The 2023 Bologna Ragazzi Awards, which honors illustrated children’s books, attracted 2,349 entries from 644 publishers in 59 countries.
Bologna’s 60th Book Fair: Illustrators Exhibition Winners
A total 21,725 illustrations by 4,345 participants were submitted from 91 nations for this year’s Illustrators Exhibition honors at Bologna.
Greece Is Bologna Book Plus’ First Market of Honor
In March’s edition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Book Plus program will have Greece as its own ‘market of honor’ exhibitor.
Rights Roundup: Frankfurt in Mind
Our Rights Roundup features titles from France, Greece, Finland, India and the United States–and some statistics from Germany.
Rights Roundup and Awards: ‘Comedy Queen’ Wins a Crystal Bear
The adaptation of Jenny Jägerfeld’s ‘Comedy Queen’–about a 13-year-old who wants to be a stand-up comedian–picks up a Berlinale award.
Slovenian, Egyptian, Arab Publishers’ Associations Meet with IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi
Two trips, to Slovenia and Egypt, have opened the IPA president’s publishing-market travels this year.
International Rights Roundup: ‘Wordless Comics’ and Cat Pictures
Today’s Rights Roundup features writings from France, South Africa, Greece, Finland, and the United Kingdom.
Year’s End: IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi Focuses on Publishing Solidarity, Freedom to Publish
IPA president Bodour Al Qasimi, caps a year of international meetings with publishers with a call for protection of the freedom to publish.
Looking Ahead to Thessaloniki International Book Fair: ‘A New Era’
The Thessaloniki Book Fair is ‘open to both East and West,’ Nopi Chatzigeorgiou says, outlining international plans to promote Greek literature and translation funding.
Peter Frankopan Opens Lecture Series in Athens on ‘Global Connections’
Looking at ‘well-studied subjects in different ways,’ Peter Frankopan inaugurates the Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series in Athens, October 7.