The Ottawa Indie Bookstore Crawl
By Danny Neville As school library folks, you’ve likely heard about Canadian Independent Bookstore Day. This annual event has become a callsign for spring, a […]
Readers and Reading
Genre-Bending Books for Young Readers from Canadian Indie Publishers
By Spencer Miller Years ago, when I became interested in children’s and YA literature, I heard YA author John Green explain in an interview why […]
Canada: The Country that Reads – Considerations and Criticality
A Spotlight on Reading Programs Let’s say it loud and proud – Canada is a country that reads! We aren’t referring to the excellent CBC […]
Fortifying or Gatekeeping? A school librarian’s inquiry into age-appropriate reading
By Annette Macintyre As a tornado of school library censorship blazes through the United States and Alberta, my colleagues and I in Montreal are witnessing the […]
Set The Books Free: Compelling reasons why your school library should embrace summer lending as a stand for equity.
By Kelly Johnson This paper was part of the proceedings of the Canadian School Libraries TMC8 Research Symposium, held in Toronto on January 31 and […]