scholarly journals Happy Spring Deakin Readers!

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
General Public ◽  
New York Times ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Annual General Meeting ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Final Note ◽  
Northern District ◽  
Book Award

Hello! As this issue quickly follows our last there are only a few news items to share with you. The Forest of Reading / Festival of Trees 2019 which is a national festival, held its largest event in Toronto from May 14 to 16. Students read a variety of Canadian children’s books throughout the year and then vote on their favourite book. Awards are then granted for books in a variety of different categories. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre has a lovely summary article about the festival that includes a lengthy list of all the winners. You can also see all the nominees for the various awards on the Ontario Library Association website. The Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable (VCLR) has announced it’s Information Book Award Shortlist. It includes eight juvenile non-fiction titles. Voting for winners continues into the fall and the winner will be announced in November. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 6:00 pm. CCBC members and the general public are welcome to attend: Room 224, Northern District Library / 40 Orchard View Blvd. / Toronto, Ontario M4R 1B9 On a final note, the Children’s book author Judith Kerr passed away earlier this month. Kerr was known for her book The Tiger that Came to Tea. The New York Times recently published an obituary tribute to Kerr. Best wishes for a wonderful summer! Hanne

scholarly journals News and Announcements

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Newfoundland And Labrador ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Golf Course ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Book Award

Greetings everyone! This issue of Deakin news focuses primarily on several events happening across Canada, including a few shortlist announcements. Awards Finalists for Newfoundland and Labrador Book AwardsFor a list of finalists read more at the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Website VCRL 2018 Information Book Award Shortlist Announced For a list of the 10 titles on the shortlist, see the VCRL website.Roundtables voting deadline: October 31, 2018Winner announcement: November 2018 Events Telling Tales FestivalWestfield Heritage Village, Rockton OntarioSunday September 16, 2018 The Children’s Book Bank Presents An Evening with Emma DonoghueThursday, September 20, starting at 6:00 pm at Daniels Spectrum 585 Dundas Street East in Toronto, Ontario Word on the Street TorontoHarbourfront CentreSunday September 23, 2018 (includes a “kids zone” area) WordFest - Calgary, ABOctober 8-15, 2018Memorial Park LibarySee the Youth Program for details The Annual VCLR Illustrator’s Breakfast: How do they do that?October 13, 2018 | University Golf Course | Vancouver BC Breakfast & presentations: 8:00 am - 12:00 pmWorkshop: 12:30 – 1:30 pmEarly Bird Rates end September 23, 2018 Book Bash: Canadian Children's Literature FestivalSaturday, October 20 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.mHarbourfront Centre To conclude, I leave you with this quirky list of books from The New York Times entitled “Charming, Plucky Picture Books That Ease Back-to-Class Jitters.”  All the best for an enjoyable fall and happy reading! Hanne Pearce

scholarly journals NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
English Language ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
New York Times ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Guest Speaker ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Children's Book

Greetings all,It has been a long winter in the Edmonton Area so we are very happy to be welcoming spring weather and warm temperatures! This issue’s news items are a bit of a mixed bag of recaps and award announcements:Recap of TD Canadian Children’s Book Week & Lana Button TD Canadian Children’s Book Week was held May 5-12 across Canada. Events across the country featured 400 readings to 28,000 children in 175 communities. At the University of Alberta we featured Lana Button on May 9th for a presentation, showcasing her newest picture book, My Teacher’s Not Here! To read more about Lana Button check out the UAlberta Library Blog: Library News. To read more about other Book Week events see: http://bookweek.ca/CCBC AGMCanadian Children’s Book Centre is holding its Annual General Meeting 2018 on June 14, 2018. This year’s guest speaker is veteran publisher Jim Lorimer. CCBC members and the general public are welcome to attend.WHEN: Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 6:30 pmWHERE: Room 200, Northern District Library40 Orchard View Blvd.Toronto, Ontario The American Library Association Announces Youth Medal Awards for 2018  The annual ALA Medal Awards for 2018 were announced in February. Notable award winners were as follows:John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: Hello, Universe written by Erin Entrada KellyRandolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: Wolf in the Snow illustrated and written by Matthew CordellCoretta Scott King Book Awards recognizing African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults: Piecing Me Together written by Renée WatsonMichael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: We Are Okay written by Nina LaCourStonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience: Little & Lion written by Brandy Colbert and The 57 Bus written by Dashka SlaterFor a full description of all award winners see the announcement on the ALA website.Finally, as some food for thought I thought this article from the Family section of The New York Times (April 16, 2018) might be of interest to some our readers.  Perri Klass, M.D. writes about how Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention.All the best for an enjoyable spring!Hanne PearceCommunications Editor

