Catherine Little‘s (Toronto Branch) picture book, Twelve in a Race (Plumleaf Press), illustrated by Sae Kimura and published March 30, 2022, is a read-aloud rhyming book that retells the origin story of the Chinese zodiac in an engaging and creative manner, while teaching children about the history and culture of Canadians of Asian descent.
Genni Gunn’s (BC Branch) novel Tracing Iris has been published in Italian as Alla Ricerca di Iris by Les Flâneurs Edizioni. Genni will be in Italy to promote the translation and present the book at ten different venues – Rome, Bari, Rutigliano, Monopoli, Siena, Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio, Torino and two in Udine – from…
Frances Peck’s (BC) debut novel, The Broken Places, is now on the shelves at bricks-and-mortar and online bookstores across Canada and the US. This “wonderfully sophisticated and razor-sharp” novel about a major earthquake rocking Vancouver has been called a “beautifully layered and compelling” story with “nuanced, stunning characters.” Details and early praise at NeWest Press.