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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto (May 1, 2012)- Programme partners the Ontario Library Association (OLA) and Authors at Harbourfront Centre are delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 Forest of Reading® Awards. This year’s Forest of Reading® Festival of Trees™ was held at Harbourfront Centre on May 15 and 16, during which the winners were announced. The festival featured two fun-filled days of award ceremonies, readings, workshops, book signings, and other exciting entertainment celebrating the love of reading. The Festival of Trees™, Canada’s largest children’s literary event, welcomes more than 8,000 readers annually.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto (May 9, 2012) - From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the Joe Shuster Awards are a way of recognizing and celebrating their achievements. Since it was established in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award program has been Canada’s national awards program for recognizing the outstanding achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The juried awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

In April of this year, the nominees were chosen from lists comprising all eligible titles published during the year 2011, by Canadian citizens living at home or abroad and Canadian permanent residents. Now that the nominees have been selected, their works will be evaluated by different juries who will determine winners in each category. Winners will be announced during a public ceremony on the evening of Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Montreal Comic Con, which takes place from September 14-16, 2012 at the Palais de Congres (Montreal).

TORONTO ~ May 9, 2012 — The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is excited to announce the winners of the Book Week 2012 Writing Contest for Kids & Teens. The national contest is a much-anticipated part of TD Canadian Children's Book Week — the largest celebration of Canadian books for young people in Canada.

The winner from each grade will receive a $250 gift certificate for the bookstore of his or her choice. Two honourable mentions from each grade category will also receive $50 gift certificates.

Lesley Simpson's Yuvi’s Candy Tree (Kar-Ben Publishing) is the winner of the 2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in the youth category. A program of the Koffler Centre of the Arts, the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary Canadian writing that reflects Jewish themes and subjects.

Susin Nielsen's Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom (Tundra Books) is the winner of the 2012 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award (MYRCA). This award aims to promote reading and Canadian literature by giving young people the opportunity to vote for their favourite Canadian book from an annual preselected list. The books are nominated based on their quality and reader appeal. Kenneth Oppel's Half Brother (HarperCollins Canada) and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's Stolen Child (Scholastic Canada) were named the 2012 honour books.