Sustainable Career. We deeply hope it helps educators build a humane and sustainable career in teaching. #teachers #ED
June 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So give me the stories of women taking up space, standing for those who need it or can’t, connecting with those at the margins, and being incredibly badass and brilliant.
katyfarber.substack.com/p/watching-a...
Watching: authentic, smart, crime solving women as medicine for these times
part one: TV edition (book edition coming soon)
katyfarber.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Tiny interactions, big impact.

open.substack.com/pub/katyfarb...
Airport kindness
on conversations with strangers-
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Stopped by @bridgesidebooks.bsky.social today and was delighted by the collection (fierce), signage, and conversation. Dropped off an ARC of my new thriller, THE BOARD, out this fall 🍁
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
As a parent with kids in school this is the stuff that keeps me up at night. That Trump is *hiding* and *reversing* any progress we've made to stop school shootings is truly unthinkable.

They say it's not the guns, it's mental health, and then defund mental health programs.
Gun violence is the number one killer of kids in this country, and gun crime continues to plague America’s communities—but rather than addressing it, President Trump and his administration are trying to cover it up.

We won’t let them get away with this.
May 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported
April 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Reposted by Katy Farber
Three FREE things you can do right now to support our publishing community:

- Add our debut book to your Goodreads TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
- Go read the book on Netgalley and leave a review: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
- Sign up for updates: Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reposted by Katy Farber
Love bookstores? Love browsing new ones while traveling? Love having one near home? if so, you need to shop at them, or they won't be there to love. Indies offer way more value than just buying a book - expert curation, personal book recs, events, donations, a safe space, fun social media! #booksky
April 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey folks, THE BOARD is open for signed pre-orders now from my local indie Bear Pond Books. I'm obviously super chill about it (this is me when I got my ARCs last week in the mail).
substack.com/home/post/p-... #booksky #thrillers
The Board signed pre-orders open
from my local indie bookstore, Bear Pond books!
substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ice out on our little pond day! (its the small things people that keep me going). #vermont #spring
April 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In all of this madness, get out there and see the wonder. It helps. katyfarber.substack.com/p/spring-amp...
Spring Amphibian Migration is here!
its the most wonderful time of the year (yes, even now); spring is medicine
katyfarber.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning Bluesky. I started a newsletter on substack called Draft and Drift, about not "staying in your lane" in your creative and public lives. Hope to see you there. katyfarber.substack.com
Draft and Drift | Katy Farber | Substack
Musings about writing and publishing across genres... spanning education, fiction, parenting, citizen science and ongoing madness. You don't have to stay in a lane here! Come join a group of whole peo...
katyfarber.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Finally jumped into substack! Getting started here, many lanes... publishing, education, salamanders, parenting, current moment madness and thrillers to start (hey, we contain multitudes!) #books #writing

katyfarber.substack.com/subscribe
Subscribe to Katy Farber
Writer. Educator. Assistant Professor. Reader. Citizen Scientist. Author of books, stories + articles. Repped by @adamchromy.mtm Ed.D. Click to read Katy Farber, a Substack publication. Launched 8 min...
katyfarber.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM