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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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Image features an ad for Second Story Press's Do You Know My Name series. It reads, 'Collections of biographies for middle-grade readers that profile activists from around the world who you may never have heard of." It also features the cover images of "She's a Mench" by Anne Dublin and "World Shaker" by Helen Wolfe.

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Image features an ad for Second Story Press's Do You Know My Name series. It reads, 'Collections of biographies for middle-grade readers that profile activists from around the world who you may never have heard of." It also features the cover images of "She's a Mench" by Anne Dublin and "World Shaker" by Helen Wolfe.
Image features an ad from Annick Press for Walking Together by Elder Albert D. Marshall and Louise Zimanyi, illustrated by Emily Kewageshig. It includes a cover image and a starred review from Booklist: "This important, gorgeous book has something for readers of all ages."
Features an add from Playwrights Canada Press for Body So Flourescent by Amanda Cordner and David di Giovanni.
An ad from Coach House Books for Falling Hour by Geoffrey D. Morrison. The ad says, "Read the acclaimed debut novel from Open Book's Writer in Residence." It also featured a quote from Brett Josef Grubisic from a Vancouver Sun review: "The perks and pleasures are innumerable in this, the memories of the disgruntled protagonist on a single, lonely day."
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