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It is time to start voting for your favourite Red Cedar Award book(s)! Voting runs from May 1 – 31, 2023 and all you need to do is go to (well, also read the great Canadian Red Cedar Award titles too!) https://www.redcedaraward.ca/

The Society currently is looking to fill two positions: Vice-President and Director-at-Large.   Our culture is very relaxed and flexible. You  are only asked to do what you can realistically handle within your own busy schedule.

You will have:

• Experience working on non-profit teams
• Experience in the education sector (teacher, administrator teacher-librarian, for example)
• OR have experience in the book publishing industry

This is a great opportunity for professional development, to learn new skills, and to enrich kids’ reading  experiences. 

If you would like to know more about the Red Cedar Book Awards, or become involved in the Society and gain valuable volunteer experience, please contact us!  redcedaraward@gmail.com

Send your book reviews so we can post them on our website and spread the word about this year’s amazing Red Cedar Reads.  What better way to show your love of Canadian books, authors, and illustrators than to write about them! Send us your reviews and we will publish with your first name or, you can go literary, your pseudonym. Send your reviews to redcedaraward@gmail.com

If you are excited about engaging kids in grades 4-7 in reading and educating them about Canadian kidlit, this is the best volunteer gig in the province! Become part of the non-profit Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of British Columbia and you will be helping kids, families, and educators connect with literacy through the Red Cedar Book Awards. 

The Society currently is looking to fill two positions: Vice-President and Director-at-Large.   Our culture is very relaxed and flexible. You  are only asked to do what you can realistically handle within your own busy schedule. 

You will have:

• Experience working on non-profit teams
• Experience in the education sector (teacher, administrator teacher-librarian, for example)
• OR have experience in the book publishing industry

This is a great opportunity for professional development, to learn new skills, and to enrich kids’ reading  experiences. 

If you would like to know more about the Red Cedar Book Awards, or become involved in the Society and gain valuable volunteer experience, please contact us!  redcedaraward@gmail.com

We look forward to having you join the team. 

Marilyn MacPherson 

President, Young Reader’s Choice Awards  of BC – The Red Cedar Book Awards.

 

Want to be part of the society that organizes the Red Cedar Book Awards? Find out more about helping kids in BC develop important literacy skills? Learn more about books for kids? Join the YRCABC at its upcoming AGM and discover how you can contribute to the YRCABC and support the Red Cedar Book Awards, BC’s only book prize that kids get to vote for!

Date: October 30, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm ( 30-60 minutes)

Place: Online

At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to:

• find out about YRCABC’s operations and finances
• ask questions about the YRCABC
• speak about any items on the agenda including joining!

To let us know that you would like to attend, please send an email to redcedaraward@gmail.com Subject line:  2022 AGM

Take a look at the great resources for Red Cedar Readers on the Non-Fiction and Fiction nominee pages! All you need to do is click on the book cover to access the Red Cedar Book Award resources!! If you have content and resources that you would like to add, send them to redcedaraward@gmail.com

The winners of the 2021/22 Red Cedar Book Awards are…

Non-Fiction – This is Your Brain on Stereotypes: How Science is Tackling Unconscious Bias by Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Drew Shannon

Fiction – Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

Congratulations to Tanya and a big thank you to all the readers who participated in the awards!

The nominees for next year Red cedar Award can be found here.