Quill and Quire

Search Results by tag: Kevin Sands

Book “nerds” rule the day at the Kids’ Lit Quiz

This year's national championships for the Kids' Lit Quiz will take place at St. Clements School, on Feb 8, at 7 p.m. For the uninitiated, this international competition brings together school teams of young readers ... Read More »

February 8, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Kevin Sands nominated for a 2016 Edgar Award

By Becky Robertson

The Mystery Writers of America has nominated Toronto author Kevin Sands for a 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the juvenile category for his debut novel The Blackthorn Key (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Canada). Sands is ... Read More »

January 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Books for Young People fall preview: titles for exploring

By Dory Cerny

FICTION If advance buzz (and comparisons to Lemony Snicket) are anything to go by, Nicholas Gannon’s middle-grade novel The Doldrums (Harper-Collins, Sept.) is a classic in the making. The sequel to Ellie Marney’s modern-day Sherlock ... Read More »

June 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Job Board