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  • Matt James on Last Minute Edits, a Kitchen Table Studio, & How to Get the Most Out of Picture Books
    Matt James on Last Minute Edits, a Kitchen Table Studio, & How to Get the Most Out of Picture Books
    September 29, 2020

    Matt James on Last Minute Edits, a Kitchen Table Studio, & How to Get the Most Out of Picture Books

    Governor General’s Literary Award winner Matt James is well known for illustrating Northwest Passage (an acclaimed tribute to the Stan Rogers song of the same name) and writing and illustrating The ...

  • The Many Colours of Kamal Al-Solaylee
    The Many Colours of Kamal Al-Solaylee
    June 30, 2016

    The Many Colours of Kamal Al-Solaylee

    Kamal Al-Solaylee wrote an amazing book called Brown. It's essential reading and its subtitle, What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone), says why you need to read it much more concisely ...

  • Comic: What Did Ben McNally Do When He Wasn't Selling Books?
    Comic: What Did Ben McNally Do When He Wasn't Selling Books?
    June 27, 2016

    Comic: What Did Ben McNally Do When He Wasn't Selling Books?

    I must have met Ben McNally weeks after moving to Canada. The details are a little fuzzy on when that was. It might have been at Harbourfront for IFOA, or maybe at Nicholas Hoare, where he was selling ...

  • Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: Classic Canadian Children's Books, Old and New (Part Two)
    Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: Classic Canadian Children's Books, Old and New (Part Two)
    March 26, 2013

    Kid Lit Can, with Susan Hughes: Classic Canadian Children's Books, Old and New (Part Two)

    Welcome back to the kick-off of my monthly blog on Open Book: Toronto, which will be celebrating Canadian children's books, their creators and the kid lit biz in general!In Part One of this blog, I asked ...

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