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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Busy Canva day in the library! Can you guess them all?

(There’s 1 repeat; apologies to all the notable days/month-in-honour topics I missed & reminder to library & teacher friends that #worldreadaloudday already has free printables on their site, so I didn’t design anything for that!)

Eight black and white line art/graphic collage bookmarks photographed on a green counter.

January 31, 2026 at 12:12 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

—With @joshuagillingham.bsky.social Patrick Elworthy, @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social 📚🇨🇦

(RSVP to Windowseat for snack planning purposes! windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422... 💞)

#CanLit #Fantasy #SFF #Speculative #Events #CanadianAuthors #ReadCanadian

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Kate Gateley with four of her books.

January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

#VanIsle #Fantasy fans unite! Come hang out at the endlessly charming Windowseat Books in Nanaimo’s old quarter for a (free/unticketed!) fantastical escape~🐉⚔️🧙‍♀️🔮🪄

Feat. readings & fantasy writing panel + book signings w/ VI🇨🇦authors on Thurs. Feb. 26 from 6:30-8pm🔥

windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422...

January 19, 2026 at 4:15 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Free ebooks by Canadian authors (most on multiple platforms, SYK is just the best known), today only: tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition promo graphic from Canadian Indie Authors. Free books one day only on January 15 at tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast advertised in red and black text with and black icons in background.

January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Book workshops are all remote-synchronous this spring, but seasonal camps where we can gather in person & "build" inspiration for our stories & creativity are super fun, too! kaie.space/news/2026/01...

Feel free to reach out to cwc2004.org directly if you know a young writer who's interested!

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with teens doing textual and narrative analysis on a combination projector-whiteboard. Identities are screened by emojis.

Photo of a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a young writer holding up their "tour guide" flag for their end of camp project. Their script in a matching design is on the desk in front of them.

Photo of props from a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop with a "tour guide" flag, map, magic wand, and masks from students' end of camp project.

Photo of a student wearing a black mask with a red swatch and a stick lurking behind a whiteboard at a Creative Writing for Children Society workshop in mimicry of a horror scene. The mask is a prop in the student's final project at camp.

January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

This year, I thought a SciFi-theme would be fun for the teen cohort (Sat over Zoom, Jan-Jun)

We’ll explore utopias & dystopias, alt histories & apocalypses, space & time travel+more SF/spec tropes & genre conventions while writing novels or single-author collections in 20 weeks

cwc2004.org

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Student cover designs from my 2022 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2023 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

Student cover designs from my 2024 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (kids)

Student cover designs from my 2025 cohort of Creative Writing for Children Society spring workshop (teens)

January 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Spending the next few weeks (appropriately!) immersed in future-forward curricula & reading lists as I prep for next term of CWC

Every spring, young writers work toward a printed paperback of their work, whether a single-author collection of short pieces or a multi-chapter narrative (novel)... (/1)

Graphic advertising upcoming "Writing the Future" creative writing workshop with K.A. Wiggins hosted by the Creative Writing for Children Society on Saturday mornings (PST) over Zoom from January to June. Stylized sci-fi and dystopian graphics in shades of grey, blue, pink and yellow surround a retro-futuristic sign of the workshop title.

January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

I have tons in Kobo Plus!

Untangle the secrets of the past in a more-blood-than-kissing, gothic-dystopian coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy series about a haunted, neurospicy misfit unravelling monster-infested, post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver before it can tear her apart:
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Landscape-format graphic with intricate blue and purple cover design surrounded by awards badges and gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams #1: Blind the Eyes. This dystopian future is gothic, haunted & swarming with monsters. A (neurospicy) coming-of-rage YA+ Dark Fantasy.

Landscape-format graphic with 3D rendering of intricate blue and gold cover design surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements and awards badges on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams Trilogy box set: a macabre misfit and her trickster ghost unravel monster-infested post-eco-apocalypse Vancouver.

Landscape-format graphic with intricate cover designs surrounded by gold-tone extracted cover elements on a mottled dark concrete background. Gold text reads: Threads of Dreams: YA Fantasy with an Edge. Covers for the core trilogy (3), side stories (4), and trilogy box set (1) are grouped and labelled.

