Vivian Howard receives IBBY Canada’s Russell Grant for research on Canadian children’s literature
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, April 4, 2010: IBBY Canada (the Canadian national section of the International Board on Books for Young People), is pleased to announce that Vivian Howard of Dalhousie University is the recipient of the 2009 Frances Russell Grant.
The $1,000 grant will be presented to Ms. Howard on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., at the New Book Bash & International Children’s Book Day Celebration, an annual event hosted by the Nova Scotia Children’s Literature Roundtable. The event will be held at the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, on 1113 Marginal Road in Halifax.
Ms. Howard receives the Frances Russell Grant for her proposal, “The regional geography of creativity: an investigation of regional themes in Atlantic Canadian literature for children and young adults.” She is undertaking a detailed analysis of regional themes in contemporary and historic Atlantic Canadian children’s literature and aims to create print and digital resources to enable greater use of regional Atlantic literature among readers, scholars, teachers and librarians.
ABOUT VIVIAN HOWARD: Vivian Howard is Assistant Professor at Dalhousie’s School of Information Management. Her research into teen reading and related topics has fostered many strong connections with the professional children’s literature community. She serves on the steering committee of the Nova Scotia Children’s Literature Roundtable, was on the board of the Word on the Street, and has won Halifax’s Woozles bookstore’s Appreciation Award.
ABOUT THE RUSSELL GRANT: The Frances E. Russell Grant was established in memory of a longtime supporter of IBBY Canada. The $1,000 grant is intended “to initiate and encourage research in young people’s literature in all its forms” and is given in support of research for a publishable work (a book or a paper) on Canadian children’s literature. Past winners include Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman, Michelle Mulder, Michelle Cobban, André Gagnon, Ronald A. Jobe, Carole H. Carpenter, Linda Granfield, Krista V. Johansen and Françoise Lepage.
ABOUT IBBY: The International Board on Books for Young People (www.ibby.org), founded in 1953, represents an international network of over 70 national IBBY sections worldwide, bringing books and children together, to bridge cultures, foster international understanding and, ultimately, promote peace. IBBY Canada, founded in 1980, is a volunteer organization promoting Canadian children’s literature, in English and French, nationally and internationally. For more information, visit www.ibby-canada.org.
For more information, please contact
Helena Aalto
Promotions Officer, IBBY Canada
416 658-3144
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