The latest news and awards from and for Canadian children’s publishers.
Omar El Akkad among winners of $10,000 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
Omar El Akkad, Maria Qamar, and Sheena Kamal were named the winners of the third annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes.
Diane Schoemperlen honoured with $50,000 Canada Council Molson Prize
Kingston, Ontario–based writer Diane Schoemperlen has been awarded the $50,000 Canada Council for the Arts’ Molson Prize.
Distribution change: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
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.
National Business Book Award welcome new sponsors
Personnel change: HarperCollins
Fall Preview 2018: Seven debuts
Seven stellar debut Canadian titles from the forthcoming season.
The Marrow Thieves author Cherie Dimaline remains true to her role as a Métis “storykeeper” amid international acclaim
The meteoric rise of her dystopian novel, currently in its ninth printing, has kept Dimaline and her publisher on their toes.
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