August 2009 Events
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Lima International Book Fair~ ongoing until Aug 5, Lima, Peru
2009 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition of Children’s Books~ ongoing until Aug 16, Tokyo, Japan
READ!Singapore 2009 – Dreaming A Good Read~ ongoing until Aug 31, Singapore
Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations~ ongoing until Aug 31, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Enchanted Worlds – Art of Fairy Stories & Mermaid Tales exhibition~ ongoing until Sep 5, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Exhibition – Drawings from the Heart: Tomie de Paola Turns 75 ~ ongoing until Nov 1, Amherst, MA, USA
Picture Perfect: Art from Caldecott Award Books, 2006-2009~ ongoing until Nov 8, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA
Korean History & Culture and the Korean American Experience Sixth Annual Seminar for K-12 Educators~ Aug 3 -7, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Faraway Places – Real and Imagined Journeys with YA Authors Judith Simpson, John Nicholson and John Danalis~ Aug 4 – 5, Melbourne, Australia
Tokyo Reading Association Conference~ Aug 6, Tokyo, Japan
The 38th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference~ Aug 7 – 10, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Kazakhstan Reading Association Conference~ Aug 8 – 10, Astana, Kazakhstan
The 19th Biennial Congress of IRSCL: Children’s Literature and Cultural Diversity~ Aug 8 – 12, Frankfurt, Germany
LIANZA Children’s Book Awards Ceremony~ Aug 10, Wellington, New Zealand
Library Week~ Aug 10 – 16, New Zealand
6th Pan-African Reading for All Conference in Conjunction with Tanzania National Book Week~ Aug 10 – 14, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The Canadian Book Camp~ Aug 10 – 14, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bookgig on the Road with Author and Illustrator Heath McKenzie~ Aug 10 – 21, Australia
Edinburgh International Book Festival~ Aug 15 – 31, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
On-line Launch for the 2009 Inky Awards~ Aug 20, Australia
Seminar on Reading Promotion and Storytelling for Children~ Aug 20 – 21, Pretoria, South Africa
Children’s Book of the Year Award Winner Announced~ Aug 21, Australia
The Crichton Award for New Illustrators Winner Announced~ Aug 21, Australia
Melbourne Writers Festival~ Aug 21 – 30, Melbourne, Australia
Children’s Book Week: Book Safari~ Aug 22 – 28, Australia
2009 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition of Children’s Books~ Aug 22 – Sep 27, Nishinomiya City, Japan
World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly “Libraries Create Futures: Building on Cultural Heritage”~ Aug 23 – 27, Milan, Italy
Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children’s Writers and Illustrators~ Aug 23 – 30, New Zealand
Manila International Storytelling Festival~ Aug 28 – 29, Manila, Philippines
Western Australia Spring Poetry Festival and National Poetry Week~ Aug 28 – Sep 4, Australia
Taranaki Children’s Book Festival~ Aug 31 – Sep 5, Taranaki, New Zealand
Singapore International Storytelling Festival~ Aug 31 – Sep 12, Singapore
