by Inderjit Deogun

Three contributors show their Kids' Books of the Year pics

Kids’ Books of the Year: Canada’s book community shares its top  children’s titles of 2021

On the Trapline David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, ill. Tundra Books This lovely intergenerational story focuses on Moshom and his grandson as they fly up north to the trapline. They visit the places where ... Read More »

December 8, 2021

Books of the Year: Canada’s book community shares their favourite  reads of 2021

By Inderjit Deogun

Satellite Love Genki Ferguson McClelland & Stewart A stunning debut novel, Satellite Love is the beautiful and ethereal tale of a young woman’s loneliness and her connections to the people around her. There’s a dreamlike ... Read More »

December 1, 2021

Winners of the 2021 CCBC Book Awards revealed

By Inderjit Deogun

On Friday, October 29, the CCBC revealed the winners of its six English‐language children’s book awards in an event that was hosted through the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA). The six winners are as ... Read More »

November 3, 2021

Tundra Books launches interactive installation, Halloween Monster Tales

By Inderjit Deogun

Tundra Books, a division of Penguin Random House Canada, in partnership with Celebration Square and the City of Mississauga is launching Halloween Monster Tales, a free, larger-than-life interactive installation. From October 22–31, visitors will be able ... Read More »

October 26, 2021

The 2022 Forest of Reading nominations are revealed

By Inderjit Deogun

The Ontario Library Association has unveiled the nominees for the 2022 Forest of Reading. The 10 nominees in the Blue Spruce category (JK–Grade 2) include the latest in the highly praised Malaika's series, Malaika's Surprise (Groundwood ... Read More »

October 15, 2021

Ripple Foundation’s 10th annual Kids Write 4 Kids contest open for entries

By Inderjit Deogun

The 10th 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 for ... Read More »

October 13, 2021

KidLit Special: Five children’s book illustrators share their adventures in storytelling

By Inderjit Deogun

QIN LENG is an animator, author, and Governor General’s Literary Award nominated illustrator. For her latest picture book New Year (Greystone Kids, Nov.), she worked with ink and watercolour. What sparked your interest in ... Read More »

September 15, 2021

CCBC Book Awards announces 2021 shortlist

By Inderjit Deogun

The finalists for the 2021 CCBC Book Awards have been announced. Handed out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the eight awards celebrate exceptional books for young people. The shortlisted titles are: TD Canadian Children’s ... Read More »

September 14, 2021

Second Story Press announces winners of the 2021 Indigenous Writing Contest

By Inderjit Deogun

On June 24, Hali Heavy Shield, a Blackfoot storyteller, and Heather O'Watch, a Nakota and Plains Cree woman from the Okanese First Nation, were named co-winners of Second Story Press's 2021 Indigenous Writing Contest. Shield ... Read More »

July 27, 2021

Meet three young change-makers with a  literary flair

By Inderjit Deogun

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

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