Canadian Children’s Book Centre library collections finds two new homes
In March 2020, the CCBC’s main collection will move to Ryerson University Library in Toronto while a second identical archived collection will go to the Hamilton Public Library.
Canadian publishers scramble as Bologna Children’s Book Fair is rescheduled
Publishers, rights coordinators, agents, and more are all changing travel plans and meeting schedules, while wondering if the festival will be cancelled outright
Architect John Ota’s new cookbook details his search for the perfect kitchen design
The Kitchen: A Journey through History in Search of the Perfect Design (Appetite by Random House) finds John Ota cooking in 13 kitchens from across North America.
KidLit Special: Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson talk teaming up on a distinctly Canadian YA novel
The friends chatted about writing as a duo, the new generation of LGBTQ2S+ advocates, and why the time is right for writers to be proud of that other misunderstood identity: Canadian.
KidLit Special: Lindsay Wong on her forthcoming “raunchy, hilarious” young-adult fiction
My Summer of Love and Misfortune follows the social misadventures of wild New Jersey high-school senior Iris Wang, who is sent to Beijing to learn how to be Chinese.
Daily Deals: Scholastic Canada acquires David Skuy’s Charlie Joyce prequel
Personnel change: ZG Communications partners with Jennifer Abel Kovitz
Daily Deals: Ho Che Anderson graphic novel The Resurrectionists to Megascope
What agents and publishers are bringing to the 2020 London Book Fair (updated)
Ian Williams’ Giller-winning novel Reproduction, Justin Ling’s forthcoming book about the victims of serial killer Bruce McArthur, and a new book from YA novelist Susin Nielsen are among the highlights from the fair’s Canadian contingent.