Thrilled to share the cover of LIGHT, LETTERS, & LOVE: How Jo van Gogh Saved Vincent's Paintings for the World, Words by me & Art by Elisa Paginelli! Coming from Sleeping Bear Press 3/16/27🌻 Many thanks to Vivian Kirkfield for this wonderful interview! viviankirkfield.com/2026/08/01/c...

Cover Reveal: LIGHT, LETTERS, AND LOVE: How Jo van Gogh Saved Vincent’s Paintings for the World

YIPPEE!!! What a wonderful way to start the month of August!!! And I’m so very happy that you all are joining me here for the unveiling of a new picture book cover!!! Author Donna Cangelosi i…

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It’s that time of year again, and we would be honored to be your choice for Best Podcast in the @nashvillescene.com’s annual Best of Nashville awards! Go to vote.nashvillescene.com to cast your ballot, and be sure you vote in at least 20 categories. Thank you we love you ok bye 😻

Best of Nashville 2026

Best of Nashville Ballot 2026

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Looking for Juneteenth reads for kids? I have five reviews up @bookriot.bsky.social . bookriot.com/picture-book...

Celebrating Freedom Day: 5 Picture Books About Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with these five picture books that feature parades to family celebrations and the history of the holiday.

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I get so much out of this conference every year. Definitely recommend to pb authors @picturebooksummit.bsky.social

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2026 Workshop Revealed: Hook, Line, or... Stinker? ⁠w/Julie Hedlund! ⁠ Your #picturebooks need compelling hooks that will reel in readers. Julie will dive into different types of hooks: picturebooksummit.co... #PBSummit is 10/3/26. Early Bird opens 6/4! #amwriting #writer #kidlit #booksky

If you want to see a clouded leopard cub being fed, ask @areaderlymom.bsky.social when and where. Or you can read it n the @citycastnash.bsky.social newsletter! Just make sure you read it all the way through for these little snippets of gold!

So excited to announce my debut picture book will release next September from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social !!! It will be illustrated by the phenomenal @joseebisaillon.bsky.social . Can’t wait for people to read it!

Hey Bluesky there’s an incredible high school robotics team in Nashville that qualified for the world championships but they can’t afford to get there. Can y’all help me step up for them? $10, $20 … Anything helps! Competition is at the end of the month so we gotta hustle:

Donate to Help The Pioneers Go To Worlds!

The Pioneers ask for your support to send a group of our students to compete in Houston for the FIRST Impact Award on a global stage and to experience the highest level of robotics competition.

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Okay, I’m going to try to start posting on here again! Here’s everything I read in March, and some of what my kid read. What books did you read in March?

Your Friday roundup featured not only the week's top news but @areaderlymom.bsky.social joined the discussion! This week's podcasts were excellent. But Friday's is still my favorite. Thanks, @citycastnash.bsky.social !

Oracle Layoffs, Voucher Chaos, and Can Kid Rock Summon Helicopters? - City Cast Nashville

Massive tech conglomerate Oracle is supposed to be building its worldwide HQ on Nashville’s East Bank, but this week, they laid off thousands of st...

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Todays newsletter from @citycastnash.bsky.social is chock-full of local news. And don't forget to scroll down to the very end, @areaderlymom.bsky.social always has a great afterword. Today it's about an eaglet at Radnor Lake!

Happy Wednesday! Congrats to the Vanderbilt women’s basketball team for advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16, for the first time since 2009! Their next game is Friday, March 27. Best of luck, y’all! 🏀

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SKULDUGGERY AFOOT IN THE TN 7th?? Google is sending push notifications saying that Matt Van Epps won the election. Clicking through the push leads to this. Anybody else get one of these??

Thank you, @areaderlymom.bsky.social for a Halloween newsletter chock-full of news. If you're not following the newsletters of @citycastnash.bsky.social , @tennesseelookout.com, @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, and #AxiosNashville yet, sign up! Great summaries to keep you informed about local news.

SNAP benefits are about to lapse. Wondering how to help our neighbors, or need food aid? Here are some local food banks that serve the Nashville community. nashville.citycast.fm/nashville-li...

Where To Find Food Banks in Nashville, & How To Donate - City Cast Nashville

Help your hungry neighbors by donating to these Nashville food banks.

