And just like that, a brand new children's book springs to life 🌱

More details coming soon 😊

#thisnevergetsold #picturebook #canlit #Ireadcanadian #iwritecanadian #amwriting #writersofbluesky #bookcontract #kidlit

Very grateful to 'sea' this 'inkredible' 5-star review of WHAT ABOUT AN OCTOPUS? in the latest edition of CM 😍 🐙
(Sorry…I’m a ‘sucker’ for silly puns 😆 )

www.cmreviews.ca/node/4240#bo... #picturebook #informationalpicturebook #kidlit #canlit #IReadCanadian #IWriteCanadian #octopus #octopusbooks

A book about a girl who loves yarn, sold in a store run by (and attracting) people who love yarn.
Yes, my local Indie bookshops are awesome...
...but so is my local #yarn shop.
(Kudos if you know the 1st rule of knitting!)
#CanYALit #CanKidLit #IWriteCanadian 🇨🇦

Signed an armful of books at Indigo Yorkdale yesterday.
There’s something for everyone on your #kidlit reading list here. (And bonus…all Canadian 🇨🇦 written, illustrated, & published!)
#graphicnovel #middlegradebooks #PictureBook
#IReadCanadian #IWriteCanadian #Canlit

I was thrilled to discover IGGY INCLUDED on the list of Red Cedar Fiction nominees for 2025/26!

Huge thanks to the selection committee and my fellow Red Cedar nominee @annarosner.bsky.social for the heads up!

#bookawards #nominee #middlegradebooks #canlit #ireadcanadian #Iwritecanadian #kidlit

It’s the 20-year anniversary of my first book! SECOND WATCH involves the actual Empress of Ireland steamship disaster 111 years ago in the St. Lawrence.
In libraries and as print-on-demand from Amazon.

#EmpressOfIreland #HistoricalNovel #MGNovel #CanadianHistory #IWriteCanadian #history

Nov 4 Canadian authors & illustrators are volunteering for FREE short virtual readings of their books in classrooms & libraries across Canada on #IReadCanadian Day & I’m signed up!
@laura-jane-watson.bsky.social
#IReadCanadian #IWriteCanadian #CanKidLit #ChildrensBooks
www.ireadcanadian.com/day/

Just surpassed 60000 words on #gabrielleandtheemperor. Will soon summit at the climax, although I have only a vague idea of what that is or what's on the other side. Still, that's what makes the first draft so exhilarating. #windsofchangeseries #bookfour #historicalfantasy #amwriting #iwritecanadian

After a one month hiatus, I am back to work on #gabrielleandtheemperor. Got plenty of inspiration from my travels in Italy, Malta, and Greece. Should I write off the trip as #research? Probably not! #grandmasterspalacemalta #windsofchangeseries #bookfour #amwriting #iwritecanadian #historicalfantasy