Katy Tanis @katytanis.bsky.social Illustrator, Children's Book Author, Explorer, Lemur Lover, Rollersport Enthusiast, Textile Designer, ADHD.
📘*🦉🦉 Love Under the Stars
📘*🐧🐧 Edward & Annie
📘*🦁🦁 Love in the Wild
Repped by @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: https://www.daughterearth.com
Editors/Réviseurs Canada @editorscanada.bsky.social Canada's national editorial association. Editors/Réviseurs Canada is a not-for-profit organization promoting professional editing and supporting editors at every stage of their careers. #HireAnEditor www.editors.ca / www.reviseurs.ca
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun sexy novels about strong women. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Melissa-Rea/author/B018EE5T5Y?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true / @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo 🚭
Dmitry @dmitrygart.bsky.social Children's book illustrator ✏️ | Based in Israel | Open to commissions & collaborations | dmitryg.art
IRANZYE ART @iranzye.bsky.social Landscape Artist / writer
More curated artworks on Instagram 👆🏽👇🏽
Instagram.com/Iranzyee
SomethingAboutBooks23 @shonaholmes23.bsky.social 📚👋Bookblogger of ARC’s, NetGalley & a never ending TBR list! Reviews posted here, Twitter & #Bookstagram (Insta: @SomethingAboutBooks23)
📚Current Read: Someone Is Lying
Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social #Kidlit author repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
Aileen Stewart @aileenstewart.bsky.social Children's #Author, #SCBWI Member, #Library Board of Trustee Member, #12x12PB Member, #Baker, #Amateur Photographer, #Christian, and Herder of #Cats www.kidlitfun.com and https://www.instagram.com/aileenwstewart1/
@cbulibrary.bsky.social @cbulibrary.bsky.social 
@bcwriters.bsky.social @bcwriters.bsky.social 
Pembroke Publishers @pembrokepublish.bsky.social Pembroke has been proud to produce practical books for teaching and learning since 1985. From just 3 titles in our first year, our catalogue has grown to include over 250 books and ebooks.
Kristen C. Strocchia @kcstrocchia.bsky.social Children’s writer • Poetry lover • Mom of 7
Kidlit Honors: Ann Whitford Paul Awards 2024 & #PBParty 2025
Writes lyrical PB, quirky stories, & speculative upper MG/YA
SCBWI Eastern PA CoRA | Former K–12 Teacher | kcstrocchia.com
1/6 hosts: #KidlitZombieWeek
Stephanie Jackson - seeking rep! @sjwritesforkids.bsky.social Kidlit writer, mostly PB & MG. '26 Honorable Mention, #PBRisingStars! Member SCBWI, The Authors Guild. Mom x4. 12x12 challenge. Words published w/ Cricket magazine, Dirigible Balloon, STEMTuesday.com. Seeking rep. StephanieWritesForKids.com
Vanessa Finaughty @vanessafinaughty.bsky.social Published author (indie & commissioned), editor by profession, avid reader and part-time nutcase.
Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social From Ireland, Japan and Canada
Author of CATFISH ROLLING🌊
SONGS FOR GHOSTS out 2025 👻
Writer and reader
she/her
la Vermeer @lavermeer.bsky.social Author, editor, publisher. Fierce feminist. 
Douglas & McIntyre @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social One of Canada’s pre-eminent independent book publishers.
Tielmour Press @tielmourpress.bsky.social 🍁Kids book publisher!
🌳Books support reforestation!
www.tielmourpress.com
Sonya Ballantyne @sonyaballantyne.bsky.social Swampy Cree writer, filmmaker and nerd.
Truth, justice and a better tomorrow!
Treaty 1 Territory
Rhael Mcgregor @raysdrawlings.bsky.social Award Winning Comic Artist & Writer from Winnipeg, MB! ✨
Métis & Two-Spirit/Queer (They/Them)
PUBLICATIONS
Recent: 'I Learned Love from Shoujo Manga' & 'Touching Grass' (2025)
Popular: 'Tinder' (2018), 'Dracudate' (2021), 'Home' (2024), 'Mortified' (2024)
Aidan Cassie @aidancassie.bsky.social Island-dwelling picture-book-maker.
