Slovenia Guest of Honour Country


Monday 08 April 2024

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Illustrators Café
BolognaBookPlus
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair Kids

Opening ceremony of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, BolognaBookPlus, Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids, Slovenia Guest of Honour

Services Centre
Illustrators Café
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Slovenia Guest of Honour
The Illustrators Survival Corner

Collage and Drawing Hand in Hand (Finding stories through creative play) - Workshop with Ana Maraž and Marta Bartolj

HALL 30
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area

Ana Maraž and Marta Bartolj are Slovenia-based illustrators. The workshop offers a creative mix of techniques from both artists. Let’s explore and play with the combination of collage and drawing.

Upon reservation only on Eventbrite.

Panel

Ana Maraž, iIllustrator; Marta Bartolj, illustrator.

Organized by

Slovenian Book Agency

In cooperation with

Slovenian Illustration Center

With the support of

Slovenian Book Agency

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Guided Tour of "And then what happens?" - GoH Illustrator's Exhibition

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Services Center
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Illustrators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Awards & Contests

Chinese Excellence in Children's Illustration 2024: Meeting with the Jury & Prize giving Ceremony

Services Centre
Illustrators Café

The exhibition "Chinese Excellence in Children’s Illustration" showcases the best contemporary Chinese illustrators selected each year by a different Jury of leading Chinese and international experts, to present them to the international publishing community at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The exhibition 2024 (HALL 30, B46-C33) and the catalogue feature the 15 artists selected by the Jury: 3 winners and 12 finalists.

Moderator
Marcella Terrusi, Professor, University of Bologna
Panel

Elena Pasoli, Director, Bologna Children's Book Fair; Sara Wang, CEO, Sìdee Cultural Communication; Debbie Bibo, literary agent and editorial producer of children’s picture books and illustrated books, USA-Italy; Loïc Boyer, freelance graphic designer, Founder, Cligne Cligne Magazine, France; Anna Castagnoli, author, illustrator, researcher and collector of books for children, Italy; Hai Fei, publisher and writer, China; Wang Lijun, curator and Founder, China Picture Book Fair and the Zhang Leping Picture Book Award, China; Yang Zhong, PhD, Associate Professor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Director, Department of Culture and Urbanism School of Urban Design, Director, Picture Book Creation Workshop and Master’s Degree Tutor, China; Zhang Mingzhou, Founding Director, Lifetree Culture Promotion Center, Executive Director, Publishers Association of China, China.

Organized by

Bologna Children's Book Fair, China South Publishing & MediaGroup, Sìdee Cultural Communication

In cooperation with

China Publishers

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Authors Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Aldus Up
Artificial Intelligence

Higher-level reading, AI and Book publishing: the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto

HALL 30
Authors Café

Digitalization is one of the fastest accelerators of change in human history. The World Wide Web, social media and the explosive growth of English as a global language of communication connect us across geographical and linguistic boundaries; thanks to the unprecedented development of natural sciences, we are looking into the deepest darknesses of the universe and exploring the secrets of the human genome; even more so, we have developed virtually intelligent machines that could immeasurably accelerate scientific development in the coming decades and change the current rules in the process of creating textual content. But we also live in a time when stupidity and vulgarity are not only on public display but are becoming a political virtue, and social media enclose us in bubbles where we lose sense of the differences between facts and beliefs, arguments and biases, ideologies and scientific methods. How to understand such a complex, fluid and entangled world? And how does book publishing fit into all of this? How to communicate all these complexities in book formats without getting lost in simplifications? And what role does higher level reading play in understanding the complexity of today's world? Is it an obscure intellectual technique that is becoming obsolete, or is it something that cannot be replaced by a range of new media activities, and we need to rethink its position both in publishing and in the cultural landscape as a whole?.

Moderator
Miha Kovač, Slovenian curator
Panel

Karine Pansa, President, International Publishers Association; Kristenn Einarsson, CEO, World Expression Forum; Christoph Bläsi, University of Mainz and Aldus Up; Luis González, Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, Aldus Up.

 

Organized by

JAK - Slovenian Book Agency

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour, Aldus Up

Tuesday 09 April 2024

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Illustrators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour

Why are silent books so loud?

