The news that Toronto's beloved independent children's bookstore Mabel's Fables is facing a rent increase of 70 per cent, which would force it to shutter, has led to an outpouring of support. There's a ... Read More »
March 9, 2020
Effective April 1, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre will be moving to a new address: 425 Adelaide ... Read More »
March 3, 2020
Last September, the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) put the word out that it was looking for a new home for its regional collection, which until now has been housed in the CCBC library at ... Read More »
February 27, 2020
The Bologna Children's Book Fair announced earlier this week that they would be postponing the event from March 30 to May 4, due to the spread of the coronavirus and, in particular, the outbreak in ... Read More »
February 27, 2020
In her 2018 memoir, The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, Vancouver writer Lindsay Wong described how her mother would drag her and her siblings to the ... Read More »
February 27, 2020
When Jeremy Tankard handed over his latest manuscript to his agent, she said, “You’ve got such a great story here, but the voice feels wrong – it should be funnier than it is. Why don’t ... Read More »
February 24, 2020
This is the time of year when Ontario students are diligently working through their Forest of Reading Award book lists, preparing to vote on their favourites and getting excited about the festival days in May, ... Read More »
February 10, 2020
On Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Toronto District School Board announced it has chosen Hana’s Suitcase (Second Story Press, 2002) as the “One Book” to commemorate the anniversary. Thanks to a donation from ... Read More »
January 27, 2020
MIDDLE GRADE Footsteps in Bay de Verde: A Mysterious Tale Charis Cotter and Jenny Dwyer, ill. Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides, May Newfoundland author Charis Cotter explores the province’s folk traditions in this creepy ... Read More »
January 9, 2020
The Truth About Wind Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert; Duan Petričić, ill. Annick Press, April It’s been over 10 years since these authors and illustrator collaborated on the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winner Mattland. ... Read More »
January 9, 2020
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