Authors' Booking Service
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Authors’ Booking Service connects Canadian kidlit authors and illustrators with readers. Browse our roster of professional and engaging authors and illustrators for school, library, workshops, conferences, virtual visits and more! authorsbooking.com
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Lydia Lukidis@lydialukidis.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm giving a webinar with Rate Your Story on June 17 on PB structures and WHY they work best for certain stories, hope you'll join me! Price= 10$. #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #books #PictureBooks #KidLitWriting #writingtips #AuthorLife #Webinar
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Casey Lyall@caseylyall.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe've got some WHALE-y big news!!! Whale, That was Unexpected is a July/August 2026 Kids' Indie Next List pick! Thank you @americanbookseller.bsky.social! Check out the full list here: www.bookweb.org/news/julyaug... #IndieNextList #WhaleThatWasUnexpected #CaseyLyall #KathrynDurst #TundraBooks
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Casey Lyall@caseylyall.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo thrilled to see that Vampire Jam Sandwich was listed as one of the Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year for 2025! Truly an honour to make this list. Thank you, Bank Street College of Education! Check out the full list here: www.bankstreet.edu/library/cent...
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Farida is available for more school visits! Check out her presentations: authorsbooking.com/zaman-farida/
Zaman, Farida (Ontario)
Farida is a Canadian-South Asian Writer and illustrator of picture books and other works. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Canadian So…
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Farida Zaman@faridazaman.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe best part of writing and illustrating a picture book is sharing it with the audience! I had so much fun presenting it to the kids who came from neighbouring school to the Parkdale Library, Toronto. My Meena doll came too! . . . #kidlit #kidart #kidlitartpostcardday
Caroline and Erin are both available for school visits! Invite the Willow Award winners to connect with your readers. Caroline: authorsbooking.com/fernandez-ca... - @parentclub.bsky.social Erin: authorsbooking.com/erin-bow-kit... - @erinbowbooks.bsky.social
Fernandez, Caroline (Toronto, ON)
Writer’s Union member. CANSCAIP. SCWBI. Rates – in person: $300 for 1 session; $250 for each additional session. A virtual visit is $150 (with negotiation for size of audience and recor…
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe winners of the 2025 Willow Awards were announced on May 28. Each year, Saskatchewan children and youth vote for Willow Award recipients from finalists nominated in three award categories. Discover the winners at https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/winners-announced-for-the-2025-willow-awards
Check out my feature article on: BEYOND THE BOOK - Building Author Income Through Speaking Engagments. Thanks to authors @martychan.bsky.social Sade Smith Mireille Messier for their advice to those looking to build extra income. For some - writing books isn't enough to pay the bills. Thoughts?...
Lydia is available for more school visits! Check out her presentations: authorsbooking.com/lukidis-lydi...
Lukidis, Lydia (Montreal, Quebec)
Award winning author Lydia Lukidis, recipient of a Silver Birch Express honor (Forest of Reading) Award, SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for the North American division, and multiple Cybils Award nominati…
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Lydia Lukidis@lydialukidis.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm on another meaningful book tour with Une école montréalaise pour tous. I get to visit under privileged schools and every student receives a free copy of my new graphic novel—how special is that! #writingcommunity #childrensbooks #amwriting #kidlit #books #amreading #books #literacy #educators
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Shelf Awareness gave Whale, That was Unexpected a ⭐! "Lyall's matter-of-fact presentation of the farewell party solidly grounds the story in comical territory, and the accumulation of characters is a treat. Maude's and Claude's outsize personalities are magnified by Durst's descriptive art."
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Joyce Grant@jgcanada.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's #NationalLibraryWeek & if you think librarians are more than "book curators" and libraries are more than "book lending spaces," ... you're right. Joyous proof of that is what you'll find in "This Is A Library Book." Avail. for pre-order now! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Starting my weekend with an orange banner. Plague Thieves 🔶 #1 in Best Sellers in Renaissance Historical Fiction for Children - (for today at least) @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
Calgary readers!
Joan Marie Galat@jmgalat.bsky.social · 4mo agoCalgary friends! Join me for an online STEM Explorers presentation today: Dot to Dot in the Sky. Find out how to locate the North Star and constellations, and discover myths and legends relating to the night sky. www.calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-p... #STEMEducation #STEMLearning #calgary
What a great topic!
SusanHughes@susanhughes.bsky.social · 4mo agoAuthor copies of my new middle-grade biography THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL, illus by Tida Kheav, (Orca) have arrived! Ya-hoo! The book will hit the bookstore shelves on May 19! #cambodia @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social
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Authors' Booking Service
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ONE COSMIC ROCK is a Winter 2026 Top Grade Pick on 49th Kids for Teachers! Educator Spencer Miller says, “I love how this book about extinction and evolution puts your students right into the story, connecting them to science and history.” #picturebook @dreamist.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social
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Joyce Grant@jgcanada.bsky.social · 5mo agoPlease FOLLOW for the COVER REVEAL of "This Is A Library Book: Check out the Places and People Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities." Illustrated by Chanelle Nibblelink, published by @KidsCanPress. @picturebookseh.bsky.social @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social #libraries #librarians
Authors’ Booking Service connects Canadian kidlit authors and illustrators with readers. Browse our roster of professional, dynamic, and engaging authors and illustrators for school, library, workshops, conferences, virtual visits and more! authorsbooking.com #schoolvisits
Authors' Booking Service
--connects Canadian kidlit authors and illustrators with readers
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