Revising a kidlit novel in verse? Join us this fall for a 6 week on line course with presentations, Q&As, writing exercises and workshopping! Register here: boydsmills.org/workshop/rev...

Revising a kidlit novel in verse? Join us this fall for a 6 week on line course with presentations, Q&As, writing exercises and workshopping! Register here: boydsmills.org/workshop/rev...

So honored that Lilac and the Switchback was chosen by @pacftb.bsky.social to represent PA as a 2026 Great Reads! I can’t wait for the National Book Festival in August!

We are so proud to have Lilac and the Switchback represent PA at the National Book Festival!

So honored that Lilac and the Switchback was chosen by @pacftb.bsky.social to represent PA as a 2026 Great Reads! I can’t wait for the National Book Festival in August!

So excited that Lilac and the Switchback is on the 2026-27 Keystone to Reading list!

📚👍 #PoetryMonth Day 11 One of my favorite authors had an #NIV publish last year. @cordeliajensen.bsky.social teaches so many #verseNovelists at @boydsmills.bsky.social. Lilac and the Switchback: Lilac navigates acceptance, kinship care & friendship, during her aunt's dangerous pregnancy.

So excited that Lilac and the Switchback is on the 2026-27 Keystone to Reading list!

Best book mail! Lilac and the Switchback is my first book to receive a Junior Library Guild gold star selection and I’m so happy to now have the physical award!

#HBBlackHistoryMonth: @ambsmcbride.bsky.social #TalkswithRoger about THE LEAVING ROOM www.hbook.com/story/amber-... #BlackHistoryMonth @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Amber McBride Talks with Roger

The Leaving Roomdoesn’t start with much — a girl in a room talking to herself. But I knew, from interviewingAmber McBrideaboutGone Wolf, to trust that nothing was necessarily as it seemed.

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Best book mail! Lilac and the Switchback is my first book to receive a Junior Library Guild gold star selection and I’m so happy to now have the physical award!

Thursday (2/12) on Hoot and Holler (4-5 pm, wesufm.org, 88.1 FM) I interview Ned Hickson about his crime novel Harbinger of Truth, and I talk to Cordelia Jensen about her novel Lilac and the Switchback. @nedhickson-author.bsky.social @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social

Such an honor to be interviewed for this book! It’s a must for anyone studying/interested in the novel in verse craft!

Linda Weste@lindaweste.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In "DiVERSE Conversations", this impressive global cohort of 28 esteemed & awarded writers share their nuanced, craft insights. It’s a vibrant masterclass for #poets & aspiring #versenovelists & an essential guide for #readers #teachers & #librarians— feat. 50 must-read #MG and #YA #versenovels.

Such an honor to be interviewed for this book! It’s a must for anyone studying/interested in the novel in verse craft!

Linda Weste@lindaweste.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In "DiVERSE Conversations", this impressive global cohort of 28 esteemed & awarded writers share their nuanced, craft insights. It’s a vibrant masterclass for #poets & aspiring #versenovelists & an essential guide for #readers #teachers & #librarians— feat. 50 must-read #MG and #YA #versenovels.

@baronchrisbaron.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social @cordeliajensen.bsky.social @elockhartbooks.bsky.social

The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · 7mo ago

January #NotesfromtheHornBook: 8 novels about coping with challenging family situations www.hbook.com/story/family... @levinequerido.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

🎉 Celebrate the start of 2026 with a book from one of these (potentially) new to you Pennsylvania authors: 📙 Cordelia Allen Jensen ( @cordeliajensen.bsky.social ) 📙 Terry LaBan 📙 Jeff Bogle 📙 Xio Axelrod ( @xioaxelrod.bsky.social )

Hooray! Hoping to see you in Frederick—Love Curious Iguana!

Cordelia Jensen@cordeliajensen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#kidlit crowd! Please join me for this mini tour in Maryland January events with @laurashovan.bsky.social and guest Naomi Milliner. We will be first in Frederick and then on Columbia! Details below! #versenovels #mglit #authorevents

#kidlit crowd! Please join me for this mini tour in Maryland January events with @laurashovan.bsky.social and guest Naomi Milliner. We will be first in Frederick and then on Columbia! Details below! #versenovels #mglit #authorevents

#kidlit crowd! Please join me for this mini tour in Maryland January events with @laurashovan.bsky.social and guest Naomi Milliner. We will be first in Frederick and then on Columbia! Details below! #versenovels #mglit #authorevents

If there are any 4th-7th grade teachers here for #kidlit chat @melissadassori.bsky.social and I are running a friendship themed #giveaway on instagram for a copy of four of our books and a free author zoom check out our insta posts to enter!

#MG #VerseNovel enthusiasts, award-winning #author @cordeliajensen.bsky.social has a new book out in the world! LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK. Heads up @doucette515.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social #kidlit #writingcommunity #librarian #MGBookChat

And my favorite novels in verse I read this year! #kidlitchat

Thanks Linda!! All #versenovel enthusiasts should also check out #DiVERSE, 28 verse novelists interviewed!! Best craft resource out there for NIVs!

Linda Weste@lindaweste.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#MG #VerseNovel enthusiasts, award-winning #author @cordeliajensen.bsky.social has a new book out in the world! LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK. Heads up @doucette515.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social #kidlit #writingcommunity #librarian #MGBookChat

Thanks Linda!! All #versenovel enthusiasts should also check out #DiVERSE, 28 verse novelists interviewed!! Best craft resource out there for NIVs!

Linda Weste@lindaweste.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#MG #VerseNovel enthusiasts, award-winning #author @cordeliajensen.bsky.social has a new book out in the world! LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK. Heads up @doucette515.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social #kidlit #writingcommunity #librarian #MGBookChat

Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/21/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Take Five: Top 5 Books at My School This Fall

I'm curious what's moving the most at your libraries, especially if you're in Minnesota.

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Starting to go through writing craft books for a novel story/structure/strategy MFA course I’m creating. #academicsky

AI is now being used to “flag” school library books. The new CLCD tool, Class-Shelf Plus v3, may speed up censorship under the guise of efficiency. This development should alarm every librarian and educator. #TLSky #EduSkyAi #libraries #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet

How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.

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