The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced this year’s pick for the TD Grade One Book Giveaway. This fall, every grade one child in Canada will receive a copy of Chaiwala! written by Priti Birla ... Read More »
May 15, 2023
In an announcement that coincides with their 15th anniversary, Telling Tales, the children's literary festival based in Hamilton, Ontario, has named Heather Kanabe their new executive director. She takes over on May 15 from festival ... Read More »
May 8, 2023
The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award shortlists for 2023 have been revealed. The annual awards, which come with a $6,000 prize each, recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian picture ... Read More »
May 3, 2023
The cohort for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s 2023 Rising Stars program has been announced. The program invites five established Canadian writers to select an emerging talent to mentor. The program, which was launched in ... Read More »
April 12, 2023
Illustrator Dena Seiferling has won the 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. Each year, IBBY Canada gives the $1,000 award to a Canadian illustrator for “outstanding artistic talent” in a Canadian picture book. Seiferling won ... Read More »
April 3, 2023
This month, TVOkids brings tween viewers Ainara's Bookshelf, a new kids' series by Turtlebox Productions that spotlights middle-grade books written by diverse creators. The series, first launched on marbleKids' YouTube channel on January 10, 2023, ... Read More »
February 1, 2023
Akim Aliu: Dreamer Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson Elysée; Karen De la Vega, ill. Scholastic Canada, Feb. From his upbringing in Parkdale to his dream of playing hockey and the racism he faced at every ... Read More »
January 25, 2023
More than a century after Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables was first published, a just-launched virtual exhibition will give readers from around the world a rare glimpse at the original manuscript of this ... Read More »
January 19, 2023
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