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Event photos: Second Story Press launches Splish, Splat! at Mayfest
Second Story Press launched Splish, Splash!, written by Alexis Domney and illustrated by Alice Crawford in Toronto on May 13. The picture book, about a boy who meets two deaf house painters, is the...
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Children’s bookstore launches multilingual short story contest
Rainbow Caterpillar Bookstore, a Toronto-based bookseller of children’s literature in a variety of languages including Italian, Spanish, Gujarati, Farsi, Arabic, and Chinese, has announced its...
View ArticleHappiness Economics
Art squares off against commerce in Shari Lapeña’s second novel, a funny yet earnest tale of a struggling poet’s attempts to find his muse. Will Thorne is suffering from a debilitating case of writer’s...
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Children’s authors and illustrators sign proclamation demanding better...
A group of U.S. children’s authors and illustrators have found an eye-catching way to demand better quality picture books from their peers. A manifesto, signed by 21 members of the kids’ publishing...
View ArticleBook links roundup: Saltspring Island launches literary festival, top 100...
Saltspring Island launches new literary festival with a political bent Parent & Child Magazine announces top 100 children’s books of all time Abraham Lincoln honoured on President’s Day with a...
View ArticleBookNet bestsellers: Canadian children’s books
Just in time for March Break, this week’s bestsellers list, which looks at Canadian children’s books, illustrates that readers will love Robert Munsch forever. For the two weeks ending March 4: 1. Love...
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BookNet bestsellers: Canadian children’s books
Consider this an early Christmas present for Robert Munsch, who takes six spots on this week’s bestsellers list for Canadian children’s books. For the two weeks ending Nov. 25: 1. Finding Christmas,...
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Q&A with children’s author Oliver Jeffers
Beloved Irish-born children’s author Oliver Jeffers makes a quick stop in Canada this weekend with an appearance at Small Print Toronto’s sold-out Totsapalooza. Quillblog spoke to Jeffers about the...
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Jon Klassen’s rise to kidlit stardom
With his signature sly humour and respect for young readers, Canadian author-illustrator Jon Klassen has become an international kidlit star (photo: Natalie Neal) Given how crazy – in a good way –...
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Julie Flett’s picture books honour her aboriginal heritage
Little You, Julie Flett Julie Flett is a Cree-Métis author and illustrator whose titles include the Governor General’s Literary Award–nominated Owls See Clearly at Night: A Michif Alphabet/Lii Yiiboo...
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Q&A: Kidlit author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee
Photo: Grant Pardee Canadian expat Ashlyn Anstee’s debut picture book, Are We There, Yeti?, was released by Simon & Schuster Canada this week. Her follow-up, No, No, Gnome!, is forthcoming from...
View ArticleBookmarks: Britain’s most avid reader, library-themed ice cream flavours, and...
Some quirky bookish links from around the Web: Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, arguably one of the most message-heavy children’s books,… Read More »
View ArticleBookmarks: Superhero Bill Cosby, scary Margaret Atwood, and the Poet of...
Sundry links from around the Web: In honour of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday yesterday, 1 Heck of a Guy comes… Read More »
View ArticleEvent photos: Bird Child takes flight
Nan Forler launched her picture book Bird Child (Tundra Books) on Saturday Sept. 19 at the The Great Hall in… Read More »
View ArticleScholastic [U.S.] tries to censor kids’ book with same-sex couple characters...
Publishers are often called upon to defend their books against people and organizations (parents, school boards, governments, self-appointed morality squads,… Read More »
View ArticleCaillou’s mom won’t let it go
Though the long and bitter custody battle over Caillou, that loveable and very bankable little character, has long been settled,… Read More »
View ArticleEvent photos: Evan Munday, Natalie Ghent, and Mélanie Watt teach the...
Illustrator Evan Munday (who sunlights as Coach House Books’s publicist) and YA author Natalie Ghent ran the Test Pilot edition… Read More »
View ArticleThe ashes of Tasha Tudor and the wisdom of Solomon
Anyone who’s had them knows that children are greedy, ungrateful, little creeps. Especially so when they are all grown up… Read More »
View ArticleWay to Display! Chester at Mabel’s Fables
As part of Quillblog’s ongoing commitment to filling our site with ephemera, sundries, and both flotsam and jetsam from around… Read More »
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