Michelle Smith
Associate Professor of Literary Studies at Monash University
@cadriscoll.bsky.social
Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney.
@corinnekathryn.bsky.social
Scholar of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Fantasy, & Consent | English PhD | Cohost of Sex. Love. Literature., a Pop Culture Podcast, found at @sexlovelitpodcast.bsky.social
@ebonyteach.bsky.social
Chair & Associate Professor, University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. 1913 ❤️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel, 2026). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
@hermioneclone.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Co-Chief Diversity Officer at SUNY Canton. YA series books, C19AmLit, WWI, fandom. Queer (pan/demi) Wiccan. 🏳️🌈📚☕ Views my own, not employer's. https://linktr.ee/emilyhamiltonhoney
@fuse8.bsky.social
Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Five. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/jbattis
@readingspark.bsky.social
Associate Professor iSchool University of Illinois; Asian American Children’s Literature; Asian American Studies; Critical Adoption Studies; RDYL co-editor #VeryKorean #VeryAsian sarahpark.com Cover art: Nancy So Miller Agent: Tricia Toney Lawrence (EMLA)
@disnet.bsky.social
International network for scholars & students examining Disney in culture and society 🏰 tag us to share your Disney Studies research/events/posts! #DisNet https://dis-net.org/
@shgmclicious.bsky.social
reader | editor | writer | pilates teacher | once librarian | occasional professor | phd | she http://about.me/mclicious
@drrobynmuir.bsky.social
Lecturer in Media & Communication at University of Surrey researching Disney Princess Phenomenon and Influencer Culture 👑 Founder @DisNet 🏰 Founder @IJDisneyStudies Views own 🌻
@amandaallenphd.bsky.social
English Prof. I research 1940s-1960s teen romance & print culture, the female network of editors & librarians who published midcentury #KidLit & #YALit, and fan & fandom studies. YA editor of JPRS. LOVES BOOKBINDING! She/her.
@philnel.bsky.social
👨🏼🏫 Prof. he/him. 📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/ 📷 IG: thephilnel 🐘 Mastodon: @philnel@mastodon.green 🎵 Spotify: thephilnel 🐦 Twitter (deleted acct in 2022): @philnel
@huntressleine.bsky.social
Kids media researcher and critic. Vice-Chancellor's postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT University; RA with DEFI Cambridge; media reviews editor for Adaptation at OUP
@drbecca.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M Commerce. Children's lit and media scholar. Lover of Disney, animation, adaptation, musicals, and fairy tales.
@blankpaige.bsky.social
Enchantress/Professor/Explorer Extraordinaire Children's Literature • Newspapers • Puppets Children of the Black Press (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social) Cub Reporters: American Children's Literature and Journalism in the Golden Age (@sunypress.bsky.social)
@uncannydazzler.bsky.social
Teacher of the youths. Scholar of comics, media, and popular culture. Fan of all things Alison Blaire. Music enthusiast. First-generation academic. Xennial. ENFJ. Current writing projects revolve around transmedia storyworlds in K-pop.
@darkliterata.bsky.social
she/they i read slowly & often 📚 • queer black librarian 🏳️🌈 • anti-oppression educator ✊🏾 • kidlit scholar, reviewer, guide author 🤓 • high key trekkie 🖖🏾
@drmrb.bsky.social
Researching children's & YA books, authors, publishers, and readers at the University of Glasgow. Formerly @ILoveCopyright on Twitter
@sundialgirl.bsky.social
📝 Fiction writer 👩🏻🏫 Teacher at the University of the Philippines 📚PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh 🪴Trying to be better at work/life balance 💼 Most posts are about my PhD work 💻 www.sundialgirl.com
@onceuponafine.bsky.social
PhD in Comp Lit, MA in History. Fairy tales, material culture, (fast) fashion, gender, children’s literature. Special interest in fairy godmothers and American Girl brand.
@dremilycorbett.bsky.social
Lecturer specialising in children's and YA literature. General Editor of The International Journal of Young Adult Literature.
@lephill.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer & Programme Lead at @marjonuni. MA Lit for Social and Environmental Justice launching in ‘25 (pending final approvals). Author of Female Heroes in YA Fantasy & Founder of @YAStudiesAssoc. Views my own. Also, I read banned books.📚
@irscl.bsky.social
The International Research Society for Children's Literature is an international scholarly organization established to support and promote research in the field of children's literature. Visit us here: https://www.irscl.org/
@katecapshaw.bsky.social
Prof. of English and Social and Critical Inquiry at the University of Connecticut, past president of the Children's Literature Association. Opinions are my own and do not represent my employer.
