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My twelfth book, STOP ANTIBLACK RACISM: 8 Ways to Act Now, will be released on October 13, 2026. Illustrated by Arden Taylor @arden.tart and published by @orcabook , I talk about writing this book in my virtual session MY BOOK IS BANNED NOW WHAT? Which you can view in the OLA SUPERCONFERENCE website. This is my second agented book. Attendees could get a preview autographed copy of a sample chapter at the Orca booth at OLA SUPERCONFERENCE.
10 Canadian books for kids and young adults to check out during Black History Month
February is Black History Month. Check out these children's and YA books created by Black Canadian authors. Today I Am edited by Jael Richardson Today I Am is ten short stories for young readers edited by Jael Richardson. (Scholastic Canada) Edited by writer and activist, Jael Richardson, Today I Am is a collection of short stories written by emerging writers in Canada that examine the meaning of home.
Sista Lady Daughta
This was my first draft of A Likkle Miss Lou that I wrote in spring 2012 for my writing class. To read The Story Behind the Story: A Likkle Miss Lou, go here.
Black History Month Book List
For Black History Month (and all year long) we've created a book list to highlight the voices of Black creators. Our curated selection features Canadian books for all ages. Perfect for school, library and home use. Conceived of as a letter to her younger self, this picture book captures Jael Richardson’s insightful lessons about growing up, being joyful and loving yourself as a young Black girl.
The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes)
(Editor) (Illustrator) (Foreword by) & 1 more FORMAT Hardcover$29.95$27.85(English) Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller An anthology featuring stories and recipes from racialized authors about food, culture and resistance What if talking about racism was as easy as baking a cake, frying plantains or cooking rice? The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) is a celebration of food, family, activism and resistance in the face of racism.
16 Reasons Poetry Is Essential For Black Canadians
April is Poetry Month, and it’s the perfect time for us to celebrate poetry’s beauty, and all the ways it can change our lives for the better. From Nikki Giovanni to Maya Angelou, Claude McKay to Langston Hughes, Leopold Senghor to Saul Williams, from almost any dub poet or rapper you can name, there has been no shortage of this written and often oral tradition within the Black community.
Celebrate Black Canadian Authors This Holiday Season With These 36 Books
This holiday season, give the gift of imagination with one or more of these English-language books published in 2022 by Black Canadian authors. Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr I Am Because We Are: An African Mother’s Fight for the Soul of a Nation (House of Anansi, 2022) "On the journey of piecing together her truth, I discovered that strength and pain are mirrors of one another, for strength grows to protect from pain, and pain builds strength." {https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfork1UukDd/} Otoniya J.
If You Love Black Panther, Then You’ll Love These Books
Magic, imaginary lands, outer space, historical fantasy, shapeshifters, horror, and other realms. Black Canadian authors are writing books that stretch our imagination to new limits. If there’s anything we learned from the billion-dollar blockbuster Black Panther and its much-anticipated sequel Wakanda Forever, it’s that we love to see the futuristic reimagining of Africa and our favourite melanated stars serve Black Excellence on-screen.
National Caribbean American Heritage Month
June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month, which celebrates “the significance of Caribbean people and their descendants in the history and culture of the United States.” In this June's Notes from the Horn Book we shared a booklist of recent fiction and nonfiction picture books starring Caribbean people or those of Caribbean descent. And read Roger's January/February 2022 Publishers' Preview interview with Lisa Stringfellow about her Caribbean-set novel A Comb of Wishes.
The Next Chapter children's book panel: 12 great summer book recommendations for young readers
Ken Setterington, Michele Landsberg and Bee Quammie share their favourite children's books of the season. Ken Setterington, Michele Landsberg and Bee Quammie are enthusiasts of children's literature. (Submitted) Twice a year, we check in with our children's book panel for suggestions on titles for kids and young adults — once at Christmas and also before summer break.
Children’s books in celebration of Black History Month
The BWG Library has a wide variety of Black History Month books for children! Explore some of these books in this list and then reserve your favourites to be picked up through the BWG Library’s Curbside Pick Up Service. If you need help finding the perfect book for Black History Month, check BradfordToday.ca every Saturday for new selections for the whole family. If you need more suggestions, let the BWG Library know! Send a message through Facebook or email bwgmailbox@bradford.library.on.ca.
Great Kids Books by Black Authors
It felt like hours, but I honestly had no idea how much time passed. Clay noticed I was breathing at a normal pace again and he asked, "You ready to go back home?" "Not really," I said. "Can't we just stay here?" I felt embarrassed that Clay had seen me like that. But I was really grateful he took me away from it all. "You could, but your mom would probably freak out," Clay said with a half grin. "She's always freaking out these days," I sighed.
10 Canadian picture books that will get your family in the holiday spirit | CBC Books
It's December! These 10 books for younger readers will get your whole family ready for the holiday season. Sounds Like Christmas by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko Sounds Like Christmas is a picture book by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko. (Scholastic Canada) Robert Munsch takes on Christmas in his latest children's book. In Sounds Like Christmas, Lincoln and Georgia want to make their Christmas tree the best tree ever, complete with the best — and the noisiest — decorations.
"[Like] Toni Morrison said, I Wrote the Book That I Wanted to See in the World" Nadia L. Hohn on Her Newest Picture Book
News and Interviews Nadia L. Hohn is a teacher and an award-winning children's author, known for Malaika’s Costume and Malaika's Winter Carnival. This summer she's back with a new picture book: A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Owlkids Books, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes), which tells the story of the titular poet.
A Likkle Miss Lou
How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia L. Hohn, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes Description Jamaican poet and entertainer Louise Bennett Coverley, better known as “Miss Lou,” played an instrumental role in popularizing Jamaican patois internationally. Through her art, Miss Lou helped pave the way for other poets and singers, like Bob Marley, to use patois in their work.
The Story Behind the Story: A Likkle Miss Lou
As we near the end of Poetry month, today I share with you a post I did about writing A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett-Coverley Found Her Voice. This book about Jamaica’s most celebrated poet, Cultural Ambassador, and Mother of Jamaican culture, Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley, took seven years to write. Nadia’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
A LIKKLE MISS LOU
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REVIEW: David Chariandy’s new book speaks to the new perspectives and realities of growing up in Canada
I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter By David Chariandy McClelland & Stewart (Penguin Random House), $19.95 I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, a touching letter to his daughter by the award-winning writer David Chariandy, is a book that speaks to third-generation children growing up in a very different Canada than the one in which their grandparents arrived.
Small Print: the latest, best books for young readers | Toronto Star
Curtis’s verve and seriousness is everywhere at play in this energetic, challenging novel that starts in South Carolina and ends in Buxton, Ontario, in 1858. “Little” Charlie Bobo, over six feet tall at twelve years old, is forced into travelling north with odious (and smelly) Cap’n Buck in search of “stolen goods.” Not until they arrive in Detroit does naïve Charlie, son of a white sharecropper, realize that Cap’n Buck’s “goods” are fugitive slaves.
Nadia Hohn: Remembering diverse-kidlit hero and Groundwood publisher Sheila Barry | Quill and Quire
It was July 9, 2011, and I was attending a workshop on writing for children hosted in the backyard of A Different Booklist bookstore in Toronto. Eight months prior, I had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The diagnosis was a strange teacher, motivating me to write in increasing volumes. It put a fire under my ass – not only to tell my story, but to get it published. This was also the day I first met Sheila Barry. Sheila was then editor-in-chief at Kids Can Press.
10 books for young readers by black writers
February is Black History Month. Check out these recent young adult and picture books by black Canadian and American writers.
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