Bestspelling author.
World chess ranking: 8,263,401,754.
WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK! (2025)
WHEN THE WITCH WROTE BACK! (2026)
Visit me here: https://hellonathan.ca
Join the "PB Workshop" Discord here: http://discord.gg/KSYfkNg
Rep'd by: Lilly Ghahremani
#kidlit author: picture books, middle grade and young adult 🇨🇦🇺🇸 founder Whale Rock Workshops 🐶📚
Www.sharibecker.com
Www.whalerockworkshops.com
Children’s book Illustrator and Painter from Winnipeg, Canada. Love creating silly, animal characters.
Find more of my work here:
sarahnevillestudios.com
An organization of published authors & illustrators fighting back against censorship and book bans, find out more at https://linktr.ee/caiabb
Ottawa's Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Conference! THANK YOU for Can*Con 2026! Stay tuned to this etherwave channel for details on our next event!
🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
www.jenmacgregor.ca
Illustrator-author, once a designer 🇨🇦
HAPPY DREAMS LITTLE BUNNY (2021) WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT, A MOUSE FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2024)
Represented by Catbird Agency
Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
🦋 🐝 🍃
www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
Illustration and Graphic Design
Based in Montreal, Canada
https://linktr.ee/sophiebenmouyal
Author | Journalist | Critical Thinking educator
I write book reviews for Publishers Weekly (PW)
Currently writing a book about libraries!
Fiction rep’d by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
Author of children's books. Typically set in or about West Africa.
THE LITTLE REGENT (Owlkids Books, March 2024), JOLLOF WAR (Owlkids, Sept 2026)
Writer. Storyteller. Wonderer.
#Kidlit #PictureBooks New in 2026: THE CURIOUS LIFE OF CECILIA PAYNE (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers), AROUND THE CIRCLE (Beaming Books)
www.lauraalary.ca
Children's book author (PB, chapter book, MG), avid reader, nature photographer, disability awareness sensitivity reader
#Author of big-hearted stories for little readers. #teacher #parent #chronicillness #IBD #arthritis
https://linktr.ee/alisonmcgauley
🌸 Book Illustrator & 2D Artist
🌸 Chinese-Filipino Canadian | She/her | alexisyoungart@gmail.com
🌸 http://linktr.ee/cloudyning
A Canadian kidlit illustrator living in the Pacific Northwest, she enjoys knitting, video games and consuming copious amounts of Earl Grey tea. A SCBWI member and currently looking for representation!
You can find more of my artwork at www.allinart.net
canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨
rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: torikcole@gmail.com
Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
Friendly neighbourhood comms specialist | reader, writer, fgo & anime enthusiast | knows too much about publishing pre-booktok | Toronto
Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
Award winning author and illustrator of many children's books and cartoons. Apparently I'm amusing when needed and quite reliable. Out. And about. https://scotritchie.com/ Kidlit 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Illustrator, kids books, googly eyes. I'm too much woman for Instagram.
Rep’d by Adriana Domínguez at ACM Kids & Illustration
https://gingerngo.com
https://gingerngo.substack.com/
Official account for The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)!
TCAF returns June 6-7, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Stay in touch comic friends! Sign up for our newsletter!
https://www.torontocomics.com/
Children’s writer and lecturer for UBC Creative Writing. Most recently: THE CITY OF LOST CATS.
Illustrator, scenic artist, kid book collector, creator and stationery lover✨
📚Books in the world🌎•Night Walk•Nonna and the Girls Next Door•Auntie’s Rez Surprise•A is for Anne•The Warmest Blanket in the World•Levi’s Gift November 2025!
www.elliearscott.com
With more than 4,000 members, we are proud to be the largest & longest-running library association in Canada.
The Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program!
Author Symptoms of a Heartbreak, How Maya Got Fierce, Tiny Pretty Things, The Rumor Game | Screenwriter | Journalist | Senior Editor, Scholastic | traveler @ishqinabackpack | #adhd creative | #Chaitime | mama
Educator, reader and writer. Sharing my thoughts on 📚, 📺, 🎥 (lots of #KidLit and #CanLit talk). Pronouns: He/Him. Instagram: @SpencerBMiller 📍Treaty 7 | Calgary
Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
📚 Special Events Year-Round
🖥️ Digital Festival Dec 16–Feb 2
📖 2026 Festival Oct 19–25
Reader. Writer. Disneybounder. Cheesecake enthusiast. Kpop stan. AuDHD. Canadian. Rainbow crew. Owner of @randomfandomshop.bsky.social
these labels are getting annoying, i like a lot of stuff so my feed will be pretty random
🌞 designer @ little simon & simon spotlight
🌙 illustrator, list-maker, friend to all dogs
https://linktr.ee/jshea_art
Home of the HarperCollins Children's Books School and Library team. Find us at HarperStacks.com
Children’s book illustrator, I love all the usual stuff; coffee, Scandinavian furniture, vintage knitting, rockabilly, rocket science, splitting the odd atom, dogs, cats…that sort of thing!
