February 2012 Events
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012Click on event name for more information
Black History Month~ Canada
African American History Month~ USA
National African American Read-in~ USA
National Year of Reading~ Australia
National Storytelling Week~ ongoing until Feb 4, United Kingdom
Kolkata Book Fair~ ongoing until Feb 6, Kolkata, India
Japanese Children’s Literature: A History from the International Library of Children’s Literature Collections~ ongoing until Feb 12, Tokyo, Japan
Celebrating 20 years of Philippine Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit~ ongoing until Feb 26, Manila, Philippines
Taipei Book Fair~ Feb 1 -6, Taipei, Taiwan
28 Days Later: A Black History Celebration of Children’s and YA Lit~ Feb 1 – 29, USA
Children’s Literature Symposium: The Same Text but Different: Variants in Children’s Media~ Feb 3 – 4, Sarasota, FL, USA
Pratham Book Events at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival~ Feb 4 – 12, Mumbai, India
2012 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour~ Feb 5 – 10
Seminar : Illustrating Children’s books in the Folk Art Traditions of India~ Feb 8, Mumbai, India
MA Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit~ Feb 8 – 15, London, United Kingdom
The Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC) Presents an International Conference on Book Therapy~ Feb 9 – 11, New Delhi, India
Imagine Children’s Festival~ Feb 10 – 26, London, United Kingdom
Writer-in-Residence Launch: Meet Sarah Ellis~ Feb 11, Toronto, ON, Canada
47th ACELT Conference: Reading Ourselves, Reading the World~ Feb 11, Manila, Philippines
International Book Giving Day~ Feb 14
2011 Cybils (the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards) Winners Announced~ Feb 14
First Nations Public Library Week~ Feb 14 – 19, Province of Ontario, Canada
Chapter & Verse’s (A Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit) Discussion of ALA/ALSC Award Winners Feb 15, USA
Sun Gallery’s Twenty-third Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit~ Feb 15 - Apr 7, Hayward, CA, USA
SCBWI Caribbean Book Chat Via Skype~ Feb 16
All In! Young Writers Media Festival~ Feb 18 – 19, Singapore
International Mother Language Day~ Feb 21
Centre for Youth Literature’s 21st Birthday Celebration~ Feb 21 - 22, Melbourne, Australia
Cooperative Children’s Book Centre Webinar~ Feb 22, USA
Words Take Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature~ Feb 23, Davis, CA, USA
Exhibit at the Vilnius Book Fair – Iliustrarium: Children’s Book Illustrations in Modern Lithuania~ Feb 23 – 26, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable Presents Serendipity 2012: Year of the Dragon: Asian Themes for Young Canadian Readers. Speakers include PaperTigers (!!), Allen Say, Paul Yee and Lisa Yee~ Feb 24 – 25, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Indianapolis Youth Literature Conference~ Feb 25, Indianapolis, IN, USA
20th Annual Hubbs Children’s Literature Conference~ Feb 25, St. Paul, MN, USA
Biennial ISSCL Conference: Is féidir linn! [Yes we can!]: Politics and Ideology in Children’s Literature~ Feb 25 – 26, Dublin, Ireland
Freedom to Read Week~ Feb 26 – Mar 3, Canada
MA Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit~ Feb 29 – Mar 15, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books Exhibition: Secret Gardens~ ongoing until Mar 3, Toronto, ON, Canada
Look! the Art of Australian Picture Books Today~ ongoing until Mar 4, Brisbane, Australia
Growing up Asian in America Contest~ submissions accepted until Mar 12, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ilustarte: 5th International Biennial Exhibition of Children’s Books Illustration ~ ongoing until Apr 8, Lisbon, Portugal
Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, Great Britain
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
Tulika Books Author and Illustrator Events~ India
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
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
