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The development of the COVID-19 vaccine was a major accomplishment in medicine. Scientists from across the globe collaborated and created a vaccine in record time. While most vaccines take several

The Victoria Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 2023 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize at an event October 11. Two-time winner Pauline Holdstock won the City of Victoria Book Prize for her 11th book, Confessions with Keith, published by Biblioasis. Julie McLaughlin won the City

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) has announced the finalists for seven awards celebrating best Canadian books for young people. The prizes are: TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000); Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000); Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction ($10,000); Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000); Amy Mathers

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Children’s literacy group 1000x5 recently celebrated its 12th anniversary and marked the distribution of more than 300,000 books.

It was, of all things, a desire for a more permanent legacy that led Marty Chan from the world of theatre into the pictures and stories of children’s…

Author highlights exceptional animals in new book

Michelle Good should be celebrating back-to-back awards wins for her debut novel about residential school survivors, but instead, shes mourning the children whose deaths in the system are only now being accounted for.

Michelle Good says residential school remains cast shadow over GGBooks fiction win Author Michelle Good poses in this undated handout photo. Michelle Good should be celebrating back-to-back awards wins for her debut novel about residential school survivors, but instead, shes mourning the children whose deaths in the system are only now being accounted for. Good, a member of Red Pheasant Cree Nation west of Saskatoon, was awarded the $25,000 Governor Generals Literary Award for f...

OTTAWA — Michelle Good should be celebrating back-to-back awards wins for her debut novel about residential school survivors, but instead, she’s mourning the children whose deaths in the system are only now being accounted for. Good, a member of Red Pheasant Cree Nation west of Saskatoon, was awarded the $25,000 Governor General’s Literary Award for […]