100 girls are dead because of generative AI
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Hi all! We're keeping the survey up for another week if you haven't had a chance to fill it out. Thanks to all who have already!
Bidding ends tonight!
Calling all Book Friend Forever listeners! (Even if you've only listened to one episode). Please answer this survey for us! It's just 12 questions and should take you more than a couple of minutes. @authorgracelin.bsky.social and I thank you in advance! www.surveymonkey.com/r/STP3PCF
Grace Lin (@authorgracelin.bsky.social) and I are offering a guest spot on our #BookFriendsForever podcast, and I'm offering an AMA! Lots of other great items to bid on here: bookloversforliberation.com
Hi all! Excited to be a part of the Book Lovers for Liberation auction to raise money for nonprofit organizations that are providing legal aid for immigrants and protesters, supporting food banks in affected communities, and standing up against the harmful impacts of ICE.
Grace Lin and I are planning to have an Ask Us Anything episode to celebrate our 7-year Book Friends Forever podcast anniversary! So, feel free to ask us anything in the comments, or email bookfriendsforever2021@gmail.com!
Kwame Alexander was chosen for the 2026 Children's Literature Lecture Award! Congratulations! 🎉
GO TELL IT by Quartez Harris and illustrated by @gordoncjamesart.bsky.social is a Sibert Award Honor Book! Congratulations!
THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST by Aubrey Hartman is a 2026 Newbery Honor Book! Join us in congratulating Aubrey!
Congratulations to @johnpicacio.bsky.social, Pura Belpré Illustration Award Honoree for THE INVISIBLE PARADE!
Congratulations to Tasha Spillett and Daniel Ramirez, creators of RAVEN'S RIBBONS, an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor book!
Congratulations to 2026 Stonewall Book Award Honorees THE INK WITCH by @stephcherrywell.com and HE'S SO POSSESSED WITH ME by Corey Liu!
We are thrilled to celebrate 2026 Coretta Scott King Book Award Winner @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social, author of WILL'S RACE FOR HOME!
Congratulations to Marie Arnold, author of SPLIT THE SKY, a Coretta Scott King Award Honoree!
The Coretta Scott King Author award goes 'Will's Race for Home' by Jewell Parker Rhodes #ALAyma
Best roundup I've seen of organizations working to support the people of Minnesota - all accepting donations. If you're feeling helpless right now, something is better than nothing. www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
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Statement from the family of Alex Pretti:
"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
Yes! You can also bid to be a guest on @authorgracelin.bsky.social and my #BookFriendsForever podcast! We’d love to have you!
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
Childhood besties → Author & Editor dream team 💕
@authorgracelin.bsky.social & @alvinaling.bsky.social talk 9 years of patience, Chinese folklore, and creating the most beautiful book possible.
New #GrowingReadersPodcast episode live now!
🎧 All platforms: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Aww, that’s great! Thanks for letting me know!
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
ALA attendees: you won't want to miss @authorgracelin.bsky.social's Featured Speaker address on Monday, June 30! She will also be signing copies of THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON following her talk; more details here: www.littlebrownlibrary.com/landing-page...
#ALAAC25
This spring is whirlwind! On June 14, a retrospective exhibit of my art will open at the Carle Museum! To celebrate @alvinaling.bsky.social
and I will be recording a live episode of our BFF podcast there! Do you have any questions for us? Let us know!
carlemuseum.org/explore-art/...
Screenshot of a book deal announcement from Publisher's Marketplace. Bright art of a gorgeous house interior is in the background. It reads: DEAL REPORT By Sasha Allen, Julian Plum Imprint: Little, Brown Children's Trans TikTok influencer and The Voice contestant Sasha's Allen's THE HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE ME, based on the author's viral video, about a house that's dull and gray on the outside, but bright and colorful on the inside, and the neighborhood boy who helps the house's exterior match who it is inside, illustrated by trans artist Julian Plum, to Alvina Ling at Little, Brown Children's, for publication in fall 2026, by Naomi Davis at BookEnds (world). Children's: Picture Book Fiction, April 23, 2025
🌈 super exciting news!! I'm so thrilled to be illustrating THE HOUSE THAT FEELS LIKE ME with Sasha and @alvinaling.bsky.social. It's such a needed book right now! Huge thanks as always to Naomi Davis at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social!! Coming Fall 2026!
#kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart
Okay, all. I have a call to action for all CA residents.
If you're not a CA resident, please help share and boost?
1. Most of you know what happened to me last month. If not, my @calmatters.org op-ed was posted this morning.
I'm working on changing the penal code.
