Shari Green

Thank you, Helen!

7 books win big at 2025 Canadian children's book awards | CBC Books Presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the awards celebrate literature for young people.

Thanks for celebrating with us, CBC!

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Yay!!!! Congrats!!!

Thank you!!

@sharigreen.bsky.social !! Congratulations on winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams!!!

Thank you so much, Marsha!!

Poetry by author, adult fiction by author, kidlit by author, nonfiction by topic then author, picture books in a chaotic pile.

A poster for the GoFundMe for the Surrey International Writers' Conference featuring a quote from Crystal Hunt that reads, "The thing that has always struck me about SiWC is the unflagging support for writers at every stage and the real feeling of community and welcome that surrounds the conference" and a QR code linking to the fundraiser at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc

We need storytellers now more than ever. Please support SiWC and keep the magic alive. www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc

I'm on Vancouver Island, BC 🇨🇦

The defense against despair-and-darkness social media ops is simple. Block and ignore. Do not amplify, do not respond.

Instead post *your* story. Believe what you saw, heard, felt on the street.

The online space is a channel with artificial rules, hidden controls. Engage carefully and win. /🧵

Thanks.💛 I should've included text of the original post for context.

Yes! Sorry, that's nurse humor. 😬

It's so quiet tonight. 🧑‍⚕️🏥😱

It's Banned Book Week in the US, and here in Canada, we need to be standing up against censorship and defending the right to read. If you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, writing for kids or adults, please join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans.

I'm happy to share with you the beautiful cover of my debut picture book, SAVOR THE DAY, illustrated by the amazing Gabby Grant.🐚⛱️☀️ Coming April 15 from Sleeping Bear Press. Available for pre-order now. 😊 www.sharigreen.com/books/savor

Summer Reading: 19 Children's Books with Mental Health Themes - Menderist Parents can help their children before the teenage years by sharing books about common youth mental health challenges.

For Kids 8 to 18: 19 Books about Mental Health - Looking for mental health-themed books suitable for parents and children to read together? See list, below. @kerncarter.bsky.social | @sharigreen.bsky.social | @deborahkerbel.com | @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social menderist.com/summer-readi...

Please join us at our ONLINE WRITING RETREAT Fall Edition Saturday, September 20, 2025 PT 8am–6pm | MT 9am–7pm | CT 10am–8pm | ET 11am–9pm AT 12pm–10pm | NT 12:30pm–10:30pm Register: https://www.canscaip.org/event-6332271 #CANSCAIP #CanKidLit

Please join us at our
ONLINE WRITING RETREAT Fall Edition

Saturday, September 20, 2025

PT 8am–6pm | MT 9am–7pm | CT 10am–8pm | ET 11am–9pm
AT 12pm–10pm | NT 12:30pm–10:30pm

Register: www.canscaip.org/event-6332271

#CANSCAIP #CanKidLit

Eagle Flight Ziptour Zip lining on Vancouver Island's largest zipline experience. Located at Mount Washington Alpine Resort in the Comox Valley.

So high and so fast! Not something I'd ever have guessed I'd do, LOL, but it was fun. This was at Mt Washington on Vancouver Island, very close to where I live.
www.mountwashington.ca/ziptour

I decided to read and review each of my fellow nominees for the BC Yukon Book Prize. Some seriously good books here! 😃 @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @sharigreen.bsky.social @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Leslie!! 🥰🥰🥰 (I'm reading the other finalist books too--so good!--but I'm not finished. I'd better get cracking! 😂📚)

I ziplined down a mountain. (Old dog, new tricks.😉)

Book covers for the five finalists for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People are displayed on a tan background beneath a red award seal. The 5 books are AGE 16 by Rosena Fung, EYES ON THE ICE by Anna Rosner, THE GO-BETWEEN by Jennifer Maruno, SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS by Shari Green, and WINGS TO SOAR by Tina Athaide.

I'm absolutely thrilled that SONG OF FREEDOM, SONG OF DREAMS has been named a finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People--and in such wonderful company! Thank you so much to the jury and to @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social, and congrats to the other finalists! 📚🇨🇦

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Longhand shakes things loose for me if I'm stuck. And I prefer longhand for poetry (or typewriter for poetry sometimes, but not computer). I'd write more of my novels longhand if I could.

It opened for me in Canada.

Authors & Illustrators Speak Out Against Book Bans In Alberta. Text reads: Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans, a group of published writers and artists from across the country, strongly opposes the recent efforts by the Alberta government to ban books in the province’s schools. We support the rights of young people to read freely and to access books in which they may see people like themselves and their families on the page, and in which they may learn about the lives of other people different from themselves. We support their right to find the stories they need and the information they seek.

Text reads: The reality is that young people have access to many kinds of media and various forums for content. Books, especially now, are a crucially important and appropriate way for them to learn about all topics, including sex and sexuality, as they develop their understanding of the world and their own relationships and identities. In the context of rising censorship and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ backlash in the United States, we are particularly distressed to see a Canadian province adopting the same book banning playbook pushed by far-right American groups like Moms for Liberty. We are concerned that the new guidelines will be used to target 2SLGBTQIA+ books, a practice that not only censors books and undermines student access, but also sends a harmful message that stigmatizes 2SLGBTQIA+ people and suggests that stories about them do not belong in schools. Footer: Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

As writers and illustrators, we support the work done by teachers and librarians to develop diverse and inclusive collections in schools, and we urge all levels of government to consult with them about any issues related to books in schools. As writers — and for some of us, also as teachers and as parents — we understand the value and importance of allowing students to choose the literature they want. Students who choose the books they want are empowered, allowing them to improve literacy. Footer: Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

We believe that the best way to ensure school libraries meet the wide-ranging needs of students is to provide adequate funding for school librarian positions. Book bans do not protect children. Children do not need to be protected from books in their school libraries. They do need to be protected from the kinds of hate, bigotry, and discrimination that often motivate attempts to ban books. We stand against all attempts at book banning in Canadian schools and libraries, and we hope you will join us in this. Message is signed, Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

Canadian authors & illustators are speaking up against book bans in 🇨🇦. If you're a published Cdn author or illus, pls consider joining us? www.karijones.ca/canadian-aut...

Thx @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social (graphics), @robinstevenson.bsky.social, K. Jones (hosting).
#CanKidLit #CanLit #BookBans

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

I use Word, plus longhand in a notebook for brainstorming (sometimes) and for poetry.

If my inner editor tries to take over when I'm drafting, I change the font colour to purple so I can't possibly take myself too seriously, lol.

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