@article{Pearce_2018, title={News and Announcements}, volume={8}, url={https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/deakinreview/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/29403}, DOI={10.20361/dr29403}, abstractNote={<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy fall and early winter everyone! It seems most of the book festivals and meetings have passed for the year but there are certainly award announcements worth noting. </span></p> <p><strong>TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards</strong></p> <ul> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>Town Is by the Sea</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, written by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by Sydney Smith, won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>When the Moon Comes</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, written by Paul Harbridge and illustrated by Matt James, won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction ($10,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>The Assassin’s Curse</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Kevin Sands won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>The Hanging Girl</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Eileen Cook won the John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><em>The Marrow Thieves</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Cherie Dimaline won the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young readers were asked to pick their favourite book from the shortlisted TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards titles in an online poll. This year, Barbara Reid took home the $5,000 award for </span><strong><em>Picture the Sky</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>2018 Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Announced </strong></p> <ul> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young people’s literature — text (English): </span><strong><em>Sweep</em></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Jonathan Auxier </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young people’s literature — illustrated books (English): </span><strong><em>They Say Blue</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Jillian Tamaki </span></li> <li class="show" style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Young people’s literature — text (French):</span> <strong><em>Le chemin de la montagne</em></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Marianne Dubuc </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">See full list of Governor General Literary Award winners here: </span><a href="https://ggbooks.ca/#finalists"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://ggbooks.ca/#finalists</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://vclr.ca/celebrate-award-winning-bc-childrens-authors-and-illustrators-2019/"><strong>Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable (VCLR)</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is hosting an event to celebrate Award-Winning BC Children’s Authors and Illustrators 2019</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">January 30, 2019, 7 – 9 pm</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">UBC Golf Club - see the website for more details</span></p> <p><br><span style="font-weight: 400;">I will leave you with a nice summary of the best illustrated children’s books of 2018 selected by </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/books/best-illustrated-childrens-books-2018.html"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></em></p>}, number={2}, journal={The Deakin Review of Children’s Literature}, author={Pearce, Hanne}, year={2018}, month={Nov.} }