We are thrilled for the three WCA authors on the 2018 Heritage Toronto Award for Historical Writing list of nominees!
The Whisky King by Trevor Cole
Steal Away Home by Karolyn Smardz Frost
Lightfoot by Nicholas Jennings
The winner will be announced on October 29th, 2018 at an awards ceremony.
Author Jamil Jivani talks to Nam Kiwanuka on “The Agenda” about his cancer diagnosis, which he learned of on the cusp of publishing his first book, Why Young Men. Jivani’s debut book, in which he argues for a sea change in the way we look at young men, and for how they see themselves, has been longlisted for the 2018 Toronto Book Awards.
For the full interview, click here.
We’re very proud of WCA’s Carolyn Forde, one of the only two Canadian agents to participate in a 25-member delegation that met with publishers in Munich and Berlin as part of a trade mission planned in advance of the 2020 Frankfurt Book Fair. Now we’re working hard to help our authors’ books travel too! To learn more about the trip, click here.
Congratulations to Linda Bailey! Her book, The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library, has been nominated for a Red Cedar Book Award for 2018-2019.
Every year, thousands of children between grades 4 and 7 are invited to read books from the nominated lists of non-fiction and fiction titles and vote for their favourite.
Bailey’s protagonist Eddie, a passionate reader who just happens to be a shiny green bug, saves the school library in this funny, heartwarming tale that fans of Flora & Ulysses and Charlotte’s Web will love.
We’re delighted to congratulate Kyo Maclear whose memoir Birds, Art, Life won the 2018 Trillium Book Award!
A #1 national bestseller, Birds, Art, Life, follows two artists on a yearlong adventure that is at once a meditation on the nature of creativity and a quest for a good and meaningful life.
Karma Brown’s The Life Lucy Knew received a 5/5 rating from The Girly Book Club!
Reviewer Sarah Doherty remarked, “The character that Brown created in Lucy Sparks was so complex and relatable… I even caught myself thinking ‘What if it were me, what if my memories are all false, too?!’”
After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital only to discover that the happily-ever-after she remembers in vivid detail—right down to the dress she wore to her wedding—is only one example of what her doctors call a false memory: recollections her mind made up to fill in the blanks from the coma. When the life Lucy believes she had slams against the reality she’s been living for the past four years, she must make a difficult choice about which life she wants to lead, and who she really is.
A warm congratulations to Tanya Talaga whose book Seven Fallen Feathers won the Indigenous Literature Award, part of the First Nation Communities Read 2018-2019 program, in the young adult/adult category.
Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of seven Indigenous high school students who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Talaga delves into the history of this small northern city that has come to manifest Canada’s long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities.
First Nations Communities Read is an annual reading program launched in 2003 by the First Nations public library community in Ontario. Selected titles are chosen with the aim to encourage family literacy, intergenerational storytelling, and intergenerational information sharing, and are written and/or illustrated by, or otherwise involve the participation of a First Nation, Métis, or Inuit creator.
We are thrilled to see Kyo Maclear’s Birds, Art, Life and James Maskalyk’s Life on the Ground Floor are 2018 Trillium Book Award Finalists!
The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize excellence, support marketing and foster increased public awareness of the quality and diversity of Ontario writers and writing.
A #1 national bestseller, Birds, Art, Life, follows two artists on a yearlong adventure that is at once a meditation on the nature of creativity and a quest for a good and meaningful life.
In his deeply personal book, winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk reflects upon his extensive experience in emergency medicine.
The Toronto Public Library has launched “The List: Great Reads for Youth for 2018” via TPL Teen. They selected 100 fantastic books to make readers laugh, cry, reflect, debate, celebrate and grow. The interactive program encourages teens to watch video reviews and like their favourites. We are thrilled to see Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen and The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby made the list!
We are delighted to share that Eat, Move, Think: The Path to a Healthier, Stronger, Happier You from Chair and CEO of Medcan, Shaun Francis, is an instant bestseller!
Drawing upon the expert advice of world-renowned doctors and medical professionals, this book captures the innovative strategies of the world’s highest performers—Navy SEALs, cutting-edge researchers, professional athletes—in one handy illustrated guide to everyday healthy living.
