September 2008 Events
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Library Card Sign-up Month~ USA
National Poetry Week~ ongoing until Sep 7, Australia
Singapore International Storytelling Festival~ ongoing until Sep 9, Singapore
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture-Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 14, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Beijing International Book Fair~ Sep 1 – 4, Tinjian, China
National Literacy and Numeracy Week~ Sep 1 – 7, Australia
New Zealand Book Month~ Sep 1 – 30, New Zealand
Christchurch Writers Festival: Getting Between the Covers~ Sep 4 – 7, Christchurch, New Zealand
Shanghai Conference On Children’s Publishing~ Sep 5 – 6, Shanghai, China
Cape Clear Island Storytellling Festival~ Sep 5 – 7, Cape Clear, Ireland
31st IBBY World Congress~ Sep 7 – 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Christian Anderson Awards Presentation~ Sep 7, Copenhagen, Denmark
International Literacy Day~ Sep 8
UNESCO Literary Prize Awards Presentation~ Sep 8, Paris, France
29th Manila International Book Fair: Words Without Borders~ Sep 12 – 16, Manila, Philippines
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature~ Sep 19 – 28, Bath, United Kingdom
Brisbane Writers Festival~ Sep 17 – 21, Brisbane, Australia
CYA later, Alligator – Children’s and Young Adult Writers And Illustrators Conference~ Sep 20, Brisbane, Australia
6th Annual Houston Latino Book and Family Festival~ Sep 20 – 21, Houston, TX, USA
International Day of Peace~ Sep 21
9th Annual Hog Wild About Reading: A Motorcycle Ride For Literacy~ Sep 21, Port Moody, BC, Canada
Raise-a-Reader Day~ Sep 24, Canada
International Children’s and Youth Literature Festival~ Sep 24 – Oct 4, Berlin, Germany
National Book Festival~ Sep 27, Washington, D.C., USA
Kidlit Bloggers Conference~ Sep 27, Portland, OR, USA
SCBWI Illustrator Day~ Sep 27, San Francisco, CA, USA
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read~ Sep 27 – Oct 4, USA
Word on the Street Book and Magazine Festival ~ Sep 28, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Entry Deadline for the Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations~ Sep 30
