December 2011 Events
Thursday, December 1st, 2011Click on event name for more information
I Have a Dream | Writing for Social Change by Pooja Makhijani~ ongoing until Dec 2, Singapore
Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse~ ongoing until Dec 6, Montreuil, France
The Children’s Bookshow: Stories From Around The World~ ongoing until Dec 7, United Kingdom
Guadalajara Book Fair~ ongoing until Dec 4, Guadalajara, Mexico
The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration~ ongoing until Dec 29, New York, NY, USA
Adventures in the Soviet Imaginary: Children’s Books and Graphic Art~ ongoing until Dec 30, Chicago, IL, USA
2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31
16th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature~ ongoing until Jan 1, 2012, Concord, MA, USA
21st Annual Children’s Illustration Show~ ongoing until Jan 1, 2012 Northampton, MA, USA
Budding Writers Project~ entries accepted until Jan 6, 2012, Singapore
Growing Every Which Way But Up: The Children’s Book Art of Jules Feiffer~ ongoing until Jan 22, 2012, Amherst, MA, USA
A Journey Without End: Ed Young~ ongoing until Jan 28, 2012, Abilene, TX, USA
The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats Exhibition~ ongoing until Jan 29, 2012, New York, NY, USA
Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA
Book Week 2012 Writing Contest for Kids & Teens~ submissions accepted until Feb 1, 2012, Canada
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A Game That Calls Up Love and Hatred Both: The Child, the First World War, and the Global South~ Dec 1 – 4, Sydney, Australia
Malaysia Art Book Fair~ Dec 1 – 15, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SCBWI France International Conference for Writers and Illustrators~ Dec 2 – 3, Paris, France
An Artist Remembers: Hanukkah Lamps Selected by Maurice Sendak~ Dec 2 – Jan 29, 2012, New York, NY, USA
The Reading Child: Children Literature & Reading Conference~ Dec 3, Chennai, India
Theatre Production Inspired by Mahashweta Devi’s story Kyun-Kyun Ladki / Why-Why Girl Published by Tulika Books~ Dec 3, Mumbai, India
Singapore Children’s Book Club Presents: Grant S. Clark, Author of Monkey Magic Series~ Dec 3, Singapore
The Children’s Literature Centre at Frostburg State University Presents Storybook Holiday~ Dec 3, Frostburg, MD, USA
Read Out Loud! Family Literacy & Book Festival~ Dec 3, New York, NY, USA
The Exquisite Conversation: An Adventure in Creating Books~ Dec 3, Cambridge, MA, USA
Look! The Art of Australian Picture Books Today~ Dec 3 – Dec 31, 2012, Australia
Best Books: Children’s Reading Series – A Chanukah Noel~ Dec 4, Gatineau, QC, Canada
SCBWI Israel Event: Illustrator Frane Lessac Visits From Australia~ Dec 4, Jerusalem, Israel
The Fourteenth Biennial Symposium on Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region~ Dec 4 – 7, Perth, Australia
SWET and SCBWI Co-present~ J-Boys: From Inspiration to Translation. The Story of Middle Grade Novel J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965~ Dec 6, Tokyo, Japan
Translating the Wonderful: Children’s Literature in Translation~ Dec 6, London, United Kingdom
Summertime Stories~ Dec 10, Blacktown, Australia
The Best of the Best in 2011 with Susan Bloom~ Dec 10, Amherst, MA, USA
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Mock Newbery and Caldecott Discussions~ Dec 15, USA
International Conference on Languages, Literature and Linguistics~ Dec 28 – 30, Dubai, UAE
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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 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
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ Amherst, MA, USA
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA
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