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January 10

The 2023 Taste Canada book award winners were announced on October 31 

Winning gold in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category was:

 

The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes

By Denise Marchessault with photographs by Deb Garlick

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December 21

On October 17 the 2023 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winners were announced. Winning in the Adult Fiction category was

 

 

The Ribbon Leaf

by Lori Weber.

 

 

 

From the award jury:

The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber was submitted in the Youth category, but its poignancy transcends generations. This enthralling historical novel takes the reader into the events of the Holocaust through the experiences of two girls who are best friends growing up in Nazi Germany. Edie's family is Jewish. Sabine's father and brother rise in the Nazi hierarchy. Kristallnacht changes everything as Edie flees to Canada and Sabine makes a decision that goes against her family's beliefs and risks her life and freedom. Lori Weber puts her readers into the thick of World War II from two very different perspectives.

Click here to see the presentation of the award with the presenter talking about the book and Lori Weber accepting the award.


December 14

 CALLING ALL WRITERS OF SHORT FICTION for YA AUDIENCES

Red Deer Press will be compiling a young adult short story anthology titled I’M HERE for publication in the fall of 2025. Submissions are invited from writers from across Canada and we encourage submissions from both established and emerging authors

Story Criteria:

  • under 4000 words
  • any genre (realistic fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.) but created for contemporary teen readers
  • connected in some way to the theme of “identity”
  • authored by a writer living in Canada

Submission Process:

  • submit the entire story along with a query letter that includes a brief summary of how the story connects to this theme plus an author bio of 100 words or less
  • send your submission by regular mail, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient Canadian postage for reply (plus author email, if possible) to the following address:

ATTN: Beverley Brenna, YA Anthology Editor 
Red Deer Press
209 Wicksteed Avenue
Unit 51
Toronto, ON  M4G 0B1

Payment:

  • All authors of stories selected for the anthology will receive a one-time fee of $250.

Deadline for submission April 30, 2024.


November 8

October 30

Taste Canada announced their winners for Canadian Cookbook

Winner of the silver medal in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category is

The Artful Pie Project by Denise Marchessault and Deb Garlick

August 26


May 29

A. T. Woodley, the author of our new book, The Boy Who Woke the Sun, has produced an 8-minute video of the first chapter of the book. Click here to watch the video.


May 15

Last night we had a book launch over Zoom for 4 new Red Deer books.

Click here to watch the launch and use the password:  r1^kyrJk

The 4 books are:

 

 

        

 

         Bliss Adair and the                              Rescue                                      Dear Elsa                              Green Papayas                           First Rule of Knitting                         

 


May 2

The shortlists have been announced for the 2023 Taste Canada Awards. We have two books on the short-list in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category:

 

Fish for You: Inspired Seafood Recipes from Market to Plate

By Spenser Watts

 

 

The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes

By Denise Marchessault with photographs by Deb Garlick

 

 


April 4

The finalists for the 2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards have been announced.

 

A finalist in the Interior Design: Children's/Young Adult Category is Fox and Bear by Miriam Körner.

Click here to see a slideshow Miriam working on the dioramas for the book.
 

 

 


November 29

Virtual book launch for three of our newest publications:

 

 

 

        

 

 

                       Fox and Bear                                             Smash                                              A Home for Us

If you want to learn more about the creative process for the making of these books click here to listen to the book launch, and use pass code *3*im+3#


November 22

Virtual book launch for two of our newest publications:

 

 

 

 

 

                         

                                     Anna Maria & Maestro Vivaldi                   and                 Knight of the Rails

If you want to learn more about the creative process for the making of these books click here to listen to the book launch, and use pass code .v7F7$z1


October 14

The 2023 Forest of Reading nominees were announced.

The Forest of Reading is Canada's largest recreational reading program, featuring ten award programs and run by the Ontario Library Association (OLA). Programs are primarily geared towards French and English readers in kindergarten to grade twelve, but do also include programs targeting adult readers and ESL learners. The Forest awards are selected by readers themselves, who choose the winning titles for each award by voting for their favourite books.

Nominated for the Red Maple Award is The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber

The Red Maple Award focuses on fiction books for grades 7-8.


September 11


The winners of the 2022 Canadian Children’s Book Centre awards were announced. Congratulations to Harriet Zaidman for winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for her novel Second Chances.

The Geoffrey Bilson Award is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year.

The Geoffrey Bilson Award is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year.

Below are a couple of pictures of Harriet giving her acceptance speech:


June 23

The Saskatchewan Book Award winners were announced today. The winning book in the Children's Literature category was:

 

The Girl with the Cat 

By Beverley Brenna and illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan

 

 


June 16

The Canadian Children's Book Centre announced their Best Books For Kids And Teens for 2022 list. Included on the list are:

The Legend

Written by Jean Mills

 

 

Second Chances

Written by Harriet Zaidman

 

 

 

A Soft Place to Fall

Written by Tanya Christenson

 

 

 

When You Least Expect It

Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson

 

 


June 13


When You Least Expect is the winner of the 2022 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature

The Writers Guild of Alberta presents the R. Ross Annett Award annually for excellence in writing by Alberta writers for children.

 


May 25

 

Author/playwright Tomson Highway is one of 6 winners of the 2022 Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

The Gala Celebrating the 2022 GGPAA Laureates will be held Saturday, May 28 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

 


May 24

The Finalists for the 2022 Taste Canada Awards have been announced. The following cookbooks have been nominated in these categories:

Finalist in the General Cookbooks category:

 

The Fair Trade Ingredient Cookbook

by Nettie Cronish

 

 

Finalists in the Regional/Cultural Cookbooks category:

 

Cyprus Cuisine

by Christina Loucas

 

 

       and

 

Food Culture Place:
Stories, Traditions, and Recipes of Newfoundland

by Lori McCarthy & Marsha Tulk

 

Finalist in the Single Subject Cookbook Category:

 

Culinary Herbs:
Grow. Preserve. Cook!

by Yvonne Tremblay