Children's publishing

CANSCAIP art show at Humber College Lakeshore campus

Today marks the opening of Paging Imagination: The Art of Picture Books, the annual art show and sale put on by the Canadian Society of Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP). The exhibit, which runs until ... Read More »

November 10, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing, Events

Barbara Reid’s bookstore B&E

By Dory Cerny

Here at Q&Q, we love to see authors having fun, so when we were sent a few pics of celebrated Placticine artist and children's author Barbara Reid undertaking some shenanigans around the launch of her ... Read More »

November 10, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Honours stack up for JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith’s Sidewalk Flowers

By Dory Cerny

It's been a banner week for Toronto author JonArno Lawson and illustrator Sydney Smith. Within hours of their book, Sidewalk Flowers, winning the Governor General's Literary Award in the illustrated book category on Oct. 27, ... Read More »

October 29, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Kidlit spotlight: Q&Q cover artist Frank Viva

By Conan Tobias

Frank Viva, October’s cover artist, has made quite a name for himself in the kidlit world in recent years. Already a noted designer and commercial illustrator (his work frequently graces the cover of The New ... Read More »

October 22, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing

First Book Canada, Kobo collaborate on literacy initiative with Neil Pasricha

By Dory Cerny

First Book Canada, Kobo, and Penguin Random House Canada have announced they are collaborating with The Book of Awesome author Neil Pasricha on a targeted literacy initiative. The Awesome Project will see Pasricha visiting five ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

OLA announces 2016 Forest of Reading nominees

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for their 2016 Forest of Reading Awards: The Blue Spruce (K–Gr.2); Silver Birch fiction (Gr.5–6), non-fiction (Gr.5–6), and express (Gr.3–4); Red Maple (Gr.7–8); White Pine (Gr.9–12); two ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

Kidlit spotlight: author Melanie Florence honours her Cree heritage

By Natalie Samson

With three new books due out this fall, it’s hard to believe author Melanie Florence only returned to full-time writing within the last two years. Before that, the single mother had stepped away from her ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Marianne Dubuc, Eric Walters, Cybele Young among 2015 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the finalists for its annual literary awards. Authors and illustrators whose books exemplify the best in Canadian children's literature published the previous year are nominated in eight categories. ... Read More »

September 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Montreal’s Babar en Ville kids’ bookstore to close at end of month

By Sue Carter

Downtown Montreal kids' bookstore Babar en Ville is shutting down at the end of September, a month before its 10th anniversary. According to a post on the shop's Facebook page, the Westmount location is closing ... Read More »

September 1, 2015 | Filed under: Bookselling, Children's publishing

Q&A: Michel Chikwanine on his graphic-novel memoir, Child Soldier

By Q&Q Staff

When Michel Chikwanine was five years old, he snuck out against his father’s wishes to play with some other boys in his Congolese village. It was 1993, and despite the relative security in Chikwanine’s life, ... Read More »

August 31, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

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CANSCAIP art show at Humber College Lakeshore campus

Barbara Reid’s bookstore B&E

Honours stack up for JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith’s Sidewalk Flowers

Kidlit spotlight: Q&Q cover artist Frank Viva

First Book Canada, Kobo collaborate on literacy initiative with Neil Pasricha

OLA announces 2016 Forest of Reading nominees

Kidlit spotlight: author Melanie Florence honours her Cree heritage

Marianne Dubuc, Eric Walters, Cybele Young among 2015 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards finalists

Montreal’s Babar en Ville kids’ bookstore to close at end of month

Q&A: Michel Chikwanine on his graphic-novel memoir, Child Soldier

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