Two client books are on the Read Across America list of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Recommended Titles! Congrats to Lily LaMotte (MEASURING UP) and Mitali Perkins (YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR)! View the list here: nea.org/professional-e…

Thank you! Fly, little book, fly! justmakingguide.com

Starting now! => We Are Meant to Make: Nourishing Your Spirit and Community Through the Arts youtu.be/J59T98FMPI8?fe… via YouTube

How can we justify making beautiful things when so many people are suffering? In Just Making, Mitali Perkins offers guidance on how to keep making art infused with truth and goodness, not to ignore a world in distress but for the sake of loving it. hubs.li/Q03lsjX10

Come write with me on retreat in Cupertino, California July 31-August 3. olscretreat.org/writing-retreat

Why should we make art while injustice & suffering wreak havoc? How can we justify making beautiful things? Join us next Saturday when Mitali Perkins will discuss how we can make art that heals suffering, transmits truth, & confronts the oppressor. RSVP: perkinsbbs.eventbrite.com

Oooh! A new Mitali Perkins title (October 7, 2025)! Now if Charlesbridge would just approve me!

Last of eight talks in six days. Last night I dreamed I was giving a speech to a large crowd of knitting middle-aged women who were chatting amongst themselves and not listening to a word I was saying. It’s all good. Boulder Book Store

Thanks to everyone who came! Boulder Book Store

Becoming a monarch butterfly is hard work. Lots of crunching as a caterpillar and patience as a pupa.

So glad to hear.

It was fun to read Charlesbridge Mitali Perkins THE GOLDEN NECKLACE while in the mountains... of West Virginia, not near Darjeeling!

Roget and I spending the day together in the UK via our books.

The ⁦Presbyterian Outlook⁩ liked my book! justmakingguide.com

Celebrating my 23rd book with a cup of Darjeeling tea. THE GOLDEN NECKLACE releases 10/7 but I opened a package from the fabulous team at Charlesbridge and here it is! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779665/t…

Why is building hope considered less of a literary achievement than crushing it? americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2… via America Magazine

The indomitable KATY PERRY kept roaring even after a terrifying mid-song jolt at the Chase Center last night. #katyperry #lifetimestour

A musician wrote a beautiful song about growing up between cultures based on my picture book, HOME IS IN BETWEEN. "Home is in the heartbeat that no border can divide ..." youtu.be/-GhyoLMPv70

In which the evidence of my vainglory might make you cringe. open.spotify.com/episode/4uHYsf… Jonathan Rogers