Phil Bildner

Those who seek to restrict access to books — to ban books — have never been on the right side of history. Never. Bad people ban books.

July 24th is the anniversary of my coming out as gay. Each year, I commemorate the occasion, and last year, the date had particular meaning, so I wrote a post about it. If you have a few minutes, I hope you'll take the time to read and perhaps share it. theauthorvillage.com/phil-bildner...

Empathy is not a trait of weakness, despite what he and his followers believe.

Ball Don’t Lie

Proving once again, he does indeed ruin and taint everything. He’s a taint. He’s the taint.

Does Your Child Play Youth Sports? If your child plays youth sports, get ready. Gender verification -- a disgusting and dehumanizing practice -- is coming your way. How do we know your child is really a girl? Yeah, that's what today's hateful and ignorant Supreme Court decision has ushered in.

Joy is Resistance! These past couple weeks, my feed has been filled with beautiful posts of people visiting the Obama Presidential Center. My favorites have been of authors visiting the library and seeing that their book(s) are included in the collection. Books matter. The truth matters.

Everything about The Reflecting Pool at this moment— the perfect metaphor for the Trump regime and his true believer followers.

Thank you to @joannahowrites.bsky.social for your wisdom and bravery. Her post in @slj.com, In Defense of the Didactic, speaks truth to power. Now more than ever, it's important for the authentic ambassadors of the kidlit community to support children's book creators. www.slj.com/story/In-Def...

For Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders Who (Now) Love Basketball! Looking for summer reading or back-to-school reading for the young people in your life who are (now) all-in with basketball thanks to the New York Knicks historic run? Please consider sharing my middle grade Rip & Red series with them.

From a text conversation with my friend Teddy in October:

Go to City Hall. Don’t go to the White House.

Brooklyn sounds like the night President Obama won!