by Sarah Sawler

KidLit Special: A new picture book series highlights  the Haida sk’ad’a

“I’m always amazed at the power of text to reach a wide audience,” says Sara Florence Davidson, co-author of the new Sk’ad’a Stories children’s book series with her father, Robert Davidson. “But it also has ... Read More »

September 22, 2021

Kidlit Special: Raising an activist, one book at a time

By Sarah Sawler

Young people have access to more information than ever before. A few taps on a touchscreen can yield a video of a Hong Kong protest, a Trump rally livestream, or a politician posing in Blackface. ... Read More »

February 24, 2020

Mariko Tamaki’s plans for her new imprint, Surely Books

By Sarah Sawler

Mariko Tamaki really couldn’t have asked for a better October. The celebrated graphic novelist behind Skim, This One Summer, and the Lumberjanes series was in the midst of promoting her new DC Comics graphic novel, Harley ... Read More »

October 29, 2019

Kidlit illustrator Kim Smith loves to draw landscapes, cardboard boxes, and Macaulay Culkin

By Sarah Sawler

Underwater dental offices. Kid-friendly X-Files adventures. Cardboard castles and ships (and even castle-ships); if you can dream it, Calgary artist Kim Smith can can draw it. The much-in-demand kidlit artist recently released her debut picture ... Read More »

September 19, 2019

Kerry Clare and Blue Heron Books team up for boutique online bookstore, Briny Books

By Sarah Sawler

Toronto author Kerry Clare and Uxbridge, Ontario's Blue Heron Books are providing readers with a new way to discover great Canadian books. On June 3, they’re launching Briny Books, a boutique online bookstore. The website ... Read More »

May 29, 2019

Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides publisher Marnie Parsons on publishing Jan Andrews’s final novel

By Sarah Sawler

On Feb. 28, Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides will publish To See the Stars, a historical YA novel set in Newfoundland and New York City, by the late Jan Andrews. The celebrated Canadian children’s ... Read More »

February 14, 2019

In Newfoundland, holiday choral performances are turned into kids’ books

By Sarah Sawler

In November, Robert Chafe and Bernice Morgan celebrated the releases of their first illustrated children’s books. But plenty of people in St. John’s already knew the stories – after all, Chafe’s Shiny and New, illustrated ... Read More »

December 3, 2018

No forecasted outcome: Writer Sarah Sawler on co-authoring with YouTube weather star Frankie MacDonald

By Sarah Sawler

“This is Frankie MacDonald, from my own TV station, live from Sydney, Nova Scotia. It’s going to be extremely hot and humid temperatures all across North America on Sunday, July 1, 2018.... I recommend people ... Read More »

July 5, 2018

Quill and Quire

KidLit Special: A new picture book series highlights  the Haida sk’ad’a

Kidlit Special: Raising an activist, one book at a time

Mariko Tamaki’s plans for her new imprint, Surely Books

Kidlit illustrator Kim Smith loves to draw landscapes, cardboard boxes, and Macaulay Culkin

Kerry Clare and Blue Heron Books team up for boutique online bookstore, Briny Books

Running the Goat, Books & Broadsides publisher Marnie Parsons on publishing Jan Andrews’s final novel

In Newfoundland, holiday choral performances are turned into kids’ books

No forecasted outcome: Writer Sarah Sawler on co-authoring with YouTube weather star Frankie MacDonald

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