by Inderjit Deogun

Leona and Gabrielle Prince’s Be a Good Ancestor continues to captivate readers’ hearts

When working on their picture book, Be a Good Ancestor, sisters Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince-Astrope grounded the text in the teachings they learned as children growing up in the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli ... Read More »

October 11, 2023

The PMC Indigenous Literature Award winners announced

By Inderjit Deogun

Two books by Indigenous authors are being honoured with the Periodical Marketers of Canada PMC Indigenous Literature Award. The award was inspired by the annual First Nations Communities READ program, which celebrates and promotes the importance of ... Read More »

October 3, 2023

Nadia L. Hohn

By Inderjit Deogun

Nadia L. Hohn on the power of community

September 6, 2023

2023 Vine Awards shortlist announced

By Inderjit Deogun

The Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced the finalists for the 2023 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature. The annual awards honour Canadian writers who are Jewish or who deal with Jewish subjects across ... Read More »

August 28, 2023

2023 Fall Preview: Young Adult and Nonfiction

By Inderjit Deogun

YOUNG ADULT A Pretty Implausible Premise Karen Rivers Algonquin Young Readers/Hachette Book Group, September For Hattie and Presley, it was love at first sight. With so much in common – both are grieving, haunted ... Read More »

August 2, 2023

2023 Fall Preview: Middle Grade and Graphic Novels

By Inderjit Deogun

MIDDLE GRADE We the Sea Turtles: A collection of island stories Michelle Kadarusman Pajama Press, September Michelle Kadarusman returns with We the Sea Turtles, a collection of eight short stories, each featuring a child, located ... Read More »

July 26, 2023

2023 Fall Preview: Picture Books

By Inderjit Deogun

Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior Carole Lindstrom and Bridget George, ill. Roaring Brook/Macmillan, September New York Times–bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Bridget George (It's a Mitig!) bring readers this inspiring picture book biography about Anishinaabe ... Read More »

July 19, 2023

Personnel changes: The FOLD

By Inderjit Deogun

Amanda Leduc, communications and development coordinator, will be taking a leave of absence from July 2023 to August 2024 to dedicate time to her writing. Jonisha Lewinson will be taking over the temporary, one-year post ... Read More »

July 11, 2023

Groundwood Books celebrates a milestone anniversary

By Inderjit Deogun

This year, Toronto-based publisher Groundwood Books celebrates its 45th anniversary. In the late 1970s, Patricia Aldana, founder of the children’s publisher, recognized that there were few Canadian publishers who specialized in children’s books. It was ... Read More »

June 28, 2023

Ripple Foundation announces Kids Write 4 Kids contest winners

By Inderjit Deogun

The winners of the 2023 Kids Write 4 Kids creative writing challenge were announced on June 22. Hosted by Ripple Foundation, the annual contest is open to aspiring young writers in grades 4–8. The winners, ... Read More »

June 23, 2023

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