Connections: TD Canadian Children’s Book Week and more
It’s a busy week for books for kids. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s semi-annual Best Books for Kids and Teens magazine is on its way to libraries and booksellers. This Spring’s edition selected Hugh R. MacDonald’s Trapper Boy for inclusion.
May 5-11 is TD Canadian Children’s Book Week and Montreal author Anne Renaud is among the dozens of author giving readings various parts of the country. Anne is reading at Ottawa-area schools and libraries. Renaud’s The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan will be launched by CBU Press on May 18.
The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Awards take place on May 10. CBU Press’s connection to this year’s Hackmatack include Selby the Lobster by Don Downer and Gisele LeBlanc-Turner (2011) and Philip Roy’s Ghosts of the Pacific (Ronsdale, 2011). Roy is author of Blood Brothers in Louisbourg (2012) and of Me & Mr. Bell (forthcoming) both from CBU Press.