by Inderjit Deogun

Ripple Foundation’s 11th annual Kids Write 4 Kids contest open for entries

The 11th annual Kids Write 4 Kids contest held by Ripple Foundation, a national youth education charity, is now open for entries. Young writers in grades 4–8 across Canada are encouraged to submit original stories of prose, ... Read More »

November 14, 2022

Diaspora Dialogues launches new mentoring program

By Inderjit Deogun

Diaspora Dialogues is now accepting picture book submissions from emerging writers of stories aimed at ages 3–7 and 4–8 that are 500–1000 words in length. Those writers selected will receive feedback from a Diaspora Dialogues writer-in-residence ... Read More »

November 14, 2022

Bushra Junaid

By Inderjit Deogun

Bushra Junaid’s middle-grade debut contemplates The Possible Lives of WH, Sailor

November 9, 2022

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith & Nicole Neidhardt

By Inderjit Deogun

Monique Gray Smith and Nicole Neidhardt on adapting Braiding Sweetgrass for a YA audience

November 2, 2022

The 2023 Forest of Reading nominees are revealed

By Inderjit Deogun

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2023 Forest of Reading. The 10 nominees in the Blue Spruce category (JK–Grade 2) include Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes (Annick Press) by Mahak Jain and ... Read More »

October 14, 2022

Winners of the 2022 CCBC Book Awards revealed

By Inderjit Deogun

On September 29, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) announced the winners of the 2022 CCBC Book Awards at an in-person ceremony held at Harbourfront Centre and presented in partnership with the Toronto International Festival ... Read More »

September 30, 2022

David A. Robertson appointed editorial director of new imprint at Tundra Book Group

By Inderjit Deogun

Award-winning author David A. Robertson will join Tundra Book Group in the newly created role of editorial director effective November 7, 2022. He will oversee a yet-to-be-named children’s imprint dedicated to publishing Indigenous writers and ... Read More »

September 27, 2022

Sandra Dumais named IBBY Canada’s 2022 Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence

By Inderjit Deogun

IBBY Canada's Joanne Fitzgerald Illustrator in Residence for 2022 is children's book author and illustrator Sandra Dumais. The program, which offers a published Canadian children’s book illustrator a month-long residency at a public library, will ... Read More »

September 23, 2022

2022 Fall Preview: Books for Young People – Middle Grade and Graphic Novels

By Inderjit Deogun

MIDDLE GRADE Apartment 713 Kevin Sylvester HarperCollins, Sept. Kidlit veteran Kevin Sylvester’s quirky new middle-grade novel follows two unlikely friends as they navigate secret ballrooms, hidden artwork, and time travel to uncover the mystery behind ... Read More »

August 31, 2022