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Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 11h

PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.

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#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 34m

“She always said, ‘If this book helps one person, it’s all been worth it.’”—Quill and Quire
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Sheryl Azzam reveals the insidious nature of emotional abuse in Red Flags and Butterflies - Quill and Quire

Sheryl Azzam was tinkering with fiction for the first time. Her intention was to write about reading disabilities, because her son was having some difficulties, but as Azzam worked to help a friend an...

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 15h

Congratulations Meagan Mahoney! THE TIME KEEPER is a Forest of Reading, Red Maple Award Nominee
@mandagroup.bsky.social @forestofreading.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #CanLit #bookaward #kidlit #ForestofReading #redmapleaward

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 1d

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Book Launch: Housing For All - by Frank Lewinberg and Vincenzo Pietropaolo

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Housing For All with the authors and David Crombie!

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Open Book @openbookon.bsky.social · 5d

Read an excerpt from A PLACE OF SECRETS (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social), the new Northern Gothic mystery from Shane Peacock. Check it out right here!
#AmReading #Novel #Mystery #Excerpt
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Read an Excerpt from A PLACE OF SECRETS, a New Northern Gothic Mystery from Shane Peacock

Shane Peacock, one of Ontario’s most accomplished storytellers, returns with A Place of Secrets (Cormorant Books), the second novel in his acclaimed ...

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 3d

A SCHOOL FOR TOMORROW by Mark Dickinson is a Globe and Mail must-read book for this fall.
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@mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #CanadianPolicy #CanadianGovernment #youthdevelopment #CWY #CanadaWorldYouth #jeunessecanadamonde #globeandmail

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 7d

For #aluwomenaskingwomen, Zilla Jones and Elise Levine reflect on the art of writing women and explore how personal history shapes their new books THE WORLD SO WIDE (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social) and BIG OF YOU (@biblioasis.bsky.social).

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A graphic for All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women series. On the top left is Zilla Jones, a Black woman with shoulder-length curly hair and brown eyes. On the bottom right is Elise Levine, a light-skin-toned woman with brown hair down past her shoulders. Text on the graphic reads: “Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers). Zilla Jones and Elise Levine. Women’s History Month on ALU."

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Join us to celebrate the launch of Shane Peacock's new mystery A PLACE OF SECRETS.
Thursday, Oct 16, 5pm
Ben McNally Books, 108 Queen St E., Toronto
@mandagroup.bsky.social #ireadcanadian #mysterybookstagram #bookevents #canlit

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Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 9d

Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?

Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).

Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

#kidlit #PlagueThieves

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Celebrate the launch of RED FLAGS AND BUTTERFLIES by Sheryl Azzam
Oct 22, 7 to 9pm
Lee Academy (Lynden campus), 1978 Concession Road 2 W., Lynden, ON
The proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to Nova Vita
@mandagroup.bsky.social @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Pub Day Shane Peacock and A PLACE OF SECRETS!
@mandagroup #ireadcanadian #canadianauthor #publicationday

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 18d

Happy Pub Day Antanas Sileika and THE SEASIDE CAFÉ METROPOLIS!
@mandagroup #ireadcanadian #canadianauthor #publicationday

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 21d

Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2025 Books for Young Readers Preview with titles from @owlkids.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

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Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2025 Books for Young Readers Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Great kids' books make good reads for people of all ages.

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Meet Sara de Waard at Telling Tales, Oct 4, 12:15-1:15pm

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Melodie Campbell, the author of THE MERRY WIDOW MURDERS mystery series will be presenting at The Grounding Power of Escapist Fiction Saturday, Sept 27 at 5pm.
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The Grounding Power of Escapist Fiction

What are the ways escapist fiction can provide mental reprieve from an overwhelming reality? How

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 21d

Check out Zilla Jones and THE WORLD SO WIDE at Thin Air this week.
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Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 22d

If you attend WOTS on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth (B11) at 11am.

However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂

#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025

If you happen to attend @torontowots on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks booth (B11) at 11am -- for those of you who enjoy #mgbooks.

However, I understand if you all go to see @davidrobertsonwriter (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day). If only we could all be in two places at once because I'd love to see/meet Mr. Robertson myself.🙂

#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025

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Philippa Dowding @phdowding.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to be signing THE LOVE SONG OF MR. BYRD at Word on the Street, Toronto, this weekend. I'll be at the Cormorant/DCB booth, B11, this Saturday, September 27, at 2:45. Drop by and say hello!
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social #WOTS2025

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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 26d

Q&A with Natasha Deen about her new middle grade novel, A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES.
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Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 26d

It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕

PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

#CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 27d

Check out this great interview about Housing for All: How Toronto Built the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood
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@mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #canadianauthor #HousingForAll #AffordableHousing #toronto #torontohousing #HousingPolicy

Housing for All

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · Sep 12

A Canadian restaurateur in 1959 Vilnius finds himself running a Soviet café, where absurdity and suspicion share the menu.

Read an excerpt from Antanas Sileika’s comic Cold War novel THE SEASIDE CAFE METROPOLIS (@cormorantbooks.bsky.social).

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The cover for The Seaside Café Metropolis by Antanas Sileika, featuring an illustrated dinner setting with a red knife, fork, and plate showcasing a hammer and sickle.

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 28d

"A Summer Of Dragonflies is a magical read that encourages us to face our own dragons with a courageous, curious heart – and reminds us that we don’t have to do it alone.” — Quill and Quire, starred review
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@mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #canadianauthor #middlegradebooks

A Summer of Dragonflies - Quill and Quire

Natasha Deen’s latest novel, A Summer of Dragonflies, is a delightful, heartwarming, and hilarious read. The story follows the journey of 12-year-old (but almost 13) Gupta, affectionately known as a Guppie by her loved ones, as she navigates pre-teen-hood, friendship, family, big life changes, and what it truly

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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social · Sep 13

Happy Pub Day to Natasha Deen and A SUMMER OF DRAGONFLIES!
#IReadCanadian #publicationday #middlegradebooks #canadianauthor

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