Registration is Open!
Register now for Hackmatack 2021-22! We welcome clubs and individual readers. Check out our FAQ or our How to Participate guide.
Visit our registration page to register online!
You can mail us a cheque if you prefer:
Download our mail-in registration form, or
Download our full registration brochure
There are a number of independent booksellers in Atlantic Canada, and some are able to offer discounts on Hackmatack shortlisted titles. They’re happy to take your order and help you arrange for delivery or pickup. Find them on our bookseller page.
Reading clubs will form in schools and libraries across the Atlantic region. Homeschool clubs and solo readers are welcome!
Congratulations to all the nominees! Check out the shortlisted books in fiction and nonfiction here:
2021-22 Hackmatack Shortlisted Books
Hackmatack Future Voices Showcase
Hackmatack is committed to selecting books that enable children to see themselves and the diversity in society at large. We know there are more BIPOC artists creating than those we currently see in print, or who are already well-known to our readers.
We’re excited to introduce you to just a few of the up-and-coming BIPOC artists who are writing and illustrating books for children. These writers and illustrators are featured in our Future Voices Showcase, broadcast on the weekend of our 2021 Awards presentation.
2020-21 Hackmatack Winners
Congratulations to all the nominees! Here are this year’s Hackmatack Award winners:
Read our news release
- English Nonfiction: Beastly Puzzles by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
Published by Kids Can Press - English Fiction: Pickles vs. the Zombies by Angela Misri
Published by DCB - French Nonfiction: Dragouilles 21 : Les Vertes de Honolulu by Karine Gottot and Maxim Cyr
Published by Michel Quintin - French Fiction: Trucs de peur tome 1: Perdues dans le noir, by Alexandra Larochelle, illustrated by Yohann Morin
Published by Éditions de la Bagnole
Centre for Equitable Library Access
You don’t have to be in a Hackmatack reading group to enjoy the books. And you don’t have to be a conventional reader.
The Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA) is an accessible library service, providing books and other materials to Canadians of all ages with print disabilities.
We’re happy to tell you that the majority of the 2019-20 Hackmatack titles are available for free in accessible formats for kids with print disabilities.
You can get these titles from your public library, or through the CELA website.
We’d like to thank CELA for the wonderful work they do. Their collection has more than 700,000 professionally produced titles, with an emphasis on Canadian authors and stories, and favourites for kids and teens.