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Asia-Pacific Conference on Children’s Book Publishing~ Jul 1 - 3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Storytellers of Canada 16th Annual Conference~ Jul 2 - 6, Saskatoon, SA, Canada
4th Iberian Congress on Literature for Children~ Jul 3 - 5, San Sebastian, Spain
18th International Poetry Festival of Medellin~ Jul 5 - 12, Medellin, Columbia
NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week~ Jul 6 - 13, Australia
Multicultural Children’s Literature Conference~ Jul 7 - 8, Boston, MA, USA
15th Tokyo International Book Fair~ Jul 10 - 13, Tokyo, Japan
SCBWI Tokyo Authors & Illustrators Networking Night~ Jul 10, Tokyo, Japan
9th Annual Pacific Northwest Children’s Book Conference~ Jul 14 - 18, Portland, OR, USA
25th National Children’s Book Day~ Jul 15, Philippines
10th Harlem Book Fair~ Jul 17 - 20, Harlem, NY, USA
Montana Poetry Day~ Jul 18, New Zealand
17th Storytelling Festival at the Edge~ Jul 18 - 20, Stokes Barn, United Kingdom
Children’s Books Ireland ‘Summer Stories’ Family Event~ Jul 20, Dublin, Ireland
19th Annual Children’s Book Fair~ Jul 21 - Aug 8, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maori Language Week~ Jul 21 - 27, New Zealand
IRA: Heritage Language Literacy Development in SE Asia Conference~ Jul 22 - 23, Jakarta, Indonesia
Hong Kong Book Fair~ Jul 23 - 29, Hong Kong
13th Lima International Book Fair~ Jul 24 - Aug 3, Lima, Peru
22nd World Congress on Reading: Reading in a Diverse World~ Jul 28 - 31, San Jose, Costa Rica
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