August 2012 Events
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National Year of Reading~ Australia
Exhibition: The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan, From Book to Film: The Art of Story~ ongoing until Aug 26, Maryborough, Australia
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, United Kingdom
2012 South Asia Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012
SingTel Asian Picture Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 1012, Singapore
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2012 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2013, USA
Ghummakkad Narain – the Travelling Literature Festival~ Aug 1 – Sep 30, New Delhi, India
Erode Book Festival~ Aug 3 – 19, Erode, India
41st Annual SCBWI Summer Conference~ Aug 3 – 6, Los Angeles, CA, USA
LUCY’s 2nd Annual Multicultural Continuing Education Day~ Aug 4, Hampton, VA, USA
School Library Journal Presents SummerTeen: A Online Celebration of Young Adult Books~ Aug 8
Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) Annual Convention~ Aug 9 – 11, Manila, Philipinnes
The IFLA World Library and Information Congress~ Aug 11 – 17, Helsinki, Finland
Edinburgh International Book Festival~ Aug 11 – 27, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Writing & Book Camp for Kids 11+~ Aug 13 – 17, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Shanghai Book Fair~ Aug 15 – 21, Shanghai, China
Children’s Books of the Year Award Winners Announced~ Aug 17, Australia
Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art’s Fifth Anniversary~ Aug 18, Vancouver, BC, Camada
Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) – Book Week: Champions Read~ Aug 18 – 24, Australia
The Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children’s Writers and Illustrators~ Aug 18 – 26, New Zealand
SCBWI Tokyo Illustrator Day with John Shelley~ Aug 19, Tokyo, Japan
Zart Art and CBCA, Vic Branch Seminar: War books for kids – Why?~ Aug 23, Mebourne, Australia
33rd IBBY International Congress: Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations~ Aug 23 – 26, London, United Kingdom
(PaperTigers Editor Marjorie Coughlan will be presenting a paper entitled Escaping Conflict, Seeking Peace: picture books that relate refugee stories, and their importance)
Jump Start 2012: Focusing on the children’s books from India and abroad~Aug 23 – 24, New Delhi, India
Melbourne Writer’s Festival~ Aug 23 – Sep 2, Melbourne, Australia
National Year of Reading Initiative National Reading Day~ Australia
Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival~ Aug 25, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre Exhibits and Programs~ Fremantle, Australia
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
Books Illustrated Events and Exhibitions~ Middle Park, Australia
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
Tulika Book Events~ India
International Library of Children’s Literature Events~ Tokyo, Japan
Newcastle University Programme of Talks on Children’s Books for 2011-2012~ Newcastle, United Kingdom
Seven Stories (the National Home of Children’s Books in Britain) Events~ Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Discover Children’s Story Centre~ London, United Kingdom
Arne Nixon Center’s Children’s Literature Book Clubs for Adults Events~ USA
Events Sponsored by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress~ USA
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ Amherst, MA, USA
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events
