The Festival of Literary Diversity is launching a spinoff festival that will focus on children’s literature.
Sarah Raughley on what it’s like to finish the last book in a fantasy trilogy
After her six-year journey of writing and publishing, Raughley reflects on what’s she learned about herself, her characters, and the industry
IBBY Canada releases a recommended list of 100 picture books by Indigenous authors
The IBBY Canada hopes that libraries will add the books to their collections and that librarians, educators, and readers will share the list.
Firefly Books partners with award-winning kids’ show The Gumboot Kids
Firefly Books editorial director Steve Cameron describes CBC’s Scout & the Gumboot Kids preschool TV show as “Wes Anderson–level stop motion animation meets really great nature facts.”
Books of the Year 2018: Kids’ books of the year
Q&Q’s Books for Young People editor shares her favourite children’s titles of 2018.
Books of the Year 2018: Kidlit aficionados pick their top titles
Librarians, book bloggers, and booksellers on some of the best children’s books of the year.
In Newfoundland, holiday choral performances are turned into kids’ books
Robert Chafe’s Shiny and New and Bernice Morgan’s Seasons Before the War began as Christmas concerts.
Rose Vespa named new executive director of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Vespa has spent her career in library services and in public sector leadership roles, including most recently as director of library services for the Mississauga Library System
Marianne Dubuc takes home all three awards at the TD-Canadian Children’s Book Centre gala
Andrea Torrey Balsara wins Literary Classics award
The Great & the Small is an illustrated YA fantasy novel in which rats rise up for a revolution against humans