Some books I’ve recently enjoyed. Check out these titles by Canadian creators @mikeboldt.bsky.social, Alison Hughes, and Amanda West Lewis. Special congrats to Amanda for A Planet is a Poem landing on the 2025 @laneandersonaward.bsky.social shortlist! #kidlit #ireadcanadian #books

I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin and illustrated by Rachel Wada has breezed its way onto the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Shortlists in the Young Readers category! Both Rachel Poliquin and Rachel Wada are represented by Amy Tompkins. Congratulations!

Congrats to all finalists! Wonderful #science #STEM books for middle-grade children. Learn about the wind, the planets, memory and more. 👍🇨🇦📚

What an honour! kʷukʷscémxʷ (thank you)! #ecology #scicom #rightsofnature #tek

Introducing the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Adult Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jennifergrenz.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @sarahkcox.bsky.social

We're so excited to introduce the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Young Reader Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social

World Mosquito Day is important. Keep learning at your local public library! #worldmosquitoday @worldmosquitoprogram.org

Today is the deadline to submit to the Lane Anderson Award! If you have any questions or need assistance with your submission please contact us at [email protected]. More info on our website: laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

Last chance to submit to the Lane Anderson Award! Check out our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

Happy Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Today is the perfect opportunity to not only show your local bookstore some love but also to reflect on the important role independent bookstores play in our communities. ❤️ 📚 www.indiebookstores.ca/cibd/ #CIBD2025 #ShopLocal #ReadLocal #CIBD #ReadCanadian

We are absolutely thrilled to be kicking of Canadian Children's Book Week 2025. The fun starts soon! Details: bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/canadian-children-s-book-week-kicks-off-on-april-27

We're excited to announce submissions are now open for the Lane Anderson Award! Presented annually in two categories: adult and young reader. The winner in each category receives a prize of $10,000! Deadline to submit is April 30th, 2025. For more info visit: laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

Happy Earth Day! 🌍 💚 📚

Exciting news! A World of Stories: Accessible Literacy for Every Child is a new festival coming this fall. www.miltonnow.ca/2025/04/16/1...

"Many of the Alamogordo chimps [are] in their 50s and 60s, with the same kinds of medical conditions seen in aging humans." Thank you to everyone who worked to see these chimpanzees, once used for research, spend their remaining years in kind, safe sanctuary. #chimpanzees #primates #animalrescue 🧪

Earth Day is a chance to celebrate our beautiful home and demonstrate support for environmental protection. Our April book list features Canadian books that invite readers to explore and deepen their relationship to the natural world. bookcentre.ca/blogs/articl...

New indie bookstore opening in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood www.torontotoday.ca/local/busine...

It’s so exciting seeing all the submissions coming in! Thank you to all the publishers who have sent in their wonderful books. There’s still time to submit! Check out our website for details. laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

What are you reading this weekend? #yyj #booksky #supportcanadian

We're excited to announce submissions are now open for the Lane Anderson Award! Presented annually in two categories: adult and young reader. The winner in each category receives a prize of $10,000! Deadline to submit is April 30th, 2025. For more info visit: laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

A maple-leaf bookmark initiative launching this week will give book buyers an easy way to tell whether a title is written by a Canadian author. bit.ly/3RuAram

#CDN writers of nonfiction, for adults or young people, consider submitting your recent books for @laneandersonaward.bsky.social before the April 30 deadline. laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

Don’t miss this, Canadian kidlit! 🇨🇦 Great initiative here 💙

We're excited to announce submissions are now open for the Lane Anderson Award! Presented annually in two categories: adult and young reader. The winner in each category receives a prize of $10,000! Deadline to submit is April 30th, 2025. For more details visit: laneandersonaward.ca/submissions/

Just captured the moment #pageviews on my blog hit 2 million! I missed it the 1M mark in Jan 2022 but I caught it this time. So, if you want to check out great #CDN books for children and teens, come over to CanLit for LittleCanadians for a gander. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com

Because everyone wants to find new people on Bluesky, I've got another starter pack of Canadian authors and illustrators of books for young people. There are so many wonderful ones & people keep joining (Yay!) So here's my second pack incl those who just joined go.bsky.app/TMk1FWY 👍🇨🇦📚

And here's my first starter pack (filled too quickly!) of Canadian authors and illustrators of books for children and teens. Just because it bears repeating, like all good things. ❤️🇨🇦📚 go.bsky.app/2Ys743U

Happy World Book Day! What’s on your tbr?

