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TORONTO, June 3 2023 - Today, First Book Canada, Raptors 905, and Penguin Random House Canada will launch the fourth annual Raptors 905 Summer Reading Challenge with participants diving into The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan by Salma Hussain. Read more
The Buy a Book, Give a Book program brings over 100,000 books to Canadian children in need TORONTO, October 27th, 2021 — First Book Canada and Amazon Canada announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, they are collaborating on the Buy a Book, Give a Book program, and have... Read more
The Buy a Book, Give a Book program brings over 100,000 books to Canadian children in need TORONTO, October 27th, 2021 — First Book Canada and Amazon Canada announced today that, for the fourth consecutive year, they are collaborating on the Buy a Book, Give a Book program, and have... Read more
Description:As part of a partnership with the Archewell Foundation and Penguin Random House Canada, First Book Canada is holding a giveaway contest to win one carton of Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex’s new book, ‘The Bench’. The giveaway will be held from October 25th at 9 a.m. EST to November... Read more
905 minutes of reading and five remarkable Black and Indigenous authors, all led by the best coach in the league. TORONTO, June 7, 2021 – First Book Canada, Raptors 905, and Penguin Random House Canada announced today the launch of the Raptors 905 Summer Virtual Reading Challenge: The Stories for... Read more
First Book Canada launches virtual series featuring prominent keynote speakers to engage, inspire and interact with students through literacy. TORONTO (Thursday, May 13th, 2021) – First Book Canada (FBC) in partnership with the RBC Foundation, launched RBC Stories of Empowerment – a virtual event series for grade 12 students at... Read more
With books curated by Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation, portal will provide organizations with a great resource to support young children on the road to reading TORONTO (January 25, 2021)– First Book Canada (FBC) today launched a book portal featuring board books and story books for young children, all at a... Read more
First Book Canada to host Scotiabank Giller Prize Reading events for grade 12 students across Canada TORONTO, Tuesday, December 1st, 2020—First Book Canada will host five Reading Celebrations for senior students at high-needs secondary schools across Canada with Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Souvankham Thammavongsa. Thammavongsa was awarded the Scotiabank Giller... Read more
Montréal, QC (21 octobre 2020) – Premier Livre Canada et la Banque Scotia s’efforcent de combler le fossé éducatif exacerbé par le COVID-19 en organisant une distribution de livres pop-up à Montréal pour fournir des livres aux enfants. Organisé par Moisson Montréal chaque année depuis six ans, le Pop-Up 2020... Read more
Montreal, QC (October 21, 2020) – First Book Canada and Scotiabank are working to close the educational gap exacerbated by COVID-19 by holding a Pop-up Book Distribution in Montreal to provide books to kids. Hosted by Moisson Montreal each year for the last six years, the 2020 Pop-Up will see... Read more