Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.
A nationwide book ban bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Here's what you need to know about HR7661, including who is behind it, the history behind such bills, and what you need to do to stop it.
bookriot.com/hr7661-book-...
Massachusetts! Mass Freedom to Read is organizing a day of advocacy on March 10th. Make sure to sign up for their newsletter for more info!
Art shows a giant white chicken peering over the shoulder of a girl reading a book. A giant white chicken is shown on the cover of the book.
Here’s my art for the “Widening Our Worlds” zine anthology, inspired by Tessa Hulls’s prompt “What’s a book that made your world larger?”
We’ll be celebrating with a zine reading tonight at CAM’s Common Objects & online via the WA Center for the Book!
Image of authors Kelly Jones and Diana Ma smiling in the Edmonds Bookshop with their middle grade novels.
Image of authors Diana Ma and Kelly Jones smiling in the Edmonds Bookshop with their middle grade novels.
Image of the Edmonds Bookshop sidewalk sandwich board. Text reads: Kids’ “WE LOVE to READ” Club with authors KELLY JONES & DIANA MA TUESDAY 2/17 2 pm
It was wonderful to catch up with my friend Diana Ma and the booksellers at the Edmonds Bookshop’s book club for kids yesterday! If you missed seeing us there, stop by or contact the bookshop if you’d like a signed copy of one of our books!
text reads: Zine Reading & Workshop. Feb. 19, 6 pm at CAM. Tessa Hulls, Feeding Ghosts. Presented in partnership with Washington Authors Against Book Bans, CAM, and Short Run. *The Zine Reading portion of this event will be available online via Zoom. There is an image of Tessa Hulls, her book Feeding Ghosts and logos for the WA State Book Awards and WA Center for the Book.
Tessa asked: What book made your world larger?
WA Authors Against Book Bans members, WA State Book Award finalists & winners, & more responded, Short Run comics artists drew, & Common Area Maintenance (CAM) made a risograph zine.
Check it out & learn to make your own zine at the event next week!
Freedom to Read New Mexico. Ask Governor Lujan Grisham to Put Libraries and Free Speech on the Legislative Agenda!
For the first time, New Mexico is considering bills to protect the freedom to read in all libraries. Join the Freedom to Read New Mexico coalition in asking the Governor to add them to the 2026 short‑session agenda: https://www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/put_libraries_readers_on_agenda
A Tennessee library has banned a book where cartoon chickens model historical undergarments and I’m sorry, I need this on my shelves immediately and probably you do too.
A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken by Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs
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@authorsabb.bsky.social members & anyone who loves authors and books & hates fascism, your time to wear your values on your chest has come! Just in time for the holidays, snag an Authors Against Book Bans tee or hat & help us raise $ to fight censorship. WIN WIN!
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Congrats!!!
What's your Freedom to Read Advocate Personality? Take a quiz to find out! Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. Banned Books Week. Oct. 5-11, 2025.
✨ It takes all of us to fight for the freedom to read. Take this NEW #BannedBooksWeek quiz to assess your strengths & uncover your individual advocacy style. At the end, get actions you can take based on your result: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/68d400f64d6f970015d8e11b #UniteAgainstBookBans
There is SO MUCH going on, BUT there SO MANY OF YOU. Share what you did this week to fight for the right to read. Maybe you'll inspire others to join your action.
I am on Katherine Grant’s Historical Romance Sampler today talking about book bans, historical romance, many ways to protest, and what you can do right now to support the freedom to read! Give it a listen or check out the transcript! katherinegrantromance.com/historical-r...
Of course!
Jasmine is fantastic at giving creative advice, as well as really knowledgeable in so many areas of writing and creating comics (and cookbooks!) This is such a deal!
Cheering the Oregon @authorsabb.bsky.social chapter on!! So happy to hear this great news for readers in Oregon!
Great wooden game pieces are my favorite thing! Thanks for sharing these.
YES. This is my fav way to receive copy edits on a voice-driven book.
Aww, thank you!
Bidding closes tomorrow for the Washington Library Association auction!
You don’t need to be local to bid on my virtual author visit, and we can schedule for next school year if you’d like.
I’m also happy to talk with adult writers if your critique group wants a virtual “ask me anything!”
He forms a party, has a few side quests…
Well, I’d def read a spinoff with Hot Chocolate Brad!
Aw, thanks, friend!
Thank you to Katie Kath for the art, Kyla García for the audiobook narration, Nancy and the Knopf BFYR team for bringing it to readers, and to Mandy for opening that door.
But most of all, thank you all for reading this story of my heart.
Happy 10th anniversary to Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer! I’m so glad that Sophie and her super-powered chickens made you laugh, and hope, and dream. It’s been such a joy to hear from you over the last ten years.
Here’s to ten more!
Kelly Jones (a white woman) smiles in front of colorful bookshelves. Text on image reads: VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT — BID NOW, SCHEDULE LATER!
Bidding is open for the Washington Library Association’s Silent Auction. I’ve donated a virtual author visit, so if you’d like to book me for a library program, school visit, or book club talk, bid now! Next school year is fine.
washingtonlibraryassociation.betterworld.org/auctions/wla...
I stepped up today in support of Dr. Carla Hayden because she has worked tirelessly in support of readers of all ages.
But I’m also speaking up as an author and small business owner with work under copyright. You know what the Copyright Office is part of? The Library of Congress.
Authors Against Book Bans is seeking subject matter experts/veterans of the Academic Publishing, Comics, and Self-Publishing worlds to help engage more folks in those areas! Join here. @authorsabb.bsky.social
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FREEDOM READ-IN MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET BIT.LY /READ-IN-AM 10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel 10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting 10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart 11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper 11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobbys Wedding 11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies 12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind 12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, One Big Open Sky 12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET BIT.LY / READ-IN-PM 1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary 1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow 1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name 1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar 2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust 2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book 2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre 2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl IN SUPPORT OF FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S. MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3 ET
Tomorrow - May 9, 10-3 ET - join us to celebrate #ChildrensBookWeek25 & raise awareness of #FreedomToRead efforts around the country with a free, online read-a-thon.
10 a.m. - 12:45 EST : bit.ly/Read-In-am
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST : bit.ly/Read-In-pm
Me, teaching writing: Writing takes time! This is normal! Just keep at it!
Me, learning a new kind of writing: This takes FOREVER, whyyyy, prob doing it all wrong, ugh.
