Exciting news for everybody!
28.02.2026 15:14
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Exciting news for everybody!
Thanks! 😊
Thanks, Kristen! So honored!
Certificate reads: Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award presented to The Haunting of Bellington Cottage, Laura Parnum Author. Certificate is mounted in a card signed by Junior Library Guild’s Liz Duffy, MLIS, Director of Collection Curation, along with the JLG pin and sits on a bookshelf.
A surprise in the mail today! It’s my Junior Library Guild certificate and pin for The Haunting of Bellington Cottage! Thanks JLG!
Hooray! Such exciting news! I can’t wait to see the great things that come out of this partnership!
Can't wait to meet Alyza Liu and our other great Pocono faculty members in person in April!
@vickyweberbooks.bsky.social is one of the agents participating in our February online critique intensive. Learn about Vicky in this interview by Robyn, and find out how YOU can register for one of the last spots in this fantastic critique event! easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
Text reads: I'm attending the SCBWI 2026 Winter New York Conference January 16-18, 2026 New York City. Register scbwi.org Artwork by Merrill Rainey www.scbwi.org/members/merrill-rainey Image shows: a red cardinal flying across a yellow sky toward a city skyline. Below that is a blue-green river. Below that is a snow-covered ground with a frozen pond.
I'm heading to NYC this weekend for the SCBWI Winter Conference! Anyone else going to be there? I hope to see you! #Kidlit #SCBWI #scbwiNY26
Don't miss this amazing critique intensive from Eastern PA SCBWI!
Text: Cyber sale! Peril at Price Manor has been selected for Amazon's Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals! 21% off now through 12/1. Follow link in post. Image: Book cover for Peril at Price Manor by Laura Parnum
Image: The book cover for The Haunting of Bellington Cottage by Laura Parnum (a snowy scene with a tree and tree swing; a stone cottage in the background, two 12-year-old girls in the middle, two crows in the foreground; colors are purples and blues with a pink title and yellow byline)
My books are on sale on Amazon!
Peril at Price Manor is 21% off for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals! (Now through Dec 1)
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The Haunting of Bellington Cottage is also currently 20% off for I-don't-know-how-long!
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See everyone there!!!!
TEXT: Spooky Middle Grade in a yellow banner IMAGE: A green zombie woman with a horrified expression TEXT: My class can Zoom with four MG authors for free? The horror!
Visit spookymiddlegrade.com/virtual-qa/ to request a free 30-minute virtual Q&A classroom visit with up to four spooky middle grade authors. For grades 3-8.
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #authorvisit
Come see us during the Haddonfield Night Market!
Registration is open for Submission Shine 2026! This online critique intensive gives participants an opportunity to receive agent feedback on multiple projects. Today on the blog, meet participating agent Kristen Terrette of Martin Literary. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/c...
'Tis the season for spooky stories! I had a great time talking about why scary stories matter with some of my fellow spooky middle grade authors on the SCBWI blog. Check it out! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #spookymg #SCBWI
A lovely review from @marylannireads.bsky.social! Thank you! ☺️
Thank you for reading and reviewing! 🥰👻📚
Congrats!!! 🎉
My teen doing physics homework was answering a question about the movement of a Slinky and I immediately launch into the Slinky commercial jingle from 1979. My brain is weird, y’all!
This is going to be such an awesome event!
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Text: Looking for some SPOOKY good books? Laura Parnum - The Haunting of Bellington Cottage and Heather Stigall - Gilbert and the Ghost. Philly Book Crawl, August 23, 2-4 pm at Booked, 8511 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Heard about the Philly Bookstore Crawl? I’ll be at Booked in Chestnut Hill with @heatherstigall7.bsky.social and we’ll be featuring our brand new ghost books!! Hope to see you there!
#kidlit #spookybooks #booksigning
LAST DAY to register for a CRITIQUE for our in-person Illustrator Day and PB Author Day on 9/27. A few critique spots left, including with Art Agent Mela Bolinao—Don't miss out. Get to know Mela in this interview with @berrietr.bsky.social. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/c...
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Had an absolute BLAST celebrating the launch of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage! Thanks to everyone who came out and to @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for leading the discussion. We talked creepy dolls, taxidermy, and liminal spaces in the novel!
#kidlit #spookymg #bookrelease #middlegradebooks
What a great time tonight! Thank you @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for sharing the stage with me!
For signed books click on this link ➡️ childrensbookworld.net/parnum-autog...
Today’s the day! The Haunting of Bellington Cottage is out in the world. For ages 8-12 and anyone who likes friendship stories with a side of spookiness!
Creepy dolls, a homemade Ouija board, nighttime disturbances, and two girls trying to navigate interpersonal relationships and life changes. 🕷️👻🕷️
For every copy of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage sold through Children's Book World up to and including the release date (7/29), I'll donate $2 to West Philadelphia Alliance for Children. WePAC provides library programing for Philly public schools that don't have library staff. (Link above)
Text: Book Release Event! The Haunting of Bellington Cottage Author Laura Parnum With author Nicole Wolverton July 29 at 7pm Meet author Laura Parnum * Book discussion led by author Nicole Wolverton * Reading * Q&A * Book signing *Refreshments * Giveaways * Celebration! Children's Book World, 17 Haverford Station Rd, Haverford, PA 19041
In one week! Join me in conversation with @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social for the release of my second novel, The Haunting of Bellington Cottage!
Signed books can be purchased at this link! childrensbookworld.net/parnum-autog...
Heh heh! Love these!