Check out this event with illustrator Qin Leng offered by TPL. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT540214&R=EVT540214

Great interview w author L.E. Carmichael & illustrator Byron Eggenschwiler re their winning @laneandersonaward.bsky.social #NF book for young people POLAR: WILDLIFE AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. Thanks @winstonstilwell.com @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/03/2024...

Today is International Polar Bear Day! We recommend POLAR, written by L. E. Carmichael and illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler. This award-winning title is a stunning exploration of the animals that have adapted to survive in Earth’s harsh polar regions. www.kidscanpress.com/product/polar/

Congratulations to Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth by L. E. Carmichael for winning the Lane Anderson Award. This award honours excellence in Canadian science writing. @laneandersonaward.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/4aN4Dq6

Keep an eye out for an interview with the Lane Anderson Award winning creators of Polar - L. E. Carmichael and Byron Eggenschwiler and blogger @hkubiw.bsky.social. Coming soon to CanLit for LittleCanadians! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com

Thank you @quillandquire.bsky.social for featuring the ceremony and the winners of the Lane Anderson Award! quillandquire.com/omni/lane-an...

POLAR by L. E. Carmichael won the Lane Anderson Award in the young reader category. Congratulations! The Lane Anderson award honours excellence in Canadian science writing.

Thank you @49thshelf.bsky.social for featuring the shortlisted books! 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member...

Congrats to @laneandersonaward.bsky.social award-winning book of non-fiction for young readers: POLAR: WILDLIFE AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH by L. E. Carmichael, illus by Byron Eggenschwiler From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/01/2024...

It was a huge honour to have BOMPA’S INSECT EXPEDITION (written with David Suzuki, illustrated by Qin Leng) shortlisted for the @laneandersonaward.bsky.social. What a fun chance to celebrate science writing with some fabulous book folk! @karenkrossing.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

A huge congrats on your success, Tanya!

It was fun to celebrate #sciencewriters at the @laneandersonaward.bsky.social! Congrats to the nominees: Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Bambi Edlund, Holly Hogan, Hannah Wunsch, John Vaillant & L.E. Carmichael, who won for the best science book in the young reader category for POLAR! #CANkidlit #stem #nonfiction

Congratulations to Message in a Bottle by Holly Hogan, finalist in the adult category! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Congratulations to The Autumn Ghost by Hannah Wunsch, finalist in the adult category! @hwunsch.bsky.social

Congratulations to Operation Cupcake by Bambi Edlund, finalist in the young reader category! @kidscanpress.bsky.social

Congratulations to Bompa’s Insect Expedition by David Suzuki, with Tanya Lloyd Kyi and illustrated by Qin Leng, finalist in the young reader category! @tanyakyi.bsky.social @fonddavidsuzuki.bsky.social

Congratulations to Fire Weather by @johnvaillant.bsky.social, winner of the Lane Anderson Award in the adult category! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

Congratulations to Polar by L. E. Carmichael and illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler, winner of the Lane Anderson Award in the young reader category! @kidscanpress.bsky.social

Tonight's the night! Join us for a cosy evening as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today! It's free to attend, we can't wait to see you there!

The Lane Anderson Award celebrates the best science writing in Canada! Bompa's Insect Expedition by @fonddavidsuzuki.bsky.social with @tanyakyi.bsky.social illus Qin Leng is on the shortlist for the @laneandersonaward.bsky.social Young Reader award category #kidlit #CanKidLit #IReadCanadian

We can't wait to celebrate with you!

Just one more day until the Lane Anderson Award Ceremony. Join us as we celebrate the best science writing in Canada today! Free to attend, reserve your spot now! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lane-a...