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Join us as we welcome #author @petergroff.bsky.social to the #SerendipityLit team!

Be sure to say hi and give him a follow on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and BlueSky!

#AuthorSky #BookSky #WritersCommunity #AgentedAuthor #SerendipityLiteraryAgency

New Releases and More for February 17, 2026 - BOOK RIOT This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Citizenship, Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, Murder Will Out, and more!

GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY by #SerendipityLit author Rin-rin Yu was included in a roundup of February 17th releases during a recent episode of @bookriot.bsky.social's All the Books! podcast!

Listen here: bookriot.com/listen/new-r...

#RinRinYu #BookRiot #BookSky #NewBookReleases #MiddleGradeBooks

Traci Saulsberry’s Self-Help Book 'This Is How You Love Her' Is 'Fiercely Candid' — See the Cover! (Exclusive) PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Traci Saulsberry's self-help book 'This Is How You Love Her: A Journey to Radical Self-Love.' In the guidebook, the author and leadership coach pulls from her own...

@people.com recently revealed the cover for #SerendipityLit author Traci Saulsberry’s debut book, THIS IS HOW YOU LOVE HER!

Read it here: people.com/traci-saulsb...

Out on August 4th from Abrams Books. Preorder here: bookshop.org/a/10902/9781...

#TraciSaulsberry #CoverReveal #BookSky #SelfHelp

We're so proud to celebrate #SerendipityLit author and award-winning filmmaker @willpowerpacker.bsky.social on his NAACP Image Award win for WHO BETTER THAN YOU? at the NAACP Image Awards!

List of winners: naacpimageawards.net/nominees/

#WillPacker #WhoBetterthanYou #NAACPImageAwards #BookSky

#SerendipityLit CEO and @awpwriter.org Executive Board Member Regina Brooks will be moderating the AWP’s “Ask an Agent Anything” panel during the AWP Conference & Bookfair on Friday, March 6th!

Learn more and register here: conference.awpwriter.org/AskAnAgent20...

#AWP26 #ReginaBrooks #AskanAgent

Q & A with Rin-rin Yu Rin-rin Yu spoke with us about telling a different kind of immigration story in her middle grade debut 'Goodbye, French Fry,' and adjusting her writing style for fiction narratives.

#SerendipityLit author Rin-rin Yu was interviewed by @publisherswkly.bsky.social to share how her lived experiences inspired her debut novel, GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY.

Read it here: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Out now from Nancy Paulsen Books (@nancyrosep.bsky.social)

#BookSky #RinrinYu

Congratulations to #SerendipityLit author Jenna Baner on her recent book deal with Page Street YA!

GIRLS WALKING WITH WOLVES is set to release in November 2026!

#SerendipityLiteraryAgency #BookDeals #AroAceBooks #BookSky #LGBTBooks

#SerendipityLit CEO Regina Brooks will be a guest speaker on The OpEd Project's “Ask an Agent” webinar next Tuesday, February 24th!

You can learn more and register here: www.theopedproject.org/experttalks

#ReginaBrooks #TheOpEDProject #AskAnAgent #PublishingIndustry #BookSky #AuthorSky

Happy Book Birthday to #SerendipityLit author Rin-rin Yu for her debut novel GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY!

Order here: bookshop.org/a/10902/9780...

GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY is out now from Nancy Paulsen Books (@nancyrosep.bsky.social).

#RinrinYu #GoodbyeFrenchFry #BookLaunch #MiddleGradeBooks #BookSky

The @cbcbooks.bsky.social featured GOODBYE, FRENCH FRY by #SerendipityLit author Rin-rin Yu on a recent list highlighting books perfect for growing children's reading stamina!

Full list: cbcbooks.org/2026/02/13/b...

#RinrinYu #BookList #BookSky

Congratulations to Quartez Harris and #SerendipityLit illustrator @gordoncjamesart.bsky.social on @wearealsc.bsky.social naming GO TELL IT to the 2026 ALSC Notable Children’s Book List!

Full list: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsg...

Out now from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social.

#BookSky #GordonCJames #ALSC

Congratulations to #SerendipityLit author LaKeesha Walrond, PhD, on her recent book deal with Storehouse Voices!

#BookDeals #BookSky #NonfictionBooks #LaKeeshaWalrond

We’re proud to share that THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE by #SerendipityLit author Derrick Barnes was named a winner of the 2026 Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Readers by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social!

Full list: www.diversebooks.org/programs/wal...

#DerrickBarnes #BookSky #Awards

#SerendipityLit CEO and @aalitagents.bsky.social President Regina Brooks will be a guest panelist on the "Understanding Illustration Representation" panel, hosted in collaboration by the AALA and the @soi128.bsky.social.

Tickets are required: societyillustrators.org/event/aala-p...

#ReginaBrooks

We're excited to share that TREATING VIOLENCE by #SerendipityLit author Dr. Rob Gore is a finalist for the 2026 Procedure Awards!

