July 2008 Events

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

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Asia-Pacific Conference on Children’s Book Publishing~ Jul 1 – 3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Storytellers of Canada 16th Annual Conference~ Jul 2 – 6, Saskatoon, SA, Canada

4th Iberian Congress on Literature for Children~ Jul 3 – 5, San Sebastian, Spain

18th International Poetry Festival of Medellin~ Jul 5 – 12, Medellin, Columbia

NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week~ Jul 6 – 13, Australia

Multicultural Children’s Literature Conference~ Jul 7 – 8, Boston, MA, USA

15th Tokyo International Book Fair~ Jul 10 – 13, Tokyo, Japan

SCBWI Tokyo Authors & Illustrators Networking Night~ Jul 10, Tokyo, Japan

9th Annual Pacific Northwest Children’s Book Conference~ Jul 14 – 18, Portland, OR, USA

25th National Children’s Book Day~ Jul 15, Philippines

10th Harlem Book Fair~ Jul 17 – 20, Harlem, NY, USA

Montana Poetry Day~ Jul 18, New Zealand

17th Storytelling Festival at the Edge~ Jul 18 – 20, Stokes Barn, United Kingdom

Children’s Books Ireland ‘Summer Stories’ Family Event~ Jul 20, Dublin, Ireland

19th Annual Children’s Book Fair~ Jul 21 – Aug 8, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Maori Language Week~ Jul 21 – 27, New Zealand

IRA: Heritage Language Literacy Development in SE Asia Conference~ Jul 22 – 23, Jakarta, Indonesia

Hong Kong Book Fair~ Jul 23 – 29, Hong Kong

13th Lima International Book Fair~ Jul 24 – Aug 3, Lima, Peru

22nd World Congress on Reading: Reading in a Diverse World~ Jul 28 – 31, San Jose, Costa Rica

It Truly Is An Eventful World!

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

The upcoming week is a great example of what a truly Eventful World we live in! There are a variety of events taking place all around the world that promote children’s literacy. Summertime (at least here in the Northern Hemisphere) means that many of the events are held outdoors and are geared towards children and their families. Here’s a sampling of the upcoming week:

TV2 KidsFest (New Zealand), the London Literature Festival (United Kingdom), or Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga exhibition taking place in San Francisco would all be hits with the kids (and us) I’m sure. Check out the Books Illustrated Hi Five exhibition (Australia), the Nueva Paquime Festival (Mexico), International Arts Carnival (Hong Kong), and the children’s events offered at International Poetry Festival of Medellin (Columbia).

For kids that want to take part in summer workshops there are The Canadian Book Camp (Canada) and Cut It Out – Awesome Ways With Paper (Australia).

Those are just some of the events happening that are geared towards children and their families! Of course there are also events that promote children’s literacy that are just for us adults. Go to our calendar and see what might appeal to you.