Janet Fox

Today on Substack I speak out against Book Bans, and a few other things. Find the post here: janetfox.substack.com/p/when-the-c...

Book cover for Faithful

My first novel, originally published by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social , is now in my hands, and I'm reissuing it. Here's the new cover, and I truly love it! Find it here: books2read.com/u/bPOlQj

If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now - Writer Beware A couple of years ago, while searching the US Copyright Office’s public copyright registration database on behalf of an author wanting to know if their copyright had been registered as required by the...

New #WriterBeware blog post: Did your contract require your publisher to register your copyright? Don't assume they did. writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/i...

HEY SOMETIMES THERE IS UNCOMPLICATED GOOD NEWS

It's rare but it happens!!!

If you think this is a big and great deal (it is) please consider donating directly to the Florida Freedom to Read Project

www.fftrp.org/donate

Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.

(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

The Fault Lines in Our Constitution should be read by every single adult who lives in America. And then we need to meet in small book clubs to discuss it. With cookies. And soothing beverages. This book is EVERYTHING. @msnbc.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @velshi.com

What you need to share about the "one big beautiful" ugly horrible bill (Resending so you can share over email without my inadvertent notes after the "share" button)

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It's an honor to be in @thehornbook.bsky.social esp w/ @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social @halseanderson.bsky.social @davidbowles.us @adriannacuevas.bsky.social @janetsfox.bsky.social @MylisaLarsen @LaurenWolk @jenswanbooks.bsky.social & others. #kidlit #Megakidlit #WhoOwnstheMoon #spacelaw #spacetravel

THE MYSTERY OF MYSTIC MOUNTAIN by @janetsfox.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #MiddleSchool

2025 Summer Reading Recommendations From the April 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book: Summer Reading.

April #NotesfromtheHornBook: Elissa welcomes readers to the 2025 #HBSummerReading list - dive in! www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #HBFamilyReading #SummerReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #yalit @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social

New York in spring #EDGARS

Independent Bookstore Day has been an established event for...years. It's dirty pool that the big booksellers are hosting their sales events over the same weekend. #shopindie They need us way more than the billionaires do.

In honor of Earth Day 2025

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.

It's Fascism 101.

Book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner has yellow title font against a bright blue sky with white clouds. Cover art shows a middle school boy with an orange backpack standing on a mountaintop with a Bernese mountain dog gazing up at him. Cover blurb from Newbery Honor-winning author Renee Watson in blue font reads "Unique, timely, and enthralling."

Book friends! Would you please tell me about your favorite new MG novels (published in 2024 or 2025) that are written in verse and/or a multi-modal format? I'll get to see a few thousand kids on book tour for THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES this spring so I'm making a list of read-alikes to share!

Yes, we were there! In Bozeman MT.

Bozeman MT

Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.

Link to the class action lawsuit through Author's Guild that is forming to combat AI scraping of your books: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

Some people think when I say “nobody cares about your word count if your book is great” that I’m advocating for Going Buck Wild and writing ten million page books. Nope! In fact, there are norms. Just stay within them and don’t *freak out* 😀

Here:

literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/05/word...

The importance of creatives in these times is immeasurable. Please keep writing things that grow kindness, love, acceptance - especially if you write for children. They are our hope.

BOOK TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!!! We're all in the mood for some Rebellion, aren't we? The people of 1776 have plenty of lessons for us - I'll share them and so much more!

Link to details and how to buy tickets in the next post. Huzzah!

Really? Oh gosh, I'd better...yawn.

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One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

An article outlining a simple strategy for countering everything this corrupt man says and does: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

100000000% THIS

Remember Mitch McConnell's strategy was to use unchallenged seats on school boards, city councils, etc to build a foundation of extreme right-wing power. Progressives need to do the same.

This is why I donate to @runforsomething.net monthly. If you're willing, they'll help you run.

Totally thrilled by this review - first time in the Horn Book after all these years!

Updated my Starter Pack of #KidLit #MGLit #YALit Trade Publishers on Bluesky. Also adding individuals in the Publisher role at these publishing houses, like @jpchanda.bsky.social & @matthewpb.bsky.social. If you know of others, pls reply (make sure profiles are filled out, thx).

go.bsky.app/SAg8zks

For the folks who were asking what Broken Dolls was about:

The artist does get paid, apparently, but this creates huge environmental waste, undercuts the real work of the artists themselves, and -- most immediately -- has made me vow never to work with this agency, and to unsubscribe from their e-mails.