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Good morning. We are the Best Podcast in Nashville, according to YOU, the kind people who voted in the @nashvillescene.com Readers Poll!!! The Scene also honored us as "The Best Way To Keep Up With Local Politics." Thanks for listening, reading, and being part of the conversation, everybody! 😻

Best Way to Keep Up With Local Politics

You’re not supposed to reach for your phone the moment you wake up, but it’s hard to resist opening the City Cast Nashville email first thing in the morning. With

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Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek! I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern. Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit Sign up here: www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...

EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 Calendar

Join EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t...

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Need some book recs for your fall reading? Here are 10 new releases by Nashville authors! nashville.citycast.fm/best/nashvil...

New and Forthcoming Books by Nashville Authors - City Cast Nashville

Wondering what to read this fall? Here are the newest book releases by Nashville authors.

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The Nashville Public Library also has a whole lot of streaming content awaiting your eyeballs:

How To Stream Practically Everything for Free With Your Library Card - City Cast Nashville

Here's how to stream movies, music, and books for free using your Nashville Public Library card.

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wobblerocket 🎲🎮@wobblerocket.com · 12mo ago

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

My latest #KidLit reviews: children’s books by Palestinian creators. bookriot.com/childrens-bo...

Check Out These Lovely Children's Books by Palestinian Creators

With the horrific conflict in Gaza, it's more important than ever for kids to read children's books by Palestinian creators like these.

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For Choose Your Own Adventure fans, here are five other similar children's books, in my latest for Book Riot. bookriot.com/pick-your-pa...

Which Will You Choose? 5 Excellent Pick-Your-Path Books for Kids

Explore fairytales, jungles, and treacherous mountains with these pick-your-path children's books, where kids can decide the outcome.

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Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist based in Portland, Oregon. Consider applying and/or passing along to those who might be interested! bookriot.com/hiring-digit...

We're Hiring a Digital Content Specialist

Good at making internet? Love books? Come work with us as a digital content specialist.

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Listening to final mix now. Y’all. If you want to know EVERYTHING about the Elon Musk Tesla Tunnel that they’re planning to build in Nashville, you need to listen to tomorrow’s @citycastnash.bsky.social. (We cannot tell you where it’s gonna start or go or end, though, bc I don’t think THEY know.)

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Tomorrow’s @citycastnash.bsky.social / @oyvegas.bsky.social crossover episode is gonna be something special but good lord can we please never hold a press conference at 4pm again

**Libraries & Mental Health Survey** I'm updating my research and subsequent talks related to mental health in the library. I'd love insight from library workers of all backgrounds + experiences, and I've got a handy survey. Please take & share widely. Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Looking for some excellent LGBTQ+ middle grade? Here are some of my recs! bookriot.com/new-lgbtq-mi...

5 New LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Novels for Pride Month and Beyond

These new LGBTQ+ middle grade novels include gentle fantasies, powerful dystopians, creepy horror, and more.

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Let the record reflect that @citycastnash.bsky.social newsletter editor @areaderlymom.bsky.social did indeed wear cat ears to morning meeting

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If you want I can start dressing up as a cat for our morning meeting.

Congrats to my friend, @laurabontje.bsky.social, on her newest picture book, WHEN THE AIR SANG, a beautiful, intergenerational celebration of cicadas! Perfect for curious kids. #KidLit

My daughter Marian joined me on the @citycastnash.bsky.social podcast recently to chat about things to do this summer! nashville.citycast.fm/podcasts/wha...

What To Do With Your Kids This Summer in Nashville - City Cast Nashville

What should you do with your kids this summer? Our Hey Nashville newsletter editor and token parent Margaret Kingsbury i...

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It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Could you pass the third grade TCAP test? Here are five questions from it. Let us know your score; very few people have gotten a 5/5! 👀 nashville.citycast.fm/explainers/n...

Take the Nashville Weekly Trivia Quiz! - City Cast Nashville

Nashville third graders must pass the TCAP test to proceed to fourth grade. Could you pass it? Take this quiz to find out!

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Here are my reviews of 8 new AANHPI middle grade books! What would you add to the list? #kidlit bookriot.com/new-middle-g...

8 New Middle Grade Books Featuring AANHPI Voices

Here are eight great new middle grade novels to read for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Today on City Cast Nashville, Brenda Pérez from The ReMIX TN gives us her first-hand account of Sunday’s ICE/TN Highway Patrol detainment dragnet in South Nashville. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:

A First-Hand Account of the ICE Detainments in South Nashville - City Cast Nashville

On Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnered with the Tennessee Highway Patrol to make as many as 150 traffi...

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