Meet the Editor—Sarah Howden
Get to know Orca’s fiction editor, Sarah Howden, including what she’s looking for in new manuscript submissions!
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Meet the Editor—Gabrielle Prendergast
Get to know Orca’s hi-lo editor, Gabrielle Prendergast, including what she’s looking for in new manuscript submissions! Many years ago, I started reading Orca books while I was doing my MFA at the University of British Columbia. I loved Orca’s focus on striving readers, Canadian authors and politically progressive subject matter. So, when …
Q&A with Breaking News Author Raina Delisle
The news can inform and inspire, but it can also misinform and mislead. In this article, author Raina Delisle answers some questions about her new book, Breaking News.
Celebrated child psychologist Dr. Jillian Roberts releases new book for babies
My Promise, written by Dr. Jillian Roberts and illustrated by Slavka Kolesar, is available on October 18 from Orca Book Publishers. Written for children aged 0–2, this lovely book is a simplified version of Dr. Roberts’s 7-Point Parental Compass, which was developed to help families face the complex issues of …
New interactive website allows users to explore Indigenous artwork featuring objects from every residential school in Canada
WitnessBlanket.ca allows users to explore Carey Newman’s incredible artwork.
CBC’s Gregor Craigie pens new middle-grade book exploring why humans build up and why this may promote a more sustainable future
“Why did they make it so high?” one of journalist Gregor Craigie’s sons asked him, sparking the inspiration for his new book, Why Humans Build Up: The Rise of Towers, Temples and Skyscrapers. Illustrated by Kathleen Fu, this nonfiction book for children aged 9 to 12 seeks to answer Craigie’s son’s question.