The Australian author-illustrator team behind the ‘Real Pigeons’ books – Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood – are headed into film development with Nickelodeon.
The UK’s Society of Authors Names Winners of £100,000 in Awards
This tranche of honors administered by the society is cast this year as having to do with literature challenging inequality and includes several programs with age restrictions on eligible writers.
In Istanbul: A New Illustration Agency Focused on Timely ‘Book Projects’
A trilogy of picture books themed on the coronavirus pandemic has kicked off a new Turkish agency’s project-based approach to representing illustrators.
Coronavirus Impact: Singapore Book Council Opens an Illustrators’ Gallery
The annual Asian Festival of Children’s Content–itself postponed to October–this year takes its illustration show online with 13 nations’ illustrators represented in the curated collection.
The UK Society of Authors 2020 Shortlists: Winners on June 18
Five of the Society of Authors-administered prize programs with a combined £100,000 at stake are to be awarded in digital programming next month.
Bologna’s Digital Event: 60,000 Online Visitors, 75 Percent International
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair drew twice as many visitors online than it draws in a real-life regular staging in northern Italy.
Bologna Online: Jacqueline Woodson and Albertine Win Hans Christian Andersen 2020
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.