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  • Frieda Wishinsky Uses the Hidden Secrets of Gardens to Explore Community in Her New Picture Book
    Frieda Wishinsky Uses the Hidden Secrets of Gardens to Explore Community in Her New Picture Book
    June 20, 2023

    Frieda Wishinsky Uses the Hidden Secrets of Gardens to Explore Community in Her New Picture Book

    Plenty of people enjoy the beauty of a flower in a garden, but when was the last time you asked yourself what a flower was actually doing? In Frieda Wishinsky's A Flower is a Friend (Pajama Press, illustrated ...

  • Read an Excerpt from Film Critic Thom Ernst's Spellbinding & Heartbreaking Memoir of His Childhood
    Read an Excerpt from Film Critic Thom Ernst's Spellbinding & Heartbreaking Memoir of His Childhood
    January 25, 2023

    Read an Excerpt from Film Critic Thom Ernst's Spellbinding & Heartbreaking Memoir of His Childhood

    Thom Ernst, known for his role hosting TVO's beloved Saturday Night at the Movies for nearly 10 years, has carved a space for himself as a respected film critic and thinker. But long before he was ...

  • Q&A: Where Life, Art, Childhood, and Nadia Bozak Intersect
    Q&A: Where Life, Art, Childhood, and Nadia Bozak Intersect
    June 16, 2016

    Q&A: Where Life, Art, Childhood, and Nadia Bozak Intersect

    Always trust your editor, she reads your words, your inner thoughts – she knows you well. That’s why, when my editor handed me a copy of Nadia Bozak’s newest book, Thirteen Shells, (“I don’t ...

  • 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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