Annick forms eBook partnership

Annick Press has struck a partnership with Open Road Integrated Media, a digital publisher and multimedia content company, to publish and market 34 children’s eBooks, including Robert Munsch’s classic The Paper Bag Princess, The Mole Sisters series by Roslyn Schwartz, and original picture books such as Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson and Together by Hazel Hutchins. The eBooks will be on sale this summer from Amazon.com, Apple iBookstore, BarnesandNoble.com, Google/IndieBound, Kobo Books, OverDrive, and the Sony Reader Store.

Nicolas Levesque | 02/27/2012 | Digital, Export, Success Story

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Caillou goes to Norway

Chouette Publishing is pleased to announce that they have signed a deal with Norway’s Aschehoug to publish five titles in the Caillou series this spring. H. Aschehoug & Co (W Nygaard) is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway. The deal is a result of contacts made after Livres Canada Books’ scouting mission to the Nordic countries last summer. You can download the free report on the mission from our website.

Nicolas Levesque | 01/30/2012 | Export, Rights, Success Story

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Isatis sells rights to two titles, in talks for three more

Montreal’s Éditions de l’Isatis has sold world English rights to Une petite bouteille jaune (A little yellow bottle) to Second Story Press. Mon papa ne pue pas (My dad doesn’t smell) has been translated into Spanish as Mi papá no apesta by Mexico’s Petra Ediciones as part of the Mexican Ministry of Education’s BAULA literacy project. The translation will have a print run of over 80,000 copies. And as a result of the Canadian Book Seminar in Seoul, which Livres Canada Books helps coordinate, Isatis is in talks with a Korean publisher for three more titles.

Nicolas Levesque | 12/06/2011 | Export, Rights, Success Story

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400 Coups wins Québec/Wallonie-Bruxelles prize

Les 400 coups is proud to announce that Le chasseur de loups-marins, by Claire Vigneau and Bruce Roberts, was awarded the Québec/Wallonie-Bruxelles 2011 children’s literature prize in the category “novels and educational books for children ages 9 to 12” category.

The book was selected for its story which shows that beyond the sensationalism that has developed around the seal hunt, this activity is part of the culture of the inhabitants of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The originality of the narrative – both in form and content – leads to a reflection on the loss of identity.

The Québec/Wallonie-Bruxelles prize is awarded every two years. The award ceremony will be held Monday, November 21 during the Salon du livre de Montréal and during the Brussels Book Fair in March 2012. Claire Vigneau and Bruce Roberts will share a prize of $3,500.

Nicolas Levesque | 10/24/2011 | Success Story

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Hurtubise wins best children’s book prize

Éditions Hurtubise has been awarded Enfants Québec magazine’s best children’s book prize for Victor et la dent perdue, by Alain M. Bergeron, illustrated by Fil and Julie. The $8,000 prize is awarded to French-language Canadian children’s books for ages 3 to 6 published in 2010. The four other finalists are Dominique Demers’s Aujourd’hui, peut-être, Marie-Louise Gay’s Roselyne Rutabaga remue ciel et terre, both published by Dominique et compagnie, Gilles Tibo’s La petite princesse et les livres, and Ginette Anfousse’s Une musique pour Charlotte, both published by Éditions Imagine.

Nicolas Levesque | 10/04/2011 | Success Story

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Orange Palm title takes home two prizes

Orange Palm Publications is pleased to announce that their first book for children, Jyoti for Kids: A Meditative Technique of Purification by the Light, has won the prestigious 2011 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) Visionary Awards in the Children’s Book category. The book also won the 2011 Silver Nautilus Book Award in the Children’s Books with Audio category.

Nicolas Levesque | 07/21/2011 | Success Story

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