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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, Christiana!!!

Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · 14d

Seattle area friends, my new play Stage of Fools opens at Seattle Public Theater on Friday and tickets are on a sliding scale, starting at $10. It's funny and also bad man faces consequences, what more could you want? www.seattlepublictheater.org/current-prod...

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · 27d

Pssst readers of audiobooks and middle grade! The audiobook of Jojo vs. Middle School is only $4.99 for a limited time.
This is the first in the series, with the second out and two more on the way next year. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

80% OFF Jojo vs. Middle School

After having hilariously terrible first days of sixth grade, four girls vow to ride out the super highs and cringe-worthy lows of middle school together, no matter how awkward it gets, in this first b...

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Sep 3

When a woman risks
her place, her very life
to speak a truth the world despises?
Believe her. Always.

Blood Water Paint

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Aug 18

Bidding is open! The #KidLitforCeasefire We the People auction benefits families in Gaza, as well as immigrant & trans rights orgs. I have two items, including a custom order of one of my crocheted baskets based on book covers. Also a 30 minute video call AMA. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Aug 15

For everyone with a sudden interest in Ophelia, may I offer my book ENTER THE BODY, which tells--and retells--her story, along with Juliet, Cordelia, and Lavinia? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676666...

Enter the Body by Joy McCullough: 9780593406779 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hey #KidLit friends, the #KidLitforCeasefire auction items are live & will open for bidding on the 18th! I'm offering a 30 minute AMA, and a custom crocheted basket based on the book cover of your choice, a la the examples below. Peruse all the items at the link! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks! (PS Titan of the Stars was very fun! I'm looking forward to Sky on Fire!)

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Aug 6

ARTISTS: I need to get my daughter a college laptop. She is an artist designing her own major that will likely include sequential art. She currently does digital art w/Procreate on an iPad. Is there a reason a MacBook would be better FOR ART STUFF than a PC?

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey everyone,

#KidLit4Ceasefire has now fundraised the evacuation of 10 people.

I am focusing on the next two families.
One family of 6 and another of just 3, with a 4-month-old baby. I need 500 items for this fundraiser.

I only have 218 at the moment.

Donate here:
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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 27

I finished yesterday and loved it! (And the audio narrator is terrific.)

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 24

Nando is a member of Seattle's theater community, a union member, father, and a public school employee, and none of that should have to be true for him to avoid being disappeared without due process because he showed up for a compulsory immigration check-in. www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...

Donate to Help Bring Fernando Home — A Beloved Union Brother Detained, organized by Blake Whitmore

Our friend, coworker, and union brother Fernando Rocha needs … Blake Whitmore needs your support for Help Bring Fernando Home — A Beloved Union Brother Detained

www.gofundme.com

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 23

What a cute notebook! (And yay for inspiration!)

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 16

Sending so much love out to anyone who was abused as a teenager, who knows that none of the endless outrage about The List is about justice or healing for those girls, that no matter what proof is found, it will never matter because our country has already made clear we're cool w/sexual predators.

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 16

I just signed some books at an indie and the bookseller said, "Oh! You also wrote..." and I waited for her to say Blood Water Paint and instead she said, "...the periods one!" I love BWP but it's always to nice to know people have read some of my others.

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Ms. Yingling @msyingling.bsky.social · Jul 13

@joymccullough.bsky.social & @veedabybee.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social LEAH VS. ART: TEAM AWKWARD #2 is a great choice for fans of THE CUPCAKE DIARIES or @bethcody.bsky.social FOREVER FOUR. msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/07/leah...

Leah vs. Art (Team Awkward #2)

Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks so much!

Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 28

Oh lovely, I hope you enjoy Everything is Poison whenever you read it!

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 27

I'm so sorry. ❤️

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 26

New book announcement! I'm delighted to be working with Justin Krasner and @sourcebooks.bsky.social on this picture book. I was blown away when I saw @hellatoons.bsky.social's portfolio and his early sketches for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR EVIL ROBOT are utterly adorable!

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jun 26

Coming soon: new projects from @joymccullough.bsky.social @chloeitoward.bsky.social @neeshahudson.bsky.social @hellatoons.bsky.social + more buff.ly/wJzO6Fk

Rights Report: Week of June 23, 2025

New deals for Kathryn Foxfield, Kat Cho, Emily Snyder, and others.

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 26

Oh, I wish. I do have a proposal for a sequel, but it hasn't sold anywhere near enough copies. Thank you, though!

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 25

Oh my goodness, thank you so much! This means so much to me. I thought you were perhaps the only person on the planet who had read the book.

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yep! Izzy and Ryan's books are coming! (And ideally more, if they catch on with kids!)

Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you so much!

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · Jun 19

I speak fluent Spanish and would like to use that for good in These Times - on an information hotline or something? I've reached out to the org that should be my local resource (a couple months ago) and not heard back. Is there something national? (I'm in the Seattle area.)

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