“I didn’t intend on ever writing a children’s book, but I awoke from a dream of women in red dresses, and I began writing.” Interview with Willie Poll about her debut picturebook
“The joy of the job is that it continually surprises, with books that take your breath away, audiences’ reactions to events, the books you discover through the year.” Interview with TIFA’s director Roland Gulliver
Interview with author and community builder Leanne Prain
An overview of the 10th anniversary of the Vaughan International Film Festival (VFF).
Interview with celebrated author Marissa Stapley about her latest novel LUCKY and her upcoming masterclass at TIFA’s Motive: Crime & Mystery Festival
Interview with Raeann Brown about her debut book for children, Bedtime in Nunatsiavut, about an Inuk girl’s fanciful dreams
Interview with award-winning Canadian actor Michelle Nolden
Scott Sneddon’s round up of middle-grade graphic novels to read this spring
“Other racialized students would see themselves reflected in my story, and would therefore feel that they, too, have a voice and that their experiences are valid.” Interview with author and health advocate Habiba Cooper Diallo about her debut book #BlackInSchool (U of Regina Press)
Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Sharon Lewis’ latest documentary WITH WONDER explores the question “can you be Christian and queer?”.
As the year starts and the world looks toward optimism, hope and certainty, here are some thought-provoking and visually-arresting picture books to get young minds thinking and talking
