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Kevin Sylvester
@kevinarts.bsky.social
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Illustrator, author and broadcaster
Apartment 713 out now!
Night of the Living Zed out now!
Puffin and Penguin out now!
Two more Hockey Super 6 books out now!!!
Check out my site kevinsylvesterbooks.com
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I've got some new art up on my shop - just in time for the Holiday season!

Loads of Krampuses, elves, kings and other stuff. Even bunnies!

Low low prices and ready to ship (free shipping until Dec 21)!

And I cleaned up the images

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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social

#BookSky #KidLit #BookPromo
Handwritten quote on a white sheet with an illustrated face at the bottom and pink hearts around the text. The quote reads: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting." — Liana Brooks
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
kevinarts.bsky.social
I've got some new art up on my shop - just in time for the Holiday season!

Loads of Krampuses, elves, kings and other stuff. Even bunnies!

Low low prices and ready to ship (free shipping until Dec 21)!

And I cleaned up the images

kevinarts.bigcartel.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
kevinarts.bsky.social
I've got some new art up on my shop - just in time for the Holiday season!

Loads of Krampuses, elves, kings and other stuff.

Low low prices and ready to ship!

kevinarts.bigcartel.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Why was this Picasso a big part of my artistic journey?

Find out tomorrow in Toronto when I present the 2025 Helen E Stubbs memorial lecture!

Free and open to all ages! Details here….

www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Tomorrow!
Lillian H Smith branch of the #TorontoPublicLibrary at 630pm!
Kid friendly
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Morning doodle
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Morning Doodle
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Morning doodle
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art

#birds
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Cover reveal!
Soccerology
Out in April from #AnnickBooks
Cover and information for my upcoming book Soccerology - a non-fiction book about the history of soccer
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Morning doodle #IReadCanadian
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Today's also a great day to check out Canadian authors & illustrators at our indie bookstores! You can find your nearest one here - www.indiebookstores.ca/

#books #booksky
Find Books You Love from Local Canadian Bookstores
Discover local Canadian indie bookstores near you! Support communities, find hidden gems, and explore unique books nationwide at IndieBookstores.ca.
www.indiebookstores.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Late morning doodle
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It’s Levi’s Gift Book Birthday!!!🧁📚

Author Kathy Stinson and I @elliearscott.bsky.social with @nimbuspub.bsky.social invite you to celebrate with us at our book launch this Sunday Nov. 9th, 2-3:30, 918 Bathurst St. Toronto. There’ll be celebratory cookies!

#cankidlit #kidlit #canscaip #scbwi
Front cover of the picture book Levi’s Gift with a young man playing the violin with his eyes closed. The music is pictured coming out of the violin and swirling around him, up into the air above his head. the music is described in swirls of yellow, pinks and blues with little notes moving along it. There are also white sparkly white swirls to help describe the music with a hint of magic. There is a small girl dancing in the top left corner holding a violin in her own swirl of matching music. The cover is on a blue watercolour background. The title Levi’s Gift is dark blue written in cursive placed centred above the young man playing the violin. Author/illustrator credit are either side of the young man’s legs. The illustration is in watercolour with soft pencil lines describing the details. There is a vanilla cupcake on a white dish with a lit candle and sprinkles in the icing placed on the surface the book is placed on.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Authors & illustrators! LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day is Feb. 4th - want to Zoom into schools for read-alouds on that day? Here's the sign-up form: forms.gle/eN4FwA9HB4Fb...

Teachers & librarians! My newsletter will have info soon! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...)
World Read Aloud Day 2026 - Call for Author & Illustrator Volunteers
Please fill out this form if you're a traditionally published author or illustrator who would like to volunteer to Zoom with classes to celebrate LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday, February...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Morning doodle
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by Kevin Sylvester
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Join IBBY Canada for a night of KidLit Trivia hosted by acclaimed author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester!

Tickets 🎟️ www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-board-on-books-for-young-people/events/kidlit-trivia-night-1
Digital graphic advertising IBBY Canada's KidLit Trivia Night hosted by Kevin Sylvester. The event is Tuesday, November 4th at 7pm at The Duke of York on 39 Prince Arthur Ave, Toronto.
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Morning doodle
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Night of the Living Zed has been challenged a few times recently and I want to fight for it… at its big heart the story is our love letter to #Halloween (and even contains some pot shots at candy corn)

Hope everyone has a great one!

@harperkids.bsky.social
Images from the book Night of the Living Zed - our love letter to Halloween.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Morning doodle
October 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Morning doodle
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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How is the attack on arts and culture in the U.S. impacting Canada? So many thoughts about this and I am looking forward to this conversation! Join us online Nov. 20.

(Thanks @cfetmu.bsky.social @pencanada.bsky.social and Mass Culture!)
Text reads Center for Free Expression. How is the attack on arts and culture in the US impacting Canada? 4 photographs below are of Jordan Laffrenier, associate artistic director at Canadian stage; Sascha Priewe, director of collections and public programs at the a Aga Khan museum; Robin Stevenson, author; and moderator, Brendan De Caries, PEN Canada.
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Kevin Sylvester
peninternational.bsky.social
In this episode of Unbound Voices, Ira Wells, President of PEN Canada, sits with Samira Mohyeddin to reflect on the growing wave of book bans in Canada and the urgent need to safeguard the freedom to read.

🎧 Watch or listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=78X7...
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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AND I can probably be bribed with nachos
kidsbookcentre.bsky.social The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · Oct 24
Join IBBY Canada for a night of KidLit Trivia hosted by acclaimed author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester!

Tickets 🎟️ www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-board-on-books-for-young-people/events/kidlit-trivia-night-1
Digital graphic advertising IBBY Canada's KidLit Trivia Night hosted by Kevin Sylvester. The event is Tuesday, November 4th at 7pm at The Duke of York on 39 Prince Arthur Ave, Toronto.
October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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In honour of pre-Halloween (or, as Zed Watson calls it Hallowe’en-owe’en*) I present two of the spooky early versions of the Zed 2 cover. (Never seen!)

I wanted ghosts!

*Zed does a checklist of the neighbourhood to make sure everyone is ready.
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Ghostly first draft for the cover for Zed Watson #2 Early version of the cover for Zed Watson #2 - available from Harper Collins
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM