May 2009 Events
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National Share-a-Story Month~ United Kingdom
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month~ USA
Asian Heritage Month~ Canada
Paju Bookcity Book Festival for Children~ Paju, Korea
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature to be Announced~ USA
USBBY – Bridge to Understanding Award Winner to be Announced ~ USA
Discovering Ethnic Minorities – Storytelling Workshops for Children~ Hong Kong
5th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature~ ongoing until May 3, New York, NY, USA
35th Buenos Aires International Book Fair~ ongoing until May 11, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mitali Perkins’ 2009 Fire Escape Short Fiction and Poetry Contest~ entries accepted until Jun 1, USA and Canada
Books Illustrated Traveling Exhibition: An Australian Menagerie -Australian picture books~ongoing until mid Jun, China
Seoul Arts Center Exhibit: Voyage to the World of Illustration~ ongoing until Jun 23, Seoul, Korea
Exhibition of Prize-Winning Works of 16th Noma Concours (2008) “Palette of Dream Colours IV”~ ongoing until Jul 5, Tokyo, Japan
The Child and the Book Conference: This Land is Our Land~ May 1 – 3, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
BOOKFEST – The Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival~ May 2, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
IRA’s 54th Annual Convention: Reading, Writing and Conversations~ May 3 – 7, Minneapolis, MN, USA
ALOUD: a Celebration for Young Readers~ May 4 – 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
WordPower~ May 4 – 8, Fort McMurray, AB, Canada
Tehran International Book Fair~ May 6 – 16, Tehran, Iran
Mapfre Hay Festival~ May 7 – 10, Alhambra, Spain
Once Upon a Time: Children’s Book Illustrators, Then and Now~ May 8 – Jun 14, Oakland, CA, USA
Mt. San Antonio College’s Children’s Literature Day~ May 9, Walnut, CA, USA
Children’s Book Week~ May 11 – 17, USA
New Zealand Post Book Awards Festival~ May 11 – 20, New Zealand
Forest of Reading, Festival of Trees~ May 13 – 14, Toronto, ON, Canada
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival~ May 13 – 17, Auckland, New Zealand
Surabaya Book Fair~ May 13 – 17, Surabaya, Indonesia
Seoul International Book Fair~ May 13 – 17, Seoul, Korea
The 5th China International Cultural Industries Fair~ May 15 – 18, Shenzhen, China
African American Book Festival~ May 15 – 16, Mt. Vernon, NY, USA
Mother’s Day Readings With Authors Mitali Perkins, Christina Seid, Pooja Makhijani, and Others~ May 16, New York, NY, USA
Children’s Books Ireland Conference: Challenge and Change in Children’s Books~ May 16 – 17, Dublin, Ireland
National Black Book Festival~ May 16 – 17, Houston, TX, USA
Sydney Writers’ Festival~ May 18 – 24, Sydney, Australia
The Foundation for Children’s Books New England Voices Series with Authors/Illustrators Grace Lin and Giles Laroche~ May 19, Boston, MA, USA
Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Awards Presentations~ May 20, Dublin, Ireland
The Guardian Hay Festival~ May 21 – 31, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
WriteAway Conference: Something Old, Something New -approaches to classic literature, culture and heritage in education~ May 22, London, United Kingdom
Storytelling Association (Singapore) Presents Silver and Gold: Precious Stories to Inspire Young and Old~ May 23, Singapore
World Village Festival~ May 23 – 24, Helsinki, Finland
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences and Annual Book Fair~ May 23 – 31, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Week~ May 24 – Jun 3, Sweden
Library and Information Week~ May 25 – 31, Australia
National Simultaneous Storytime~ May 28, Australia
International Latino Book Awards Presentations~ May 28, New York, NY, USA
Reading Matters Youth Literature Conference~ May 28 – 30, Melbourne, Australia
BookExpo America~ May 28 – 31, New York, NY, USA
Thessaloniki Book Fair~ May 28 – 31, Thessaloniki, Greece
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibit: The Wizards of Pop -Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart~ May 28 – Sep 19, Abilene, TX, USA
Canadian Library Association National Conference and Trade Show~ May 29 – Jun 1, Montreal , QC, Canada
World Book Fair~ May 29 – Jun 7, Singapore
