Genre Explorations

There are times and places when reality becomes utterly surreal. Consider, for example, the trenches of World War I, which Katherine Arden invests with a brilliantly spooky aura in THE...

Somehow, it's already the beginning of a new month, and you know what that means: it's time for another monthly book round-up! Every month we go over the hottest fantasy...

It’s hard to be a duke. All right, it’s not hard, per se, but still, Peter Kent, the new Duke of Stanhope, is having a tough time, what with radical...

“A Is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation,” by Ellen HeckRather than follow the Anglocentric pattern of apple, ball and cat, this multilingual alphabet book looks across a wide...

TO GET A sense of America’s war on “woke”, look at its classrooms. In many schools, teachers, parents and legislators have become locked in battle over materials that, depending on...

Some authors try to make their craft invisible to the reader; others, like Chencia Higgins, write to steal the spotlight. In A LITTLE KISSING BETWEEN FRIENDS (Carina, 303 pp., paperback,...

Acclaimed authors Angeline Boulley and Cynthia Leitich Smith discuss Indigenous representation, craft, and the future of Indigenous kid lit in a webcast conversation moderated by Dr. Debbie Reese. Join the live program...

After becoming famous for her young adult novels, Utah author Ally Braithwaite Condie never planned on writing a murder mystery.“I always kind of thought, ‘The one thing I’ll never write...

The Festival of Children's Literature, hosted annually by the Cornish town of St Austell, celebrates the joys of reading for everyone with a low entry fee of just £1.00 per...

He’s a dog. There’s some cake. Decisions must be made. Yellowknifer Nikolai Deleff returns with his second illustrated book for kids this month, which will be launched at the city’s...