It was community activism that sparked in Sheree Fitch the idea of opening a bookshop. The Nova Scotia poet and children’s author of more than 25 books had recently moved with her husband, Gilles Plante, ... Read More »
May 15, 2017
Canadian children's author Gisela Tobien Sherman died April 23 at the age of 69. Sherman suffered a heart attack while on one of the regular two-hour hikes she took near her home in Dundas, Ontario. Sherman was the ... Read More »
April 24, 2017 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing, People
The Ontario Arts Foundation has announced the shortlists for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards, with five titles making the cut in each of two categories: Children's Picture Book and Young Adult/Middle Reader. ... Read More »
April 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing
HarperCollins Canada is marking the publication of The Lotterys Plus One, Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue's first children's book, with a stylin' book trailer (featuring art by Lotterys illustrator Caroline Hadilaksono), and Quill & Quire gets ... Read More »
March 28, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing
The 54th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair will take place April 3-6, and Canada will be well represented with 35 publishers (19 French-language), two agencies, and non-profit organization Livres Canada Books, among others, ... Read More »
March 27, 2017
Lauded Montreal illustrator Isabelle Arsenault is the winner of the 2016 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Louis parmi les spectres, written by Fanny Britt (Éditions de la Pastèque). Founded in 1985 and administered ... Read More »
March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Q&Q asked authors Robin Stevenson and Sarah N. Harvey about collaborating on Blood on the Beach, a YA thriller out with Orca Book Publishers in March. In the novel, a group of teen “delinquents” is ... Read More »
March 6, 2017
A multimedia symphonic work inspired by Canadian author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Dušan Petričić's picture book, The Man with the Violin (Annick Press), will have its world premiere Feb. 12 at the Kennedy Center for ... Read More »
February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
Young-adult mystery author Norah McClintock has died following a nine-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Fellow author and long-time friend Frieda Wishinsky, who visited McClintock shortly before her death, announced the author's passing in a Facebook ... Read More »
February 8, 2017 | Filed under: Industry news, People
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