Alyson Day

Editorial Director of picture books, middle grade, & YA at HarperCollins. Brooklynite, Oregonian, mom, lover of stories, travel adventures, & dancing all night.

[PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky @PWKidsBookshelf]

“Imagination is a medicine, a balm. It has been forever. I’m okay with kids telling some tall tales if it helps them cope”: @ambsmcbride on seeing the imagination as a safe space in her middle grade debut ‘Gone Wolf’ https://t.co/VMDVEHlDWZ

[courtne comrie RAIN REMEMBERS OUT NOW @courtnecomrie]

The PAPERBACK 📖 RELEASE of RAIN RISING is FINALLY here!!! ☔️☔️☔️

Just in time for the final week of
#SuicidePreventionMonth 🩵💜🩵💜

Link in bio ✨

[Jason Lewis @jasontes5th]

Loved @ReemFaruqi’s heart-breaking NIV, CALL ME ADNAN! Adnan loves table tennis. When he travels to Florida to compete in a table tennis comp and spend time with his cousins, the unthinkable happens. Will Adnan play tennis again? Will his family be able to cope with tragic loss?

[Alyson Day @AlysonDay]

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[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

Apply for a 2023 Walter Grant—deadline extended to 7/10! These $2000 grants are for diverse, unpublished creators based in the US and we have:

📝 5 general grants
📝 2 trans creator grants
📝 2 Native creator grants
📝 1 disabled writer grant

More here: https://t.co/AykBZilKYa

[Red Wine and Blue @RedWineBlueUSA]

Mainstream moms know these people are not "joyful warriors". They are bullies to our kids, to us, to teachers and librarians. Join our movement to stop them: https://t.co/RsedWk34vW

[Alyson Day @AlysonDay]

Beyond excited to publish POEMHOOD:OUR BLACK REVIVAL—a groundbreaking anthology with over 35 extraordinary Black poets!!✨

[courtne comrie RAIN REMEMBERS OUT NOW @courtnecomrie]

SO EXCITED TO BE AMONGST THE LEGENDS🔥🔥🔥🔥

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All Moms Should Embrace Failure During Summer https://t.co/2YpIWEZEPF via @TinybeansKids

[Reem Faruqi - On Mat Leave; Please Read My Books! @ReemFaruqi]

Thank you for featuring UNSETTLED!

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@soontornvat @bottomshelfbks Totally!! You never know where @bottomshelfbks might lead you! 😂 But I’ll take a speakeasy any day.🍸✨

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Authors at the after party, bringing books to the club! #ALAAC2023 😅

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@soontornvat @wearealsc @ALALibrary @Candlewick @AminaLuqman Congratulations!!!! 🎉🍾

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

TOMORROW at ALA Annual! Don't miss our panel with @ALALibrary on how to fight book bans with @ElloEllenOh, @KyleLukoff, @sam_aye_ahm, @ashleyhopeperez, @JerryCraft & @EliotSchrefer: https://t.co/v4IpGJpU1t #ALAAC23

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@NatashaKhanKazi @ReemFaruqi @chariscircle @gayatrisethi @AsifHazem @_mollyfehr Sooo proud to publish you!!

[Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian]

Stumbled across this, and I feel like this is a big part of being an agent. <3

Source: @TootsDesign https://t.co/4gUO3YimKR

[Jane Kuo @janekuowrites]

Happy book birthday to Land of Broken Promises, the story that has taken me my whole life to write. I never dreamed I’d publish a book about my childhood as an undocumented immigrant. Thanks @literaticat, @alexandra_coops , @rosemaryhb, @QuillTreeBooks , @juliaskuo!

[Alyson Day @AlysonDay]

Arthur Conan Doyle Universe TV Series In Works At Imagine Kids + Family Based On ‘The Improbable Tales Of Baskerville Hall’ Origin Story Books https://t.co/JeC1FCprLg via @Deadline