As programming in the digital edition of the Bologna Book Fair closes, we look at the announcement of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award winners.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Online This Week Names 2020 Best Publishers
The virtual 2020 Bologna Children’s Book Fair is running through Thursday, and includes the 2020 Children’s Publishers of the Year announcement.
Homeschooled Authors: France’s Lecayes on ‘Motivating Each Other’
As working parents grapple with their kids’ education during the coronavirus lockdown, a family of writers and artists looks back on their mother’s choice to homeschool them.
The Digital Road to Bologna: The Fair Expands Its May Online Edition
Talking first of an online trading facility following its cancellation in the pandemic, Bologna’s 57th trade show now plans to do much more in the digital space, May 4 to 7.
Nosy Crow’s Free Digital Book for Kids About COVID-19 Takes Off
With Axel Scheffler’s illustrations and Hugh Bonneville’s narration, Nosy Crow’s ‘Coronavirus: A Book for Children’ is a free download.
Words Without Borders April: Into the Woods of Translated Children’s Stories
Drawn from French, Polish, Arabic, German, Norwegian, Japanese, and Italian, Daniel Hahn’s cauldron of young readers’ work in translation may remind you ‘what children’s stories are capable of.’
International Children’s Book Day: WHO, UNICEF, and IPA Open ‘Read the World’
On International Children’s Book Day, the new ‘Read the World’ program invites authors to share online readings of their works with children and families during the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus: Canadian Publishers and Access Copyright Open ‘Read Aloud Canadian Books’
The second coronavirus-related copyright exception this week, Canada’s ‘Read Aloud Canadian Books’ program aimed specifically at online ‘story time’ use.
Coronavirus: Singapore’s Fest Postpones; Rathbones’ Prize Is Digital; Javits as a Hospital
The COVID-19 pandemic’s rapid expansion prompts the cancellation of the 2020 Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore, and the UK Rathbones Folio Prize ceremony goes online.
Coronavirus Worklife: Dioptra’s Rights Staff and Colleagues Go Remote in Greece
Told that they’d need to work at home, the team at Athens-based Dioptra Publishing begins the remote working transition during the coronavirus outbreak.