Ken Kilback @kennethkilback.bsky.social Kidlit writer, teacher, picture book reviewer, SCBWI member, SCBWICanadaWest member, Canadian Children's Book Centre member, CANSCAIP member
Caroline Kind @carolinekind.bsky.social MG author, educator, researcher, reader, learner | She/Her | Halifax, NS |
Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social Four novels written. Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. https:// @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Team Site StL Mo 🚭
Lin Hart @poetry-with-hart.bsky.social Poet, wannabe artist, and zinester from WV. Married, mother of two. Definately a cryptid in disguise. Poetry found in Broken Spines, Penstricken, and SixtyOddPoets, among others. Zines in kofi below. Enjoy 🤗
https://ko-fi.com/poetrywithhart
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social Team Site
Andrew Katz @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social #Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
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
Lio Luxton @llykaios.bsky.social School librarian 📚 | children’s writer | poet | artist & crafter | avid reader | nature enthusiast | dnd nerd
AllStories Mentee 2021
Autistic | hEDS | Non-Binary they/them 🏳🌈
Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
Parent
Bunny person
#Scbwi
Nature
Foodie
Blue Villa @bluevilla.org Literary mag 📖
Est. 2023 🏙️
Bluevilla.org 🔗
Discord.gg/xVkWr5BJjk 👾
It’s a privilege to study sonder 📖
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/
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/
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/
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
Anne Lipton, MD, PhD @annelipton.bsky.social Neurologist. Writer. Editor.
THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING
Epistemic Literary Magazine.
#KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, #SpringFlingKidlit winner, #FallWritingFrenzy winner
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Suzanne Goldsmith @suzgold.bsky.social Author of WASHASHORE, winner of the Green Earth Book Award, and A CITY YEAR. Writing like a maniac while getting an MFA in writing for kids at Hamline U. Watch this space!
http://www.suzanne-goldsmith.com/
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
Author Suzy Davies Award-Winning Children's Books and YA LitFic @birdwriterwrites.bsky.social Cheese lover, animal/nature admirer, movie & anime lover, loves music. I love writing children's and ya books. Children's lyricist and composer. Children's Musicals.
NO CHAT UNLESS I KNOW YOU
BULLIES OUT
IF YOU COPY MY LINKS BOOK HASHTAGS please.
N. R. M. Roshak (Natalka) @nroshak.bsky.social Canadian, author & reader, nerd, parent. She/they. SFWA, SCBWI, Codexian. Invisibly bi/pan 🏳️🌈 Proud member of 🇺🇦 diaspora in 🇨🇦. https://nrmroshak.com and https://rdbms-insight.com 
Lynn Leitch 🇨🇦 @lmlwrites.bsky.social 🦕 DINOS DRIVING
🐹 DEAR CLASSROOM 1B
⚾️ THE SETBACK
- Kids’ Choice Kidlit Contest winner
- Represented by Bridgette Kam |
Westwood Creative Artists
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
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social Author of time travel stories BLUE SKIES (in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective Volume 1) and FROM NOW ON (Vol. 3). Working on PBs, MG Sci-fi, and haiku as @haikuformykids.bsky.social (he/him)
Laura Alary @lauraalary.bsky.social Writer. Storyteller. Wonderer.
#Kidlit #PictureBooks New in 2026: THE CURIOUS LIFE OF CECILIA PAYNE (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers), AROUND THE CIRCLE (Beaming Books)
www.lauraalary.ca
Nathan Christopher @hellonathanc.bsky.social Bestspelling author.
World chess ranking: 8,263,401,754.
WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK! (2025)
WHEN THE WITCH WROTE BACK! (2026)
WHEN THE EASTER BUNNY WROTE BACK! (2026)
Links: https://hellonathan.ca/links.html
Joyce Grant @jgcanada.bsky.social Author | Journalist | Writing Prof | Book Coach
I write books to help kids think more critically
I also write reviews for Publishers Weekly (PW)
Pre-order my upcoming book on libraries:
https://linktr.ee/jgcanada
Jami Gigot @jamigigot.bsky.social Hello there! I am a children’s book author/illustrator and texture supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic living in the Pacific Northwest. www.jamigigot.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Field-Guide-Campers-Mysterious-ebook/dp/B0F4G895X7
Sophie Benmouyal @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Yewande Daniel-Ayoade @ydayoade.bsky.social Author of children's books. Typically set in or about West Africa.
