by Shanda Deziel

Métis author Deborah L. Delaronde set out to fill a gap in children’s picture books

Deborah L. Delaronde is a picture-book author, a part-time librarian, and a cattle rancher in central Manitoba. She wrote her first book featuring Métis characters and culture, A Name for Métis, to fill a gap ... Read More »

May 13, 2019

Heather Smith’s Ebb & Flow wins the 2018 BMO Winterset Award

By Shanda Deziel

Heather Smith has won the 2018 BMO Winterset Award for her middle-grade free-verse novel Ebb & Flow (Kids Can Press). The $12,500 prize celebrates excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing. Smith, who currently lives in Waterloo, ... Read More »

April 2, 2019

Eric and Terry Fan, Jon Klassen shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal

By Shanda Deziel

Three Canadian illustrators are on the shortlist for the 2019 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, the U.K.'s oldest and most prestigious children's literature prize for illustration. CILIP also administers the Carnegie Medal for children's writers. Toronto ... Read More »

March 20, 2019

Mariko Tamaki’s fresh and quirky take on Harley Quinn

By Shanda Deziel

In Harley Quinn, Breaking Glass, Toronto-born, California-based writer Mariko Tamaki joins British illustrator Steve Pugh in reimagining the antihero's teenage years. Harleen Quinzel heads to Gotham and ends up finding a family within a community ... Read More »

March 13, 2019

We Sang You Home receives an honour mention from the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Awards

By Shanda Deziel

Richard Van Camp and Julie Flett's board book, We Sang You Home (Orca Book Publishers), received an honour mention from the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Awards in the toddler category (books aimed at 1-3 year olds) – which ... Read More »

March 8, 2019

#ownvoices: Tanya Boteju turns reign as a drag king into funny, fresh debut

By Shanda Deziel

Book: Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens (Simon & Schuster, May) Author: Tanya Boteju, 40, grew up in Victoria and now teaches English and creative writing at a Vancouver high school. Synopsis: Protagonist Nima Kumara-Clark is shy, queer, ... Read More »

February 28, 2019

#ownvoices: Ben Philippe wrote the pop-culture savvy Black teen he wanted to see

By Shanda Deziel

Book: The Field Guide to the North American Teenager (Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins, Jan.) Author: Ben Philippe, 30, teaches English and film at Barnard College in New York City Synopsis: When Norris Kaplan’s single mom gets a ... Read More »

February 28, 2019

Byron Eggenschwiler on illustrating Kyo Maclear’s Operatic (and Q&Q’s March cover)

By Shanda Deziel

This month’s cover illustrator, Byron Eggenschwiler, is well known in the media world, having provided artwork to The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, GQ, and many others. But he’s a newbie to Canadian children’s books. ... Read More »

February 25, 2019

My first books: Groundwood publisher Semareh Al-Hillal on her kidlit favourites past and present

By Shanda Deziel

Semareh Al-Hillal joined Groundwood Books as publisher in May 2018, in time to celebrate the house’s 40th anniversary and its spectacular recent run of accolades and prizes, including a Governor General’s Literary Award for Young ... Read More »

January 21, 2019

Kidlit spring preview 2019: Middle-grade fiction, young-adult fiction, and non-fiction

By Shanda Deziel

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION Stand on the Sky Erin Bow Scholastic Canada, Feb. Critically acclaimed author Erin Bow (Plain Kate) sets her latest novel among the Kazakh nomads, who practice the 4,000-year-old tradition of training eagles to ... Read More »

January 17, 2019

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Métis author Deborah L. Delaronde set out to fill a gap in children’s picture books

Heather Smith’s Ebb & Flow wins the 2018 BMO Winterset Award

Eric and Terry Fan, Jon Klassen shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal

Mariko Tamaki’s fresh and quirky take on Harley Quinn

We Sang You Home receives an honour mention from the 2019 BolognaRagazzi Awards

#ownvoices: Tanya Boteju turns reign as a drag king into funny, fresh debut

#ownvoices: Ben Philippe wrote the pop-culture savvy Black teen he wanted to see

Byron Eggenschwiler on illustrating Kyo Maclear’s Operatic (and Q&Q’s March cover)

My first books: Groundwood publisher Semareh Al-Hillal on her kidlit favourites past and present

Kidlit spring preview 2019: Middle-grade fiction, young-adult fiction, and non-fiction

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