2020-21 Hackmatack Shortlists

Congratulations to all the nominees! Check them out here:

• 2020-21 English Nominations
• 2020-21 French Nominations

2020 Online Award Presentation

Pause the video anytime to read more about a book or author. Enjoy!

2020 Award Winners

• English Fiction
  Sparks! by Ian Boothby & Nina Matsumoto (Scholastic Canada, 2018)
• English Nonfiction
  There Be Pirates! Swashbucklers &
  Rogues of the Atlantic by Joann Hamilton-Barry (Nimbus, 2018)
• French Fiction
  Terreur chez les musiciens by Émilie Rivard (Boomerang Éditions Jeunesse)
• French Nonfiction
  Explique-moi les aliments by Ricardo Larrivée (Auzou, 2018)
  

2020 Hackmatack Virtual Author Visits

Instead of an author tour, we presented a number of virtual visits. Click here to see the English authors.

Hackmatack titles for readers with print disabilities

You don’t have to be in a Hackmatack reading club 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.

You can get these titles from your public library, or through the CELA website:

Hackmatack 2020-21 books:

My Life as a Diamond
by Jenny Manzer (Orca)
celalibrary.ca/node/20454449

Mya’s Strategy to Save the World
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi (Puffin Canada)
celalibrary.ca/node/20478653

Hackmatack 2019-20 books:
celalibrary.ca/2020_Hackmatack_English

celalibrary.ca/2020_Hackmatack_French

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.

Call for Volunteer Board Members

We’re expanding our volunteer board! We are looking for individuals:

• with enthusiasm for literacy and a love of children’s books;
• who are able to share their passion and great ideas at the three board meetings that take place each year (in September, December, and March) either in person or by telephone or Skype/Zoom;
• who are willing to assist with the annual awards ceremony in late May;
• who have skills they are willing to contribute to the program (eg., writing grant applications, spearheading fundraising initiatives, handling the society’s bookkeeping)

Please send a brief letter of interest to hackmatack@hackmatack.ca including your name and contact information and what interests you about being a member of the Hackmatack board.

** We welcome interested parties to self-identify in any way they feel comfortable as well as including any insight into pertinent work/volunteer experience.