This beautiful collaboration between two incredible Canadian creators considers what kinds of care animals (including ourselves!) need to thrive. If you are needing a little burst of colour, compassion, and joy, this is the book for you!
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Hello Over There! feat. Jen MacGregor and Suharu Ogawa
Mags MacDonald had a farm, and you’ll never guess what was on it!
Debut author Jen MacGregor and illustrator Ogawa discuss the making of their spectacularly goofy picture book, Mags MacDonald had a Jetpack!
Hello Over There! feat. Julia Hune-Brown and Hayley Lowe
When she was young, Poh Poh left her home and everything she knew to travel across the ocean to North America—what they knew as Gold Mountain. The one thing she brought was her sword, but she did not use it to fight. She used it to forge a new life for her family.
Author Julia Hune-Brown and illustrator Hayley Lowe ask each other a creative question in celebration of their new book, Poh Poh’s Sword, based on the remarkable history of Julia’s grandmother, Gar Yin Hune.
10 Questions for Emma White
Debut author Emma White talks navigating rejection, being a pantser, and how to build strong friendships while writing toxic ones.
Just One Question with Kyo Maclear
Kyo Maclear answers Just One Question about her collaboration with illustrator Julie Morstad and what it means to be ‘a door person.’
A Conversation with Katie Scott, Editor of A Summer without Anna
As a senior editor at Kids Can Press, Katie Scott has worked on countless books for young readers, including Beatrice and Barb and A Summer without Anna. She also has impeccable taste in everything from lipstick to podcasts to pastries.
10 Questions for Jennifer Whiteford
In Jennifer Whiteford's debut romance novel, a guarded punk-rocker-turned-barista meets a big-hearted sound tech who charms his way into her life and helps her revisit her musical past. If you're in the market for a smart, cozy, romantic fall read, this one's for you!
10 Questions with Susan Ouriou
Novelist, editor, and translator Susan Ouriou has had quite the career. Among her many accomplishments, she's written two novels and been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation seven times, winning for her translation of Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras. She's also served as an interpreter for both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. I had the pleasure of talking to Susan about her path to becoming a translator, her approach to her work, and her recent collaboration with author Quebec author Fanny Britt on Fanny's novel Sugaring Off , out this week from Book * Hug Press.