TY - JOUR AU - Pearce, Hanne PY - 2019/06/05 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Happy Spring Deakin Readers! JF - The Deakin Review of Children's Literature JA - DR VL - 8 IS - 4 SE - News and Announcements DO - 10.20361/dr29456 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/deakinreview/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/29456 SP - AB - <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hello!</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As this issue quickly follows our last there are only a few news items to share with you.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://forestfestivaloftrees.ca/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forest of Reading / Festival of Trees 2019</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which is a national festival, held its largest event in Toronto from May 14 to 16. Students read a variety of Canadian children’s books throughout the year and then vote on their favourite book. Awards are then granted for books in a variety of different categories. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has a lovely </span><a href="http://bookcentre.ca/news/forest-reading-festival-trees-2019"><span style="font-weight: 400;">summary article</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about the festival that includes a lengthy list of all the winners. You can also see all the nominees for the various awards on the </span><a href="http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Nominated_Lists/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Current_Program_Year.aspx?hkey=0cc23a7a-1d90-4358-be37-dacca7327157"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ontario Library Association website.</span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable (VCLR) has announced it’s </span><a href="http://vclr.ca/the-2019-information-book-award-shortlist-is-out/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Information Book Award Shortlist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. It includes eight juvenile non-fiction titles. Voting for winners continues into the fall and the winner will be announced in November. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ccbc-annual-general-meeting-tickets-62362364511"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Annual General Meeting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will be taking place on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 6:00 pm. CCBC members and the general public are welcome to attend: Room 224, Northern District Library / 40 Orchard View Blvd. / Toronto, Ontario M4R 1B9</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a final note, the Children’s book author Judith Kerr passed away earlier this month. Kerr was known for her book </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Tiger that Came to Tea. The</span></em> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recently published an </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/obituaries/judith-kerr-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">obituary tribute</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to Kerr.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best wishes for a wonderful summer!</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hanne</span></p> ER -