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🌟 Our Starling Illustrator Pages are now live! 🌟 Visit our website to learn more about the Starling artists and view their incredible work! ✨ #StarlingFirsts #StarlingLit #StarlingArt #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookcoverart

Amazing news! 🎉 MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE by Ally Russell has been nominated for a 2026 Edgar Award in the Best Juvenile category. Congratulations, @allyoutthere.bsky.social!! ✨

A little piece of news ✨ (a bit late!) I’m happy to share that my agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social has officially launched her own agency @starlingliterary.bsky.social. I’m so grateful to continue working together in this new chapter! To celebrate this new start for us, I made a mock-up book cover📗

Yay! ✨💫🧑🏽‍🚀🤿 A new book!! By @laurabontje.bsky.social & pics by me : Spring 2028. I can't wait...the ocean & space? Two of my favorite things. (Who doesn't love the ISS?) @owlkids.bsky.social @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidsbooks #kidsbookpublishing #kidlit #Kidlitart

I’m so happy to share this great review of AT THE COOKOUT from Kirkus! I wanted to write a book that was full of joy & love, & I’m so happy that I get to share it with you when it releases this April. See below for preorder options #kidlit @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social

The world is full of uncertainty right now, and many of us look to books as a way to escape--hence the current popularity of romantasy, romance, etc. But I agree that kids need to see themselves reflected on the page. I love those stories, and I welcome them. Please send them to me. #querytip

Griet van Lente@vanhelsingssister.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Are we in a word of escapism now for kids and publishing? I mean, how do you handle realism and resilience in kid lit today? Should we not write about homeless, hungry kids? Or how do you do that for kids? Or not at all?

Hello! I'm here and available for questions. Please ask me anything, and I'll reply. I may not have all the answers, but I will share my experience re. #querying #writing #revising #craft #StarlingLit Happy to help as much as I can!

Happy New Year, #Writers! We're hosting our first #AskMeAnything event with @marchsoloway.bsky.social Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Time: 5 - 6pm PT / 8 - 9pm ET Where: #Bluesky P.S. If you can't make it, Jennifer will be back every Wednesday in January, same time, same place. Join us!

Jennifer March Soloway@marchsoloway.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dear #Querying #Writers, Come join me here on #Bluesky for an #AskMeAnything session, this coming Wednesday, January 14, from 5pm - 6pm PT / 8p.m. - 9pm ET. Happy to share #tips for #Writing #Revising #Querying + anything I can to help you succeed. See you Wednesday evening! #StarlingLit

DAWN OF THE FIREBIRD is an instant Sunday Times Bestseller!! Huge congratulations to Sarah Mughal Rana! 🎉 #StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #Fantasy

ETERNAL RUIN is still going strong on the NYT list! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations to @tigestgirma for your 5th week on the charts! #StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy

🌟Exciting news! 🌟 CONGRATULATIONS, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social! 🎉 #StarlingDeals #StarlingBooks #StarlingFirsts #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy

Dear #Writers and #illustrators, If you recently queried Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social), Paige Terlip (@pterlip.bsky.social), or Jennifer March Soloway (@marchsoloway.bsky.social), there is no need to re-query us at Starling. We received it and will respond, we promise!

Got some fun stuff in the works. 😉 More very soon!

Excited to be here!

So excited for this next chapter with @pterlip.bsky.social and @marchsoloway.bsky.social!!!