Children's publishing

Fall preview 2014: YA and children’s fiction

In the June issue, Q&Q looks ahead at fall's most anticipated titles for young readers. Koyama Press, known for its graphica, comics, and art books, will release its first two children’s titles in September, and ... Read More »

May 27, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Indigo sponsors Regent Park literacy initiative

By Emily Holmes

Author Eric Murphy A new literacy initiative, Regent Park Reads, aims to give Toronto students from Lord Dufferin Public School and Nelson Mandela Park Public School insight into the writing process through interactions with author ... Read More »

May 21, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award winners announced

By Dory Cerny

The winners of the 2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards were announced today at Aldergrove Public School in Markham, Ontario. Veteran Montreal author Anne Villeneuve was honoured in the picture book category for ... Read More »

May 20, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

First Book Canada seeks publishing partners in campaign for greater kidlit diversity

By Stuart Woods

The literacy charity First Book (along with its Canadian arm, First Book Canada) is hoping to address the lack of diversity within children's literature by adopting a "market-driven solution" to the problem. The non-profit organization ... Read More »

May 15, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week kicks off this weekend

By Dory Cerny

TD Canadian Children's Book Week, which runs May 3–10, will see 29 of the nation's finest English-language kidlit authors, illustrators, and storytellers taking part in events at schools, libraries, and bookstores in every province and ... Read More »

May 2, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

The Independent on Sunday will no longer review gender-specific children’s books

By Emma Renda

Yesterday, the Independent on Sunday published an editorial stating that the U.K. newspaper will no longer review gender-specific children's books. Literary editor Katy Guest writes, "I promise now that the newspaper and this website will ... Read More »

March 17, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Photos: Inside Elly MacKay’s studio

By Dory Cerny

Paper theatre, light-box illustration, illuminated papercraft "“ call it what you will, the images that Elly MacKay creates using paper, pen-and-ink figures, an open-sided "theatre," and the manipulation of light are stunning. Based in Owen ... Read More »

March 7, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Kenneth Oppel’s train dreams

By Nathan Whitlock

It's pleasant enough for a writer to hear that one of his books has landed on someone's Christmas shopping list. But there are shopping lists, and then there's the shopping list of the most powerful ... Read More »

March 6, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

CWILL B.C. leads Canada’s first World Read Aloud Day celebrations

By Emma Renda

World Read Aloud Day has come to Canada for the first time, by way of the Children's Writers & Illustrators of British Columbia Society. The group has partnered with LitWorld, a New York"“based non-profit literacy ... Read More »

March 5, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Q&A: Debbie Ridpath Ohi on illustrating for Judy Blume

By Sue Carter

Less than four years after breaking into the children's book industry, Toronto's Debbie Ridpath Ohi landed one of the most coveted jobs in the business: illustrating covers for 10 new editions of classic Judy Blume ... Read More »

February 20, 2014 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

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Quill and Quire

Fall preview 2014: YA and children’s fiction

Indigo sponsors Regent Park literacy initiative

2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award winners announced

First Book Canada seeks publishing partners in campaign for greater kidlit diversity

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week kicks off this weekend

The Independent on Sunday will no longer review gender-specific children’s books

Photos: Inside Elly MacKay’s studio

Kenneth Oppel’s train dreams

CWILL B.C. leads Canada’s first World Read Aloud Day celebrations

Q&A: Debbie Ridpath Ohi on illustrating for Judy Blume

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