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  • Bologna 2019: New Ventures, Milestones, and Trends

    The 56th annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a dynamic start on Monday, April 1, as publishing professionals from around the globe gathered in Italy to share new projects, forge connections, and celebrate young people’s literature.

  • Bologna 2019: Best Children’s Publishers Selected in Six Regions

    The winners of the 2019 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year were announced at a ceremony Monday night in Bologna.

  • Bologna 2019: IPA and UN Launch Kids' Book Club

    The International Publishers Association has partnered with the United Nations to launch a new book club for children ages six to 12 focused on the UN's 17 sustainable development goals.

  • Bologna 2019: Superhero vs. Comic Book

    Movies and print are complementary when depicting certain types of stories

  • Bologna 2019: South African Publishers Trek North

    One may presume that South African publishers of children’s books travel to Bologna to acquire international titles for the local market.

  • Bologna 2019: Superhero Girls Power Swedish Sales

    When the Swedish Booksellers Association and the Swedish Publishers Association released their annual market report for 2018 in February, one figure stood out: children’s and YA books’ sales grew 8.3%.

  • Bologna 2019: Brazil’s YA Scene Heats Up

    Ten years ago, the Brazilian YA market consisted mainly of translated titles and, with only a few exceptions, was dominated by American and British writers.

  • Bologna 2019: Heading to Bologna on Scholarship

    A trio of American indie booksellers will be among the thousands of publishing professionals converging on Bologna for the 2019 Children’s Book Fair, each with an eye on how to bring an international dimension to their work back home.

  • Bologna 2019: Not Lost in Translation

    Ireland’s Little Island is a tiny children’s publishing company that specializes in translated titles.

  • Bologna 2019: New Series Teaches Kids to Look, Listen, and Play

    Fatatrac, a division of the Italian publishing house Giunti, is introducing Look Listen Play!, a new multimedia initiative, on April 3.

  • Good Old-Fashioned Bookselling: An Exit Interview with Betty Takeuchi

    Throughout her 45-year career, pioneering bookseller Betty Takeuchi ran San Marino Toy and Book Shoppe in San Marino, Calif., and also helped found the Association of Booksellers for Children in 1985.

  • 2019 Pannell Award Winners Announced

    The Women’s National Book Association has announced the winners of its 2019 Pannell Awards, which are presented annually to two bookstores that enhance their communities by fostering a love of reading.

  • PRH Acquires U.K.'s Little Tiger Group

    Penguin Random House is acquiring Little Tiger Group, a publisher of children's books based in London, which publishes 200 new titles a year and has a backlist of nearly 1,000.

  • Rights Report: Week of March 25, 2019

    New deals for Brittney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, Susana Morris, and more.

  • SCBWI, Oliver Move to Strike Jay Asher Defamation Suit

    Lawyers for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the group’s executive director Lin Oliver will seek to have a defamation suit filed against them by 'Thirteen Reasons Why' author Jay Asher thrown out.

  • In Brief: March 21, 2019

    This week, a debut author brings her story of survival into the light; an actor-turned-author celebrates her debut; Hena Khan attends a Washington Wizards pregame; and author-illustrator Ben Clanton makes new friends.

  • 2019 Carle Honors Announced

    The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2019 Carle Honors.

  • 2019 Tucson Festival of Books in Photos

    See highlights from this year's Tucson Festival of Books, which took place at the University of Arizona on March 2–3, drawing approximately 140,000 attendees and featuring a lineup of 70 children's authors and storytellers, among others.

  • Epic Launches Original Content Program

    Fresh from announcing impressive company growth and an infusion of $30 million in new funding, Redwood, Calif.-based kids’ digital reading platform Epic has kicked off an exclusive, original content program.

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