A child – a reluctant reader, perhaps, or one seeking more confidence reading aloud, or even one working to get over a fear of dogs – will choose a book from the stack, sit down on a blanket with a dog and its handler, and spend half an hour reading aloud.
Sydney Smith wins prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal
Smith was in attendance at the June 18 CILIP event, held at the British Library in London, and he gave a moving speech: “Too often you believe that growing up in a small town is unrelatable… it’s in the quiet moments that we see the stories that we share.”
Tanya Talaga, Joanne Robertson win Indigenous Literature Award
A jury of Indigenous librarians from across Ontario have selected Tanya Talaga’s Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City and Joanne Robertson’s The Water Walker as the winners of the fifth annual Indigenous Literature Award.
The League of Canadian Poets announces winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards
The League of Canadian Poets has named the winners of the 2018 Annual Poetry Awards.
Daily Deals: The CBC’s Jeremy Allingham to tackle bare-knuckle hockey brawls
Stopwatch Gang member and bestselling author Stephen Reid dies at age 68
Stephen Reid, author and member of the notorious Stopwatch Gang that pulled off a high-profile string of robberies in the 1970s, died on June 12 at the age of 68.
Chantel Guertin says goodbye to Pippa Greene
In May, Toronto author and TV beauty expert Chantel Guertin wrapped up her Pippa Greene YA series with the fourth instalment, Golden Hour.
Why Rahim Ladha has committed $34,800 a year to two new monthly literary prizes
Two new monthly literary prizes, worth $1,000 each, have been announced by Toronto fundraising consultant Rahim Ladha.
Diversity driving sales in kidlit, says Book Summit keynote Zareen Jaffery
Zareen Jaffery, the keynote speaker at the Toronto publishing conference Book Summit, on her role as acquiring editor for Simon & Schuster’s Muslim children’s book imprint, Salaam Reads.
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