Kit Pearson’s THE WHOLE TRUTH wins the 2012 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award!
Amazing news!
Kit Pearson’s THE WHOLE TRUTH has won the 2012 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz award! The news was announced in a live ceremony at Parkdale Jr and Sr Public School, where the student jurors were able to ask Kit questions via Skype.
Congrats, Kit!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
Dragon Seer’s Gift wins the 2012 IODE Violet Downey Book Award!
We’re very happy to announce that Janet McNaughton’s novel DRAGON SEER’S GIFT is the winner of the 2012 IODE Violet Downey Book Award! The award is offered annually for the best English language book, in any category, suitable for children aged 13 and under. An eight-member panel of judges, including IODE members and specialists in the field of children’s literature, select the award-winning book.
This is the second time Janet has won the award. Also shortlisted was Kenneth Oppel’s THIS DARK ENDEAVOUR.
Congratulations, Janet!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
HarperCollins Author Events Across Canada This Week
Attention all book lovers! We have a great selection of events planned for our authors this week.
Whether you’re interested in hearing Richard Ford speak about his epic new novel, CANADA, or whether you’re dying to hear Justin Halpern talk about SH*T [HIS] DAD SAYS about GIRLS, you’re in luck — we have just the event for you! (And a few more, too!) They include:
May 28: Richard Ford, author of Canada, will be at the Vancouver International Writers Festival in Vancouver, BC at 7:30PM. Details here.
May 28: Justin Halpern, author of I Suck at Girls, will be at Chapters John & Richmond in Toronto, ON at 7PM. Details here.
May 29: Jay Ingram, author of Fatal Flaws, will be at A Different Drummer in Burlington, ON at 9:30AM. Details here.
May 30: Hugh Brewster, author of RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage, will be at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club dinner in Toronto, ON at 6PM. Details here.
May 31: Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Susan McClelland, authors of The Tale of Two Nazanins, will be at Ottawa International Writers Festival in Ottawa, ON at. Details here.
June 1-3: Katherine Hall Page, author of The Body in the Boudoir, will be at Bloody Words conference in Toronto, ON. Details here.
June 2: Chuck Hughes, author of Garde Manger will be at Costco in Montreal, QC at 10AM. Details here.
June 2: Chuck Hughes, author of Garde Manger, will be at Appetite for Books in Montreal, QC at 2PM. Details here.
June 2: Frankie Flowers, author of Pot It Up, will be at Sheridan Nurseries in Mississauga, ON at 9AM. Details here.
June 2: Frankie Flowers, author of Pot It Up, will be at Sheridan Nurseries in North York, ON at 12PM. Details here.
June 2: Frankie Flowers, author of Pot It Up, will be at Sheridan Nurseries in Unionville, ON at 3PM. Details here.
June 2: Hugh Brewster, author of RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage, will be at Creemore Public Library in Creemore, ON at 10:30AM. Details here.
June 3: Jay Ingram, author of Fatal Flaws, will be at Pages at the Plaza in Calgary, AB at. Details here.
June 3: Kenneth Oppel, author of This Dark Endeavour, will be at Telling Tales Out of School Fundraiser in Toronto, ON at 6:30PM. Details here.
Hope to see you there!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
The HarperCollins booth at the 2012 Congress of the Humanities which is being co-hosted this year by Wilfrid Laurier University & my alma mater, the University of Waterloo. Thousands of academics representing 70 learned associations will be in the KW area for the next eight days to share ideas, discuss today’s complex issues and enrich their research.
-Rosalyn (@rozsteele)
Come one, come all- we are going to have a ball!
Er, my uninspired rhyming aside, we are having a celebration to mark the re-publication of Dennis Lee’s iconic poetry collection ALLIGATOR PIE! So please come out to Type Books this Sunday, May 27th, meet author Dennis Lee and get a book signed!
