Annick Press is putting out a call for submissions for a new anthology, aimed at ages 12+ and to be created by and for the trans, non-binary, and genderqueer communities – slated for publication in ... Read More »
November 30, 2020
Bringing Back the Wolves Jude Isabella and Kim Smith, ill. Kids Can Press Bringing Back the Wolves is not your typical animal-facts book. This is a mesmerizing non-fiction narrative about how, 30 years after grey ... Read More »
November 23, 2020
Quebec author Angèle Delaunois and Nova Scotia illustrator Sydney Smith are IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Canada’s nominees for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, which is given out every other year ... Read More »
November 16, 2020
If all goes according to plan, around this time next year the first winner of the Jean Little First Middle-Grade Novel Award will be named. When Canadian kidlit legend Jean Little died in April, she ... Read More »
November 3, 2020
A recent kidlit self-publishing success story has taken a surprise turn. A little over a year ago (before the pandemic and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter protests), author Tiyahna Ridley-Padmore and illustrator Merryl-Royce Ndema-Moussa ... Read More »
November 2, 2020
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre handed out its awards on Oct. 30 at an online ceremony during the Toronto International Festival of Authors. CBC Kids host Tony Kim was fun and energetic while announcing the ... Read More »
November 2, 2020
The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2021 Forest of Reading. The initiative raises the profile of Canadian authors and publishing houses by encouraging students to read and vote on books across ... Read More »
October 15, 2020
Jennifer Stokes is the new editorial director at Owlkids Books. Stokes is a children's author (Frank and Laverne) and has spent 15 years in the publishing industry, most recently as a senior editor at Kids ... Read More »
October 15, 2020
The staff of Toronto’s Another Story Bookshop is standing behind Saskatoon author Adam Pottle and is hoping that other bookstores will as well. Pottle, an award-winning poet and novelist whose work explores deafness and disability, ... Read More »
October 7, 2020
“I need a nap,” says Sam Maggs, during our phone interview from her home office in Los Angeles. The perpetually upbeat Canadian expat is exhausted; she’s had six books released this past year, as well ... Read More »
October 5, 2020
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