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What's your Freedom to Read Advocate Personality? Take a quiz to find out! Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week. Oct. 5-11, 2025.

✨ It takes all of us to fight for the freedom to read. Take this NEW #BannedBooksWeek quiz to assess your strengths & uncover your individual advocacy style. At the end, get actions you can take based on your result: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/68d400f64d6f970015d8e11b #UniteAgainstBookBans

There is SO MUCH going on, BUT there SO MANY OF YOU. Share what you did this week to fight for the right to read. Maybe you'll inspire others to join your action.

Why Should Romance Readers Care About Book Bans? Olivia Waite Explains — Katherine Grant Romance Olivia Waite, a queer historical romance author and romance fiction columnist for the New York Times Book Review, shares her insights on how these bans target predominantly queer and BIPOC stories - a...

I am on Katherine Grant’s Historical Romance Sampler today talking about book bans, historical romance, many ways to protest, and what you can do right now to support the freedom to read! Give it a listen or check out the transcript! katherinegrantromance.com/historical-r...

Of course!

Jasmine is fantastic at giving creative advice, as well as really knowledgeable in so many areas of writing and creating comics (and cookbooks!) This is such a deal!

Cheering the Oregon @authorsabb.bsky.social chapter on!! So happy to hear this great news for readers in Oregon!

Great wooden game pieces are my favorite thing! Thanks for sharing these.

YES. This is my fav way to receive copy edits on a voice-driven book.

Aww, thank you!

Bidding closes tomorrow for the Washington Library Association auction!

You don’t need to be local to bid on my virtual author visit, and we can schedule for next school year if you’d like.

I’m also happy to talk with adult writers if your critique group wants a virtual “ask me anything!”

He forms a party, has a few side quests…

Well, I’d def read a spinoff with Hot Chocolate Brad!

Aw, thanks, friend!

Thank you to Katie Kath for the art, Kyla García for the audiobook narration, Nancy and the Knopf BFYR team for bringing it to readers, and to Mandy for opening that door.

But most of all, thank you all for reading this story of my heart.

Happy 10th anniversary to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer! I’m so glad that Sophie and her super-powered chickens made you laugh, and hope, and dream. It’s been such a joy to hear from you over the last ten years.

Here’s to ten more!

Kelly Jones (a white woman) smiles in front of colorful bookshelves. Text on image reads: VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT — BID NOW, SCHEDULE LATER!

Bidding is open for the Washington Library Association’s Silent Auction. I’ve donated a virtual author visit, so if you’d like to book me for a library program, school visit, or book club talk, bid now! Next school year is fine.
washingtonlibraryassociation.betterworld.org/auctions/wla...

I stepped up today in support of Dr. Carla Hayden because she has worked tirelessly in support of readers of all ages.

But I’m also speaking up as an author and small business owner with work under copyright. You know what the Copyright Office is part of? The Library of Congress.

AABB Special Expertise Request Because our expertise is centered strongly in the traditional publishing world, AABB is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds. We're lo...

Authors Against Book Bans is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds to help engage more folks in those areas! Join here. @authorsabb.bsky.social

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

FREEDOM READ-IN MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET BIT.LY /READ-IN-AM 10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel 10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting 10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart 11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper 11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobbys Wedding 11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies 12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind 12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, One Big Open Sky 12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET BIT.LY / READ-IN-PM 1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary 1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow 1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name 1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar 2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust 2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book 2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre 2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S. MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET

Tomorrow - May 9, 10-3 ET - join us to celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek25 & raise awareness of #FreedomToRead efforts around the country with a free, online read-a-thon.
10 a.m. - 12:45 EST : bit.ly/Read-In-am
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST : bit.ly/Read-In-pm

Me, teaching writing: Writing takes time! This is normal! Just keep at it!

Me, learning a new kind of writing: This takes FOREVER, whyyyy, prob doing it all wrong, ugh.

Cheering this moment of joy for the freedom to read!

GO, COLORADO AABB!!!!

Trump cuts have WA libraries, museums and tribes scrambling President Donald Trump's administration has targeted the federal agency that supports libraries for downsizing. Washington cultural organizations are reeling.

As states continue to assess the impact of cuts to federal library funding, we can't stay silent. Across WA, public and Tribal libraries are "scrambling": www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Make your voice heard. Tell Congress to Show Up #ForOurLibraries: ala.org/showup

This thread has been a great part of my day, thanks!

I love those ghosts so much!

Today, SCOTUS hears a case on whether hearing a story read about a child who has a gay uncle constitutes a violation of freedom of religion. Why should we care? Because public education belongs to all of us, and all means all. Kids with LGBTQ+ families are part of the all.

I first saw @jandersoncoats.bsky.social offer this and should have credited her here, too, sorry!

Today seems like a good idea to say this again:

If I’ve signed a book for you, and your name has changed, and you’d like a bookplate from me with your new name, let me know and I’ll send you one.

(My website has my contact info.)

I’ll also be hanging out at @aabbwashington.bsky.social’s table in the WLA conference exhibit area on Friday 4/11 between 10-3 with other Washington @authorsabb.bsky.social members — stop by and say hello!

(Can’t make it Friday? Say hi to the Saturday group for me!) #WLA2025

photo of author Kelly Jones and the cover of her book Happily for Now, illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Text on image reads: Participating author, www.wla.org/2025-conference with logos for Book Bash, #WLA2025, Washington Library Association, Grit City Books.

Hey, I’ll be speaking and signing at the Washington Library Association conference’s Book Bash event this Friday, 4/11, from 4:00-5:30 pm, with many other amazing NW authors and illustrators! Book sales by Grit City Books. More info at www.wla.org/2025-confere...
#WLA2025