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publishing for the first time in the Canadian market — this excludes titles that have been previously published in a different format;
forthcoming — this means that the publishing status in the book's metadata must be set to "active" or "forthcoming" for the relevant Loan Stars months' list;
English-language;
on order at Canadian libraries; and
listed in BNC CataList.
The Loan Stars schedule
Adult List | Junior and Specialty Lists | Data Dates |
January & February 2023 pub dates | Junior January & February 2023 pub dates | December/January 2023 |
March 2023 pub dates | Specialty March pub dates — Canadian Adult | February 2023 |
April 2023 pub dates | Junior March & April pub dates | March 2023 |
May 2023 pub dates | Specialty May pub dates — Canadian Junior | April 2023 |
June 2023 pub dates | Junior May & June pub dates | May 2023 |
July 2023 pub dates | Specialty July pub dates | June 2023 |
August 2023 pub dates | Junior July & August pub dates | July 2023 |
September 2023 pub dates | Specialty September pub dates | August 2023 |
October 2023 pub dates | Junior September & October pub dates | September 2023 |
November 2023 pub dates | Specialty November pub dates | October 2023 |
December 2023 pub dates | Junior November & December pub dates | November 2023 |
Best of the Brightest — Books of the Year — December 2023 — Librarian Survey | ||
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