NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20361/G2QS4MAbstract
Greetings everyone!
Just a few news items for this issue:
New Award for Children’s Books
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has announced a new children’s literature award, the Harry Black Picture Book Award. The award will honour the best French-language children’s book and comes with a $5,000 cash prize. The first award will be announced in Montreal at this year’s Prix TD Gala in November. The award is being established in honour of the late Harry Black, Order of Canada recipient and former director of UNICEF Canada. More information about entry requirements in French are available on the Canadian Children’s Book Centre website.
TD Canada Book Week
TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2017 runs from Saturday, May 6 to Saturday, May 13, 2017. Thirty Canadian children’s authors, illustrators, and storytellers will be visiting schools, libraries, community centres, and bookstores across Canada throughout the week. This year Book Week is celebrating its 40th anniversary, along with Canada’s sesquicentennial. The theme this year is Read across Canada. You can find more information about Book Week, pre-order posters, and view the tour schedule at the the Book Week Website.
International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL) Congress 2017
This event will be held Saturday, July 29 through Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at York University (Keele Campus) in Toronto, Canada.
For more info: http://irscl17.info.yorku.ca/
Best wishes for a warm and wonderful spring!
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