by Dory Cerny

Charis Cotter wins IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award

Newfoundland author (and Q&Q reviewer) Charis Cotter has received the 2015 IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award for Children's Literature for her middle-grade novel The Swallow: A Ghost Story (Tundra Books). Established in 1984 by ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

New Anne of Green Gables movie coming to YTV

By Dory Cerny

Move over Megan Follows, there's a new Anne in town. Breakthrough Entertainment and Corus Entertainment have jointed forces on a new two-hour TV-movie adaptation of our country's most enduring story for young readers. Lucy Maud ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Melanie Florence and Susan Currie win inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest

By Dory Cerny

Second Story Press has announced the winners of its inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest, launched in celebration of the publisher's 25th anniversary. Toronto journalist and author Melanie Florence, who is of Cree–Scottish heritage, and Brampton, Ontario, ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Kenneth Oppel win 2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards

By Dory Cerny

The winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards were announced on May 15 at Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto. Students of the school in Grades 3–4 and Grades 7–8 ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

OLA hands out 2015 Forest of Reading awards at Festival of Trees

By Dory Cerny

Despite some tumultuous weather, thousands of kids and authors gathered at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre May 12–13 to celebrate the Ontario Library Association's Festival of Trees, in association with IFOA. Along with author signings, workshops, and ... Read More »

May 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

Exclusive sneak peek: Dennis Lee’s Garbage Delight board book

By Dory Cerny

HarperCollins Canada is adding another updated edition of a Dennis Lee classic to their catalogue of sturdy books for babies. Originally published in the 1977 poetry collection of the same name, Garbage Delight will be ... Read More »

May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Publishing today: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay

By Dory Cerny

Owen Sound, Ontario, artist and author Elly MacKay caught our eye with her debut picture book, If You Hold a Seed (Running Press Kids/PGC) in 2013. Since then, MacKay has kept busy, releasing her second ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Q&A: Kathy Kacer on her new play, collaborating with her son, and writing about the Holocaust

By Dory Cerny

Since the 1999 publication of her first novel for young readers, The Secret of Gabi’s Dresser (Second Story Press), Kathy Kacer has built a career on informing readers about the Holocaust in her children’s fiction ... Read More »

April 28, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Groundwood Books picks up two Canadian Library Association awards

By Dory Cerny

The Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques has announced the winners of their 2015 awards, sponsored by the Library Services Centre, with two of the honours going to titles from Groundwood Books. This One Summer by ... Read More »

April 22, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards shortlists announced

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Arts Council announced the shortlists for the 2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards this morning. The two annual awards, in the categories of Children's Picture Book and Young Adult/Middle Reader, each ... Read More »

April 22, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

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Charis Cotter wins IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award

New Anne of Green Gables movie coming to YTV

Melanie Florence and Susan Currie win inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest

Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Kenneth Oppel win 2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards

OLA hands out 2015 Forest of Reading awards at Festival of Trees

Exclusive sneak peek: Dennis Lee’s Garbage Delight board book

Publishing today: Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay

Q&A: Kathy Kacer on her new play, collaborating with her son, and writing about the Holocaust

Groundwood Books picks up two Canadian Library Association awards

2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards shortlists announced

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