by Inderjit Deogun

Meet three young change-makers with a  literary flair

Damini Awoyiga, 13 Halifax Damini started the Afro-Indigenous Book Club, which is sponsored by the youth-informed pilot project Digitally Lit, on Sept. 14, 2020, in response to, as she says, the “lack of understanding young ... Read More »

July 14, 2021

Illustrator Holly Hatam on drawing Hair Twins

By Inderjit Deogun

Award-winning author Raakhee Mirchandani and New York Times bestselling illustrator Holly Hatam join forces for Hair Twins (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Ages 4–8). This charming picture book celebrates the unique hair bond between ... Read More »

July 7, 2021

Joy and diversity: Q&Q’s summer reading guide for young people

By Inderjit Deogun

Malaika’s Surprise Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher, ill. Groundwood Books, Ages 3–7 It’s been four years since this author and illustrator team collaborated on Malaika’s Costume, the first in the highly praised series. In ... Read More »

June 30, 2021

Orca Book Publishers redesigns its bestselling  lines for greater accessibility

By Inderjit Deogun

Ultra-Readable, a new format from Orca Book Publishers, was born out of the realization that a number of easy changes to the way books are designed would make them more accessible to readers over a ... Read More »

June 18, 2021

Sydney Smith wins 2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

By Inderjit Deogun

For the second time, Halifax-based illustrator Sydney Smith has won the CILIP Kate Greenway Medal. One of the U.K.’s oldest book awards for children and young people, the award was given to Smith on June ... Read More »

June 17, 2021

Remembering Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, children’s book author and residential school survivor

By Inderjit Deogun

Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, author, Inuvialiut knowledge keeper, and residential school survivor, died on April 21. She was 84 years old. Born on Baillie Island in the Arctic Ocean, the author of Fatty Legs: A True Story, ... Read More »

June 3, 2021

Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award winners announced

By Inderjit Deogun

On May 30th, winners of the 22nd Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award were announced in an online presentation streamed on both YouTube and Hackmatack’s Facebook page. Students in Grades 4–6 participated in the program by reading ... Read More »

June 1, 2021

GG Winners Circle: The Fan Brothers (Young people’s literature – illustrated book)

By Inderjit Deogun

The Barnabus Project, about a secret lab deep underground where “failed projects” live, sees all three Fan Brothers – Terry, Eric, and Devin – team up for their first picture-book collaboration. “We feel privileged to ... Read More »

June 1, 2021

Forest of Reading Awards announces second round of winners

By Inderjit Deogun

The next three winners of the Forest of Reading Awards have been announced as the annual festival enters day two of the ceremony. Yesterday, the winners of the Blue Spruce Award, the Red Maple Award, ... Read More »

May 19, 2021

Bestsellers: Naomi Klein and Rebecca Stefoff address the generation that is changing the world

By Inderjit Deogun

Since her days as a columnist for The Globe and Mail, Naomi Klein has written eight New York Times bestselling books and co-authored Canada’s Leap Manifesto, a blueprint for transitioning off fossil fuels. For How ... Read More »

May 10, 2021

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