Canadian Kidlit Illustrator
Available for work
Rep by @lemonadeillustrationagency
🏳️🌈✌️- 🚫AI
Viet-Canadian illustrator, writer, multimedia artist, general goblin.
Treaty 1 territory. Queer, ND. She/they. https://tiffbartel.com
#SCBWI #SCBWICanadaWest @cartoonist.coop
Picture book maker, author/illustrator, poet, musician, non-serious person, avid looker of out the window.
Represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.
www.zoevsrobots.com
Writer. Illustrator. Ink enthusiast. 🇨🇦
My books for young readers include The Bear House, Movers, and Cheat Code. Lydia Cooper is a Lie coming (Summer 2026).
Books: https://meaghanmcisaac.com/
Illustration: https://draw.meaghanmcisaac.com/
Children's book illustrator / award-winning comic artist / cartoonist of The Usual and High Tide. www.katephillips.net
Canadian KidLit Illustrator
tangledginger.com
Island-dwelling picture-book-maker.
Author & illustrator of STERLING, BEST DOG EVER • LITTLE JUNIPER MAKES IT BIG • THE WORD FOR FRIEND
and... CAT SHAPES, spring 2026!
portfolio at http://aidancassie.com
Author illustrator on Vancouver Island. More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) and Together, a Forest (Henry Holt) coming this Spring!
#kidlit
https://rozmaclean.com/blog/
Kid lit illustrator and writer, educator, and outdoorsy girl.
Rep’d by @essiewhite.bsky.social at Essie White Literary
www.annelyso.com
Award-winning Author-Illustrator & Disney Animator on #Zootopia2 #Encanto, WE ARE LION DANCERS, ANZU THE GREAT KAIJU. Rep: Teresa Kietlinski, Bookmark Literary
🎨 www.bensonshum.com
📑 www.bensonshum.com/activities/
🌟 https://linktr.ee/BensonShum
Auteur de bande dessinée, illustrateur jeunesse.
Portfolio — www.mathieubenoit.net
Designer Architect 建築師 creative http://linktr.ee/svt.works #GN #NF #PB | #illustrator| #api 3x @canadacouncil always revising Pb+Prep Gn pitch sets #amquerying illustration.shirleyvting.com 📚 ✏️ |CLIPSTUDIO- AFFINITY-CAD & No 🧌, no TMI.
Art director / Game dev / Kid lit illustrator and author! | 🇨🇦 #kidlitart
Rep’d by Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
anumation.ca
Picture-book author/illustrator. #SCBWI Canada West Co-ARA.
deborahpaquette@shaw.ca
deborahpaquette.com
Illustrator, author, animation director (in that order) Lost an Oscar. Won an Emmy. Represented by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
Website: http://brianmcl.com
COMPLETE THE QUEST: http://bit.ly/3xLnMp7
Comic Tutorial Videos: http://bit.ly/3EvX8CX
shop: http://brianmcl.threadless.com
Author of Spruce Street Squad in Owl Magazine
he/him demi/ace
#KidLitArt #TTRPG
Comic and children's book illustrator. Father of 3 and lover of music and beer.
"the meryl streep of ya". 17 books and counting. i WILL answer your rhetorical questions.
buy me a ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ekjbooks
send me a message: www.ekjohnston.ca/contact
read my newsletter: buttondown.com/EKJohnston/archive
elm like the tree. nonbinarian school librarian.
magister of kidlit MAMFA via simmons.
sailor. seabird. selkie. scrivener. scholar.
rep: @careybk
ATHLETE IS AGENDER ‘25 – Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown BYR
BEYOND THEY / THEM ‘25 – Andrews McMeel
Hello, London, Ontario Canada !
Here for #LdnOnt | #Libraries | Authors | Books | Reading | Literacy | Information | ❤️ Community.
Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
Artistic Director Vancouver Writers Fest; New Yorker cartoon aficionado; fast walker. Views are my own but you could consider adopting them. Canadian made.
Author
THE LITTLE GHOST QUILT'S WINTER SURPRISE
08 26 2025
New Brunswick CANADA
writing JOHN RICH & THE BIG PICTURE🖍️
developing SOLAR TRIALS💫
Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Five. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
Kidlit author. Blasian Muslim magical girl. Always dreaming.
Latest: A BIT OF EARTH (Greenwillow 2023). Next: SABRENA SWEPT AWAY (Greenwillow 2025).
