June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview
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 »
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
Margaret Atwood's alliterative Wenda will be wandering to television screens in winter 2017, Kids' CBC has announced. The animated series from Breakthrough Entertainment, inspired by Atwood's children's book The Wide World of Wandering Wenda, began ... Read More »
May 10, 2016 | Filed under: 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
Toronto-based Groundwood Books was named best North American children's publisher of the year at the 2016 Bologna Children's Book Fair on April 4. "We're thrilled," says Groundwood president and publisher Sheila Berry. "We are able ... Read More »
April 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing
National women's charitable organization IODE has released the shortlist for its annual Violet Downey Book Award, honouring English-language children's books of 500 words or more published in Canada over the past year: Karen Bass; Uncertain ... Read More »
March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing
It’s been 40 years since the publication of Gordon Korman’s first novel for young readers (written when he was just 12 years old), This Can’t be Happening at Macdonald Hall. Who would have thought it ... Read More »
March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing
The Canadian Children's Book Centre is following up its successful So You Want to Get Published! seminar with a special event "just for illustrators." A panel of experts including author-illustrators Barbara Reid and Patricia Storms, ... Read More »
March 23, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Events
The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced that B.C. children's author-illustrator Ashley Spires's 2011 picture book, Small Saul (Kids Can Press), about a little pirate who lets his individuality shine, is the choice title for ... Read More »
March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing