The BCBF Guest of Honour Countries

BCBF hosts an annual Guest of Honour country, showcasing the best of illustration and children’s books from the region, at the world’s leading trade fair in the children’s publishing realm.
 
Estonia will be 2025’s Guest of Honour, and will present its vibrant publishing and art scene. 

BCBF's guest of honour countries in the past

  • Slovenia 2024
  • Sharjah 2022
  • Switzerland 2019
  • China 2018
  • Catalonia and Balearic Islands 2017
  • Germany 2016
  • Croatia 2015
  • Brazil 2014
  • Sweden 2013
  • Portugal 2012
  • Lithuania 2011
  • Slovakia 2010
  • Korea 2009
  • Argentina 2008
  • Belgium-Wallonia-Brussels 2007
  • Hungary 2006
  • Spain 2005
  • Greece 2004
  • Poland 2003
  • Arab countries 2002
  • Netherlands 2001
  • Italy 2000
  • Africa 1999 

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