editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3mwnnhborik2k#mentorship_opp Are you a Canadian writer working on a children's manuscript? I can apply for a @twuc grant to mentor 1 writer (10 hrs). Get in touch with me by Oct 15 if interested! https://writersunion.ca/mentorship-microgrant @canscaip.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social https://writersunion.ca/mentorship-microgrants29 Sep 2026 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnnhborik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3mkpqug7gus2rCheck out these super #kidlit Spring books--both fiction and non-fiction, for babies, kids, and tweens too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpqug7gus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3mk4cr67bgs2tMy new MG biography about inspiring #Cambodian Phymean Noun, THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL (illus by Tida Kheav), is featured with these 5 other super books! @orcabook.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @elyssagavin.bsky.social #AAPI [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4cr67bgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3mjyyde3ahs2dAuthor copies of my new middle-grade biography THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL, illus by Tida Kheav, (Orca) have arrived! Ya-hoo! The book will hit the bookstore shelves on May 19! #cambodia @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social21 Apr 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyyde3ahs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3miffr555g22jhttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/trumps-endangered-species-committee-exempts-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-the-gulf-from-rules #unconscionable01 Apr 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffr555g22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lyv6ke2ols2lOctober is National Bullying Prevention Month. Share our #picturebook WHAT HAPPENS NEXT with kids ages 5 to 12. @owlkids.bsky.social #careysookocheff [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyv6ke2ols2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lyv6dp2x3c2lWorking on a PB, MG, or YA? An experienced editor and pub'd author, I can apply for ONE #grant to mentor ONE Canadian #kidlit writer for 10 hrs (Nov-March) ie critiques, zoom chats, etc. Interested? Pls get in touch asap. #mentorship #editing #writersunionofcanada @inkedvoices.bsky.social15 Sep 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyv6dp2x3c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lyjefez3uk2bThanks for the great interview questions, @ryangvancleave.bsky.social! #writingpicturebooks #editing #writingtips @orcabook.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @scholasticaa.bsky.social @stephanepoulin.bsky.social #valerieboivin @nicolemillo.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjefez3uk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lw32rpwgds2jThanks for the wonderful review of my #hilo middle-grade novel, MISS MATCH, Helen! @hkubiw.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw32rpwgds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lltb5jma7c2wJust received author copies of my soon-to-hit-the-shelves “junior rom-com” novel MISS MATCH (ages 9-12; high-interest accessible)! Ya-hoo! Get ready to meet 8th-grader Polly and find out about her “great idea” in just a few days -- on April 15, '25! @orcabook.bsky.social #MG #kidlit02 Apr 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltb5jma7c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lhydqvm7pk2p📚🌷Spring into spring with these new #kidlit books by these super creators: @parentclub.bsky.social, @laurabontje.bsky.social, @franbwrites.bsky.social, @caseylyall.bsky.social; @susanhughes.bsky.social; @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social; @valeriesherrard.bsky.social; and @kirsten-marion.bsky.social12 Feb 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhydqvm7pk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3lfezxzpsg22aComing in the next few months of 2025! #kidlit #middlegrade #picturebooks #kidlit #readcanadian @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfezxzpsg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/susanhughes.bsky.social/post/3ldnwf4cnpc2h@ashleybarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our book UPSY-DAISY, BABY is being shared with so many young readers! Thanks, @dollyslibrary.bsky.social! #Owlkids @picturebookseh.bsky.social #diversity #families @12x12challenge.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social19 Dec 2024 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:nplljoobarfmraqjdy63snki/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnwf4cnpc2h