Betsy Goes to Bologna: Now With Less Pregnancy

Eleven years ago I wrote an article for School Library Journal which ended up sporting the title Betsy Goes to Bologna: Why attend the world’s largest children’s book fair? In the piece I explained why this international rights fair is worth a trip, should you ever wish to plan a truly unique vacation. I was also, I should note, seven months pregnant at the time.

Now the Bologna Book Fair is opening up for the first time since the start of the pandemic. No longer virtual, people are streaming in from all over the world. People, apparently, like me.

Folks, for the next five or so days I’m going to be reporting to you directly from Bologna. I’ll alert you to the international trends, what I’m seeing, what I’m not seeing, the works. I had not planned on attending a fair in the midst of such international strife, but no doubt that will affect the tenor of the trip to a certain extent.

Have questions? Queries? Let me know and I’ll try to answer them. In the meantime, sit back and enjoy a gelato or two in my absence, as I try to wrap my head around that great big entity known as “Bologna”.

More soon!

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