The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced its latest seminar, which focuses on self-promotion for authors: "The Business of Writing: Selling Your Books, Selling Yourself." A panel of experts comprising author-illustrator Debbie Ohi, authors Helaine ... Read More »
For most of us, social media is nothing more than a way of avoiding the more important things we should be doing. But it was via Facebook that Margriet Ruurs, author of more than 30 ... Read More »
September 19, 2016
Writing is in Trilby Kent’s DNA. Mom, Cilla, was a journalist in her native South Africa, and dad is Conservative MP Peter Kent, who made a name for himself over the course of a lengthy ... Read More »
August 3, 2016 | Filed under: Preview
In the short time since graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014, this issue’s cover artist, Esmé Shapiro, has garnered lots of attention for her illustration work. Now based in Brooklyn, New ... Read More »
August 3, 2016 | Filed under: Preview
Hot on the heels of the release of We Found a Hat this October, Jon Klassen is set to publish the first title in a new series created with Marc Barnett, his collaborator on Sam and ... Read More »
August 3, 2016 | Filed under: Book news
What I am is what I am Multiple Lambda Literary Award nominee Vivek Shraya tells the story of a young South Asian boy whose mother nurtures his curiosity and burgeoning self-expression in The Boy and ... Read More »
June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview
The votes are in and the plaques have been handed out. The Ontario Library Association has announced the winners of the 2016 Forest of Reading program, following three days of ceremonies and book-related fun at ... Read More »
May 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
To celebrate this month's 40th anniversary of the publication of Eric Wilson’s first middle-grade novel, Murder on the Canadian, HarperCollins Canada has reissued the title, complete with a snazzy new cover. The mystery was the ... Read More »
May 18, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing
This is Sadie is coming to the stage. The New York City Children's Theater will produce a stage version of Sara O'Leary's story of a little girl with a big imagination, set to premiere in ... Read More »
April 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing
Rosemary McCarney has long been a champion of human rights and standing up for those in need. During her time as president and CEO of Plan Canada, she oversaw the Because I am a Girl ... Read More »
April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing