Thirty-nine Canadian English- and French-language publishers and two literary agencies will be in attendance at this year’s fair, including first-timers Firefly Books and Coteau Books.
Revisiting The Landing with John Ibbitson, 10 years later
Ten years after winning the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s literature, the historical YA novel The Landing by John Ibbitson is being reissued by Kids Can Press, with all the proceeds going to a great cause: the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.
Kidlit Spotlight: Nancy Vo stakes her claim with an Old West picture-book trilogy
While browsing her local independent bookstore in 2011, Nancy Vo had an “aha” moment. She had just discovered Jon Klassen’s bestseller I Want My Hat Back: “I was floored and thought, ‘How did a picture book just do that to me?’ It sealed the deal – I was on a path to making kids’ books.”
New Heritage Minute features Lucy Maud Montgomery’s struggles with depression and rejection
A latest Canadian Heritage Minute marks International Women’s Day, by focusing on the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Toronto’s Little Island Comics reopens
Just over a year after closing its former Mirvish Village location, Toronto children’s comic bookstore Little Island Comics has a new home.
Seraphina author Rachel Hartman on how her quasi-evangelical upbringing led to her new heroine
In 2012, readers went wild for Rachel Hartman’s YA fantasy Seraphina – which was a Quill & Quire book of the year – shooting the debut author up the New York Times bestseller list.
Owlkids Books named finalist for Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year
Toronto’s Owlkids Books has been shortlisted for this year’s Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.
Annick Press named finalist for Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year
Toronto’s Annick Press has been shortlisted for this year’s Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.
Kidlit Spotlight: Looking to children’s authors to change the schoolyard status quo
In many children’s books, bullying encapsulates a central dilemma of growing up: how to find your voice when others (often bigger, older, or more powerful) seem determined to keep you silent. The quirky kid dodging daily harassment from schoolyard antagonists has become almost a cliché of middle-grade and YA fiction, while books for younger children aim to address bullying before it moves out of grown-ups’ sight and onto social media.
Esther the Wonder Pig makes her picture book debut
Q+A with Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter about how life with Esther the social media star makes for excellent fodder for a children’s book series.
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