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The search for the next J.K. Rowling

In The Independent, Nicholas Tucker writes that the search is on for a J.K Rowling for the new generation. He says currently published children's writers won't hit the mark (not even Stephenie Meyer and her ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

More favourite books of 2008

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

The L.A. Times has put together a special "Favorite Books of 2008" issue, and there are a few honourable mentions for CanLit. In fiction and poetry, Miriam Toews's The Flying Troutmans has a spot alongside ... Read More »

December 9, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Senior vice-president at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Becky Saletan, senior vice-president and publisher of the U.S.-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has quit, effective Dec. 10. From The Canadian Press: Saletan had served in the job since January 2008, when she was appointed to ... Read More »

December 2, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Richard Dawkins goes after the young

By Stuart Woods

According to the Telegraph, Richard Dawkins, the feted atheist, announced last month that he would be stepping down from his post at Oxford University to focus on a more pressing concern than proving the God ... Read More »

November 21, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

By Scott MacDonald

In the latest installment of her recurring Entertainment Weekly column, Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody writes “ quite thoughtfully “ about the beloved YA author Judy Blume, and all of the stuff she learned by reading ... Read More »

October 1, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

School’s in for children’s writers

By Stuart Woods

The Guardian is running a week-long series of how-to guides to writing, and today's theme is writing for kids. Dodging the larger question of whether or not writing can even be taught at all, a ... Read More »

September 26, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

By Scott MacDonald

Last Saturday, a descendant of Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery revealed, for the first time, that her grandmother committed suicide. In the wake of this revelation, however, Montgomery's biographer is publicly questioning ... Read More »

September 24, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Canadian kids’ authors on long longlist for rich Swedish prize

By Stuart Woods

Two Canadian storytellers and one Nova Scotia literacy group are in the running for the world's richest children's literary prize. Ottawa kids' novelist Brian Doyle, Quebec author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, and Read to Me!, ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Two takes on censorship

By Stuart Woods

Responding to complaints by a Muslim creationist that its contents were defamatory and blasphemous, a Turkish court has banned Internet users from viewing Richard Dawkins' website. Meanwhile, here in North America, Scholastic has pulled all ... Read More »

September 19, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Parsing Babar

By Scott MacDonald

New Yorker scribe Adam Gopnick has penned a nice, lengthy essay about the continuing controversy surrounding Babar, the titular hero of the popular children's book series. As Gopnick explains, people like the Chilean author Ariel ... Read More »

September 17, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: children's books

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

More favourite books of 2008

Senior vice-president at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt quits

Richard Dawkins goes after the young

Diablo Cody on Judy Blume

School’s in for children’s writers

Montgomery’s “suicide” questioned

Canadian kids’ authors on long longlist for rich Swedish prize

Two takes on censorship

Parsing Babar

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