Thank you to Akosua for a fantastic interview!

Thanks @dcwritersroom.bsky.social for chatting with Stirred Stories author Akosua Harvey about her young adult fantasy debut Why the Birds Fly Back!

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We enjoyed chatting with Washington Unbound about our approach to publishing. Check out the interview below and books on our website!

Good morning! It’s a great day to read a book. That’s all, carry on. 💙📚

What #childrensbooks or #YAlit are you excited about right now? We’re pumped for our forthcoming YA memoir Little Jade by Katherine Haas, out July 16. What #bookbirthday are you looking forward to? Thanks for sharing 😊

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Couldn’t read this w/o sharing a visionary woman & #author we’re proud to know: Theodora Smiley Lacey, who worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She’s a retired teacher of Teaneck Public Schools, which she was instrumental in desegregating. #EduSky

Hi! We’re Kelsea, Zina, and Kyle: the team behind Stirred Stories! We’re an indie publishing house that prioritizes #books by #newauthors from underrepresented backgrounds. Our current genres: #kidlit #poetry and #YAlit We’re excited to be here and to celebrate diverse books! 💙📚

We take time off pretty seriously but our team has also been known to check an email or two while offline 😅 do it for the books 💙📚