June 17, 2019 – Dundurn Press is excited to announce that Colleen Nelson’s Sadia has won the 2019 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards in the Middle Readers category!

Enter to win one of TWO copies of Sadia, with notes and comments written in by the author.

In my last blog post, I outlined the general editorial process for Colleen Nelson’s YA novel, Sadia. This month, I am going to discuss the process of getting this book into the hands of eager readers like you, through marketing and publicity.

Publishing is an exercise in patience, collaboration, and organization. Everyone at Dundurn Press plays an important role in getting books from a raw manuscript to the finished product you end up reading.

I started working at Dundurn Press last September as the editorial intern. While I had completed a publishing program and had a broad understanding of the industry, I was still completely surprised by the amount of time and teamwork it takes to create a book from scratch.

We're very thrilled to share the book trailer for Colleen Nelson's YA story on friendship, tradition, and resilience.

Watch the trailer for look at the book.

Fifteen-year-old Sadia Ahmadi, a Muslim immigrant from Syria, learns that young voices can still be powerful in Nelson’s story about being loyal to one’s beliefs.

Three of the most recent covers to come out of the Dundurn design department are Sadia, The 4 Year Olympian, and The Teen's Guide to Debating and Public Speaking. These books all feature illustrated covers but are aimed at vastly different audiences. Here are the upcoming books and what our designers had to say.