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Celebrate Canadian Teen Fiction with the CCBC and Support the Amy Mathers Award!<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1725645288/gygmiarewnqmibkuuohg.jpg" style="width:181px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin:5px 0px 5px 5px;text-align:right;padding:0px 1px;max-width:100%" /> The Amy Mathers Teen Book Award honours excellence in teen/young adult fiction and offers an annual cash prize of $5,000. The CCBC is dedicated and determined to ensure continuity of the award with support from our community. “10 More Years of the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award" campaign marks the tenth year of the Award and highlights the importance of Canadian teen fiction. All monies raised will go directly into helping the CCBC invest in the award's future. To date, $45,000 has been awarded to Canadian YA creators to support their writing and to elevate teen fiction in Canada. On October 28, this number will rise to $50,000 with the announcement of the 2024 winner. Amy Mathers has been passionate about reading from a very young age. Born with a type of glycogen storage disease, she received a liver transplant at the age of five, a heart transplant when she was 27 and a kidney transplant at age 40. Despite her physical challenges, she has volunteered in various libraries, worked as a bibliotherapist, taken part in a high school reading selection committee and co-written and co-taught a college course called “Assisting Families Dealing with Chronic Illness &amp; Disability.”    “I continue to invest my time in supporting Canadian teen writers because I know firsthand how impactful stories can be especially in a teen's life,” says Mathers. “Living in an age where so many teen books are being deemed ‘inappropriate’ for teen readers, support for this audience and genre is vital. I am so proud the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award is celebrating its decade anniversary next year, continuing the important work of protecting and publicizing Canadian teen literature.” Help keep this important award alive by donating today!

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