Author & illustrator of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER • LITTLE JUNIPER MAKES IT BIG • THE WORD FOR FRIEND
and... CAT SHAPES, spring 2026!
portfolio at http://aidancassie.com
Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
MOTUNRAYO PUBLICITY HUB @publicitybymotun.bsky.social Aspiring Author
Helping authors & artists focus on their craft! VA services & music promotion: editing, playlists, social buzz & more. motunrayopublicityhub.com
Sarah Whang @anderkaya.bsky.social 🐔 Korean-Canadian Illustrator #KidLit
🐤 WHEN THE AIR SANG out 2025!
🐣 Open for work in publishing
🥚 Repped by @socalledyalife.bsky.social at TLA
Portfolio: https://sunhawhang.com/
WHEN THE AIR SANG: https://www.annickpress.com/Books/W/When-the-Air-Sang
JenLei @jenlei.bsky.social I-can’t-find-locator, it’s-not-working-fixer, fan-of-things
Sarah @tittertales.com Children's Book Author/Illustrator with a passion for creating fun stories and interesting characters that make you think about things in new ways. First book BUT I'M JUST SPUD out now!
https://tittertales.com/
eileenwrobinson.bsky.social @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social Author. Editor. Publisher. Scholastic. Harcourt. Co-founder Reycraft Books. Founder of Move Books (now at Charlesbridge as Charlesbridge Moves). Partner in Kid’s Book Revisions PLUS. Author of 2 PB’s (2028). But even more importantly—lover of desserts!
Blue Willow Bookshop @bluewillowbooks.bsky.social West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Elowen Silverscale @elowensilverscale.bsky.social ✨ Weaver of magic! ✨
She/Her | Artist | Kidlit Writer
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Roz MacLean @rozdraws.bsky.social Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring!
#kidlit
https://rozmaclean.com/blog/
Lily ✨illustrator @lilinway.bsky.social 🦄 Children’s book illustrator ✨
Whimsical, story-driven art for young readers.
Open to new projects & seeking representation.
Portfolio: http://lilinway.com
Laura Zarrin @laurazarrin.bsky.social Children’s Book author/illustrator and Abstract Collage Artist.
www.LauraZarrin.com/hello
Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social Author | Poet | SDWF Kids Write Judge | MGpies | SCBWI Mentee: Joy McCullough | Agent: Leslie Zampetti | #KidLitChat [Tuesdays 9pm ET] | MG Hub | Highlight’s Kay Yoder Scholarship for US History ‘24 | Intern for Kaitlyn Sanchez | https://bit.ly/3Zf7FiH
Ginger Ngo | Illustrator 🤡 @gingerngo.bsky.social Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
https://gingerngo.com
https://gingerngo.substack.com/
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Carrie Logsdon McCullough @zoodocwrites.bsky.social Mom, Grammy, retired zoo dentist, kidlit author, Regional Advisor #SCBWI Ohio Central & South, #12x12, #CtC, #STA, #PBRisingStar mentee ‘24&’25, PBRS Collective, Back in the query trenches carrielogsdonmccullough.com
Tonnye Fletcher @tonnyef.bsky.social K-2 Music Teacher, kidlit author (repped by Joyce Sweeney), Debut PB 2026, Happily married woman of faith, #PBJamz multimedia blog of #PB (picture books) and #Jamz (music) www.tonnyefletcher.com 
Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social Retired Bilingual ESL teacher. Writer. Poems in @TheDirigible & Bards anthologies. #Kidlit #PictureBooks #SCBWI #12x12 #50PreciousWords 2024 & 2026 Winner. 📚
Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social Picture book author
Scone lover
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
Robynn Hyde @robynnhyde.bsky.social #Kidlit author #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI #MightyKidLit
#50PreciousWords Winner '26
#PBandKidJudges HM '25
Lover of horror & humour
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social Author, Librarian, & storyteller. READ MY DEBUT BOOK F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton! Recovering TikTokker. Rhode Islander. Filipina. Headshot by Brittanny Taylor.
Michael @michaelsten.bsky.social A books📚, films🎬, photography📸, music🎶, and knowledge📖 lover from Malta (Europe). I’m always happy to follow back and get to know people 😊.