Awards, Announcements, and News

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sulz
Keyword(s):  
Associate Professor ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Book Award ◽  
Children’S Fiction ◽  
Map Search ◽  
Children's Fiction

The Canada Council for the Arts announced the various winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards. On the English side, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen won for Children’s Text and Virginia Wolf by Isabelle Arsenault won for Children’s Illustration. For French works, Un été d’amour et de cendres by Aline Apostolka won for Children’s Text while La clé à molette won for Children’s Illustration. See the details here: http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/en If you have not heard of 49th Shelf, it is worth taking a gander at http://49thshelf.com. It is a joint project of the Association of Canadian Publishers and Canadian Publisher’s Council with some funding and sponsorship from government and industry. Its goal is to help find Canadian books and bookstores that sell them. Aside from being able to search by category (including several sub-categories of children’s fiction and non-fiction) or author, it features an intriguing map search to locate books related to geographic areas to help with your own “100-mile book diet”:  http://49thshelf.com/map. In addition, 49th shelf has an invitation out for librarians and educators to get access to some specialized content http://49thshelf.com/librarians. Some award announcements since the last issue include: National Book Awards for Young People’s Literature (books published in USA by US citizens) won by William Alexander for Goblin (see the 2012 finalists at http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2012.html#.UOcvSW9wV8E)Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize won by Frank Cottrell Boyce for The Unforgotten Coat (see the 2012 longlist at http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/gallery/2012/jun/08/childrens-fiction-prize-longlist-gallery)Costa Children’s Book Award for writers based in the U.K. and Ireland won by Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon (see the 2012 longlist at http://www.costabookawards.com/media/6956/shortlistrelease-forthewebsite.pdf) Upcoming in January should be the announcements for the various awards from the Association for Library Service to Children division of the American Library Association which include the Newbery, Caldecott, and several others. Finally, we do like to note University of Alberta and Edmonton connections when possible. Thomas Wharton, the author of The Fathomless Fire (reviewed in this issue) is an associate professor here and also recently gave a wonderful, engaging guest talk for a Greater Edmonton Library Association evening event. David Sulz, Communications Editor

scholarly journals News & Announcements

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
News Announcements ◽  
The World ◽  
Submission Deadline ◽  
The Guardian

Michael Bond, Paddington creator passesIt is with sadness that we note the passing of Michael Bond, British author and creator of the Paddington Bear children’s books. Bond’s first book A Bear Called Paddington was first published in 1958 and told the story of a bear found at Paddington Station in London, that is then adopted by the Brown family. Paddington Brown, as he is later named, loves marmalade sandwiches, and always manages to get into some type of trouble despite best intentions. Paddington’s adventures continue to delight children around the world, and are representative of middle class life in London.Bond’s first book was followed by over twenty Paddington books, which have sold 35 million copies worldwide, and are translated into 41 languages. In 1972 a lady by the name of Shirley Clarkson made her children a stuffed Paddington toy that was soon in demand by other children. Clarkson eventually obtained a license to manufacture the toys and Paddington stuffed bears became the must-have souvenir when returning home from London. A number of television programs were produced over the decades, the first in 1975. In 2014 StudioCanal produced a film called Paddington, and another film about the lovable bear is being planned for late 2017. Bond’s Bear Called Paddington, with his little suitcase, button-down coat, hat, and Wellington boots has become a British icon known the world around. Bond, who wrote over 150 books in his lifetime, received the OBE in 1997 and the CBE in 2015. He passed away at the age of 91 on June 27, 2017.For further reading, both the New York TImes and The Guardian have obituary columns for Michael Bond. The paddington.com website also has a great resource of historical and biographical information on the Paddington books and Michael Bond.Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids Submissions The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is now accepting submissions for the spring 2018 edition of Best Books for Kids & Teens (BBKT), the CCBC’s semi-annual selection guide to the best Canadian children’s books, magazines, audio and video, which will be released in May 2018. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 6, 2017 For more information visit the CCBC website.

