Sandy Jonas
@sandyjonas.bsky.social
Author/illustrator, she/her kidlit and cozies 🇨🇦
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
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This is an excellent opportunity! Catarina is intelligent, insightful, warm, and generous.
New PChats coming this Friday! Booking will open soon (check Owen Davey's IG).
And if you would like to be a mentor, we are always looking for more volunteers; to my #kidlitart colleagues, we need to help improve diversity & equity in the industry!
Lmk if you have Qs.
instagram.com/owendaveydraws
And if you would like to be a mentor, we are always looking for more volunteers; to my #kidlitart colleagues, we need to help improve diversity & equity in the industry!
Lmk if you have Qs.
instagram.com/owendaveydraws
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is an excellent opportunity! Catarina is intelligent, insightful, warm, and generous.
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A timelapse from yesterday's inks. 3 more days and I finish those.
I wanted to sketch them loosely and faster, but my dear neurodiverse brain won't let me.
I wanted to sketch them loosely and faster, but my dear neurodiverse brain won't let me.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A timelapse from yesterday's inks. 3 more days and I finish those.
I wanted to sketch them loosely and faster, but my dear neurodiverse brain won't let me.
I wanted to sketch them loosely and faster, but my dear neurodiverse brain won't let me.
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I'm reading queries for the next few hours. Anyone have #askagent questions about querying, writing, or publishing? Happy to answer questions for a bit.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I'm reading queries for the next few hours. Anyone have #askagent questions about querying, writing, or publishing? Happy to answer questions for a bit.
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A lovely event for your holiday shopping. I’m pleased to be participating with fellow creatives.
#yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts
🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚
#yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts
🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚
If you are in Victoria, BC on Saturday, November 22 from 10-3 visit Cedar Hill Rec Centre for the #holidaymarket. Come find several Vancouver Island based writers and illustrators of children and YA books!
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
www.ginaperry.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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If you are in the lower Vancouver Island area on Saturday, November 21 consider coming to the Cedar Hill Holiday Market. I will be there with other local picture book makers and other artsy people!
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
If you are in the lower Vancouver Island area on Saturday, November 21 consider coming to the Cedar Hill Holiday Market. I will be there with other local picture book makers and other artsy people!
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
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The "hard angle" is definitely a challenge, but it helps to have some experience as a hand drawn animator. We had to draw character poses and expressions from every conceivable angle - hard or otherwise - to make sure we got the character down. This is Dash from Space Case: The Graphic Novel.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The "hard angle" is definitely a challenge, but it helps to have some experience as a hand drawn animator. We had to draw character poses and expressions from every conceivable angle - hard or otherwise - to make sure we got the character down. This is Dash from Space Case: The Graphic Novel.
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Happy Tuesday. Nothing really happens during an autumn storm…
Speak soon 🧡 🧣
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#kidlitart #autumnweather #stormseason #illustration #picturebook
Speak soon 🧡 🧣
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#kidlitart #autumnweather #stormseason #illustration #picturebook
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Tuesday. Nothing really happens during an autumn storm…
Speak soon 🧡 🧣
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#kidlitart #autumnweather #stormseason #illustration #picturebook
Speak soon 🧡 🧣
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#kidlitart #autumnweather #stormseason #illustration #picturebook
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Hey illustrators! The #scbwidrawthis prompt for November is buttons! Can’t wait to see what you all dream up.
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Hey illustrators! The #scbwidrawthis prompt for November is buttons! Can’t wait to see what you all dream up.
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Although i love the mild winters of the westcoast, i sometimes miss listening to the snow quietly falling. The stillness under the trees. A childhood memory that resurfaces with every winter. ❄️
✨ To shop holiday cards, link in bio!
#illustration #holidaycard #smallbusinesscanada #kidlitart
✨ To shop holiday cards, link in bio!
#illustration #holidaycard #smallbusinesscanada #kidlitart
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Although i love the mild winters of the westcoast, i sometimes miss listening to the snow quietly falling. The stillness under the trees. A childhood memory that resurfaces with every winter. ❄️
✨ To shop holiday cards, link in bio!
#illustration #holidaycard #smallbusinesscanada #kidlitart
✨ To shop holiday cards, link in bio!
#illustration #holidaycard #smallbusinesscanada #kidlitart
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If you’re in Victoria on November 22, I will be at Cedar Hill Rec Centre from 10 am to 3 pm. I’m with a group of Vancouver Island Picture Book Creators so if you have gifts to buy for children on your list, this is a wonderful way to shop local and support literacy! 🇨🇦 📚 #yyj #gifts #shoplocal
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you’re in Victoria on November 22, I will be at Cedar Hill Rec Centre from 10 am to 3 pm. I’m with a group of Vancouver Island Picture Book Creators so if you have gifts to buy for children on your list, this is a wonderful way to shop local and support literacy! 🇨🇦 📚 #yyj #gifts #shoplocal
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Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social
#kidlitpostcard #kidlit #illustration
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#kidlitpostcard #kidlit #illustration
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
Hey all, I’m Sandy, a Canadian author/illustrator. I actually played one of these clunkers when I was 12 (against my will of course). Now I can illustrate it and pretend I was amazing, though the sour notes are more accurate.
#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#100dayproject #kidlit #illustration
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
Carlotta Klee on Insta has great quick prompts. She does more watercolour and I used felts but I think they both work and was fun to do. Day 60 of 100
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Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...
Mighty Village Books: Interview with Danielle Daniel, new Canadian publisher
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...
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The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me."
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
"This is GREAT... But Not For Me" - The Hardest Rejection Literary Agents Give (And What To Do Now)
YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC
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October 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The hardest rejection: "This is great...but not for me."
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
Agents often say no to projects they know will sell. But what does it mean? Why would they do that? Do agents hate money? Your book? Books in general? No.
Join Kelly Van Sant to walk us through subjectivity, love, and finding your best fit.
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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#Agents, #editors & #publishers you still have time to find your next amazing GN client amongst the 181 pitches on the #KidLitGN website: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... The pitch event ends Oct. 31 #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels
Agent, Editor, & Publisher Submission Guidelines – KidLitGN
kidlitgn.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#Agents, #editors & #publishers you still have time to find your next amazing GN client amongst the 181 pitches on the #KidLitGN website: kidlitgn.com/submission-d... The pitch event ends Oct. 31 #pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels
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October 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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🧸"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your HEART!"🧸
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🧸"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your HEART!"🧸
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift
~Winnie-The-Pooh, 1926
#AAMilne #Kidlitart #BookSky #KidLitSky #KidLitChat #EduSky #PicturebookSky #Kidlitart #picturebooks #WritingCommunity #BookClub #childrensbooks #illustration #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #ArtSky #writerslift