January 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Most of mine are enrolled in Kobo Plus (& lots more in this fantasy promo!) bsky.app/profile/kaie...

January 3, 2026 at 8:08 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

The final Kobo Plus fantasy promo of 2025 is here!

Find my gothic-dystopian YA+ Dark Fantasy series* & tons more fantastic fantasy (incl. audio!) by subgenre: kobo.com/en/p/kobo-plus-fantasy-reads
(*or search my name to binge-read all my books!)

KOBO PLUS folks, reply your titles/graphics/whatev!

December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

A year of remarkable highs—& lows😅🫠

Shoutout to @blackcatbooks.bsky.social Ansible Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for some of the brightest points!📚💞

Last minute shoppers, there’s some great SFF/H in this trio!🎁 kaie.space/standalones

(& #canlit friends, don’t miss 2026 best-of submissions!🇨🇦)

Paperbacks of The Kindread Coast, Year's Best Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 3, Brave New Weird: Best New Weird Horror on a wood background with overlaid text in green script reading: "2025's Crop of (Print) Releases!" followed by Canada flag, stack of books, and party popper emojis

December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

All set up & making cool new friends! Find us at Royston Elementary Winter Market until 3pm~👻🎄

Photo of Loren handmade block prints table

November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Next up in the calendar! Drop by & support my local school’s winter market, browse set-in-BC 🇨🇦 YA & up books & many more goodies from local artists, crafters, artisans, young makers & businesses THIS SUNDAY November 30 from 10-3!📚🎄🎉

Poster for Royston Elementary Winter Market on November 30th of 2025 from 10-3 at 3830 Warren Ave, Royston. Free Entry. Come help us bring in the holidays! Huge variety of vendors, hot dog concession, silent auction. Santa photos by donation. Ear piercing. Cut-a-thon (hair cuts by donation). Bell and winter garland graphics on cream background.

November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Get ready for a very merry Comox Valley TBR with the CVWS crew Nov. 22-23 at the Fanny Bay Christmas Market!

Can’t make it next weekend? While we’ll have a few market exclusives, many titles ( ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/bo... ) can be found at fantastic local shops!🇨🇦📚

#shopcanadian #readcanadian

Promo graphic with glittery gold over a green background. Text reads: Fanny Bay Christmas Market. Saturday, November 22, 10 am to 4 pm. Sunday, November 23, 10 am to 3 pm. Fanny Bay Community Hall, 7793 Island Highway South. Free admission, a variety of artisans, crafters, and vendors, quilting display and sale, concession by the Fanny Bay Seniors, Seniors Raffle and Bake Sale (Saturday Only). Support Local Booksellers: Can't make the market? Pin your faves. Then snag a copy at one of these awesome Comox Valley booksellers.

A QR code graphic links to the following: https://ca.pinterest.com/kaiespace/books-of-comox-valley-writers-society/

Logos are included for the Comox Valley Writers Society, Blue Heron Books in Comox, Compass Gallery + Gifts at the airport in Comox, ROAM Store + Studio in Comox, Books 4 Brains in Comox, SMÖL store in Cumberland, and Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay.

Promo graphic with glittery gold and white snowflakes over a green background features 10 authors and their books, along with event details. Authors are Anna McCarthy, Jacqueline McAdam, Lisa Johnston, M.C. Rolston, Marion Waters, Mark Lada, R.E. St. Denis, Sylvia Bourgeois, Gary Karlsen & K.A. Wiggins

November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

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- @kimberbannerman.bsky.social www.kbannerman.com
-Nicola Kapron: www.facebook.com/nicola.kapron (or work w/ her: www.nicolakapronportfolio.com *or* Monique Riel: crowspell.ca )
- @joshuagillingham.bsky.social www.joshuagillingham.ca/writing-blog
- @blackcatbooks.bsky.social www.blackcatbooks.net

Photo of Kim Bannerman reading from her story in The Kindread Coast surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

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The Kindread Coast & titles by the authors are still available at Fireside Books & indie shops across Vancouver Island ( www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FRKB5364/ for ebook fans!)👻

& Stay in touch for more spooky fun:
-at Fireside Books: firesidebooks.ca/events
-my next event (or newsletter!) kawiggins.com

Photo of K.A. Wiggins posing with an attendee during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC. Publisher Shanon Sinn is in the background.

