Children's publishing

Books for Young People Fall Preview 2016

What I am is what I am Multiple Lambda Literary Award nominee Vivek Shraya tells the story of a young South Asian boy whose mother nurtures his curiosity and burgeoning self-expression in The Boy and ... Read More »

June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview

Q&A: Kidlit author Eric Wilson on the 40th anniversary of his literary debut

By Dory Cerny

To celebrate this month's 40th anniversary of the publication of Eric Wilson’s first middle-grade novel, Murder on the Canadian, HarperCollins Canada has reissued the title, complete with a snazzy new cover. The mystery was the ... Read More »

May 18, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Kids’ CBC adapting Margaret Atwood’s Wandering Wenda

By Sarah Kester

Margaret Atwood's alliterative Wenda will be wandering to television screens in winter 2017, Kids' CBC has announced. The animated series from Breakthrough Entertainment, inspired by Atwood's children's book The Wide World of Wandering Wenda, began ... Read More »

May 10, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing

This is Sadie gets theatrical treatment in NYC

By Dory Cerny

This is Sadie is coming to the stage. The New York City Children's Theater will produce a stage version of Sara O'Leary's story of a little girl with a big imagination, set to premiere in ... Read More »

April 29, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Q&A: Rosemary McCarney, children’s author and Canada’s ambassador to the UN

By Dory Cerny

Rosemary McCarney has long been a champion of human rights and standing up for those in need. During her time as president and CEO of Plan Canada, she oversaw the Because I am a Girl ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Awards: Groundwood Books wins Best Children’s Publisher of the Year prize at Bologna

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based Groundwood Books was named best North American children's publisher of the year at the 2016 Bologna Children's Book Fair on April 4. "We're thrilled," says Groundwood president and publisher Sheila Berry. "We are able ... Read More »

April 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist

By Becky Robertson

National women's charitable organization IODE has released the shortlist for its annual Violet Downey Book Award, honouring English-language children's books of 500 words or more published in Canada over the past year: Karen Bass; Uncertain ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

Q&A: Gordon Korman on the TV-movie adaptation of his Macdonald Hall series

By Dory Cerny

It’s been 40 years since the publication of Gordon Korman’s first novel for young readers (written when he was just 12 years old), This Can’t be Happening at Macdonald Hall. Who would have thought it ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Event: CCBC publishing seminar for illustrators

By Dory Cerny

The Canadian Children's Book Centre is following up its successful So You Want to Get Published! seminar with a special event "just for illustrators." A panel of experts including author-illustrators Barbara Reid and Patricia Storms, ... Read More »

March 23, 2016 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Events

Ashley Spires’s Small Saul selected for TD book giveaway

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced that B.C. children's author-illustrator Ashley Spires's 2011 picture book, Small Saul (Kids Can Press), about a little pirate who lets his individuality shine, is the choice title for ... Read More »

March 16, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Children's publishing

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