Ready to turn the page to your next autumn read? 🍁✨ As the season changes, the @cbcbooks.bsky.social October Hot Off the Press list has a story for every reader. We're so excited to see ACCELERANT featured! Explore this month’s selections: cbcbooks.org

Now that I’m back from a second maternity leave (thank you, Minnesota’s Paid Leave Act!), I’m eager to find my next favorite story. So, in honor of my son’s first birthday tomorrow(!), @fluxbooks.bsky.social and @jollyfishpress.bsky.social are opening to submissions! 🎉🎉🎉 1/2

We are absolutely thrilled that COPE FIELD is a 2026 Printz Honor Book! Huge congratulations to author @tlsimpson.bsky.social and thanks to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social! ❤️

T.L. Simpson@tlsimpson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My sophomore novel COPE FIELD was named a Printz Honor Book today. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to far too many people to name here. I want to say that never in my wildest dreams would I have believed this could happen, but I have always dreamed big. And you should, too.

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Book Riot write-up on today's ALA Youth Media Awards, including my book COPE FIELD!

The ALA Youth Media Awards Are Here: Meet the Latest Award-Winning Books for Young Readers

Here are the 2026 Youth Media Award winners and honorees, highlighting the best of the best in youth literature.

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My sophomore novel COPE FIELD was named a Printz Honor Book today. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude to far too many people to name here. I want to say that never in my wildest dreams would I have believed this could happen, but I have always dreamed big. And you should, too.

Amazing and awesome. So honored to be selected.

Flux Books@fluxbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

We are honored that STRONG LIKE YOU by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is the 2026 Teen All Iowa Read! Thanks to the State Library of Iowa for selecting Simpson's thrilling YA debut. 🧡 statelibraryofiowa.gov/news/2025-10...

We are honored that STRONG LIKE YOU by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is the 2026 Teen All Iowa Read! Thanks to the State Library of Iowa for selecting Simpson's thrilling YA debut. 🧡 statelibraryofiowa.gov/news/2025-10...

2026 All Iowa Reads Selections Announced

The 2026 All Iowa Reads selections were announced Oct. 9 on Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa program with host Charity Nebbe.

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We believe all young readers deserve to access books freely in their schools and libraries. We are marking Banned Books Week 2025 with a 50% off discount at northstareditions.com when you use the code BOOKS4ALL. ❤️📚️

Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for publishing this conversation between authors @josueehernandez.bsky.social and Hailey Alcaraz about Latine stories, passing, and how their life experience has informed their writing. 📚❤️

In Conversation: Hailey Alcaraz and Josuee Hernández

Hernández and Alcaraz discussed addressing white passing from a Latine perspective in their new YA novels 'Rosa by Any Other Name' and 'What We Did to Each Other.'

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“For every student, there’s the broad universal themes, and then there’s the way it can also exist in a very relatable, one-on-one way to my Latino students”: Josuee Hernández in conversation with Hailey Alcaraz on bringing diverse stories to the forefront buff.ly/AiqhXP6

“Gripping, unsettling, and absolutely necessary, WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER shows how easy it is to lose ourselves in the gravitational pull of whiteness.” —Mason Stokes (ALL THE TRUTH I CAN STAND) WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández releases Sept 30! northstareditions.com/flux/what-we...

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! You have a chance to win a copy of WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández! Head over to Goodreads for the details 🌟 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

“Hernández boldly dives into the realities of racial privilege and exposes dark truths of adolescent drug use....Truly unlike any book I’ve read!” — @arguellescath.bsky.social, FLIP TURNS WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by @josueehernandez.bsky.social — out 9/30! northstareditions.com/flux/what-we...

“COPE FIELD will punch you in the gut, break your heart, and somehow put it back together again....It deserves to be an instant classic.” —@trishlundy.bsky.social, author of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY WITH MURDER COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is out now! ⚾ northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social turns a year old this week! 🎉 To celebrate, the ebook is only $2.99 for a limited time. Find it wherever you buy ebooks! northstareditions.com/flux/mighty-...

WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández releases September 30! Look how great final copies turned out 🤩 Be sure to preorder your copy! northstareditions.com/flux/what-we...

"First-time novelist Holden touches on themes of identity, self-confidence, queerness, and belonging set against an unusual urban subculture of roller derby...." —Children's Literature MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social is available now! 💓 northstareditions.com/flux/mighty-...

💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙⁠ ⁠ 🌟 FINDING BALANCE by Kati Gardner ⁠ ✨️ Get the ebook for only $2.99 during the month of July!⁠ northstareditions.com/flux/finding...

“With a voice that grabs hold of you and doesn’t let go until its gut-wrenching final page, Simpson weaves a heartbreaking tale.... A beautiful, important novel.” —MK Pagano, author of GIRLS WHO BURN COPE FIELD by T. L. Simpson is available now! ❤️ northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙⁠ ⁠ 🌟 A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN by Laura Rueckert This immersive fantasy novel features a protagonist with dyslexia. ⁠ ✨️ Get the ebook for only $2.99 during the month of July!⁠ northstareditions.com/flux/a-drago...

"...Hernández wields the insecurity and desperation of his protagonists like the destructive weapons they are, all the way until the inevitably horrific conclusion.” —Logan-Ashley Kisner, OLD WOUNDS WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández is out Sept 30! northstareditions.com/flux/what-we...

💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙⁠ ⁠ 🌟 GOTH GIRL, QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE by Lindsay S. Zrull ⁠ ✨️ Get the ebook for only $2.99 during the month of July!⁠ ⁠ northstareditions.com/flux/goth-gi...

“...MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK is a dazzling debut!” —Keely Parrack, author of 10 HOURS TO GO MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social is out now! 🛼 northstareditions.com/flux/mighty-...

💙 Disability Pride Month Spotlight! 💙⁠ ⁠ 🌟 BRAVE ENOUGH by Kati Gardner ⁠ ✨️ Get the ebook for only $2.99 during the month of July!⁠ northstareditions.com/flux/brave-e...

Surprise! The ebook of my YA fantasy/murder mystery A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN is on sale for only $2.99 in the US, and it's reduced in other locations as well. It's only 2,69 € in Germany! I'm not sure how long this price will last, so get while it lasts! #booksky @fluxbooks.bsky.social

“COPE FIELD is a home run. A gripping modern classic, full of so much heart and grit and punk rock tenacity, each word refuses to leave you dry-eyed. T. L. Simpson simply doesn’t miss.” — @freyafinch.bsky.social (RISE) Out now! @tlsimpson.bsky.social ⚾️❤️ northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

“Heartwarming and charming—readers will be taken in by Maisie’s list to change her life and enjoy the ride...” — @gretchschreiber.bsky.social , ELLIE HAYCOCK IS TOTALLY NORMAL THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK by @sabkleckner.bsky.social —out now! 💞 northstareditions.com/flux/the-com...

“Simpson has a knack for delivering entertaining reads that take on important issues teens and young adults grapple with. COPE FIELD is a gripping and timely read.” —Jeff Wooten, author of KILL CALL COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is available now! northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

🌈 Pride Month Spotlight! 🏳️‍⚧️ ⁠ FRAGILE REMEDY by Maria Ingrande Mora is a "boy-loves boy dysopian fantasy for anyone needing a heartbreaking thrill" (Kirkus Reviews). ⁠ ✨ Get the ebook for only $2.99 during the month of June!⁠ northstareditions.com/flux/fragile...