Kurt Kirchmeier

Young Teen Lit Top 10 The Librarians at Young Teen Lit share their Top 10

See our post in Teen Librarian Toolbox detailing the titles in our First Annual Young Teen Lit Top Ten!

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#youngteenlit #itstimeforyoungteenlit #tlsky #skybrarians #mglit #yalit

So happy to see THE SHADOW ROAD on this list! Thank you @youngteenlit.bsky.social for all you do to find and promote books for younger teens!

Who exactly is ICE trying to recruit? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been on a hiring spree, but some of its tactics are raising questions about who it’s really trying to recruit. CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit breaks down the dis...

Canadians and others around the world can see the truth clearly. Ice is a far-right terrorist group.

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Cheers, Morgen. Hope you have a happy new year. :)

The cover for Chalice of Caladriai. It's done in dark tones of purple, gray, and blue. The scene is framed by two stone pillars that meet at the top in an arch. On the floor, there is a circle composed of stones with strange symbol carved into them. In the centre of the circle is a triquetra, and light is pouring out of the centre of that. In the beam of light, the ghostly image of a white bird is soaring upwards. Two children stand on either side of the triquetra, staring up at the bird with expression of shock. The title of the book is at the top in gold letters and at the bottom, "N.P. Thompson and Book Four of The Arcanium" is in written in white.

Today's the day! The title of book 4 of The Arcanium is CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, and here is the gorgeous cover the fine folks over at miblArt created for it! #CoverReveal #KidLit #BookSky #MiddleGrade

➡️ Pre-order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7Y7F8R

I'm very late to the party, but I was absolutely floored by season one of The Bear.

Yikes. Yeah, that would be a lot. I still haven't read Brave New World, but I think I'll hold off for a bit, lol.

Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. ‬

‪I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.‬

(Some of) my favourite shows to binge.

@overbooked.bsky.social and I share how we started the Young Teen Lit movement in this podcast episode with @slupodcast.bsky.social. Tune in to learn how you can find #youngteenlit books and how you can support our movement.
#itstimeforyoungteenlit #skybrarians #tlsky #skybrarian #mglit #yalit

Happy bookday to SPARK! Thankful to everyone who made this book real and in the world! A love letter to our environment, wildlife, and the people who care for our world- most of all to anyone- especially the young and young at heart who find hope after trauma & turn into action!

Currently reading 1984 for the first time, and it's even more bleak than I expected it to be.

Superman, Star Wars, Star Trek, X-Men.

If you are upset because you think your favorite characters are woke or the stories are progressive, then I’m sorry to say but you never understood the characters or the stories. Comics are political. Sci-Fi is political.

Congrats!

Congrats!

I'm honored and thrilled that NEAR AND DEER is in the final round of voting for SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award! If you're a member, please consider voting for my book: www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite

a girl, boy and dog with some farm animals in silhouette on a background of black ground, orange background and a purple sky with clouds. A goldfish outlined as a star-like constellation is above the kids and a rainbow. The words How to be a goldfish Jane Baird Warren and a scholastic banner all appear on the cover.

A moving page turner #MG story set during the 80s in Canada about two courageous kids finding family. #HowToBeAGoldfisg by @janebairdwarren.bsky.social #kidlit #cankidlit 📚👍🏻

✨🗝️ COVER REVEAL! 🗝️✨

So grateful for another gorgeous cover by @nummy.illustrator! 😍

A shocking crime, a house full of suspects, and a clever young detective collide in my new MG mystery. THE CASE OF THE SCARLET SNAKEBITE comes out February 2026. 🐍

Preorder now: bit.ly/thecaseofthe....

There's less than a week left in June and I would really like to sell 3 books this month. So far, I've only sold one. If you could help by sharing, would appreciate! 💖 #BookSky

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Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance Founders aim to create alternative that addresses content, data sovereignty concerns

Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance #GanderSocial

A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵

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Thanks, Morgen. :) David Curtis did a wonderful job on it.

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

It's a really bad time for people who are good at extrapolating.

Thanks so much! :)

Super happy to share that The Canadian Children's Book Centre has chosen THE SHADOW ROAD as a best book for teens in the grade 9-10 category! Huzzah! #kidlit #CanYALit

So happy to see THE SHADOW ROAD mentioned as one of five must-read favorites in this wonderful article about the need for more books aimed at younger teen readers! Thank you, @youngteenlit.bsky.social! #kidlit #CanYALit

Thank you!

Super happy to share that The Canadian Children's Book Centre has chosen THE SHADOW ROAD as a best book for teens in the grade 9-10 category! Huzzah! #kidlit #CanYALit

Just finished reading an ARC of SEED to close out the DARK WALKER series by @shellycampbell.bsky.social. What a wild and tension-filled ride! If you’re a fan of sci-fi horror with high stakes and deep characterization, don’t miss this trilogy! #horrorfiction