Cory Putman Oakes

Signed. Please consider doing the same.

Screen shot of Thursdays Texas senate education committee hearing schedule

‼️ SB13 will be discussed and considered during Thursday’s Senate K-16 Education Committee. More details to come- but for now- save the date and consider making a trip to Austin to share your thoughts about this bill with our legislators in person.

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida. If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book pe…

"Knowledge is power. And that’s exactly why there are so many people trying to keep the public from accessing it. We don’t have to let them. Even in the places, like this school district in Florida...we can win."
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author/AABB leader
#UniteAgainstBookBans
lithub.com/authors-agai...

Cozy fire vibes for whoever needs this right now!

Sunday Bunday!

Thanks for the shoutout! 👻

Thanks for organizing!

Texans! If you support the freedom to read, please take a moment to read and sign this letter from @txfreedomread.bsky.social

@authorsabb.bsky.social has already signed on as an organization, but we need individuals as well! Every signature counts.

Standing room only last night at @birdhousebooksatx.bsky.social for a panel with @kaholt.bsky.social @adriannacuevas.bsky.social and @evangriffith.bsky.social and an @authorsabb.bsky.social happy hour beforehand! #readfreely #authorsagainstbookbans

I thoroughly enjoyed THE COURTING OF BRISTOL KEATS (the latest by Mary Pearson)! I also found this awesome tiny library on the island of Jost Van Dyke, and it feels right to leave it here for someone else to discover.

#littlefreelibrary #jostvandyke #littlefreelibraryadventures #tinylibrary

A Thanksgiving rainbow stretching right over Saba Rock!

This is the face of a dog who just chased a herd of deer away from his yard - all while remaining safely on his side of the fence. He’s very pleased with himself. #DogsofBluesky

I’ve been updating our Austin Kid Lit Authors Starter Pack all week as more of our Austin writing community has migrated to Bluesky - here’s the current list!

go.bsky.app/Rke2No5

A positive thing you can do today: sign up for (or renew) your local public library card. I renewed yesterday and today I am re-discovering the magic of public libraries and gleefully borrowing All Of The Books. (For extra awesomeness, link your library card to Libby!)

This is our first go at posting actual content on 🦋… any experts have any tips to make sure our intended audience sees posts like these? (Texas book lovers, people who live near Katy, Texas, anti-censorship folks)?

I made a starter pack of Austin Kid Lit Authors! If you're looking for a bunch of fun, passionate, kid lit writers to follow, this is a great place to start!

go.bsky.app/Rke2No5

Happy #Caturday! Here’s a picture of my orange tabby in his lion outfit.

I swear that not all of my posts will be about bread. But today’s turned out so well and making such a delicious thing out of flour, water, and yeast just feels magical sometimes. I also swear that I am sitting down to write now. Right. Now. #amwriting

Good luck on the starter! I haven’t worked up the courage for sourdough yet! No-knead is my speed at the moment.

Today by the numbers:

WORDS WRITTEN: 0

PAGES READ: 250

BAKES: 2 (bread and cinnamon blondies)

SCREAMS INTO THE VOID: slightly fewer than yesterday