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Veera Hiranandani

@veerawrites.bsky.social

Award-winning author of The Night Diary, Amil and The After, How To Find What You’re Not Looking For, and more! Rep: Sara Crowe Literary. Faculty—VCFA, Writing For Children and Young Adults MFA program. www.veerahiranandani.com

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Thanks, Sarah!!

01.02.2026 18:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@veerawrites.bsky.social !!!!!! Mazel Tov!!!!!! #alayma

26.01.2026 16:18 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Oh, yay yay yay!! Go @veerawrites.bsky.social !

26.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Congrats, @veerawrites.bsky.social and @nadiaalam.bsky.social !

26.01.2026 16:23 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

😍🎉

01.02.2026 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!!😊

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Many Things At Once

Many Things At Once

The Greatest

The Greatest

The Night Diary

The Night Diary

Happy birthday, @veerawrites.bsky.social!

23.06.2025 18:55 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I missed this @mrschureads.bsky.social!! Thank you😄💜

29.06.2025 15:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Come hear these amazing authors:
@padmatv.bsky.social @federicoerebia.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @taradairman.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social @robinstevenson.bsky.social
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @samanthamclark.com @juanamartinezn.bsky.social
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08.05.2025 17:30 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Freedom to Read-In Morning Session Register now for Freedom to Read-In Morning Session on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on May 9, 2025, 10:00 AM EDT.

Join us this Friday May 9! for a Freedom Read-In! A ton of fantastic writers for young readers will be sharing their work throughout the school day!
Register for the morning session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
And the afternoon session here: www.crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso

05.05.2025 16:13 — 👍 24    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 3

Join us on May 9! See @authorsabb.bsky.social to register!

05.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Back from Spring Break and SO excited for Spring weather 🌸 There’s nothing better than sitting outside with a great book… or 15 of them!

Can’t wait to get started on this week’s fabulous #libraryhaul. Shoutout to Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Jonathan Roth rounding out this #kidlit book stack!

21.04.2025 17:52 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!

26.04.2025 14:38 — 👍 1366    🔁 455    💬 30    📌 30
Image: program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference ALL ABOUT BLACK GIRL LOVE, Featuring: Drs. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Sonja Cherry-Paul, and Imani Paul. Sunday, April 6th | 3:55pm - 4:55pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference ALL ABOUT BLACK GIRL LOVE, Featuring: Drs. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Sonja Cherry-Paul, and Imani Paul. Sunday, April 6th | 3:55pm - 4:55pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference B. CRAFT TRACK COMMUNITY & HERITAGE Featuring: Simran Jeet Singh & Veera Hiranandani; moderated by Upasna Kakroo
Sunday, April 6th | 2:05pm - 3:05pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference B. CRAFT TRACK COMMUNITY & HERITAGE Featuring: Simran Jeet Singh & Veera Hiranandani; moderated by Upasna Kakroo Sunday, April 6th | 2:05pm - 3:05pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference
C. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/NONFICTION TRACK, ON CRAFT WRITING EMOTION IN PICTURE BOOKS, Featuring: Winsome Bingham, Maham Khwaja, & Stacy Wells ; moderated by Jessica Echeverria. Sunday, April 6th | 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference C. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/NONFICTION TRACK, ON CRAFT WRITING EMOTION IN PICTURE BOOKS, Featuring: Winsome Bingham, Maham Khwaja, & Stacy Wells ; moderated by Jessica Echeverria. Sunday, April 6th | 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring a photo of participating artist. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference
B. CRAFT TRACK WORKSHOP CRISIS CREATES US: FIRE AT THE CROSSROADS OF ART AND ACTIVISM. Featuring: Daniel José Older
Sunday, April 6th| 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring a photo of participating artist. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference B. CRAFT TRACK WORKSHOP CRISIS CREATES US: FIRE AT THE CROSSROADS OF ART AND ACTIVISM. Featuring: Daniel José Older Sunday, April 6th| 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25

LAST DAY to sign up for #Kweli25!