The Economics of Potsdam

1946 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinand A. Hermens
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
General Public ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Economic Consequences

When the Potsdam declarations were made public, Anne O'Hare McCormick (in her column in the New York Times of August 4, 1945) commented: “The scale and novelty of the great experiment is breathtaking. Stalin, Truman and Attlee may be remembered longer than the original Big Three, the war-leaders, because their names are affixed to this document.”The general public, on this side of the Atlantic, is as yet hardly aware of the full implications of the Potsdam declarations. The economic consequences of Potsdam have been widely debated in Britain, but they have received little attention in this country. Yet, the plan decided upon in the former city of the Prussian kings is due almost entirely to American initiative. In the words of Raymond Daniell:

After Exit Wounds

2019 ◽  
pp. 91-111
Author(s):  
Kevin Haworth
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Children's Book

This chapter shows how, after Exit Wounds, Modan broadened her work to include comics journalism about an Israel-Gaza conflict, an autobiographical series for the New York Times, and her first solo children's book, which proved to be very popular in Israel. The chapter identifies how Modan's themes are reconfigured in these works, and how she continues to innovate the comics form in these projects. It also shows how her children's book subtly incorporates elements of Jewish and Israeli culture into a fantastic tale in which a little girl teaches the Queen of England how to enjoy a gluttonous meal.

scholarly journals Intentional Diversity: Program Ideas from the Field

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Africa Hands
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Black People ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Opinion Piece

The year 2014 was a watershed one for bringing awareness to the issue of diversity in children’s literature. The late author Walter Dean Myers wrote a stirring opinion piece for the New York Times about the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s (CCBC) report revealing that of the thirty-two-hundred children’s books published in 2013, only ninety-three were about black people.

scholarly journals Wojny wywoływane hasztagiem

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-204
Author(s):  
Leszek Zinkow
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
Francis Fukuyama

Niespełna rok po amerykańskiej premierze na polskim rynku księgarskim pojawiła się książka, którą waszyngtońskie instytucje think tanks i prasa, zarówno specjalistyczna (od „Foreign Affairs” po „Kirkus Reviews”), jak codzienna (m.in. „New York Times”), zgodnie nazwały jedną z najlepszych i najważniejszych książek non fiction 2018 r., a wybitni eksperci – pośród nich Francis Fukuyama, gen. Michael Hayden (były dyrektor Narodowej Agencji Bezpieczeństwa USA oraz szef CIA) czy nawet Vinton Gray Cerf, uważany za jednego z wynalazców Internetu, i liczni inni komplementowali słowami najwyższego uznania. Oryginalny tytuł, brzmiący w języku angielskim bardzo celnie, a zarazem przewrotnie – LikeWar – co rozumieć można jednocześnie jako „wojnę lajków” i „nibywojnę”, przetłumaczony został bodaj nieco banalnie i mniej marketingowo: Nowy rodzaj wojny, dopiero druga jego część, podobnie do anglojęzycznej, doprecyzowuje, że chodzi o Media społecznościowe jako broń. W istocie jednak tytułowe sformułowania militarne – „wojna” oraz „broń” wskazują dobitnie na główny przedmiot analizy prowadzonej w książce, którą admirał marynarki Stanów Zjednoczonych i jeden z byłych najwyższych dowódców NATO, James G. Stavridis, zdefiniował jako najważniejszą analizę teorii konfliktu zbrojnego od czasów klasycznego Vom Kriege Carla von Clausewitza, skrojoną na miarę wyzwań XXI w.

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