TinJar @tinjar.bsky.social #Scientist, #advocate, and #educator in the field of #climatechange. #Author of uplifting #climatefiction novel "A New Faith." Read or download the novel for free at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#booksky #books #sciencefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk
In The Red on 101.7 FM CHLY Nanaimo @intheredcanada.bsky.social ITR broadcasts stellar Canadian rock music every Wednesday from 8 - 10 PM Pacific on 101.7 FM CHLY #Nanaimo, #BritishColumbia on traditional Snuneymuxw territory. Stream us at CHLY.ca/listen or on the TuneIn app 🎙️🎶
Elbows up, eh? 🍁
Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky @diannaws.bsky.social Dianna Wilson Sirkovsky writes for kids 🎃📚🐈⬛🇨🇦
Cat lover; baker; picture book maker. Author of James’ Reading Rescue + Just One Pebble-2024 Goddard-CBC award winner. www.Diannawilsonsirkovsky.com
#SCBWI #Amquerying
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
Apple: http://bit.ly/3K6WdB9
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Ms. K @msk1st.bsky.social Mom to 2 amazing daughters, 1st grade teacher, #clearthelist 💙 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/WEY70LX5XAGF?ref_=wl_share
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art @carlemuseum.bsky.social We ❤️ picture books. Follow along to fall in love with picture books, too. https://linktr.ee/carlemuseum
📍Amherst, MA
At Home Author @athomeauthor.bsky.social We’re former teachers who now coach children’s book authors.
We focus on writing, publishing, and helping people find their footing.
Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net Michele Banks
Artist inspired by science
Friend to squirrels
https://www.etsy.com/shop/artologica/ 
🇨🇦 True North Country Comics Podcast @truenorthcomics.bsky.social Originating in Canada and celebrating the world of comic book and graphic novel creators and supporters since 2017.
TrueNorthCountryComics.com
anoosha syed ✏️ @anooshasyed.com award-winning author/illustrator for children’s books, character designer & art educator📚
✎ resources, books, & more links ↓
https://www.anooshasyed.com
Cristy Watson @authorcristywatson.bsky.social Award-winning author, poet and lover of Nature
Briana Corr Scott / artist @brianacorrscott.bsky.social I am an author & illustrator. I am a maker of picture books, paintings, patterns, paper dolls, and joy.
I live and work in Punamu’kwati’jk / Dartmouth, Nova Scotia .
Books: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax.
Everything else: www.brianacorrscott.com
Latitude 46 Publishing @latitude46pub.bsky.social Literary publisher based in Northern Ontario, Canada
Visit our website: https://latitude46publishing.com/
Fei Dong @feidong.bsky.social they/them | reader, writer, editor, fairy | i love sff fiction, bad tv, and rolling dice
Madeline @itsmemadeline.bsky.social Professionally - writer, editor, nfp comms
Academically - philosophy and literature
Family - spouse + two (6 and 3)
Film, art, library enthusiast. May also post about baseball and crochet
📍Toronto / from the West Coast
CWILL BC @cwillbc.bsky.social CWILL BC is a lively group of published writers and illustrators for children, with over 150 members across British Columbia.
https://www.cwillbc.org
L.A. Fowler @lafowler.bsky.social MG & YA Fantasy Author | Canada 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Darkly fun YA. Whimsical MG. Always magic.
One half of Fowler & Wells.
www.lafowler.ca
William Meikle @williammeikle.com Wee sweary Scottish writer, living in Canada, with 30+ novels and 300+ short stories in genre presses over the past 30+ years. Mostly at williammeikle.com ... mostly.
Mighty Village Books @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social 
Stacey Robinson @kyapublishing.bsky.social 🇯🇲🇨🇦
Author | Editor
KyaPublishing.com
TUBookExpo.com
📚 Books 📝 Services
Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy & Locus Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | Bonsai enthusiast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦+🌳
Clark @kelake.bsky.social In a small town on Prince Edward Island, I spend my days doing things of little relation to what I harp upon here.
https://kelake.org
Charlotte Parent @charlotteparent.bsky.social Illustrator and author of picture books
2024 Governor General Literary Award winner (Illustrated Books)
Rep’d by Jenn Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social at ABLA
Newsletter (The Rustle): charlotteparent.substack.com
Website: www.charlotte-parent.com
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian actor, filmmaker, and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories series 📚 Bradford, Eh? & 📚 Bradford, Ye What?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Crystal Bruce @petitestory.bsky.social Aspiring children’s writer & illustrator. PB & MG. Reader of all things.
petitestory.ca
Becky Hohensee @bhohensee.bsky.social #PB Writer, former social worker, literacy advocate & cake enthusiast
#SCBWI
Ken @msbsongs.bsky.social Musician, retired teacher, creating and producing songs and sharing them. The name of my group is MRS SMITH'S BASEMENT. I hope you will give us a listen. - M Mark Morton @markmorton.bsky.social Passionate and longtime educator, novelist, and author of nonfiction books. PhD in English from the University of Toronto. Husband of one and father of four.
Sandy Jonas @sandyjonas.bsky.social Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦 SCBWI member
Rep’d by Maura Kye-Casella
Matt Salisbury @salisketch.bsky.social Comic writer artist from Toronto, Sheridan Illustration Grad. I love drawing creepy things and fueling my coffee addiction.
He/They
https://mattsalisburyart.ca/
No Ai no NFT b.s
Shannon Bramer @shannyraindrop.bsky.social poet, playwright, mama, friend, worrier, 
Sandra G James @sandragjames.bsky.social farmers’ markets - thrift stores - lover of words - cozy games - arts in all mediums - eclectic music - atmospheric gothic fiction - nonfiction and documentaries - teacher - picture books - aspiring author - #12x12PB member #SCBWI member 🇨🇦
Rusty Fischer's Monster Mayhem @rustyzombies.bsky.social Rusty Fischer is the author of Zombies Don’t Cry (Medallion Press). His series for Decadent Publishing, Reanimated Readz, continues to bring the undead back to life!
https://a.co/d/ak5tCvK
Manon Gauthier @mariemanon.bsky.social Artiste
Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social Academic, Writer & editor, PhD verse novel +poetry + narrative research, author of poetry, novels in verse, and edited nonfiction interviews with verse novelists, (she/her)
#VerseNovels #DiverseVerse #poetry
www.linda.weste.com
Yan Jiang @garlicbunnyy.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator
Looking for an agent
RISD26’ 🇨🇦🇨🇳
www.jiangyan.myportfolio.com
Marcia Parks @mzparks.bsky.social Author and poet. I write for readers. Stay curious and stay inspired. Be respectful of others. Kindness matters. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, and The Writer's Loft. PBParty 2023 Honorable Mention. Seeking representation.
Acorn Press Canada @acornpress.bsky.social THE ACORN PRESS is based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada and is the Island's longest-running traditional publishing house. We specialize in stories that have PEI interest and global appeal. https://www.acornpresscanada.com/
Kaz_the_Kumquat @odragonku.bsky.social 🇬🇧 ♠️ An oft' anxious yet optimistic nihilist, eclectic dyscalculic and ND nerd
🍊🐲
Poetry Dabbler: 3Lines/Tanka/Ekphrasis
🖋️📖🍿🎮🎧🎭
Ailuro-Biblio-Historio-Logo-Melo and Mythophile
✨💀
My posts: https://tinyurl.com/4xhe3r4x
☕ https://ko-fi.com/kumquat90 ☕
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Katie Ferriello @katieferrie1.bsky.social Literary Agent w/ Mansion Street Literary Management
🎿🚵♀️🧘♀️🏋🏻♀️⛺️🛩️✍️📚
Dean Jobb - True Crime Writer @deanjobb.bsky.social Strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime.
A Gentleman and a Thief • The Case of the Murderous Dr Cream • Empire of Deception (Algonquin Books/HarperCollins Canada)
Website: www.deanjobb.com
Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y935u82h
Heather Lang @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social Author of picture books that celebrate our natural world and biographies about strong women, including THE LEAF DETECTIVE. Represented by Red Fox Literary. heatherlangbooks.com
Semper Anticus Press @semperanticuspress.bsky.social Indie publisher launching soon!
Main site: www.book-shelfie.com/submissions
semperanticuspress@gmail.com
Christopher @parliapics.bsky.social Gen Z. Pescatarian. Screenwriter. Songwriter. Playwright.
Patreon.com/JustChristopher
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sal Sawler @salsawler.bsky.social Author | Book Reviewer | Teacher
Books: Written and illustrated by humans.
Posts: Do not represent my employer.
Kathy Jo Watson @kathywatson.bsky.social Kid Lit Writer. Music and theater fanatic. Space Nerd.
Author of MY CITY IS A FORT and featured in BOY MOMS.
#SCBWI
#365PictureBooks
John Gallagher Cartoonist @johnbgallagher.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Educator/Dad; Creator of Max Meow kids' graphic novel series from Random House (Book 5 hits Nov 2023!) Art Director of Ranger Rick magazine www.maxmeow.com
Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social Director of the Duke University Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation. Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Research in HPC and digital twins for health.