'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 ]
A series of high-profile acquistions have galvanised this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, including Alex Scarrow’s sensational move of publisher, an Egmont series on coding and a science fiction twist on the “sick lit” genre. Macmillan Children’s Books announced a “substantial” three-book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Before the opening of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, app creators and developers gathered to discuss the digital children's market, including pricing and pitfalls. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ahead of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, a look at the international licensing market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi and Brazilian illustrator Roger Mello are the recipients of the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious international awards in children’s literature. The announcement came Monday at a press conference at the Bologna Children’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin has made a "major acquisition" ahead of the Bologna Children's Book Fair,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A preview of the 50th Bologna Book Fair includes the TOC Bologna program, Sweden as the Guest of Honor Country, and a list of award winners recognized during the fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]