October 2012 Events
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National Year of Reading~ Australia
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read~ ongoing until Oct 6, USA
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature~ongoing until Oct 7, Bath, United Kingdom
Wigtown Book Festival~ ongoing until Oct 7, Wigtown, United Kingdom
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Presents: The Art of the Picture Book Exhibition~ongoing until Oct 14, Montreal, QC, Canada
Hispanic Heritage Month~ ongoing until Oct 15, USA
Heart and Soul – The Story of America and African Americans Through the Iconic Images by Kadir Nelson From His Award-winning Children’s Book~ ongoing until Oct 20, New York, NY, USA
The Children’s Bookshow: Stories From Around The World~ ongoing until Nov 8, United Kingdom
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, United Kingdom
2012 South Asia Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31
SingTel Asian Picture Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, Singapore
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2012 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2013, USA
Nami Island International Illustration Concours for Picture Book Illustrations~ submissions accepted until Feb 15, 2013, Korea
Skipping Stones Youth Honor Awards Celebrating Multicultural Awareness, International Understanding and Nature Appreciation~ submissions accepted until June 25, 2013, USA
International School Library Month
Children’s Book Week: Heroes and Heroines~ Oct 1 – 7, United Kingdom
TaleBlazers Literary Arts Festival~ Oct 1 – 26, Province of Alberta, Canada
Children’s Book Festival~ Oct 1 – 31, Ireland
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival~ Oct 3 – 7, Ubud, Indonesia
National Poetry Day and Announcement of The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Winners ~ Oct 4, London, United Kingdom
The Craft of Reading, an Exhibition of Books Featuring Folk Art and Craft, Curated By Young India Book~ Oct 4 – 10, Chennai, India
The 3rd Annual Art Auction – a Benefit for the Annual Children’s Poetry Festival in El Salvador~ Oct 5, San Francisco, CA, USA
Litquake, San Franciso’s Literary Festival (including Kidquake and Teenquake)~ Oct 5 – 13, San Francisco, CA, USA
Hong Kong International Literary Festival~ Oct 5 – 14, Hong Kong
Children’s Book Week~ Oct 5 – 15, Netherlands
12th Annual Conference Teaching for Social Justice: Acts of Courage and Resistance~ Oct 6, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Carthage Center for Children’s Literature’s Caldecott Celebration~ Oct 6, Kenosha, WI, USA
The Children’s Book Fair~ Oct 7, Chicago, IL, USA
Frankfurt Book Fair~ Oct 10 – 14, Frankfurt, Germany
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominees Announced~ Oct 11, Frankfurt, Germany
The 41st Annual Conference on South Asia~ Oct 11 – 14, Madison, WI, USA
Discussion Forum on The Hans Christian Andersen Awards~ Oct 12, Frankfurt, Germany
Leonard Marcus Presents – Let the Wild Rumpus Start: Maurice Sendak as Storyteller and Psychologist~ Oct 12, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Children’s Literature and Imaginative Geography Past, Present, and Future~ Oct 12 – 13, Ottawa, ON, Canada
AASL Fall Forum: Transliteracy and the School Library Program~ Oct 12 – 13, Greenville, SC, USA
Sheboygan Children’s Book Festival: Memory~ Oct 12 – 14, Sheboygan, WI, USA
Esquimalt Children’s StoryFest~ Oct 13, Esquimalt, BC, Canada
The Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival~ Oct 13, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2012 South Asia Book Award Ceremony~ Oct 13, Madison, WI, USA
Monterrey International Book Fair~ Oct 13 – 20, Monterrey, Mexico
YALSA’s Teen Read Week: It Came from the Library! ~ Oct 14 – 20, USA
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s Take Home an Original, an auction of Original Picture Book Art~ Oct 16, Montreal, QC, Canada
Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival~ Oct 16 – 21, Vancouver, BC, Canada
17th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)~ Oct 18, New Britain, CT, USA
Northwoods Children’s Books Conference~ Oct 18 – 19, Minong, WI, USA
Dark Alchemy: Literary Brews Conjured Across the Curriculum With Kenneth Oppel, Keynote Speaker and Featuring CWILL BC presenters~ Oct 19, Vancouver, BC, Canada
59th Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards Ceremony~ Oct 19, New York, NY, USA
Scottish Storytelling Festival~ Oct 19 – 28, Scotland
8th Annual World Matters Festival: Missing Peace~ Oct 20 – 21, Eltham, Australia
GobbleDEEbook Children’s Literature Festival~ Oct 20 – 27, Chester, United Kingdom
CHARACTER COUNTS! Week~ Oct 21 – 27
Children’s Literature Festival~ Oct 22, Keene, NH, USA
The Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award Celebration~ Oct 25, San Marcos, TX, USA
Celebrate Reading National Conference: Insights Into Quality Australian Literature for Young Adults~ Oct 26 – 27, Fremantle, Australia
The Illustrators’ Journey Art Exhibition Featuring Art by Shaun Tan, Matt Ottley and More!~ Oct 28 – Dec 31, Fremantle, Australia
Tall Tales & Huge Hearts: Raúl Colón~ Oct 30 – Mar 28, 2013, Abilene, TX, USA
The Literature Centre (formerly 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
