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Way 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 the book world, we are instituting a semi-regular feature entitled Way to...
View ArticleDaily book biz round-up, April 12
An assortment of links to kick off your work week: No Canadians on IMPAC prize shortlist The Bookseller offers its London Book Fair rights preview iPad Mini in the works? (Uh, I’ve got an iPad Mini...
View ArticleDaily book biz round-up: battle over The Shack; FOX News attacked; and more
Check these out: The bitter legal battle over proceeds from The Shack Kitty Kelley’s Oprah to be turned into TV movie A Chicago librarian rips into FOX News library exposé Seth brings new look to CNQ A...
View ArticleHow e-books break poems
Poetry rarely makes the headlines, but an Associated Press story about the unsuitability of verse to the e-book form has been making the rounds. The story notes the dearth of major poets being...
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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...
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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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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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