Don't be tricked! Look inside for our October treats -- three new releases, plus cover reveals, new book deals, and more 🎃
Our latest October titles are sweet, not spooky.Â
Welcome to the world, THIS JOY! by Shelley Johannes, which Kirkus Reviews calls "a huge dose of joy and a clear reminder to celebrate each day and each other."
Don't miss RIDE, ROLL, RUN TIME FOR FUN! by Valerie Bolling, illus. Sabrina Khadija, which Kirkus Reviews calls "pure joy." (Are you seeing a trend here?)
Finally, check out MABEL'S TOPSY-TURVY HOMES by Candy Wellins, illus. Jess Rose, a book about a girl navigating her divorced parents' homes, sure to spark important conversations.
Learn more (and buy the books) in the Soaring '20s Bookshop or wherever books are sold.
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Welcome back to our series, 20 QUESTIONS!,
where we answer questions about writing, reading, and author life.
This month’s question:
What’s your best advice for maintaining your creativity?
Margaret Chiu Greanias
“Allow yourself to be messy – scribble, scrawl, sketch. I believe that trying to make everything perfect can kill creativity. My best creative work happens when I’m scribbling in an old notebook. I might write on the lines, I might not, and sometimes I even end up writing around the edges and off the page.
– Margaret Chiu Greanias, author of AMAH FARAWAY, illus. Tracy Subisak (Bloomsbury Children’s, 2022)
Read more of our top tips here!
New Cover Reveals
New Book Deals
Mark your calendars...
Oct. 25Â from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Central- Mindy Yuksel will read at the Neustadt Lit Festival. Learn more here.
Oct 29 - Rajani LaRocca will discuss Novels in Verse at the Boston Book Festival at 11 a.m. (in person). Find details here. Followed by an appearance at the Concord Festival of Authors at 2 p.m. (in person). More details here.
Nov 5 at 2:15 Central (virtual) - Lindsay Metcalf will present "Write Like a Journalist" at the KS/MO SCBWI virtual fall conference. Learn more and register here.
Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. Eastern - Isabella Kung will appear on a virtual panel though Books of Wonder. Keep an eye on this site as details become available.
Nov 5Â from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Pacific - Margaret Greanias will appear at the Portland (Oregon) Book Festival (in-person event). Get schedule details and the full line up here.
Nov. 12 from 11-11:30 a.m. Mountain - Julie Rowan-Zoch will read NOT ALL SHEEP ARE BORING! as part of Wandering Jellyfish's Saturday Storytime (in person). Learn more here.
Nov. 12 Rajani LaRocca will appear at the New York State Reading Association conference (in person). Find out more here.
November 12-13 Carrie Finison will be part of The Writing Barn's Funny Women of Kidlit Confab (virtual). Get details and register here.
Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mountain (in person) - Julie Rowan-Zoch joins a host of other authors and illustrators for the RMC-SCBWI Book Birthday Bash sponsored by Second Star to the Right Bookshop be held near the store at Platt Park Church, 1601 South Clarkson Street Denver, CO 80210.
Nov. 20 from 10:30-11:45 a.m. Pacific (in person) Jen Malia and Rajani LaRocca will appear on the panel, “Underrepresented Authors on Diversity in STEM/STEAM Fiction and Nonfiction" at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference in Anaheim. Learn more here.