Paula Weiman

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Thanks, requested all three! I didn't realize X Fang had a new book out this year.

Oh, ALSO PICTURE BOOKS! I'm planning to spend an entire afternoon at the library flipping through whatever picture books I can get my hands on at the same time. What should I request?

By all means, please share!

I'd particularly love to find a few YA novels without a speculative element so I can listen to the audiobook. I'm still working on my audiobook processing skills and it can be tough for me to follow high fantasy audio if I haven't read the book before.

I've started requesting stacks of books from the library to read while my office is closed for the end of the year. Any recommendations? What were your favorite releases of 2025/2024? I'm mostly looking for YA fiction by newer authors, but open to something else if it sounds interesting.

good thread!! the idea of bringing the audience into view when choosing a next project, and then putting it away so you can write, then bringing it back again when you're editing is exactly what i do haha

Was it me?

I talked to three people about Louise Bourgeois's spider sculptures over the weekend, and they're not as widely known as I thought! I visited Maman a few years ago and stood beneath the sculpture, looked up at its belly, walked in and out around the legs. museumspotlighteurope.com/the-enduring...

reading literary fiction about annoying people in new york must hit so hard if you're an annoying person in new york

I'm running a free, virtual event with the Orange County Library System in about half an hour to talk about taking your book on sub! My goal is to put writers' anxieties to rest and demystify one of the most nerve-wracking stages in the publication journey. attend.ocls.org/event/14071355

Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.

qrp for everyone's knowledge!

small edits regarding a specific scene are totally ok i think -- it means the sample you sent is still valid

editing the beginning: that's the sample!! I'd withdraw and requery bc the package fundamentally changed and that's what their full req was/will be based on

There's not much that's within my power to help. But if you're a former Teen Vogue employee affected by the layoffs and you want to write a book, get in touch. I'm happy to talk through the process with you or connect you with a colleague who might want to represent that kind of project.

So much media created for teens, especially teen girls, is deeply infantilizing even when it claims to espouse empowerment. I worry how that focus will shift for Teen Vogue going forward.

I'm not sure why the Teen Vogue layoffs have shaken me more strongly than any of the other journalism layoffs and firings. Maybe because Teen Vogue's niche was so specific; there's no other news source with a comparably large platform that's targeting the same readers.

I really admired the work Teen Vogue was publishing in recent years. It was incisive, forward-thinking, clear and direct reporting on issues teens cared about, written with the intention to help youth become aware of current events that affect them and stay engaged with those issues.

Royal blue promotional graphic titled “Emergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: “Diverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.

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We are delighted to share that Sophie Cameron has been nominated for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing with her fantastical novel about imagination and friendship, A Flash of Neon! 🎉

Congratulations @sophiecameron.bsky.social!

#Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social

If you're one of the editors thinking this and you haven't gotten an email from me this week... let's talk swashbuckling historical queer romance

Giorgia Villa: Italy’s silver medal-winning Olympian and her relationship with cheese - Dining and Cooking Giorgia Villa stood on the podium at the Bercy Arena and took a bite. Her taste buds picked out the cold, metallic success of Italy’s first silver medal in

Thinking again today about Olympic gymnast Giorgia Villa and her Parmigiano Reggiano sponsorship www.diningandcooking.com/2132252/gior...

If I had a solid 3 months of free time I'd paint a modern Robin Hood and his merry band where they're all protesters in LA
Genuinely been thinking about it for months but I do NOT have the time for something that complex 😫😭😢

I don't know when Justin Bieber got married either, I think it was more recently than 2012

Gonna start citing this post when I tell someone that their YA novel set in 2012 is historical fiction for today's teens.

The Netflix show Long Story Short has permanently altered my vocabulary. "Is a schnook not entitled?" "You laugh, but a schnook is entitled."

I didn’t know what to say before, with Thyme Travellers winning just now. All I have to say is please continue to support Palestinians loudly and without apology.

So much love to you all!

I'm glad you found it helpful!

I'll be participating in DVpit today! While I'm currently closed to unsolicited queries, I've opened a temporary link on QueryManager specifically for this pitch event. If I like your DVpit post, that's an invitation to query me: querytracker.net/query/paulaa...

You absolutely don't have to approach writing your picture book manuscripts with this level of academic pedantry! But if you're struggling to improve a rhyming manuscript, this branch of rigorous poetic analysis is helpful.

If you attended and heard me refer to the meter in The Cat in the Hat as trochaic tetrameter, I misspoke--that should have been anapestic tetrameter. Anapests are two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Trochees are one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.