By: Aline Pereira,
on 3/19/2012
Announced today at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair:
2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners:
Maria Teresa Andruetto (Argentina) – Author
Peter Sis (Czech Republic) – Illustrator
IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Winners:
Abuelas Cuentacuentos – The Grandmother Storytelling Programme (Argentina)
and
By: Aline Pereira,
on 3/23/2010
Today at the Bologna Book Fair the 2010 the Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) announced the winners of the 2010 Hans Christen Anderson Award. PaperTigers was there to hear the exciting news and we send our congratulations to David Almond from the United Kingdom, winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award and Jutta Bauer from Germany, winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award.
Also announced at today’s press conference was the winner of The IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award. This award is presented to projects run by groups or institutions that are judged to be making a lasting contribution to reading promotion for children and young people. 12 projects were nominated for this year’s award and two winners were selected: Osu Children’s Library Fund (Ghana) and Convenio de Cooperación al Plan de Lectura (Medellín, Colombia).
Click here to read the press releases from today’s announcements.
By: Aline Pereira,
on 3/1/2010
(Click on event name for more information)
Bath Literature Festival~ ongoing until Mar 7, Bath, United Kingdom
Exhibition of Joy Mallari’s Artwork From the Book Doll Eyes~ ongoing until Mar 9, Makati City, Philippines
Entries Accepted for the Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Mar 10, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Making of the Word Witch: The Poetic & Illustrative Magic of Margaret Mahy & David Elliot~ ongoing until Mar 14, Ashburton, New Zealand
21st Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 3, Hayward, CA, USA
Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009~ ongoing until Apr 18, Chicago, IL, USA
New York Public Library Exhibit: 2010 Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney’s African-American Journey to Freedom~ ongoing until Apr 18, New York City, NY, USA
Read Across America Day~ Mar 2, USA
Papirolas Festival for Children and Youth~ Mar 2 – 7, Guadalajara, Mexico
20th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair~ Mar 2 – 7, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
World Book Day~ Mar 4, United Kingdom and Ireland
New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Finalists Announced and On-Line Voting Begins~ Mar 4, New Zealand
Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference Mar 5 – 6, Dublin, Ireland
The Environmental Imagination and Children’s Literature~ Mar 5 – 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
Shanghai Literary Festival~Mar 5 – 21, Shanghai, China
Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference~ Mar 6, Bellingham, WA, USA
Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choices Day and Charlotte Zolotow Award Presentation~ Mar 6, Madison, WI, USA
SCBWI Conference: Creating Diversity in Children’s Literature~ Mar 6, Frederick, MD, USA
SCBWI Writers’ Day with Holly Thompson (Includes a session entitled “Plotting Across Cultures: A Workshop on Writing Intercultural Fiction”)~ Mar 6 – 7, Hong Kong
By: Aline Pereira,
on 2/27/2010
Zohreh Ghaeni, president of 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, has created a new website which provides information on the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards’ candidates. The prize, named after Danish author Hans Christian Anderson, is sometimes known as the “Little Nobel Prize” is an international award given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in recognition of a “lasting contribution to children’s literature”. There are two categories of award winners: authors and illustrators. For the 2010 Awards, 28 writers and 27 illustrators have been nominated by 32 different IBBY National Sections. The winners will be announced at the IBBY Press Conference at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on Tuesday, 23 March 2010.
By: Aline Pereira,
on 3/12/2009
Spring is in the air which means it’s time for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair - the world’s leading publishing fair covering all genres for infants, children and young adults. This year’s fair,the 46th edition, will take place at the Bologna Exhibition Centre from March 23rd to 26th and will feature: 1300 exhibitors, 20,0000 square metres, 69 countries, 55 languages and over 4,800 foreign visitors. The exhibitors will include publishers, literary agents, packagers, printers, international organizations, TV and film producers, licensor and licensees, and service companies linked to the publishing world.
Along with the the exhibition of worldwide children’s publishing and fabulous Programme of Events, highlights will include:
The Bologna Illustrators Exhibition - an exceptional display of children’s book illustrations, selected by an international jury. The 2009 Guest of Honour of the Illustrators Exhibition will be Korea, a country with strong traditions in illustration, cartoons, and design. A special exhibit entitled “Round and Round in a Circle” will showcase the literature, history and customs of Korea through illustrations.
A special “show-in-show” dedicated to Roberto Innocenti, winner of the 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Prize for Illustration.
The Illustrators’ Cafe - the ideal place to meet illustrators, authors, and publishers, discuss the latest developments, talk about everything related to illustration and attend special events. This is the place to be on March 24th when the announcement ofThe Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Literature will be broadcast live from Vimmerby, Sweden.
Bolognaragazzi Award - one of the most coveted prizes in children’s publishing, this award is reserved for books with outstanding graphic and editorial design.
TV/Film & Licensing Centre, The Literary Agents Centre, and the World Directory of Children’s Book Translators and Translators Centre
Last year two members of our PaperTigers team, Aline and Marjorie, were thrilled to be able to attend the fair and shared their experiences on our blog. Unfortunately this year no one from the PT team will be able to attend, but we want to know everything that is happening there!. So this is our shout-out to those of you that will be attending. Will you be blogging about the event, twittering or facebooking? Loading up photos, emailing? Let us know!
By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar,
on 2/7/2008
“We found it! We found it! Talitha-chan is so smart! This one finally has the kitties!”
“Jessica’s right. This one has a kitty in it.”
“Ha! And a Night-Elf-Mo-Hawk!”
“Shutup fool!”
*giggle*
“But you said there was one where some girl warrior turned into a kitty.”
“Hmm?”
“No comment.”
“heheheeeeee….”
By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar,
on 1/13/2008
“There. It’s from the game with the kitties.”
“But there’s no kitties in it.”
“There’s a dragon! I saw them flying!”
“And horses.”
“And uhhh… undead spiders and a dwarf.”
“But where are the kitties?”
“You laughed at me when I predicted this.”
“heheheeeeee….”
By: Scribe Chronicler of Aventar,
on 1/13/2008
“Z-bot to Hana. This is a Gamepowa Video Alert. Transmitting now.”
“Outstanding, Z-bot. Continue search. Acey out.”
“Ooh, is that the one that turns into a kitty?”
“Not sure but he sure likes to zap giants with that lightning, huh?”
“Talitha-chan, let’s go find the one that turns into a kitty.”
“Okay.”
“And so the duel of the video alerts begins.”
“Why do I get the feeling this is going to end in mass confusion?”
“Ha! Because everything we do is mass confusion!”
“Well, yeah, that too.”