@amandamgreenwell.bsky.social
Teacher. Researcher. Human. Associate Prof of English and English Ed at CCSU. Author of The Child Gaze: Narrating Resistance in American Literature. Associate Editor of Children’s Literature Association Quarterly. Content is mine and not my employer’s.
@bogiperson.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
@theotherprofessor.bsky.social
English professor at Illinois State University focusing on Victorian Studies, Children's & Young Adult Literature, Visual Culture, Comics & graphic novels, Literary Fairy Tales, and Lewis Carroll. http://ghostofthetalkingcricket.squarespace.com
@adavidsonwrites.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Antwerp - authorship, literary archives, children's lit + YA / and poetry - Eggenwise (The Emma Press, 2023) - bzZZZzzZZz / she/her https://linktr.ee/andrea.davidson
@rachelamaley.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor in archival research methods, print culture, interactive literature, and children’s literature. Research on standby: 19th-century children’s literature and print culture, adaptation, and toy books.
@debbieg.bsky.social
Retired English prof, continuing independent scholar of children's fantasy, particularly interested in intertextuality and the sublime. Photographer, dog lover, gardener, and nerdy nerd nerd. I review for Strange Horizons.
@dimitrafimi.bsky.social
#Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Co-Director: Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
@thomasruyssmith.com
Prof of Lit and Culture, mostly nineteenth century. Out now: The Last Gift: The Christmas Stories of Mary Wilkins Freeman & a new edition of Black Beauty. Writing books about Mark Twain & London, children’s lit, Santa Claus 🎅 http://www.thomasruyssmith.com
@hkhspod.bsky.social
A Young Adult literature podcast, their film and television adaptations, and everything in between. Hosted by @brennacgray.bsky.social and @joelipsett.bsky.social
@jenniegouck.bsky.social
WiRe Fellow at University of Münster 📚 Researches girlhood in American YA 🤓. ChLA Membership Committee 👥. Reviewer for Kids Books Ireland 🇮🇪. She/her.
@ryanbunch.bsky.social
Childhood studies. Children's music, media, and literature. Musical theater. Author of Oz and the Musical: Performing the American FairyTale (Oxford Univ Press). President of the International Wizard of Oz Club.
@bri-anderson13.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English at UTEP. Children's and young adult literature, comics studies, and ecocriticism.
@houmansadri.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English at the University of South Eastern Norway. Managing Editor of MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture (https://maifeminism.com/). Lit, Comics, Culture, Gender and YA scholar. Proper lefty. Neurodivergent. Ally. Cat person. He/him.
@fangirlrika.bsky.social
PhDing in Children's Literature; Co-Founder at Assoc for Children's Lit in South Asia (aclisa.in); pretend grown-up; fangirl; likes rainy days with dry laundry; loves spoilers. #kidlitinsouthasia #postcoloniallit
@melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, English & Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies at William & Mary | Monograph: African American Female Heroes: 21st c YA Neo-Slave Narrative #upmiss | Researching YA and Horror | She
@csayuno.bsky.social
Picture book author and children’s literature scholar from the Philippines. Currently doing postdoc at @ischoolui https://cheenosayuno.com
@laramalaya.bsky.social
she/her | Pinay 🇵🇭 | totallt inept w/ copyeditimg, fact-checking, proofing my stuff, ugh Petroculture, Climate Justice Education, Childhood and Children’s Lit, Critical Filipino Studies, Comics/Komiks
@jeremytlj.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of English Illinois State • Children’s & YA Lit • Economic Humanities • YASA President • Neurodivergent • He/Him • Views My Own
@paulvinelli.bsky.social
Picture Book Writer | MLIS Highlights Foundation Scholar Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
@libbyroseg.bsky.social
English professor, baker, spouse, parent, etc. I was never active on the bird site so I doubt I’ll be hugely active here, but you never know…
@brigfield.bsky.social
Prof. of African American literature before 1900ish, Black children’s lit. 1773-now, & other things (neverending)19th Century. Co-editor, J19. Co-founder, TaughtByLiterature.org. I like birds & trains. Also cats. Mon français est nul. It’s “bridge-it.”
@nithya6.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English, Texas State University Ph.D., Literature for Children and Young Adults