Lara Frater, Author
@larafraterauthor.bsky.social
Writer, Librarian, Feminist, Friendly Weirdo
Lara Frater (HWA member) https://larafrater.com/ author of
End of the Line Zombie Series
Miss Davis and the Movie Monsters
Paranormal Pest Control
Fat Chicks Rule
I LOVE LIBRARIES & HATE BOOK BANNING
Lara Frater (HWA member) https://larafrater.com/ author of
End of the Line Zombie Series
Miss Davis and the Movie Monsters
Paranormal Pest Control
Fat Chicks Rule
I LOVE LIBRARIES & HATE BOOK BANNING
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
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What A Week for Libraries
Your donations and support helped make these wins possible!
www.everylibrary.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Public libraries are receiving a clear mandate from voters this November: when presented with the choice, communities are willing to invest in their information infrastructure, programming, and future.
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/what_a_week_... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
action.everylibrary.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Where I'll be Nov 22!
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Where I'll be Nov 22!
The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information.
Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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PETITION: Protect the Center for Disease Control Library
Staff at the CDC Library were laid off on October 10th and have not been brought back. Sign the petition to call for their return.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information.
Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
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Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak.
bit.ly/4qaDIMi via @everylibrary.bsky.social
If the air doesn't crisp soon, I may freak out.
a group of people with pumpkins on their heads are standing in a field of pumpkins .
ALT: a group of people with pumpkins on their heads are standing in a field of pumpkins .
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October 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If the air doesn't crisp soon, I may freak out.
Really digging #MarvelZombies Mostly because they use a lot of my favorite MCU characters: Ms Marvel, Red Guardian, Jimmy Woo, Shang-Chi and Katy.
October 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Really digging #MarvelZombies Mostly because they use a lot of my favorite MCU characters: Ms Marvel, Red Guardian, Jimmy Woo, Shang-Chi and Katy.
Spooky Season Movies! Here's a list of my favorites.
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Spooky Season Movie Recommendations!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Spooky Season Movies! Here's a list of my favorites.
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📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
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Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.
action.everylibrary.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
It's Oct 5, 85 degrees out, and Stop and Shop has egg nog.
October 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's Oct 5, 85 degrees out, and Stop and Shop has egg nog.
Me: It's October. I'm super busy!
Also me:
Also me:
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Me: It's October. I'm super busy!
Also me:
Also me:
RIP Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
The conservationist, who died aged 91 on Wednesday, challenged how we relate to the natural world.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
RIP Jane Goodall
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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I Believe in Libraries.
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
www.everylibrary.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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I declare spooky season open with my first Pumpkin Spice Latte. Now the weather has to commit #toohot Also #ShanahTovah for the first of the many New Years I celebrate. (Currently up to four).
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I declare spooky season open with my first Pumpkin Spice Latte. Now the weather has to commit #toohot Also #ShanahTovah for the first of the many New Years I celebrate. (Currently up to four).
Do you think when Death came for Robert Redford, they talked about how much they loved Redford's portrayal of them?
RIP Sundance Kid.
RIP Sundance Kid.
a man stands in front of a brick wall and says " give me your hand "
ALT: a man stands in front of a brick wall and says " give me your hand "
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September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Do you think when Death came for Robert Redford, they talked about how much they loved Redford's portrayal of them?
RIP Sundance Kid.
RIP Sundance Kid.
My own Newsletter went into my spam folder. I'm going to back to sleep now.
September 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My own Newsletter went into my spam folder. I'm going to back to sleep now.
NYC Just opened up it's first Horror Book Store #TheTwistedSpine I have to read more books so I can buy more books. It's the circle of life.
September 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
NYC Just opened up it's first Horror Book Store #TheTwistedSpine I have to read more books so I can buy more books. It's the circle of life.
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
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Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters
action.everylibrary.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Without federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), library services are at risk.
action.everylibrary.org/appropriatio... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
NY TImes reported fewer people are reading for fun. Meanwhile I wish for 3-4 extra hours in a day to get through my TBR pile.
August 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
NY TImes reported fewer people are reading for fun. Meanwhile I wish for 3-4 extra hours in a day to get through my TBR pile.
Fu#k art
the one silver lining is that this is the year we can tell ourselves we would have definitely, each and all of us, 100% gotten the NEA grant had it not been for these asshole fascists.
August 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fu#k art
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Grateful to you, Gabino!
Still working to get the word out about AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION!
I'm really proud of what Andrea & I have put together here, examining ghosts + Gothic lit.
Pre-orders are such a huge help! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...
Still working to get the word out about AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION!
I'm really proud of what Andrea & I have put together here, examining ghosts + Gothic lit.
Pre-orders are such a huge help! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...
America’s Most Gothic by Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrea Janes: 9780806543741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From the Bram Stoker nominated author team who penned A Haunted History of Invisible Women, the first book of its kind to investigate gothic tropes that define American lore. Here is the hidden, dark ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Grateful to you, Gabino!
Still working to get the word out about AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION!
I'm really proud of what Andrea & I have put together here, examining ghosts + Gothic lit.
Pre-orders are such a huge help! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...
Still working to get the word out about AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION!
I'm really proud of what Andrea & I have put together here, examining ghosts + Gothic lit.
Pre-orders are such a huge help! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356...
And make no mistake — this isn’t about souvenirs.
It’s about government control and censorship.
action.everylibrary.org/npsgiftshops via @everylibrary.bsky.social
It’s about government control and censorship.
action.everylibrary.org/npsgiftshops via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Erasing History in Our Parks: Why Book Bans in National Park Service Gift Shops Threaten Democracy
And make no mistake — this isn’t about souvenirs.
It’s about government control and censorship.
action.everylibrary.org
August 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
And make no mistake — this isn’t about souvenirs.
It’s about government control and censorship.
action.everylibrary.org/npsgiftshops via @everylibrary.bsky.social
It’s about government control and censorship.
action.everylibrary.org/npsgiftshops via @everylibrary.bsky.social
For those who missed me on Galactic Terrors Live, here you go! I'm reading from Stuck in the Middle and please listening to the other two amazing authors Leanna and Kate! www.youtube.com/live/GZ7x3nW... #Girlpower
Galactic Terrors August 2025
YouTube video by Galactic Terrors
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August 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For those who missed me on Galactic Terrors Live, here you go! I'm reading from Stuck in the Middle and please listening to the other two amazing authors Leanna and Kate! www.youtube.com/live/GZ7x3nW... #Girlpower