THE LITTLE REGENT (Owlkids Books, March 2024), JOLLOF WAR (Owlkids, Sept 2026)
Karen Autio @karenautio.bsky.social Children's book author (PB, chapter book, MG), avid reader, nature photographer, disability awareness sensitivity reader
Amanda West Lewis @awestlewis.bsky.social A writer, theatre artist, calligrapher & arts educator who specializes in work for and with young people. Author of 11 books including MG & YA novels, picture books, poetry, graphic novel. MFA, Writing for Children & Young Adults #VCFA #Canscaip
Paola Santos @pgsantosb.bsky.social Venezuelan children's book author. A HOUSE IN MY BARRIO (Henry Holt. Fall 2026), HOW TO EAT A MANGO (2024). Rep’d by Jen Rofé.
https://linktr.ee/paolagsantos
Lana Button Books @lanabutton.bsky.social Books for kids dealing with life at school.
School presentations Kindergarten | Elementary |
Preschool| Toddler
Children's author with an ECE focus
Laura Bontje | Preorder Marian's Big Dig! @laurabontje.bsky.social Fiction Editor | Author: WAS IT A CAT I SAW? (Amicus), WHEN THE AIR SANG (Annick), MARIAN'S BIG DIG (Groundwood), and more | she/her | Seeking rep | No AI
https://bio.site/laurabontje
Analene @analene.bsky.social Children's Author, Filipino-Canadian
I write stories for kids and kids at heart 💗
analene.com
Sal Sawler @salsawler.bsky.social Author | Book Reviewer | Teacher
Books: Written and illustrated by humans.
Posts: Do not represent my employer.
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
Leah Hong @leahhong.bsky.social Illustrator-author, once a designer 🇨🇦
HAPPY DREAMS LITTLE BUNNY (2021) WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT, A MOUSE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2024)
Represented by Catbird Agency
Rochelle Strauss @rochellestrauss.bsky.social Award-winning nonfiction children's author, interested in nature, environment & STEM. Love promoting NF books as powerful tools to build ocean, climate and environmental literacy. Available for author visits & speaking engagements. www.rochellestrauss.com
Jen MacGregor @jenmacgregor.bsky.social 🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
https://www.jenmacgregor.ca/links.html
Alison McGauley @alisonmcgauley.bsky.social #Author of big-hearted stories for little readers. #teacher #parent #chronicillness #IBD #arthritis
https://linktr.ee/alisonmcgauley
NorthShoreDale @dalevancouver.bsky.social Proud Canadian. Awkwardly shy. Commercial Interior Designer. Coffee drinker. Winnipeg born Left Coaster. Happily married. Dog dad. Still looking for my tribe. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦
Salt Books @saltpublishing.com If you’re reading this, you’re in the right place.
Beautiful books you won't forget. Available in all good bookshops.
David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social Homesick Newfoundlander. Go Niners
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
Anita Anand @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social MP for Oakville East | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Députée d'Oakville-Est | Ministre des Affaires étrangères 🇨🇦
Prof. Amy Mack (she/her) @acmack.bsky.social PhD | Canada Research Chair in Digital Extremism and Assistant Professor | Co-director of Research at the Canadian Institute for Far Right Studies | Alienated Westerner
N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social Canadian author of magical middle grade books. Probably in the garden.
