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Oct 22, 2024 | 
abramsbooks.com | Kyo Maclear
A gentle, probing picture book from award-winning author Kyo Maclear and celebrated illustrator Katty Maurey about the special relationship between a grandfather and his grandson, and the many traces, memories, and even ghosts with which we live There’s a ghost in Grandpa’s garden. It leaves tracks by the path where there was once a cool, dark stream. It makes mischief by knocking over flowerpots.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
booklistonline.com | Kyo Maclear
Illus. by Katty Maurey.
Oct. 2024. 56p. Enchanted Lion, $18.95 (9781592704057). K-Grade 3.
REVIEW.
First published October 15, 2024 ().
Are ghosts real? If you ask the boy and grandpa in this quiet, enigmatic book, the answer is decidedly yes, though perhaps not in the way you might expect. The ghosts this pair looks for live in craggy corners of the garden, rustling in leaves and darting from the shadows—maybe they’re animals, maybe they’re something else.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
canada-news.ca | Kyo Maclear |I’m Afraid |Danielle Daniel |Matt James
Jordan Abel, Danny Ramadan and Cherie Dimaline are among the finalists for the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards. The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people’s literature — text, young people’s literature — illustration, drama and French-to-English translation. Seven French-language awards are also given out in the same categories.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
sonderbooks.com | Kyo Maclear
Review posted October 13, 2024. Random House Studio, 2024. 36 pages. Review written October 4, 2024, from my own copy, sent to me by the publisher. Starred Review 2024 Sonderbooks Standout: #6 Picture Books I was completely surprised how charmed I was by this picture book. Here's the beginning:When the deliverymen set off in the morningwe sit outsideand watchand waitfor the flicker of pedal and wheel.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
cbc.ca | Kyo Maclear |Cliff Cardinal |Alicia Elliott
CBC Books is taking a look back at some of the award-winning Canadian writing of the past year. From Canada Reads to the Governor General's Literary Awards, these are the authors that won some of Canada's biggest literary prizes.
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May 2, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Karen Kane |Jonaz McMillan |Erin Kelly |Kyo Maclear
Kyo Maclear, illus. by Gracey Zhang. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-70608-4Dynamic spreads by Zhang pulse with energy as they capture the casual grace of Japan’s demae—cycling food deliverers—who, from the 1930s to the 1970s, per an end note, balanced stacked trays loaded with “ceramic soup bowls and wooden soba boxes” on one shoulder while piloting their bicycle with the other hand.
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May 2, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Erin Kelly |Karen Kane |Kyo Maclear |Jonaz McMillan
In this engaging novel by Kelly (The First State of Being), eminently likable, curious eight-year-old Felix, who cues as white, is inexplicably drawn to a seemingly nondescript blanket in a thrift shop. Bearing his purchase, he returns to the home he shares with his nan (the kind of grandmother who serves dessert as dinner once a month).
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
tnq.ca | Kyo Maclear
The Writers’ House was a nice place where writers were accorded the freedom of a simple literary life. It was a place to work without worry, where one could enter the contemplative space of literature, enjoying the bright warmth of unfettered creativity. The outside world was barely noticeable inside the House. News arrived by smart phone or computer but these reports were easily muted.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
msn.com | Kyo Maclear
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Kyo Maclear
In 2019, I took a DNA test and discovered that my father, who had died three months earlier, was not biologically related to me. When it came to our family history, I thought I had everything figured out, but that turned out not to be the case. The father who raised me was a foreign correspondent and his love of questions shaped me. So, after my discovery I became the reporter’s daughter, approaching family and family friends with interrogative zeal.
