September 2011 Events
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Click on event name for more information
Skipping Stones Youth Honor Award Winners Announced
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
1st Biennial IBBY Africa Conference~ ongoing until Sep 2, Polokwane, South Africa
IBBY Germany Presents Kein Kinderspiel! [No child's play!]: A Workshop for Translators~ ongoing until Sep 2, Hamburg, Germany
Western Australia Spring Poetry Festival and National Poetry Week~ ongoing until Sep 4, Australia
Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF)~ ongoing until Sep 4, Beijing, China
Delhi Book Fair~ ongoing until Sep 4, Delhi, India
Museum of Childhood Exhibit: Author and Illustrator Judith Kerr~ ongoing until Sep 4, London, United Kingdom
Nairn Book & Arts Festival~ ongoing until Sep 4, Nairn, United Kingdom
Children’s Books Link the World – Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010 & IBBY Honour List 2010~ ongoing until Sep 11, Tokyo, Japan
Meet Your Friends From Japan! An Exhibit at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 20 Amherst, MA, USA
Submissions Accepted for Lee and Low Books New Voices Award~ ongoing until Sep 30, 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
E-Mote Digital Storytelling Competition: When We Put Aside Our Differences~ entries accepted until Oct 31, Singapore
The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: Artful Alphabets: Five Picture Book Artists~ ongoing until Nov 6, Chicago, IL, USA
2012 PBBY-Salanga Prize~ entries accepted until Nov 11, Philippines
2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31
Budding Writers Project~ entries accepted until Jan 6, 2012, Singapore
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA
Singapore International Storytelling Festival (SISF)~ Sep 1 – 5, Singapore
heARTlines: Children’s Literature and Book Illustration Festival ~ Sep 2 – Oct 9, Mundaring, Australia
Asian Congress of Storytellers~ Sep 3 – 4, Singapore
Ipswich Festival of Children’s Literature~ Sep 3 – 14, Woodlands, Australia
Kathalaya Storytelling Course~ Sep 5 – 10, Bangalore, India
SCBWI Tokyo Illustrators Exhibition~ Sep 6 – 11, Tokyo, Japan
Brisbane Writers Festival~ Sep 7 – 11, Brisbane, Australia
International Children’s and Youth Literature Festival~ Sep 7 – 17, Berlin, Germany
Moscow International Book Fair~ Sep 7 – 12, Moscow, Russia
International Literacy Day~ Sep 8
UNESCO Literary Prize Awards Presentation~ Sep 8, Paris, France
The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats Exhibition~ Sep 9 – Jan 29, 2012, New York, NY, USA
CYA Later, Alligator – Children’s and Young Adult Writers And Illustrators Conference~ Sep 10, Brisbane, Australia
Book Blogger Appreciation Week~ Sep 12 – 16
The Manila International Book Fair: Words Without Borders~ Sep 14 – 18, Manila, Philippines
Chapter & Verse Meeting (a Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit)~ Sep 15, USA
REFORMA National Conference~ Sep 15 – 18, Denver, CO, USA
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival~ Sep 15 – 18, Eden Mills, ON, Canada
Hispanic Heritage Month~ Sep 15 – Oct 15, USA
Children’s Literature Scholar and Author, Leonard Marcus Gives Talk on “The Art of Leonard Weisgard” at Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature~ Sep 16, Fresno, CA, USA
5th Annual Kidlitosphere Conference~ Sep 16 – 17, Seattle, WA, USA
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Presents: Get Published! Seminar~ Sep 17, Toronto, ON, Canada
2nd SCBWI Children’s Book Seminar~ Sep 17, Bacolod, Philippines
57th St. Children’s Book Fair~ Sep 18, Chicago, IL, USA
Telling Tales: A Family Festival of Stories~ Sep 18, Rockton, ON, Canada
Thin Air – Winnipeg International Writers Festival~ Sep 18 – 24, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
International Day of Peace~ Sep 21
SCBWI Children’s Book Seminar~ Sep 21, Maasin, Philippines
The Carle Honors 2011 Annual Gala and Art Auction~ Sep 22, New York, NY, USA
First Story Festival~ Sep 22 – 23, Banbury, United Kingdom
Northwoods Children’s Book Conference~ Sep 22 – 23, Hayward, WI, USA
Göteborg Book Fair~ Sep 22 – 25, Göteborg, Sweden
The Pictorial Worlds of Shaun Tan~ Sep 22 – 25, Göteborg, Sweden
23rd Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava~ Sep 22 – Oct 26, Bratislava, Slovakia
Wigtown Book Festival~ Sep 23 – Oct 2, Wigtown, United Kingdom
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature~ Sep 23 – Oct 2, Bath, United Kingdom
The Children’s Bookshow: Stories From Around The World~ Sep 23 – Dec 7, United Kingdom
3rd Annual Elizabeth York Children’s Literature Festival~ Sep 24, Anderson, IN, USA
Fairytale Town’s 11th Annual Children’s Book Festival~ Sep 24 – 25, Sacramento, CA, USA
National Book Festival~ Sep 24 – 25, Washington, D.C., USA
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read~ Sep 24 – Oct 1, USA
Appledore Book Festival (featuring Michael Rosen)~ Sep 24 – Oct 2, Appledore, United Kingdom
The Word on the Street National Book and Magazine Festival: Celebrating Reading. Advocating Literacy ~ Sep 25, Canada
The Hindu Lit for Life Festival~ Sep 25, Delhi, India
Postmedia Raise-a-Reader Day~ Sep 28, Canada
Reading Association of Ireland Annual Conference: Creating Multiple Pathways To Powerful Literacy In Challenging Times ~ Sep 29 – Oct 1, Dublin, Ireland
