March 2010 Events
Monday, March 1st, 2010(Click on event name for more information)
Bath Literature Festival~ ongoing until Mar 7, Bath, United Kingdom
Exhibition of Joy Mallari’s Artwork From the Book Doll Eyes~ ongoing until Mar 9, Makati City, Philippines
Entries Accepted for the Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Mar 10, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Making of the Word Witch: The Poetic & Illustrative Magic of Margaret Mahy & David Elliot~ ongoing until Mar 14, Ashburton, New Zealand
21st Annual Children’s Book Illustrators Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 3, Hayward, CA, USA
Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009~ ongoing until Apr 18, Chicago, IL, USA
New York Public Library Exhibit: 2010 Caldecott Winner Jerry Pinkney’s African-American Journey to Freedom~ ongoing until Apr 18, New York City, NY, USA
Read Across America Day~ Mar 2, USA
Papirolas Festival for Children and Youth~ Mar 2 – 7, Guadalajara, Mexico
20th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair~ Mar 2 – 7, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
World Book Day~ Mar 4, United Kingdom and Ireland
New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Finalists Announced and On-Line Voting Begins~ Mar 4, New Zealand
Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference Mar 5 – 6, Dublin, Ireland
The Environmental Imagination and Children’s Literature~ Mar 5 – 6, Toronto, ON, Canada
Shanghai Literary Festival~Mar 5 – 21, Shanghai, China
Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference~ Mar 6, Bellingham, WA, USA
Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Choices Day and Charlotte Zolotow Award Presentation~ Mar 6, Madison, WI, USA
SCBWI Conference: Creating Diversity in Children’s Literature~ Mar 6, Frederick, MD, USA
SCBWI Writers’ Day with Holly Thompson (Includes a session entitled “Plotting Across Cultures: A Workshop on Writing Intercultural Fiction”)~ Mar 6 – 7, Hong Kong
YALSA’s Teen Tech Week~ Mar 7 – 13, USA
Share a Story – Shape a Future, A Blog Tour for Literacy~ Mar 8 – 14
SCBWI Presents From Literature to Theatre~ Mar 9, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Writing Across Cultures~ Mar 9 – 10, Hong Kong
13th Time of the Writer International Writers Festival~ Mar 9 – 13, Durban, South Africa
New Zealand Post Writers & Readers Week~ Mar 9 – 14, New Zealand
IBBY Ireland Celebrates Hans Christian Andersen~ Mar 10, Dublin, Ireland
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Annual Conference~ Mar 10 – 13, San Jose, CA, USA
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature~ Mar 10 – 13, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Arabian Reading Association (TARA) and the Teachers of Young Children (TOYC) 2010 Conference~ Mar 11, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival~ Mar 11 – 14, Hong Kong
The 14th Annual Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival~ Mar 12 – 13, Redlands, CA, USA
My Biggest Writing/Illustrating Challenge and How I Solved It with Panelists Elise Broach, Lita Judge, Grace Lin, Sara Pennypacker~ Mar 13, Amherst, MA, USA
Storytelling by Winners of the First Time Writers & Illustrators Publishing Initiative 2009~ Mar 13 and 20, Singapore
Tucson Festival of Books~ Mar 13 – 14, Tucson, AZ, USA
Children’s Book Week~ Mar 13 – 28, Belgium
42nd Annual Children’s Literature Festival For Children in Grades 4-10~ Mar 14 – 16, Warrensburg, MO, USA
Somerset Celebration of Literature: Reading Locally, Learning Globally – Creating a Universal Experience~ Mar 15 – 19, Mudgeeraba, Australia
Into the Wood: Antonio Frasconi’s Art for Children~ Mar 16 – Jun 13, Amherst, MA, USA
All Saints’ College 9th Festival of Children’s and Young Adult Literature~ Mar 17 – 19,Bull Creek, Australia
40th Annual Conference on Children’s Literature~ Mar 19 – 20, Athens, GA, USA
Multicultural Literature Advocacy Group Presents Books By the Bay 2010 Annual Multicultural Literary Conference~ Mar 19 – 21, Mobile, AL, USA
World Storytelling Day~ Mar 20
Stories Day and Night: A Celebration of Storytelling~ Mar 20, Singapore
Music for Literacy~ Mar 20, Stafford, TX, USA
The Norman Lindsay Festival of Children’s Literature~ Mar 20 – 21, Faulconbridge, Australia
Harmony Day~ Mar 21, Australia
World Poetry Day~ Mar 21
Exhibit of Sally Rippin’s Illustrations for Peeking Ducks~Mar 22 – Apr 11, Melbourne, Australia
Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners Announced~ Mar 23, Bologna, Italy
Once Upon a Time . . . Children’s Book Illustrators, Then and Now~ Mar 23 – May 27, Oakland, CA, USA
Public Library Association’s National Conference~ Mar 23 – 27, Portland, OR, USA
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winners Announced~ Mar 24, Vimmerby, Sweden
Salon du livre de Paris~ Mar 26 – 31, Porte de Versailles, France
38th National Book Fair & 8th Bangkok International Book Fair~ Mar 26 – Apr 6, Bangkok, Thailand
Discovering Buried Fairy Tales: Adventures of a Scholarly Scavenger~ Mar 27, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Margaret Mahy Day~ Mar 27, New Zealand
The Piece by Piece Storytelling Mash-Up~ Mar 28, Toronto, ON, Canada