On social media break; return date unknown. Books news on author site.
books2read.com/NPTwrites | shop.nptwrites.com | nptwrites.com/links
(Also: @CanadaFictionFest.bsky.social)
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your least favourite person's least favourite award-winning journalist✨
Follow for short-form videos on issues that matter! 💅
SUBSCRIBE: rachelgilmore.substack.com/
https://linktr.ee/rachel_gilmore
Kristine Ada Carter @kristineadacarter.bsky.social MG and YA writer and poet. Represented by literary agent, A.J. Van Belle at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. KristineAdaCarter.com
Caroline Bennett @cbennettwrites.bsky.social Passionate teacher, librarian and storyteller with 30+ years of international experience. Aiming to inspire a love of reading through her books. #CANSCAIP #SCBWI #12X12 #PB 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Beth Stilborn 🇨🇦 @bethstilborn.bsky.social Writer (mostly Middle Grade), CANSCAIP, SCBWI Canada West, Freelance Editor specializing in picture books and middle grade fiction, Cat-lover. My website is https://www.bethstilborn.ca/
Forest of Reading @forestofreading.bsky.social The Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program!
Arlene Dickinson 🇨🇦🐉 @arlenedickinson.bsky.social Entrepreneur, VC Investor, Dragon on Dragons Den Canada and a lifelong learner thanks to my many mistakes, sometimes wins and always trying to be adventurous life.
Cristy Watson @authorcristywatson.bsky.social Award-winning author, poet and lover of Nature
Gander Social @gandersocial.ca The social media you want. Built for Canada.
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south. Built on AT Proto.
https://gandersocial.ca
Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
David A. Robertson @davidarobertson.bsky.social 2-time Governor General’s Literary Award winner, podcaster, public speaker, Editorial Director at Tundra Books.
Ashley Spires @ashleyspires.bsky.social Author & illustrator of many kids books and maker of Swiftie bracelets.
📖 New book THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEAM out May 6th!
💎 Next bracelet restock in late August
🇨🇦 she/her
@almafullerton.bsky.social @almafullerton.bsky.social I write and illustrate children’s picture books and novels. I teach, mentor, love to garden, raise farm animals and make things. SCBWI member. Repped by Deborah Warren at East West Literary she/her
Www.almafullerton.com
Michelle Arbuckle @marbuckle.bsky.social Librarian, nonprofit executive director - Ontario Library Association, ENTJ, ♒️ Sun ♊️ Rising ♋️ Moon. Host of the Library Land Loves pod. she/her
The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social Theatre actor, bookstore connoisseur, autumn enthusiast, cat rescuer, educator, explorer of cobblestone streets, and defender of the Oxford comma.
Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social Bronx boy. Cubs fan. Dad, husband, writer, podcaster and cable news host.
The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource out now.
https://sirenscallbook.com/
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst
Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs.
Read: onestnetwork.com
Videos: youtube.com/@onestnetwork
Support my work: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw7QS8Wy4kM04Le3e01?ref=onestnetwork.com
Rebecca J. Gomez @rebeccajgomez.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator, story time enthusiast, young-ish grandma of seven (so far).
@debbiesqb.bsky.social @debbiesqb.bsky.social 
Stephanie Simpson McLellan @stephaniemclellan.bsky.social Award winning kidlit author
New: TWO TALES OF TWENTY-SIX - Innovative 1st Reader-Picture Book Hybrid. (Red Deer Press)
https://StephanieMcLellan.com
Michelle Barker @michellebark.bsky.social Senior #editor at DarlingAxe.com. Award-winning #author, Ironman #triathlete. michellebarker.ca
Oksanna Crawley @oksanna.bsky.social Mom, teacher, inclusion, LOTR, oceans, cake, Super Hammy
#CANSCAIP; #SCBWI; #TWUC #kidlit
Katie Crumble Series: Katie Crumble & the Case of the Terrible Naughty https://linktr.ee/KatieCrumble2Preorder
www,oksannacrawleyauthor.com
linktr.ee/oksanna.crawley
BC and Yukon Book Prizes @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social Our mission is to recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs. The 10 Prizes are presented annually recognizing authors, illustrators, and publishers.