Hamline MFAC July '21 | Rep: Thao Le
No means to donate currently 💔
Kidslit writer and collector! Teacher, Parent, and Proud Partner. Preorder "RJ and the Ticking Clock" with Scot Ritchie (OwlKids) August 2025!
https://linktr.ee/ian_duncan_pb
Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
🇱🇰🇨🇦 God First | Tamil | STEMinist
No Purchase Necessary & Baby Virtues series
Wait Til You’re Older & Curry Means More
rep: @curtisbrown.ltd
Hello there! I am a children’s book author/illustrator and texture supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic living in the Pacific Northwest. www.jamigigot.com
https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Field-Guide-Campers-Mysterious-ebook/dp/B0F4G895X7
books, bread, 'blivion. https://linktr.ee/Verabee
The ‘one stop spot’ for the spooky, kooky, magical, fantastical, weird and wonderful world(s) of Children’s Literature & Illustration!
https://octoberjones.co.uk/
Library technician, Mom of twins, avid reader, knitter and foodie, Silver Birch Fiction Selection Committee Co-chair, MLIS Student.
Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
www.troystory.ca
Author of 10 trad pub picture books.
(And 10 million unpubbed ones.)
She/her. Librarian & author/illustrator of The Haunted Serpent & webcomics The Curse of Crooked Mile, Lamplight, & Ninecrow. Graphic novel THE PUZZLING FATE OF MILLICENT GRAVES coming from LB Ink, May 2025. Repped by @marielamba.bsky.social
Author of books. Maker of art. Speaker of speeches. Part squid/part earthquake. Literacy fanatic. Lover of corn. Ardent supporter of teenagers. Founder of 🏳️🌈 Gracie's House: www.gracieshouse.com.
She/her https://linktr.ee/AS_King
🏳️🌈👭
40 something married bookseller/lover 📚 | Sapphic Fiction Writer | Big Time Geek Girl | Gamer 🎮🎲 | Tattoo enthusiast | Cat Mom #ND
Love to connect with other writers and readers!
No AI/NFTs!
linktr.ee/alexfromawen
editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
Author of books for kids & adults about beavers, bears, birds & more (www.backhouse.ca). Independent journalist. Associate Editor of SEJournal. Concerned citizen of Planet Earth.
Author - The Rowanswood Crones series| first three chapters available for download on my website | voracious reader| paranormal | fantasy | follow the magic| midlife adventure
Happily married
#Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our seventh year of picture books in 2026. Follow us for news about 🇨🇦 PBs, blogs by 🇨🇦 PB creators and more, eh!
Website: https://picturebookseh.weebly.com
Reader! BookPosse Member! Indie Book Crawl! Friday Night Raffle! Retired Reading Specialist!
We support the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. 🇨🇦🧒🏽📚 bookcentre.ca
Children's author, poet, musician | Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award & The Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award | Writing & musical stuff | NEW: The Love Song of Mr. Byrd (2025/DCB) | pdowding.com
Writes books for young, curious minds.
Repped by Naomi Davis, Bookends Literary
The Ghost Queen is a JLG Selection : 11 Feb, 2025
https://www.mahtabnarsimhan.com/
Author of Snow and The View from the Very Best House in Town. Dark chocolate nonpareils are my writing vitamins. Rep: Molly Ker Hawn
🇨🇦 Co-author of SEE IT, DREAM IT, DO IT & IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT • passionate reader • #MGLit lover
E Train Talks Inc. is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader.
E Train Talks Literacy Program is turning pages and changing lives, one story at a time!etraintalks.org
I am a: mom, wife, reader, teacher-librarian, friend, Swiftie, Canadian, cat-lover, tech integration enthusiast
I am trying to be a: curler, ally, esports coach, better person
I used to be a: runner, crafter, active on other social media
she/her
Librarian, book lover, vintage enthusiast and children's book reviewer for Quill & Quire and Booklist
Bestselling author (!!)
📚PASHMINA, SUPER BOBA CAFÉ, JUKEBOX, STRONG, SHARK PRINCESS, I WILL BE FIERCE and more
Rep Jodi Reamer at Writers House
Author of A SISTERHOOD of SECRET AMBITIONS and GLITCH KINGDOM. School Librarian and full of hope.
Rep:Jessica Sinsheimer Context Literary
sunburned ginger · middle-grade author · children’s playwright · school librarian · two-time Friedrich von Trapp · #amwriting #amquerying #amsleepy
🔗 https://linktr.ee/msteelewrites
✨Open to work✨ Illustrator/designer from #TacomaWA based in lower mainland BC, Canada. Ethnic, gender, labor studies BA. Aspiring #kidlit artist! (she/her)
🍁 instagram.com/mijoburch_art
🍄 www.mijoburch.com
I love great books. Creator of Authors' Studio - Advocate for student voice and connecting students with authors/illustrators.
Teacher librarian. Member of #BookPosse
https://authorsstudio.com
author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Coming in 2025 from Beach Lane)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled | She/Her, Rep’d by @fairbanklit |NE
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
West coast illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary & Media
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
STEAM Teacher and Librarian with the Thames Valley District School Board #TLsky #OntEd
✨ Writer of Books / Eater of Snacks
✨ APALA Honor Award, NPR Best Books
✨ www.maerespicio.com
✨ Author brand: tender+joyful+Filipino dad jokes
✨ Agent: Jennifer Laughran
