*Please note that author/illustrator applications are now closed for the 2022 Book Week tour.*
Are you a published Canadian author or illustrator who is passionate about connecting with and inspiring young people? Apply to take part in the 45th Canadian Children’s Book Week! This virtual tour will allow you to engage with youth all across the country to celebrate books, stories and illustrations.
Canadian Children’s Book Week is the single most important national event celebrating Canadian books for kids and teens and the importance of reading. Following up on the success of last year, Canadian Children’s Book Week/Tournée Lire à tout vent will again be a bilingual tour planned in tandem by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and Communication-Jeunesse. Our 2021 virtual tour taught us important lessons including surprising benefits to meeting virtually. Although it is our intention to adopt a hybrid format for future tours, our spring 2022 tour will be fully virtual.
The upcoming tour will take place from May 1 to May 7, 2022, and will allow young readers to connect with highly acclaimed and emerging authors and illustrators. The deadline for applications is end of day on Friday, October 22nd.
Learn more about Canadian Children’s Book Week at bookweek.ca and at communication-jeunesse.qc.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Amanda Halfpenny
Events and Program Coordinator
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre
amanda@bookcentre.ca
Isabelle Chartrand-Delorme
Program and Events Coordinator
Communication-Jeunesse
i.cdelorme@cjqc.ca
About the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is a national, not‐for‐profit organization founded in 1976. We are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. Our programs, publications and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the very best for young readers. For more information, please visit bookcentre.ca.
About Communication-Jeunesse
Communication-Jeunesse is a national non-profit cultural organization that was founded in 1971 to promote and appreciate Quebec and Franco-Canadian literature aimed at young people age 0 to 17. The vitality of the organization is largely based on the quality of its associative life and the commitment of its members has been at the heart of its operations since its creation. The members of Communication-Jeunesse enrich its actions and promote its development with as much rigor as energy. For more information, please visit communication-jeunesse.qc.ca.
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