@lauraparnum.bsky.social
Author, copyeditor, occasional magician. PERIL AT PRICE MANOR (HarperCollins 2023) and THE HAUNTING OF BELLINGTON COTTAGE (HarperCollins, July 2025). www.LauraParnum.com linktr.ee/lauraparnum
See everyone there!!!!
07.11.2025 15:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
TEXT: Spooky Middle Grade in a yellow banner IMAGE: A green zombie woman with a horrified expression TEXT: My class can Zoom with four MG authors for free? The horror!
Visit spookymiddlegrade.com/virtual-qa/ to request a free 30-minute virtual Q&A classroom visit with up to four spooky middle grade authors. For grades 3-8.
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #authorvisit
Come see us during the Haddonfield Night Market!
14.10.2025 23:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Registration is open for Submission Shine 2026! This online critique intensive gives participants an opportunity to receive agent feedback on multiple projects. Today on the blog, meet participating agent Kristen Terrette of Martin Literary. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/c...
14.10.2025 14:52 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
'Tis the season for spooky stories! I had a great time talking about why scary stories matter with some of my fellow spooky middle grade authors on the SCBWI blog. Check it out! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #spookymg #SCBWI
A lovely review from @marylannireads.bsky.social! Thank you! ☺️
30.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for reading and reviewing! 🥰👻📚
30.09.2025 15:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congrats!!! 🎉
10.09.2025 23:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My teen doing physics homework was answering a question about the movement of a Slinky and I immediately launch into the Slinky commercial jingle from 1979. My brain is weird, y’all!
08.09.2025 21:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is going to be such an awesome event!
29.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0👻👻👻
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Text: Looking for some SPOOKY good books? Laura Parnum - The Haunting of Bellington Cottage and Heather Stigall - Gilbert and the Ghost. Philly Book Crawl, August 23, 2-4 pm at Booked, 8511 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Heard about the Philly Bookstore Crawl? I’ll be at Booked in Chestnut Hill with @heatherstigall7.bsky.social and we’ll be featuring our brand new ghost books!! Hope to see you there!
#kidlit #spookybooks #booksigning
LAST DAY to register for a CRITIQUE for our in-person Illustrator Day and PB Author Day on 9/27. A few critique spots left, including with Art Agent Mela Bolinao—Don't miss out. Get to know Mela in this interview with @berrietr.bsky.social. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/c...
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Had an absolute BLAST celebrating the launch of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage! Thanks to everyone who came out and to @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for leading the discussion. We talked creepy dolls, taxidermy, and liminal spaces in the novel!
#kidlit #spookymg #bookrelease #middlegradebooks
What a great time tonight! Thank you @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for sharing the stage with me!
30.07.2025 03:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For signed books click on this link ➡️ childrensbookworld.net/parnum-autog...
29.07.2025 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today’s the day! The Haunting of Bellington Cottage is out in the world. For ages 8-12 and anyone who likes friendship stories with a side of spookiness!
Creepy dolls, a homemade Ouija board, nighttime disturbances, and two girls trying to navigate interpersonal relationships and life changes. 🕷️👻🕷️
For every copy of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage sold through Children's Book World up to and including the release date (7/29), I'll donate $2 to West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. WePAC provides library programing for Philly public schools that don't have library staff. (Link above)
22.07.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Text: Book Release Event! The Haunting of Bellington Cottage Author Laura Parnum With author Nicole Wolverton July 29 at 7pm Meet author Laura Parnum * Book discussion led by author Nicole Wolverton * Reading * Q&A * Book signing *Refreshments * Giveaways * Celebration! Children's Book World, 17 Haverford Station Rd, Haverford, PA 19041
In one week! Join me in conversation with @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for the release of my second novel, The Haunting of Bellington Cottage!
Signed books can be purchased at this link! childrensbookworld.net/parnum-autog...
Heh heh! Love these!
22.07.2025 17:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks, Kristen! I hope you like it!
18.07.2025 21:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Watch the dramatic unboxing of my new book The Haunting of Bellington Cottage! (sound on)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfUH...
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Eeep!! Look at it! (I haven’t gotten mine yet, but now I’m on pins and needles!)
11.07.2025 19:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image: book cover for The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum showing two girls facing a cottage in a snowy woods with two crows and a swing hanging from a tree. Text: Book Release Event, July 29 at 7pm. Meet author Laura Parnum, book discussion, reading, Q&A, book signing, refreshments, giveaways, celebration! Children's Book World, 17 Haverford Station Rd, Haverford, PA 19041.
Less than three weeks until my second novel comes into the world. Come celebrate with me on July 29 at 7:00pm at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA!
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #bookrelease #spookymg
All the books and swag I took home from ALA
10.07.2025 20:03 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Picture of Veronique Sweet, an art director with Penguin Random House publishers.
Want to take your illustrator or PB author career to the next level? Come to our event on 9/27 in Lancaster! We'll have PRH Art Director Véronique Sweet to review illustrator work. Find out more in this interview with Véronique by @berrietr.bsky.social easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/c...
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TEXT: Barnes & Noble preorder sale! July 8-11. Premium and Rewards members can use PREORDER25 at checkout to receive 25% off all preorders, including print books, ebooks, and audiobooks! Premium members receive an additional 10% off! Some exclusions apply. Online only. Image: front cover of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum, which shows two girls in a snowy forest with a stone cottage, a swing hanging from a tree, and two crows. Tagline "It was the perfect winter getaway...until the ghost showed up"
Hey all! The release of my next book is only 3 weeks away, and B&N is having a 25% off sale on pre-orders for premium and rewards members 7/8-7/11. If you haven't yet pre-ordered it, now is a GREAT time to save. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-haunti...
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It's a Goodreads giveaway!
Follow the link to enter the giveaway for a free copy of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage. Giveaway ends July 21.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Good luck!
#kidlit #bookgiveaway #middlegradebooks #spookymiddlegrade
Love this collage! It was great to see you as always!
03.07.2025 14:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
