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August 10, 2023
Book Therapy: Late-Summer Reading
We’ve now reached the point in the summer where my inner voice starts screaming “but there’s not enough time!” at full volume. With my genuine distaste for winter weather, summer is a precious ...
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December 14, 2018
Earthrise Author James Gladstone on The Good, Bad, & Surprising Moments in Writing Picture Books
December 21, 2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission, the first manned mission to fully orbit the moon and return safely. During the mission, on Christmas Eve, astronaut William Anders ...
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November 27, 2024
Shenaaz Nanji's Latest Addition to the Alina Series Explores the Beauty in Connecting Different Cultures and Communities
With over a dozen books for children published and admired internationally, Shenaaz Nanji is an author who has found a distinct way to capture the minds of young readers with her imaginative and poignant ...
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November 18, 2021
Author & Illustrator Team Jo Ellen Bogart and Maja Kastelic Launch Our New KidLit Convos Series of Chats Between Literary Co-Creators
It's always fascinating to learn about how writers and illustrators create the magical children's books we all love. But for author Jo Ellen Bogart and illustrator Maja Kastelic, there was a twist to ...
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June 22, 2020
Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards
Jesse Thistle, Michelle Sylliboy, and Arielle Twist are among the winners of the third annual Indigenous Voices Awards.The announcement, made yesterday on National Indigenous Day (June 21st), came during ...
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April 07, 2023
I Just Got Published - So, Why Don't I Feel Great?
When I was 18, I resolved to be a published writer one day. It was something I’d dreamed of even before then. As a younger teenager I wrote simple books inspired in varying degrees by The Outsiders. ...
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June 02, 2021
Anne Laurel Carter's Moving Picture Book What the Kite Saw was Inspired by Children She Met in the West Bank
In the darkest moments, sometimes it is the smallest and simplest things that bring comfort. When a young boy in Anne Laurel Carter's moving picture book What the Kite Saw (Groundwood Books, illustrations ...
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April 11, 2024
Melanie Marttila Shows the Reader How She Moves Through the World in The Art of Floating
Inspired by the natural world and landscapes of northeastern and southwestern Ontario, and by personal, intimate moments in a person's life, Melanie Marttila has written a new collection of poems that ...
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January 24, 2025
Read an Excerpt from The Earth Bleeds at Night, the Chilling New Anthology from Eerie River Publishing
We're kicking off the new year by welcoming some new members to the Ontario Book Publishing Organization, and one of those exciting presses is Eerie River Publishing, who specialize in high-quality anthologies. One ...
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March 27, 2023
"I Was Genuinely in Love with This Little Creation" The 2023 Canada Reads Panellists on Strategy, Book Love, & Celebration Trees
Today is the day – this morning, the 2023 edition of CBC's book debate bonanza, Canada Reads kicked off. We'll be covering the debates at tomorrow's halfway point and after the winner is crowned at ...