Nine young-adult submissions have been received for this year’s 2018 CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature.
Go Away, Unicorn! jumps from picture book to small screen
The 2010 picture book from B.C. publisher McKellar & Martin gets the Disney treatment
Common Deer Press launches children’s book writing contest
Co-owners Ellie Sipila and Kirsten Marion have issued a challenge to Canadian writers, calling it an “Uncommon Quest for a Great Canadian Children’s Novel”
How Geneviève Castrée’s posthumous A Bubble came to be
“In her final weeks alive, Geneviève clung to finishing this book for our daughter with intense focus and devotion.”
Crwth Press saves Sono Nis children’s books after the fire
After two years in limbo, British Columbia authors and illustrators will see their books in print.
This week in CanKidLit: awards, residencies, and an Indigenous peoples atlas from Canadian Geographic
The latest news and awards from and for Canadian children’s publishers.
Wendy McLeod MacKnight introduces the Beaverbrook Art Gallery to middle-grade readers
Wendy McLeod MacKnight’s second book, The Frame-Up, takes a magical premise – that the subjects in paintings are secretly alive in a world behind their frames – and turns it into an utterly charming page-turner for young readers.
Sydney Smith wins prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal
Smith was in attendance at the June 18 CILIP event, held at the British Library in London, and he gave a moving speech: “Too often you believe that growing up in a small town is unrelatable… it’s in the quiet moments that we see the stories that we share.”
Chantel Guertin says goodbye to Pippa Greene
In May, Toronto author and TV beauty expert Chantel Guertin wrapped up her Pippa Greene YA series with the fourth instalment, Golden Hour.
Diversity driving sales in kidlit, says Book Summit keynote Zareen Jaffery
Zareen Jaffery, the keynote speaker at the Toronto publishing conference Book Summit, on her role as acquiring editor for Simon & Schuster’s Muslim children’s book imprint, Salaam Reads.
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