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Bologna Children's Book Fair

March 16, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Books From Bologna: Titles I’d Love to See in America (Part Two)

And at last we come to the end! It's the final Bologna post of titles I'd love to see published here in the States.

March 15, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Books From Bologna: Titles I’d Love to See in America (Part One)

We're counting down some of my favorite books I saw at Bologna this year. Let's hope someone brings them to the States1

March 13, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Artist Discussions: Beatrice Alemagna, Tomi Ungerer, and Suzy Lee

Three author/illustrators were particularly celebrated at this year's Bologna Children's Book Festival. One of them is Italian. One of them is Korean. And one of them is dead.

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Bologna Presentations: Worldwide Photography in Children’s Books and An Incredible New Award

March 10, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Photography always gets a raw deal when it comes to book awards. Now in Bologna the inaugural photography prize has revealed some truly stunning books. I have the inside scoop.

Books from Bologna: Titles that Will Never Ever Be Published in America

March 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Many books published around the world never make it to America. And here's a list of titles that DEFINITELY never will, for different reasons.

Bologna Presentations: Children’s Laureates Worldwide Assemble!

March 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Children's laureates abound in other nations. In this program seven of them presented and I've got a video from it that's gonna knock your socks off!

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Bologna Presentations: IBBY Doing the Good Work That Needs to Be Done, Worldwide

March 9, 2023 by Betsy Bird

IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People, mobilizes when countries are in crisis. This year they talk about their work and I am here for it.

Bologna Discussion: “This is an effort to push kids back in the closet and they don’t care if they kill themselves there.” Censorship and Book Banning Around the World

March 8, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Three American children's book publishers (two of whom are the actual friggin' presidents of two of the "Big Five" companies), a rep for Portugal, a rep for Germany, a Professor from Italy and an author (who is also one of those publishers) gather to discuss censorship. This is going to be interesting.

Bologna Discussion: Accessibility in Illustrated eBooks, or, America Take Note

March 7, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Here at the Bologna Children's Book Festival, today’s program nwas addressing sight, hearing, mobility, intellect, and learning disabilities and how publishers and others can work to make their ebooks as accessible as possible.

The 60th Bologna Children’s Book Fair of 2023: I’m Back!

March 6, 2023 by Betsy Bird

The good folks at the Bologna Children's Book Fair's press office have once more allowed me to attend what amounts to the largest international rights fair of children's literature in the world. What does that mean for this blog? Lots and lots and lots of reporting!

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