Leigh Therriault💫 @leightherriault.bsky.social Canadian writer & poet 🌙✨️ AuDHD ☆
A STRANGE PLACE FOR A GHOST 👻 coming Sep 2027 from Orca Book Publishers 📚
Rep: Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary
leightherriault.com
Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social Writer currently working on a MG novel. Mom to a ND son and a trans daughter. Ally. Lover of horror, LGBTQIA2+, MG, YA and romance books. She/her 🇨🇦🏳️⚧️♾️
Find me at:
Instagram: @pineolisa
Goodreads: Lisa Pineo (user 62350303)
StoryGraph: @lpineo
The Reading Riddler @thereadingriddler.bsky.social Teacher Librarian. Reader. Lover of Trivia, Puzzles and Games. Champion of Books, Authors and Illustrators. She/her. Book Reviewer. Dog Mom.
Reem Faruqi @reemfaruqi.bsky.social Award-Winning Children's Book Author of LAILAH'S LUNCHBOX, UNSETTLED, & more. 
Stephanie Gibeault @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault
🐇💨🐕🐶🐩🐵🐝
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
Jen Lynn Bailey @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social Children's author. VCFA, SCBWI, CANSCAIP, MASC
THIS IS THE BOAT THAT BEN BUILT (Pajama Press 2022, illus. Maggie Zeng)
Forthcoming PBs with Groundwood (2027) and Owlkids (2028)
https://linktr.ee/jenlynnbailey
Nancy Heiss @nancyheiss.bsky.social Language and Literacy Education PhD student at UGA, studying Literacies and Children's Literature. Linguist. Poet. Homeschooling mom to six.
#LDSforHarris
Seattle Book Girl @seattlebookgirl.bsky.social Aspiring Elizabeth Zott 📚
Louise Holland @hollyberrybooks.bsky.social Beach walking northerner, with amazing kids, a lovely husband (rescued from the south) and shelves and shelves of books.
Kevin Moberg, Ph.D. @kevinmoberg.bsky.social Higher ed administrator (English, communication, philosophy, religion, art); academic in English, education, and leadership
Leslie Hurtig @lesliehurtig.bsky.social Artistic Director Vancouver Writers Fest; New Yorker cartoon aficionado; fast walker. Views are my own but you could consider adopting them. Canadian made.
Amy Bishop-Wycisk @abwycisk.bsky.social Pronounced why-zick. NYC. Literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. Opinions my own. Cat mom; fast talker; Garamond enthusiast; she/her. SUNY Geneseo alum.
Marla Yablon @marlayablon.bsky.social PB writer/Poet. Former Science/Math teacher. Once upon a time archeologist. #SCBWI #12x12 #AmQuerying 😻
Melanie Sheppard @melaniejsheppard.bsky.social Kidlit author. Former school librarian. Lover of cozy hobbies and long walks outside. Rep’d by Sam Farkas.
Beth Carrison | B&N Bookseller @bcarrisonbn.bsky.social 📚 Helping Schools, Libraries, Hospitals & Businesses Access Books, Games & More!
✨ #Boston #Metrowest #Southshore #Northshore #MA #AEPA #bookvendor
📩 DM or http://linktr.ee/bcarrison
Donna Galanti @donnagalanti.bsky.social Author of UNICORN ISLAND series. Writes books where heart & hope meet adventure! Beer, cats & tea lover. Audubon Society volunteer. Usually off in the woods. Next MG book out 3/3/26: THE SECRET WINNERS CLUB https://www.donnagalanti.com/
Cyndi Marko @cynmarko.bsky.social Author and Illustrator of books for kids 🇨🇦 Mabel Is (^Not) A Lightning Bug Sep 2026, Ghost Pouncers Summer 2027
She/her
cyndimarko.com
Morgan Lau @morganlau.bsky.social Mother of two. Gardener for life. Environmental Scientist.
#SCBWI #kidlit Author-Illustrator
#50PreciousWords winner '24
#PBParty ‘25, 24, 23 HM
#FWFwinner'23+'22 #kidlit
https://www.instagram.com/greengirlblueplanet/
Heather Wik @heatherwik.bsky.social Family | Faith | Orphaned Neonatal Kitten Foster | Educator | Bag Maker | Pianist | Canadian
Gina McMurchy-Barber @ginamcmurchy.bsky.social Canadian Children’s middle grade and YA author