Photo of K.A. Wiggins holding a copy of The Kindread Coast and gesturing to a table with books, Halloween decor and candy, surrounded by book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Our WEST COAST HORROR event was AWESOME~ Thanks to Fireside Books Parksville for hosting & to all who made it out!🎃

50% of our lineup fell to the very-on-theme event planning curse, but we welcomed surprise special guests Shanon Sinn & Haley Healey💞

[photos credits: Kim Bannerman, Shanon Sinn]

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Photo of Nicola Kapron, K.A. Wiggins & Kim Bannerman with a copy of The Kindread Coast inside Fireside Books in Parksville BC

View of Nicola Kapron reading from her story in The Kindread Coast alongside contributors Kim Bannerman and K.A. Wiggins, surrounded by costumed attendees, Halloween decor and candy, and book shelves and displays during West Coast Horror at Fireside Books in Parksville, BC.

November 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Minecraft inspired “wrapping” for a 7th birthday party! Brought to you by recycled cardboard, sharpie & aluminum foil 😂 (& being too lazy/eco to actually go shopping lol)

Photo of a cardboard box coloured in black sharpie to look like a Minecraft treasure chest

November 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

PROGRAM UPDATES:
🎃Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals)
🎃Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror!
🎃Haunting & horrifying (short) readings!
🎃Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!

Promo graphic reads:
Spooky scavenger hunt (first 20 arrivals)—enter to win an eerie prize pack!
Chat local cryptids & ghost lore w/ folks who've lived, unearthed & reimagined coastal horror!
Haunting & horrifying (short) readings!
Interactive storytelling—let's invent our own bookshop cryptid/urban legend/local creepypasta!
Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky. The Kindread Coast anthology cover also on the graphic.

October 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Introducing the 2025 crop of @cwillbc.bsky.social books!🇨🇦📚

Excited to debut our latest postcard, survey new made-in-BC children’s books, showcase local lit stars, platform human-made art & artists, & hang with some of the most magical folk on the planet #bctlaconference2025 this Friday!🔥

Photo of both sides of the 2025 edition of the Children’s Writers & Illustrators of BC Society’s new release postcard against a wood background.

October 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

— @joshuagillingham.bsky.social @kimberbannerman.bsky.social & I for a haunting evening of coastal horror & frightful fun featuring themed experiences/games, readings & local cryptid/ghost lore/storytelling.

Welcome to the dreadful coast—may you walk out unscathed!💀
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Promo graphic reads: Kim Bannerman

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + 12 of Kim's books & her photo.

Promo graphic reads: Joshua Gillingham

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + four of his books & his photo

Promo graphic reads: Sheena Robinson

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + six of her anthologies, a series graphic, and her photo.

October 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Encounter shapeshifters, water monsters, 🐈‍⬛ & undead cyborgs inhabiting misty forests, murky depths, ominous city streets & deadly mountain vistas (costumes encouraged!)👻

🗓️7-8:30 Oct. 29
📍Fireside Books, Parksville, BC
📚Meet co-editor Monique Riel & authors @sheebellax2.bsky.social Nicola Kapron &—

Promo graphic reads: Nicola Kapron

Horror & dark fiction anthology for teens & up available for purchase now at independent bookstores across Vancouver Island & online!

Indulge in an eerie night out: West Coast Horror, 7-8:30 pm October 29 Fireside Books, Parksville, BC

Dark blue background with silhouettes of a bat, evergreens, tentacles, and ghostly smog/smudges, clouds, and a claw reaching down from the sky.

Graphics include covers of The Kindread Coast + 18 other anthologies & photo of Nicola Kapron

October 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM

K.A. Wiggins (Kaie)

@kaiewrites.bsky.social

Indulge in an eerie night out at WEST COAST HORROR at Fireside Books in Parksville BC with the authors of THE KINDREAD COAST @blackcatbooks.bsky.social feat. 13 stories of supernatural beings set in the haunting landscapes of British Columbia🎃

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