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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TORONTO (May 23, 2013) - The 2013 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today at Etobicoke’s North Kipling Junior Middle School, where students gathered for a celebratory presentation.The Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were established in 1976 by Sylvia Schwartz in memory of her sister, Ruth Schwartz, a respected Toronto bookseller. In 2004, the family renamed the awards to honour both sisters. The Ontario Arts Foundation administers the awards with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, which manages the nomination and jury process. These awards are funded through the Ruth Schwartz Foundation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TORONTO (May 22, 2013) - First Nation Communities Read is pleased to announce that Indian Horse is its 10th anniversary community reading selection. Written by Richard Wagamese and published by Douglas & McIntyre (Vancouver), Indian Horse is a novel that is uniquely Aboriginal in voice, spirit, and substance.

The winners of the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award 2013 were announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 10 at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Catherine Austen, author of 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6, was the winner in the English fiction category. Tanya Lloyd Kyi received the English non-fiction award for her book 50 Poisonous Questions. The winner of the French fiction category was Arianne Gagnon-Roy for Le mystère de Blandy-les-tours. Maxim Cyr and Karine Gottot received the award in French non-fiction for their book Les bleues de New York.

The winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were announced Thursday night (May 16, 2013) in a ceremony held at Alderney Gate Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. CBC Radio’s Louise Renault hosted the sold-out event, with books representing the wide range of literary works being produced in Atlantic Canada—from traditional novels to cutting edge fiction; thought-provoking non-fiction and deeply researched books on Atlantic Canadian history, to poetry; and illustrated children’s picture books to novels written for teens and young adults.

Programme partners the Ontario Library Association (OLA) and Authors at Harbourfront Centre are pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 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 highly anticipated two-day festival consisted of award ceremonies, book signings, readings, workshops, and other interactive entertainment all while celebrating the love of reading. The Festival of Trees™ creates lifelong readers, as OLA and AUTHORS welcome thousands of young people on site.