by Alison Jones

2022 Fall Preview: Books for Young People – Young Adult

As Long as the Lemon Tree Grows Zoulfa Katouh Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/Hachette, Sept. When the wounded begin to flood the hospital in Homs where she volunteers, Salama Kaassab must decide between her ... Read More »

September 21, 2022

2022 Fall Preview: Books for Young Readers – Sequels and Poetry

By Alison Jones

SEQUELS Blood Like Fate Liselle Sambury Margaret K. McElderry Books/S&S, Aug. In the sequel to Blood Like Magic, Voya Thomas has become a full-fledged witch, but it cost her everything – her grandmother, her family, ... Read More »

September 14, 2022

CCBC Book Awards announces 2022 shortlist

By Alison Jones

The finalists for the 2022 CCBC Book Awards have been announced. Handed out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the eight awards celebrate exceptional books for young people. This year's program features two inaugural awards: ... Read More »

September 8, 2022

2022 Fall Preview: Books for Young People – Nonfiction

By Alison Jones

Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers Gregor Craigie and Kathleen Fu, ill. Orca Book Publishers, Sept. The first instalment in the new Orca Timeline series, Why Humans Build Up, ... Read More »

September 7, 2022

Ripple Foundation launches inaugural virtual conference next month

By Alison Jones

Ripple Foundation, a volunteer-run education charity advocating for creative literacy among Canadian children in grades four to 12, will be holding its inaugural virtual conference Express Inspire Connect on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Headlining the ... Read More »

September 7, 2022

2022 Fall Preview: Books for Young People – The Budding Naturalist

By Alison Jones

The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium Jess Keating and Michelle Mee Nutter, ill. Knopf BFYR/PRHC, Oct. In this STEM book, ... Read More »

August 24, 2022

2022 Spring Preview: Books for Young People

By Alison Jones

PICTURE BOOKS My Lala Thomas King and Charlene Chua, ill. Tundra Books/PRHC, June From Governor General’s Literary Award–winning author King comes the story of Lala, who decides she owns everything. From her bear to her ... Read More »

January 19, 2022

2022 Spring Preview: Nonfiction

By Alison Jones

Titles that inform, provoke, and inspire new ways of looking at the world Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower Charlie Angus House of Anansi Press, Feb. MP and author Charlie ... Read More »

January 12, 2022

Q&Q’s art director examines this year’s  trends in cover design

By Alison Jones

In cover design, big type and bright colours aren’t so much a trope as they are a necessity. Now that it has become essential for a cover to grab our attention as a thumbnail on ... Read More »

December 15, 2021

Winnipeg artists’ latest book has been in the works for more than a decade

By Alison Jones

“You can’t judge a book by its cover” is an apt summary of Library, the latest art book by contemporary Winnipeg artists Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber. Collaborators since their days at the University of ... Read More »

November 24, 2021

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