The Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2015 Amelia Frances Howard‐Gibbon Illustrator’s Award is Any Questions? (Groundwood Books), illustrated and written by Marie-Louise Gay. This award is generously sponsored by Library Services Centre.
The Stella and Sam TV series was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School program.
Winners will be announced Tuesday, November 18th at the Quebec Writers' Federation Gala. Let's all keep our fingers crossed!
To see the full list of nominees visit qwf.org
The short list for the Governor General's Literary Awards has been released and Marie-Louise Gay is nominated in Children's Literature (Illustration) for Any Questions?
Winners will be announced November 18th at 10 am, so stay tuned to the official website for more details!
From September 24th to October 12th, don't miss a production of Le jardin de Babel (Babel's Garden) created in 1999 by the Théâtre de l'Oeil. Marie-Louise Gay created the puppets, costumes and sets, and wrote the text!
24 septembre au 12 octobre.
Le retour du Jardin de Babel à la Maison Théâtre !
Crée par le Théâtre de l'Oeil en 1999, texte, création des marionettes, costumes et décors: Marie-Louise Gay.
I am often asked if I sell my original drawings. As a matter of fact I don't, because they are fragile and sensitive to light, which is why I have donated most of my original artwork to the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa and The Osborne Collection of Early Children's books at the Toronto Public Library. Also, this means that my archives are available for viewing by anyone interested or passionate about picture book art.
However, now I have decided to offer signed and numbered high-quality prints of some of my art. You can take a look at the new store on this site.
All the original artwork of Caramba is displayed on the walls of the Buhler Gallery at the Saint Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.
The exhibition titled: The Story Illustrated: Children's book illustrations celebrates the art of illustrating for children and will be on until the end of January2014
Visit The Buhler Gallery.
With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and in partnership with CJSW 90.9FM, Wordfest presents the 2013 GG Podcast in celebration of the Governor General’s Literary Awards (“the GGs”). Listen to Marie-Louise Gay's interview here.
Last night Marie-Louise Gay was awarded le Prix Claude Aubry at the gala presentation of the French language TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
The Claude Aubry Award was established in 1981 in honour of the late Claude Aubry, who served as director of the Ottawa Public Library. The biennial award is given to an individual for distinguished service within the field of children’s literature by IBBY Canada.
Hier soir, Marie-Louise Gay a reçu le Prix Claude Aubry au Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal lors du gala des Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse.
Le prix Claude Aubry a vu le jour en 1981 en l’honneur du regretté Claude Aubry de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa. Le Prix est décerné tous les deux ans par IBBY Canada et récompense une contribution exceptionnelle dans le domaine de la littérature jeunesse.
Books For Everybody is a series of book catalogues produced for Canada's independent booksellers. Each catalogue features a wide variety of books, selected by independent book retailers from across the country.
In the Fall 2013 gift guide, Read Me a Story, Stella gets more than a recommendation: a beautiful illustration for the book is splashed across the cover!
Marie-Louise Gay’s Stella — now a Canadian classic immortalized on our postage stamps — returns with the same ebullient imagination she displayed in the inauguralStella, Star of the Sea.
Stella’s wild, red mop of curls seems to have enough energy to power several states.
Read Me a Story, Stella celebrates reading in more ways than one.
Marie-Louise Gay's classic picture book Caramba was selected for a special reissue in October 2013 to celebrate Groundwood Book's 35th anniversary.
Find out more on Groundwood Books' website.
Read about how Marie-Louise created Caramba on her blog.
Stella and Sam the television series is coming to PBS SPROUT in the US November 1st!
Read more about it on Variety.com
Read about how Stella and Sam became TV stars
In this first new Stella book in four years, Stella introduces her little brother, Sam, to the pleasures of reading. Find out more on Groundwood Books' website.
The second stamp in Canada Post's Children’s Literature series honours Marie-Louise Gay and the imaginative and intrepid young Stella she brings to life with exquisite watercolours.
Canada Post's Press Release
Marie-Louise's thoughts about the stamps on her blog
