April 2009 Events
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National Poetry Month~ Canada and USA
Growing Up Asian in America Art and Essay Contest Winners Announced~ San Francisco, CA, USA
Exclusive Books Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until Apr 4, South Africa
Toronto Festival of Storytelling~ongoing until Apr 5, Toronto, ON, Canada
7th Bangkok International Book Fair & 37th National Book Fair~ ongoing until Apr 6, Bangkok, Thailand
20th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 18, Hayward, CA, USA
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Events in the City~ ongoing until April 30, Bologna, Italy
Discovering Ethnic Minorities – Storytelling Workshops for Children~ ongoing until May 31, Hong Kong
Exhibition of Prize Winning Works of 16th Noma Concours (2008) “Palette of Dream Colours IV”~ ongoing until Jul 5, Tokyo, Japan
Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival~ Apr 1 – 3, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Ethiopian Children’s Book Week~ Apr 1 – 7, Ethiopia
International Children’s Book Day~ Apr 2
Desi Teens and Muslim Migration: Personal Journeys from the Asian Diaspora~ Apr 2, New York, NY, USA
25th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults~ Apr 2 – 3, Kent, OH, USA
Conference: What’s New in Children’s Books~ Apr 4, Boston, MA, USA
Young Poets Week~ Apr 6 – 12, Canada
Children’s and Young Adult Literature Festival: Read Green~ Apr 15 – 16, Salisbury, MD, USA
National Library Week: Worlds connect @ Your Library~ Apr 12 – 18, USA
15th Annual Border Book Festival~ Apr 17 – 19, Mesilla, NM, USA
Beatrix Potter Conference~ Apr 17 – 19, Fresno, CA, USA
15th Celebration of Children’s Literature~ Apr 18, Berkeley, CA, USA
Congreso Iberoamericano de Libreros~ Apr 18 – 20, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BC Book and Magazine Week~ Apr 18 – 25, Province of British Columbia, Canada
London Book Fair~ Apr 20 – 22, London, United Kingdom
Global Action Week: Open Books, Open Doors~ Apr 20 – 26
Camara Chilena del Libro Book Fair~ Apr 21 – 28, Santiago, Chile
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival and Children’s Festival~ Apr 22 – 26, Montreal, QC, Canada
World Book and Copyright Day~ Apr 23
Cambridge WordFest~ Apr 23 – 26, Cambridge, United Kingdom
35th Buenos Aires International Book Fair~ Apr 23 – May 11, Buenos Aires, Argentina
27th Annual Spring Festival of Children’s Literature~ Apr 24 – 25, Frostburg, MD, USA
Celebration of Latino Children’s Literature~ Apr 24 – 25, Columbia, SC, USA
SCBWI New England’s Annual Conference: Many Voices~ Apr 24 – 26, Nashua, NH, USA
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books~ Apr 25 – 26, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lecture: The Reconfiguration of Children and Children’s Literature in a Globalized World~ Apr 27, Drumcondra, Ireland
5th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature~ Apr 27 – May 3, New York, NY, USA
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners Announced~ Apr 28, New York, NY, USA
The Voyage of the Reader: Using Children’s Books to Create a Love of Reading~ Apr 29, New York, NY, USA
El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros~ Apr 30, USA
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award Winner Announced~ Apr 30, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Ezra Jack Keats Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature Ceremony~ Apr 30, New York, NY, USA
