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Rainbow
Caterpillar Bookshop calls for submissions for
2013
Mother Language Kid Lit Award
Competition open to short stories for
young children, aims to support the preservation in Canada of mother languages
“By encouraging authors to write in
their mother language, we want to help create a vibrant literary production for
children in foreign languages, but with a uniquely Canadian perspective,” says
Happie Testa, co-owner of Rainbow Caterpillar Bookstore.
“We hope this award
also encourages parents to pass their mother language on to their children
raised in Canada,” says Hanoosh Abbasi, co-owner of Rainbow Caterpillar. “We
feel that it is important for parents to have access to good books from their
countries of origin. We also think parents want to put their ancestral culture
in the context of our shared Canadian culture where many often have more than
one background and speak more than one language hanoon a daily basis.”
The Award will be presented at the
Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA) 35th Annual Awards Gala to be held in
Toronto on Multiculturalism Day June 21, 2013. CEMA is an organization
dedicated to the promotion of ethnic media in creating an understanding of
Canada and the retention of cultural links with countries of origin. http://canadianethnicmedia.com
