The Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award recognizes artists who have made an “important, lasting contribution to children’s literature.”
Cary Fagan had a very good 2019 – straddling kidlit and adult literary fiction
The Toronto author released four thoughtful and entertaining children’s books and an award-nominated novel for adults in 2019
Eric Walters initiates “I Read Canadian Day” to promote homegrown authors and illustrators
Can you name the last Canadian book you handed to your child, teen, or student?
Linda Leith Publishing launches ruelle, a new imprint for young people
The Montreal publishing house plans to release two books a year, starting with ABC MTL.
Kidlit author Robin Stevenson uninvited to Illinois school after parent complains about LGBTQ+ content
The Victoria, B.C., author’s talk was cancelled when a parent took issue with the fact that Harvey Milk was included in her new book; although the school board tells a different story.
Cole Pauls on his nerdy Yukon comic collection Dakwäkãda Warriors
Cole Pauls’s Dakwäkãda Warriors is a comic collection for Indigenous youth in his hometown of Haines Junction, Yukon.
Shamim Sarif’s new YA queer female spy hero saves women and children
In her thriller, The Athena Protocol, the novelist and film director acknowledges the consequences of violence, even when it’s for a good cause
Kidlit Special: How Bologna Prize-winning Comme des géants stands out
Varennes, Quebec, children’s publisher Comme des géants has distinguished itself on the world stage in just five years.
Kidlit Special: Turtle Island team continue to reframe the history of North America
Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger, the duo behind Turtle Island: The Story of North America’s First History, return with What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal.
Kidlit Special: Miss Lou and Rita Joe celebrated in new picture books
This fall, two influential poets are being celebrated in picture books: Louise Bennett Coverley in Nadia L. Hohn’s A Likkle Miss Lou and Rita Joe in I’m Finding My Talk, a response poem by Rebecca Thomas.
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