June 2012 Events
Friday, June 1st, 2012Click on event name for more information
The Guardian Hay Festival: A Festival for Tots, Teens and In-Betweens~ ongoing until June 10, United Kingdom
Art, Children’s Literature, and the Environment: Art and Photography from Green Earth Book Awards~ ongoing until June 10, Salisbury, MD, USA
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, United Kingdom
2012 South Asia Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31
SingTel Asian Picture Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 1012, Singapore
Trail of Tales~ June 1 – 4, New Zealand
SCBWI Rocky Mountain’s One Day Symposium: Once Upon a Tablet: Children’s Books in a Digital Age~ June 2, Golden, CO, USA
Voices on the Coast: A Youth Literature Festival~ June 2 – 6, Sunshine Coast, Australia
14th International Latino Book Award Winners Announced~ June 4, New York City, NY, USA
BookExpo America~ June 4 – 7, New York City, NY, USA
SCBWI The Netherlands Hosts “A Celebration of Soldier Bear”~ June 7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bridlington Poetry Festival~ June 8 – 10, Skirlaugh, United Kingdom
National Black Book Festival~ June 8 – 10, Houston, TX, USA
16th Nordic Reading Association Conference~ June 13 – 14, Reykyavik, Iceland
CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced~ June 14, London, United Kingdom
39th Annual Children’s Literature Association Conference: Literary Slipstreams~ June 14 – 16, Boston, MA, USA
Borders Book Festival~ June 14 – 17, Melrose, United Kingdom
Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival~ June 15 – 17, Los Angeles, CA, USA
International Day of the African Child~ June 16
SCBWI Tokyo Translation Day 2012: Bringing Japanese Teen Literature to the World~ June 16, Yokohama, Japan
The Fifth Annual Upstanders Children’s Literature Conference~ June 16, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Refugee Week: Unsung Heroes of 2012~ June 18 – 24, United Kingdom
World Refugee Day~ June 20
Biennial Conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR)- If We’re Being Honest: The Facts and Fictions of Children’s Literature~ June 20 – 22, Canberra, Australia
Seoul International Book Fair~ June 20 – 24, Seoul, Korea
The 6th Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii’s Children~ June 21 – 23, Honolulu, Hawaii
American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA, USA
ALSC Activities During the ALA Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA, USA
YALSA Events During the ALA Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA USA
USSBY – ALSC Program at the ALA Conference: Writing about War for Young People: Three Writers, Three Wars~ June 23, Anaheim, CA, USA
ALSC and REFORMA’s Pura Belpre Celebracion~ June 24, Anaheim, CA, USA
ALSC’s Newbery Caldecott Banquet~ June 24, Anaheim, CA, USA
Sunthorn Phu Day (celebrated poet)~ June 26, Thailand
Canadian Multiculturalism Day~ June 27, Canada
4th International SCBWI Australia & New Zealand Conference~ June 29 – July 2, Woollahra, Australia
Children’s & Young Adult Literature Festival: Children’s Literature from Australia, New Zealand and Beyond~ June 30, Rozelle, Australia
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 Library of Children’s Literature Events~ Tokyo, Japan
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
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
