TY - JOUR AU - Desmarais, Robert PY - 2020/08/11 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Awards & Upcoming Events JF - The Deakin Review of Children's Literature JA - DR VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - News and Announcements DO - 10.20361/dr29496 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/deakinreview/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/29496 SP - AB - <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Greetings!</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summer is an ideal time to share news about annual children’s book awards because many of them were announced in the spring. </span><a href="https://www.infosoup.info/kids"><span style="font-weight: 400;">InfoSoup</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> provides a comprehensive </span><a href="https://www.infosoup.info/kids/awards-home"><span style="font-weight: 400;">list of awards</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> presented each year by the American Library Association and other organizations. At this time of year I always like to have a look at the Canadian Children’s Book Centre website to remind myself of all the </span><a href="https://bookcentre.ca/resources/canadian-childrens-award-index"><span style="font-weight: 400;">award competitions for Canadian children’s books</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Here in Edmonton, the Book Publishers Association of Alberta announced a </span><a href="http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/awards/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">short list</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of three books in the Children’s &amp; Young Adult category that all look very compelling.&nbsp;</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>A Sampling of Upcoming Events&nbsp;</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 3, 2020</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://picturebooksummit.com/">Picture Book Summit</a> is an online conference for illustrators and writers of picture books, but of course <em>everyone</em> is welcome. <a href="https://picturebooksummit.com/2020-registration/">Registration</a> is now open.&nbsp;</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 3/4, 2020</span></p><p><a href="https://thefoldcanada.org/festival-events/fold-kids-bookfest/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FOLD Kids Bookfest</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a festival for authors and illustrators who create books for young people. This virtual event is designed for young people, but it will also include content for adult writers of children’s books. Registration opens on September 21, 2020.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">October 24, 2020</span></p><p><a href="https://www.canscaip.org/event-3814843"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Packaging Your Imagination</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a conference presented by </span><a href="https://www.canscaip.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canada’s Conference for Children’s Authors, Illustrators &amp; Performers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Registration will be open in August 2020 and the event will be available via livestream (it will also be recorded).&nbsp;</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I hope you all find the time to discover some wonderful children's books this summer. Enjoy the adventure!</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best wishes,</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robert</span></p> ER -