Sunday #kidlit programs include

@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
@sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social
@simranjeetsingh.bsky.social
@veerawrites.bsky.social
@armyvet5.bsky.social
@stacyvwells.bsky.social
@jecheverria.bsky.social
@djolder.bsky.social

+MORE

FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾

03.04.2025 16:01 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1
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In their picture book MANY THINGS AT ONCE by @veerawrites.bsky.social, illustrated by Nadia Alam, the narrator is told by her parents she is lucky to be both Indian and American, both Jewish and Hindu; sometimes feels she is not “enough.” lilith.org/articles/fem...

26.03.2025 16:00 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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MG Realistic Fiction Gems — Lisa Yelon Great reads set in a familiar world

New blog post: #kidlit Great recent reads about the world for #MG readers, including ones by Karen Kane,
@as-king.bsky.social, @veerawrites.bsky.social, and
@kloshaughnessy.bsky.social.
www.lisayelon.com/blog/mg-real...

17.03.2025 17:28 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2

Thank you so much @varshab.bsky.social!!!💜🙏🏽

28.01.2025 21:31 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social !!!😄💜

28.01.2025 21:30 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Big CONGRATS to you!!!!🎉💜

27.01.2025 19:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!!!😄😄

27.01.2025 04:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Bookaday I added @veerawrites.bsky.social and Nadia Alam's Many Things at Once to my 2025 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...

25.01.2025 02:04 — 👍 34    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Bezos deletes 'LGBTQ+ rights' and 'equity for Black people' from Amazon policies Amazon's modifications mirror similar actions taken by other major companies after Trump’s election victory, including Meta, McDonald’s, and Walmart

Well of course he did. Another thing to cancel.
#AndJusticeForAll

www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

23.01.2025 21:49 — 👍 204    🔁 115    💬 41    📌 16
Cover for the picture book MANY THINGS AT ONCE with information about the new release party.

Cover for the picture book MANY THINGS AT ONCE with information about the new release party.

MANY THINGS AT ONCE is out January 28 and I’m celebrating at the Barnes & Noble in Hartsdale, NY on February 1 at 11am. Join me! Beautifully Illustrated by @nadiaala!

24.01.2025 22:07 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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GIVEAWAY! Not only are these 3 of the best books of 2024, @anneursu.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social all blurbed SNOW.
To enter a giveaway for all 3 books:
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I’ll pick a winner on 1/21, SNOW’s release date.
US and Canada only #giveaway #mglit #kidlit

08.01.2025 21:26 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

I love SNOW!! A perfect winter read!

09.01.2025 18:37 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for choosing AMIL AND THE AFTER as one of your top books in 2024!!😄💜

03.01.2025 18:28 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!!!🙏🏽 😄

03.01.2025 18:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Wonderful seeing so many of my kidlit pals at #NCTE!! Always energizing and inspiring and boy did I need some of that energy. And got this fantastic news for THE GREATEST chosen by the amazing @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social for NPR’s annual Books We Love list!!! @randomhousekids.bsky.social 🎉💜

27.11.2024 18:42 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
What an inspiring and thoughtful morning with my panel. It was an honor to moderate and learn from @veerawrites.bsky.social @barbaradee.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
#NCTE24

What an inspiring and thoughtful morning with my panel. It was an honor to moderate and learn from @veerawrites.bsky.social @barbaradee.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social! #NCTE24

What an inspiring and thoughtful morning with my panel. It was an honor to moderate and learn from @veerawrites.bsky.social @barbaradee.bsky.social @kimbbbradley.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social!
#NCTE24

23.11.2024 15:49 — 👍 45    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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So thrilled that AMIL AND THE AFTER was chosen as a top ten audiobook of the year by School Library Journal!!!🎉💜 Link here: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/slj-to...

21.11.2024 18:37 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0