Full list: uncommonbold.com/procedure-aw...

TREATING VIOLENCE is available now from @beaconpress.bsky.social.

#RobGore #BookSky #AwardFinalist #ProcedureAwards

@imaginationsoup.bsky.social named AFIA IN THE LAND OF WONDERS by #SerendipityLit author-illustrator @miaaraujo.bsky.social as one of the Best Middle Grade Books of 2025!

Full list: imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...

Available now from Scholastic.

#BookSky #MiddleGradeBooks #BestBooks

Happy Book Birthday to the powerhouse #SerendipityLit team of Derrick Barnes and Christian Gregory for SEVEN MILLION STEPS, illustrated by award-winning artist Frank Morrison!

Order here: bookshop.org/a/10902/9780...

#DerrickBarnes #DickGregory #SevenMillionSteps #BookBirthday #BookSky

Congratulations to #SerendipityLit author Bishop Vashti McKenzie on her recent book deal with Whitaker House!

#VashtiMcKenzie #BishopVashtiMcKenzie #BookDeals #Spiritual

Join us as we welcome #author Reagan Jackson to the #SerendipityLit team!

Be sure to say hi and give her a follow on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn!

#WritersCommunity #AgentedAuthor #SerendipityLiteraryAgency #AuthorSky #BookSky

Liberation Station, North Carolina’s Only Black-Owned Children’s Bookstore, Has Reopened | Essence Victoria Scott-Miller, the Liberation Station’s proud owner opens up about her passion for literacy and the importance of fostering Black joy.

Essence interviewed Liberation Station Bookstore co-owner and #SerendipityLit author @vscottmiller.bsky.social to celebrate their recent reopening.

Read it here: www.essence.com/culture/libe...

#VictoriaScottMiller #LiberationStation #BlackOwnedBookstores #EssenceMagazine #Interview

Coming fall 2027, WONDER LOVE by #SerendipityLit author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Dan Lish is a poetic and illustrative praise to Stevie Wonder’s “Classic Period” and his enormous influence on music.

#DerrickBarnes #DanLish #StevieWonder #BookDeal #BookSky #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks

We were thrilled to see two #SerendipityLit titles receive honors at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards! Congratulations to Derrick Barnes, @gordoncjamesart.bsky.social, and Quartez Harris!

Watch: www.ala.unikron.com

#DerrickBarnes #QuartezHarris #GordonCJames #ALAYMA #BookSky

This past Saturday, #SerendipityLit CEO Regina Brooks had the privilege of speaking at the @scbwi.bsky.social’s annual Winter Conference to share her insights on the future of children’s publishing.

#ReginaBrooks #SCBWI #ChildrensPublishing #BookSky

Congratulations to #SerendipityLit author Derrick Barnes and illustrator Shamar Knight-Justice on their recent book deal with Nancy Paulsen Books (@nancyrosep.bsky.social / @penguinkids.bsky.social)!

#DerrickBarnes #ShamarKnightJustice #BookDeal #ChildrensBooks #BookSky

Big congratulations to #SerendipityLit author Derrick Barnes, honoree of the 2026 Jane Addams Children's Book Award in the Chapter Book Category!

Full list: janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/book-award/

#DerrickBarnes #JaneAddamsChildrensBookAward #BookAward #ChildrensBooks #BookSky

Huge congratulations to @willpowerpacker.bsky.social, who has won a Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audiobook Narration for WHO BETTER THAN YOU?!

#BookSky #WillPacker #WhoBetterThanYou #VoiceArtsAwards #AudiobookExcellence #OutstandingNarration #AuthorWins #ProudAgent #StorytellingThatMoves

As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it's vital that we stay educated and informed of the issues impacting our world and know how we can use that knowledge to better ourselves and humanity.

#MartinLutherKingJr #Education #MLKDay #MartinLutherKingQuotes

Congratulations to Quartez Harris and #SerendipityLit illustrator @gordoncjamesart.bsky.social on the BCCB naming GO TELL IT to the Bulletin Blue Ribbon Award!

Full list: bccb.ischool.illinois.edu/blueribbons/...

Out now from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social.

#BookSky #GoTellIt #JamesBaldwin #BCCB

#SerendipityLit founder and CEO Regina Brooks will be a guest panelist at the @scbwi.bsky.social's annual Winter Conference this Saturday to discuss the outlook for children’s publishing in 2026!

Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/2026-...

#ReginaBrooks #SCBWI #ChildrensPublishing #BookSky

Velshi Banned Book Club: The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes follows Henson Blayze, a kind and gifted young athlete who is one of the few Black kids in a small town. When his 10-year-old neighbor is beaten ne...

In case you missed it: THE INCREDIBLY HUMAN HENSON BLAYZE by #SerendipityLit author Derrick Barnes was inducted into the @velshibbc.bsky.social.

Watch the interview: www.ms.now/ms-now/watch...

#DerrickBarnes #BookBans #BannedBooks #BookSky #VelshiBannedBookClub