It’s late afternoon. I’m in the kitchen making supper, and my daughters are in the living room doing homework. Suddenly, giggles break the silence. Then, the two girls barrel upstairs to their bedrooms. More giggles and the odd whoop funnel…
Despite these challenging times, we’re all celebrating (at an appropriate distance) our partner Rowena Rae’s publication of not one but two children’s books this spring. Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids: Her Life and Ideas was released by Chicago Review…
We at West Coast Editorial Associates regularly edit and proofread books created in Canada. And, yes, some of us write them too. Immersed as we are, it’s easy to assume that everyone reads Canadian books. But a 2018 report by…
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre announced the winners of seven awards for children’s literature at a gala event in Toronto last night. Our congratulations to all the winners, including Heather Smith, who won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for…
How thrilling to see WCEA partner Merrie-Ellen Wilcox’s book After Life: Ways We Think About Death nominated for not just one, but two major awards: the $50,000 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award and the $10,000 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s…
At the beginning of May, I donned my children’s book author hat and attended the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ Marvellous Midwest conference in Chicago. I attended many informative sessions, but particularly thought-provoking was a panel discussion titled…
May 11 was a night to celebrate as the 35th annual BC Book Prizes were awarded. What a treat it was to be at the gala to watch as nominees were announced, envelopes were opened, and winners were named. Our…
We're thrilled to announce that WCEA partner Rowena Rae and her sister, Elspeth Rae, have received a 2018 Moonbeam Award for their book A Duck in a Sock: Four Phonics Stories, the first in their Meg and Greg series of chapter books for…
Finalists were recently announced for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards and the Victoria Book Prizes, and we were thrilled to see three books we worked on for Orca Book Publishers among the nominees. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of…