by Inderjit Deogun

2026 Sunburst Award longlist announced

Ten books have been longlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Jurors A.G. Pasquella, Daniel Perry, and A.C. Wise selected the longlist from more than 100 submitted books. The longlisted ... Read More »

June 3, 2026

Personnel changes: Owlkids Books

By Inderjit Deogun

Danielle Laver has been promoted to Canadian sales and rights manager at Owlkids Books. Taylor Lytle-Hewlett has been promoted to marketing ... Read More »

June 1, 2026

Zoulfa Katouh

By Inderjit Deogun

Zoulfa Katouh gets personal in her sophomore young adult novel, The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

May 27, 2026

Bestsellers: Top 10 Canadian Books for Young Readers, May 17–23, 2026

By Inderjit Deogun

May 27, 2026

The IBBY World Congress is at hand

By Inderjit Deogun

The 40th World Congress for the International Board on Books for Young People is but a few months away. And for the first time since Canada founded a national chapter of the charitable organization in ... Read More »

May 27, 2026

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award 2026 shortlists announced

By Inderjit Deogun

The Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Arts Foundation have released the 2026 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award shortlists. The annual awards, which come with a $6,000 prize each, recognize artistic excellence in writing ... Read More »

May 26, 2026

Comme des géants evolves into Comme des géants Group

By Inderjit Deogun

Comme des géants, Le lièvre de mars, and Milky Way Picture Books have formally come together as Comme des géants Group. The new identity coincides with the fifth anniversary of the English-language publishing imprint Milky ... Read More »

May 26, 2026

Bestsellers: Top 10 Canadian Nonfiction, May 10–16, 2026

By Inderjit Deogun

May 20, 2026

2026 Forest of Reading winners announced

By Inderjit Deogun

The Ontario Library Association (OLA) and the Forest of Reading have announced the winners of the 2026 Forest of Reading Awards. The two-day event, which had an in-person event at Harbourfront in Toronto and a ... Read More »

May 14, 2026