The 2023 OLA Best Bets List features: Suzanne Methot, Cherie Dimaline, Danny Ramadan, and Roza Nozari

The 2023 Ontario Library Association Best Bets List features: Suzanne Methot, Cherie Dimaline, Danny Ramadan, and Roza Nozari.

About the OLA Best Bets Committee:

This committee is comprised of Librarians and Library Technicians who are OLA members, work in public libraries and are committed to children’s and young adult services and eager to evaluate and promote Canadian books. We are a long standing committee with a strong voice in promoting Canadian literature for children and young adults. Our goals include highlighting excellence in the current publishing year for the OLA membership, bolstering the Canadian publishing industry, developing recognition for Canadian authors and Canadian books, and providing teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians and other interested parties with a meaningful list to assist in collection development and readers’ advisory. —Ontario Library Association

Suzanne Methot’s KILLING THE WITTIGO is listed in the Young Adult category.

Cherie Dimaline’s FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS is listed in the Young Adult category.

Danny Ramadan’s SALMA MAKES A HOME and SALMA WRITES A BOOK are listed in the Junior Fiction category.

Roza Nozari’s work in illustrating THE ANTIRACIST KITCHEN is listed in the Junior Non-fiction category.

Read the full list here.