Services Centre
Illustrators Café
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Illustrators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour

Slovenian illustrators at the Bologna Children's Book Fair exhibitions

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Illustrators Café
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Illustrators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour

Will young Slovenian artists conquer the world?

Services Centre
Illustrators Café
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Slovenia Guest of Honour

Guided Tour of "And then what happens?" - GoH Illustrator's Exhibition

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Services Center
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Authors Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Comics

Great stories from a small country: slovenian comics today

HALL 30
Authors Café

When we talk about comics we automatically think of France, Belgium, the United States, Japan... But Slovenia, guest country of Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024, is one of the most original and surprising hubs for European independent comics. This panel is both a conversation between Stripburger, whose magazine has been bringing the best of Slovenian comics to Europe and vice versa for more than 30 years, and comic artist Izar Lunacek, among the organizers of Tinta Comics Fest.

Moderator
Alessio Trabacchini, Co-Artistic Director, Baba Jaga Fest, Italy
Panel

David Krančan, comics artist and editor, Stripburger, Slovenia; Tanja Skale, editor, Stripburger, Slovenia; Izar Lunacek, comics artist, Slovenia.

Organized by

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, JAK - Slovenian Book Agency

In cooperation with

Hamelin

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour, Comics Corner

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Translators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour

No language left behind, no book left behind. For a biodiversity in children's literature

HALL 30
Translators Café
Moderator
Francesca Novajra, children's literary translator, AITI, President, CEATL
Panel

Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, children's literary translator, literary agent and Project Manager, World Kid Lit; Karolina Jaszecka, children's literary agent, scout and translator; Elisabetta Lippolis, Vice President, IBBY Italy; Julija Potrč Šavli, children literary translator, DSKP, IBBY Slovenia; Eva Valvo, children literary translator, Strade, CEATL.

 

Organized by

CEATL - European Council of Associations of Literary Translators

In cooperation with

Bologna Children's Book Fair

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Wednesday 10 April 2024

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Slovenia Guest of Honour

Guided Tour of "And then what happens?" - GoH Illustrator's Exhibition

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Services Center
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Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Translators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Comics

Slovenian Comics in translation

HALL 30
Translators Café
Panel

Majda Koren, Damijan Stepančič, Jurij Devetak, David Krančan.

Organized by

Sinnos, JAK - Slovenian Book Agency

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour, Comics Corner

Event Highlights
Translators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour

Focus on Slovenian literature translated into italian

HALL 30
Translators Café
Panel

Martina Clerici, translator; Martina Kafol, Editoriale Stampa Triestina; Della Passarelli, Sinnos; Julija Potrč Šavli, children literature translator, DSKP, IBBY Slovenia; Matteo Sabato, Besa Muci.

Organized by

Bologna Children's Book Fair

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour

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Slovenia Guest of Honour
The Illustrators Survival Corner

Making a Picturebook: 10 tips on how to handle the ups and downs of the process - Masterclass with Maja Kastelic

HALL 30
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area

Creating a picture book is a complex creative and practical process that can involve everything from enthusiasm to despair. Here are a few tips on how to navigate through the journey of making the book come true.

 

Find out more about The Illustrators Survival Corner.


 

Panel

Maja Kastelic, illustrator.

Organized by

Slovenian Book Agency

In cooperation with

Slovenian Illustration Center

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Thursday 11 April 2024

Event Highlights
Translators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Awards & Contests

Workshop: "In Altre Parole" translation competition (Slovenian language)

HALL 30
Translators Café
Panel

Martina Kafol and Patrizia Raveggi, Jurors.

Organized by

Bologna Children's Book Fair

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Event Highlights
Slovenia Guest of Honour

Guided Tour of "And then what happens?" - GoH Illustrator's Exhibition

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Services Center
Organized by

Slovenia Guest of Honour

Event Highlights
Translators Café
Slovenia Guest of Honour
Awards & Contests

Translation competition "In Altre Parole": prize-giving ceremony

HALL 30
Translators Café
Panel

Martina Kafol and Patrizia Raveggi, Jurors.

Organized by

Bologna Children's Book Fair

In the framework of

Slovenia Guest of Honour