by Laura Godfrey

Fall preview 2013: non-fiction and international titles for young people

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated books for young readers. Non-fiction Deborah Ellis spent two years travelling across the U.S. and Canada speaking to native children for Looks Like Daylight: ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Fall preview 2013: fiction and picture books for young people

By Laura Godfrey

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated books for young readers. Fiction In August, Scholastic Canada offers up a brand new YA series from the prolific Gordon Korman. In The Hypnotists: ... Read More »

June 6, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Ten years of TCAF

By Laura Godfrey

If you've attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in recent years, you may find it hard to believe that this thriving event began a decade ago in a modest church space, with about 70 artists ... Read More »

May 7, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Inspired reading: getting kids to engage with important books

By Laura Godfrey

Whether it's war and poverty on the evening news or bullying in our own schools, we all wish we could protect children from life's harsh realities. But at the same time, we want them to ... Read More »

February 26, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Spring preview 2013: international books

By Laura Godfrey

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest international titles. Fiction Afghan-born Khaled Hosseini, author of the ... Read More »

January 11, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Casting for votes: CBC and the Giller Prize

By Laura Godfrey

Last year, the public had a say in nominating a book for the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. This year, the Readers' Choice Award will still be presented, but the title will not appear on the ... Read More »

August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Eastern Canada sweeps nominations for children’s book awards

By Laura Godfrey

Who better to judge the success of children's books than a group of grade schoolers? That's exactly what students from Brampton, Ontario's Huttonville Public School will be doing on May 26, when they decide the ... Read More »

April 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Riverdale reaches for the rainbow

By Laura Godfrey

The Internet is buzzing with the news that on Sept. 1, Archie Comics' Veronica will introduce the series' first openly gay character: a blond-haired, blue-eyed knockout named Kevin Keller. The initial storyline, titled Isn't it ... Read More »

April 23, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Film based on Allan Stratton’s Chanda’s Secrets to compete at Cannes

By Laura Godfrey

It was already big news for YA author Allan Stratton when his 2004 novel Chanda's Secrets, which tells the story of a 16-year-old girl growing up in sub-Saharan Africa during the AIDS pandemic, was adapted ... Read More »

April 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

$2 million reward for book-loving fugitive in B.C.

By Laura Godfrey

One of the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives is a book-loving octogenarian believed to be hiding in Victoria, B.C. According to the FBI's website, James J. Whitey Bulger has a record of 19 counts of ... Read More »

April 20, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

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Fall preview 2013: non-fiction and international titles for young people

Fall preview 2013: fiction and picture books for young people

Ten years of TCAF

Inspired reading: getting kids to engage with important books

Spring preview 2013: international books

Casting for votes: CBC and the Giller Prize

Eastern Canada sweeps nominations for children’s book awards

Riverdale reaches for the rainbow

Film based on Allan Stratton’s Chanda’s Secrets to compete at Cannes

$2 million reward for book-loving fugitive in B.C.

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