July 2011 Events
Friday, July 1st, 2011Click on event name for more information
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
Screenings for Library of the Early Mind: a documentary film exploring childrens literature~ Canada and USA
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
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
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events
Manchester Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until July 4, Manchester, United Kingdom
London Literature Festival~ ongoing until July 14, London, United Kingdom
Japanese Children’s Literature: A History from the International Library of Children’s Literature Collections~ ongoing until Aug 21, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Childhood Exhibit: Author and Illustrator Judith Kerr~ ongoing until Sep 4, London, United Kingdom
Meet Your Friends From Japan! An Exhibit at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 20 Amherst, MA, USA
Mirror, an Exhibition by Children’s Author and Artist Jeannie Baker~ ongoing until Oct 11, Ipswich City, Australia
2012 Scholastic Asian Book Award~ entries accepted until Oct 17, Singapore
Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children~ ongoing until Oct 30, London, United Kingdom
The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: Artful Alphabets: Five Picture Book Artists~ ongoing until Nov 6, Chicago, IL, USA
2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA
West Cork Literary Festival Children’s Programme~ July 3 – 9, Bantry, Ireland
NAIDOC Week~ July 3 – 10, Australia
The 20th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature~ July 4 – 8, Brisbane, Australia
Southampton Children’s Literature Conference~ July 6 – 10, Southampton, NY, USA
Tokyo International Book Fair ~ July 7 – 10, Tokyo, Japan
SCBWI Tokyo Presents: Discovering PaperTigers—the Online Forum for Multicultural Children’s Literature~ July 8, Tokyo, Japan
Centre for the Study of New Literacies Annual Conference: New Methods for New Literacies~ July 8 – 9, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) National Conference~ July 8 – 10, Norwood, Australia
Pop Up Festival of Stories~ July 9 – 10, London, United Kingdom
Siragugal Festival~ July 9 – 10, Chennai, India
Artist Talk – David Elliot: The Making of the Word Witch~ July 10, Rotorua, New Zealand
Mock Children’s Literature Class at The Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art~ July 10, Amherst, MA, USA
Literature and Translation Conference~ July 11 – 12, Melbourne, Australia
Pan-African Reading for All Conference~ July 11 – 14, Gaborone, Botswana
4th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics~ July 11 – 14, Athens, Greece
Association for Cultural Studies – Summer Institute on Critical Literacies~ July 11 – 15, Ghent, Belgium
Mazza Museum’s International Art from Picture Books Summer Conference~ July 11 – 15, Findlay, OH, USA
Teaching Writing through Children’s Literature~ July 11 – 15, Cullowhee, NC, USA
Children’s Book Fair~ July 11 – 30, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Graduate Children’s Literature Information Session at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ July 11, Amherst, MA, USA
Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival~ July 13 – 17, Mackay, Australia
Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference~ July 15 – 16, Chichester, United Kingdom
The 47th UKLA International Conference – Empowerment Through Literacy: Literacy Shaping Futures~ July 15 – 17, Chester, United Kingdom
Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Picturebook Picnic~ July 16, Dublin, Ireland
Book Signing and Art Workshop with Christy Hale, author of The East-West House: Noguchi’s Childhood in Japan~ July 17, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
National Children’s Book Day~ July 19, Philippines
Hong Kong Book Fair~ July 20 – 26, Hong Kong
Lima International Book Fair~ July 20 – Aug 2, Lima, Peru
Racial Harmony Day~ July 21, Singapore
Chapter & Verse Meeting (a Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit)~ July 21, USA
2011 WLU Summer Institute: Teachers, Students and Families Together: Nurturing Literate Communities~ July 21 – 24, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library Present:2011 Best of the Best~ July 22, Knoxville, TN, USA
The XI Latin America Conference and II National Conference~ July 22 – 24, Managua, Nicaragua
Tirgan Iranian Festival Literature Events~ July 21 – 24, Toronto, ON, Canada
Series: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the World? Lecture: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the Netherlands and Belgium?~ July 23, Tokyo, Japan
SCBWI Eastern Pa’s Festival of Authors and Illustrators~ July 28, Doylestown, PA, USA
100 Years of the Secret Garden~ July 29 – 30, Hanover, NH, USA
Stories of Anansi the Survivor with Storyteller Phyllis Walker~ July 31, Toronto, ON, USA
17th European Conference on Reading: Literacy and Diversity~ July 31 – Aug 3, Mons, Belgium
An exciting multicultural literature event takes place this weekend in Mesilla, New Mexico – the 