-Rosalyn (@rozsteele)
HarperCollins Author Events Across Canada This Week
We have a fantastic selection of author events this week! Whether you’re interested in hearing the beautiful and well-spoken Nazanin Afshin-Jam tell her fascinating tale, or you’d prefer to POT IT UP with Frankie Flowers (or even share some ALLIGATOR PIE with Dennis Lee) we definitely have something for you! Check out the events listed below:
May 22: Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Susan McClelland, authors of The Tale of Two Nazanins, will be at Indigo Manulife Center in Toronto, ON at 7PM. Details here.
May 23: Trevor and Debbie Greene, authors of March Forth, will be at the Vancouver International Writers Festival in Vancouver, BC at 7PM (Pacific Time). Details here.
May 26: Frankie Flowers, author of Pot It Up, will be at Chapters Barrie in Barrie, ON at 2PM. Details here.
May 26: Sarah Elton, author of Locavore, will at the University of Guelph in Guelph, ON at 7:30PM for a speaking engagement arranged by HarperCollins Canada Speakers Bureau. Details here.
May 27: Dennis Lee, author of Alligator Pie, will be at Type Books (883 Queen Street West) in Toronto, ON at 2PM. Details here.
Hope to see you there!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
Attention Lemony Snicket fans! Purchase a copy of the Short-Lived Edition of THE BAD BEGINNING for the chance to find a Snicket Ticket! Each ticket is redeemable for a signed first-edition copy of Mr. Snicket’s new book, WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?
Click here to visit the website for details! Good luck!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
I LOVE this new book trailer for Canadian author James Marshall’s new book NINJA VERSUS PIRATE FEATURING ZOMBIES! Described by publisher ChiZine as ‘part Napoleon Dynamite, part The Matrix, and ALL AWESOME’, it’s the first book in the How To End Human Suffering series.
Book Description:
In a world where ZOMBIES control banks and governments, only one young man sees the way things are and emerges from the CHAOS and destruction: GUY BOY MAN. While he tries to end human suffering worldwide and in his high school, Guy Boy Man meets a cute PINK-HAIRED girl named BABY DOLL15 who has a UNICORN that follows her everywhere. An EPIC ROMANCE begins, but forces BEYOND THEIR CONTROL are intent on keeping the young couple apart. One of those FORCES may—or may not be!—Guy Boy Man’s closest friend, a handsome African-American NINJA named SWEETIE HONEY; another could be four EXOTICALLY BEAUTIFUL, genetically engineered and behaviourally modified EASTERN EUROPEAN girls; yet another, the principal of their HIGH SCHOOL … not to mention an impending standardized test known as the ZOMBIE ACCEPTANCE TEST! Will Guy Boy Man find a way to be with Baby Doll15 in a WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS DOOMED to become either zombies or zombie food??!!
Intrigued? Pick up a copy! The book is shipping out to stores (and libraries) now!
-Rosalyn @rozsteele
The 2012 Red Maple Award Goes to… Kenneth Oppel’s HALF BROTHER!
Kenneth Oppel has won the 2012 Red Maple award for HALF BROTHER at a live ceremony at the Harbourfront Centre. This award is one of the largest children’s choice awards in Canada, administrated by the Ontario Library Association.
Congrats, Ken!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
HarperCollins Author Events Across Canada This Week
We have a great selection of author events happening this week! Whether you feel like catching a glimpse of Chuck Hughes, learning about the secret history of the Titanic with Hugh Brewster, or chatting about fiction with Nancy Richler, we have an event for you!
May 14: Chuck Hughes, author of Garde Manger, will be at The Drake Hotel in Toronto, ON at 7PM. Details here.
May 15: Chuck Hughes, author of Garde Manger, will be at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, ON at 6:30PM. Details here.
May 16: Russell Smith, author of Girl Crazy, will be at the Toronto Public Library (S. Walter Stewart branch) in Toronto, ON at 7PM. Details here. 
May 16-17: Hugh Brewster, author of RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage, will being doing Library Talks in Innisfil, ON. Details here.
May 17: Nancy Richler, author of The Imposter Bride, will be at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal, QC at 7:30PM. Details here.
Hope to see you there!
- Peter (@HCCLibraryLove)
