Literary agents are preparing their hot books to take to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this week, with a focus on Middle Grade titles and a rise in books that address the “grim state of the world”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s Books has bought world rights to a debut YA novel by Mary Watson and one other title ahead of Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a busy schedule of events primed to take place during this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the sheer range of seminars, talks and panels can be overwhelming for first-time visitors—and some more seasoned attendees, too. Tom Tivnan picks out 10 agenda-setting events from this year’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizer BolognaFiere will launch a new book industry trade show focused on publishing and international rights and licensing in New York in June 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizer BolognaFiere will launch a new book industry trade show focused on publishing and international rights and licensing in New York in June 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The titles Chinese publishers are bringing to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April run the gamut from downright whimsical to outrageously adventurous. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Bologna Children's Book Fair promises to be a colorful mashup of art, commerce, and technology. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
'I think we're starting to recover,' says one of 15 Brazilian publishers who are preparing to travel to next month’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The post Rights Watch: A Brazilian Mission to Italy Eyes Bologna appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organized by PW and the Bologna Children's Book Fair, the Global Kids Connect conference examined a booming Chinese kids' book marketplace, a renewed rights market in Spain and Latin America, and currency exchange issues after Brexit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book Island, winner of the Best Publisher in Oceania Award at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair last month, is moving its headquarters from New Zealand to Bristol as it looks to grow its UK presence. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new Digital Hall of this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair featured a score of digital service providers, companies offering software solutions, and independent producers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bologna Children's Book Fair is largely about buying and selling rights, but many attendees come with other business goals. Here, PW talks to five of them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Beyond long lines for portfolio reviews and gelato, there was plenty of activity at and around this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair. Here's a quick tour of the show in photos. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner and writer Cao Wenxuan are among winners of the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Awards at Bologna Children's Book Fair. The post At Bologna: Winners Named in the Hans Christian Andersen and Asahi Awards appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Numbers at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) have held steady, despite the 2016 event taking place just a matter of days before the 2016 London Book Fair (LBF), which has led to logistical challenges and increased costs for some publishers who are attending both fairs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Bologna Children’s Book Fair established as the hub for rights activity in the kids’ market, Charlotte Eyre takes a look at what some UK literary agencies will be offering over the course of the fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair and Publishers Weekly joint-sponsored their first children’s conference, Global Kids Connect, followed by a half-day focus on the Chinese children’s market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ginger Clark (Curtis Brown, Ltd), Kate Wilson (Nosy Crow), Christopher Franceschelli (Handprint Books) and Nick Marsh (Lost My Name) are some of the new speakers set to appear December 2 at Global Kids Connect, the children’s publishing conference presented by PW and Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
I just returned from a great visit to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, where I detailed for a large group of librarians a fascinating development: my current employer, the New York Public Library, is revamping its Summer Reading Program for 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year's Bologna Children's Book Fair saw a 10% increase in foreign visitors, with 1,200 exhibitors attending from 77 countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]