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Carlo Poesio Award 2020

Now in its third edition, theCarla Poesio Awardmaintains as its main focus the world of academic research concerning children's literature and ...

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Beyond Sight

Illustrations and accessibility: the tactile graphics in the exhibition Beyond Sight / Oltre la vista / Miru o koeteis on show alongside ...

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BRAW 2020: the winning books

Since 1966, the BolognaRagazzi Award is given to a book that excels in terms of production quality, visual text and the unique way it broadens ...

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Silent Book Contest 2020

The Silent Book Contest- Gianni De Conno Award 2020 is the first international contest dedicated to books without words, now ...

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The Children-Spectators

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is always open to exciting new projects involving the arts and illustration. One of these is ‘Mapping ...

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The Bookcoin project

Bookcoin is a project developed by ALIR, the Italian Association of Independent Children's Bookstores, in cooperation with Accademia Drosselmeier, ...

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Picture Books about COVID-19

A collection of children’s books on COVID-19 has been translated into several languages and made available to be read online.The sudden ...

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24h Marathon

A24h online Portfolio Marathonis the brilliant invention ofMimaster Illustrazioneand the Illustrators Survival Corner for this special year. ...

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The art of Hassan Mousavi

An inspirational source for illustrators, artists, designers, and art fans, theIllustrators Annualis a must-have publication collecting the ...

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Books that celebrate THE BOOK

In recent years picture books on the subject of the book itself have flourished including stories of libraries, bookstores, publishers, activists, ...

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“Books! How I love them!”

This text is courtesy of Jeanette Winter for A UNIVERSE OF STORIES. STARRING: THE BOOK exhibition. Some of the illustrations were specially ...

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Lucy’s Book

Author Natalie Jane Prior talks about “Lucy’s Book”, the picture book she created with Cheryl Orsini, featured in the BCBF ...

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The Magic Bookshop

Author Natalie Jane Prior tells about “The Magic Bookshop”, the picture book she created with Cheryl Orsini on show in the BCBF ...

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BCBF: the story of a logo

With the Online Special Edition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s logo has also undergone radical change. Although ...