March 2011 Events
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Click on event name for more information
Entries Accepted for The Growing up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Mar 10, San Francisco, CA, USA
2011 PBBY-Alcala Prize~ submissions accepted until Mar 30, Philippines
Sun Gallery’s Twenty-second Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit~ ongoing until Apr 16, Hayward, CA, USA
15th Annual Writing for Children Competition~ submissions accepted until Apr 24, Canada
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibit: Anita Lobel – All the World’s a Stage~ ongoing until May 28, Abilene, TX, USA
Look! The Art of Australian Picture Books Today~ ongoing until May 29, Melbourne, Australia
The Art Institute of Chicago Exhibit: Real and Imaginary: Three Latin American Artists – Raúl Colón, David Diaz and Yuyi Morales~ ongoing until May 29, Chicago, IL, USA
Animal Fair: Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in Children’s Book Illustrations~ ongoing until Jun 5, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Seven Stories (the National Home of Children’s Books in Britain) Events~ Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Amherst, MA, USA
Dromkeen National Centre for Picture Book Art Exhibits~ Riddells Creek, Australia
Mirror, an Exhibition by Children’s Author and Artist Jeannie Baker~ Australia
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events
Read Across America Day~ Mar 2, USA
Sutradhar’s Story Revolution~ Mar 2 – 5, Bangalore, India
Primary Source’s Global Read of The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez~ Mar 2 – 9
World Book Day~ Mar 3, United Kingdom and Ireland
Summer Reading Relay~ Mar 3, Melbourne, Australia
The Big Write Festival~ Mar 3 – 13, Stratford, United Kingdom
42nd Annual Georgia Children’s Book Awards and Conference on Children’s Literature~ Mar 4 – 5, Athens, GA, USA
Charlotte S. Huck Children’s Literature Festival~ Mar 4 – 5, Redlands, CA, USA
Perth Writers Festival~ Mar 4 – 7, Perth, Australia
Penguin Books India Presents Spring Fever~ Mar 4 – 13, New Delhi, India
Shanghai International Literary Festival~ Mar 4 – 19, Shanghai, China
Western Washington University Children’s Literature Conference~ Mar 5, Bellingham, WA, USA
Singapore Young Author Award Ceremony~ Mar 5, Singapore
Singapore Children’s Book Club Discuss S. M. De Silva’s Blood on the Moon~ Mar 5, Singapore
Pratham Books Sabha 2011~ Mar 5, Bangalore, India
Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices Day~ Mar 5, Madison, WI, USA
World Book Night ~ Mar 5
International Research Conference: What Exactly is “Overseas Manga/Comics”? – The Forefront of Comics and Globalization~ Mar 6, Kyoto, Japan
The Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets 2011 Competition Launch~ Mar 7, United Kingdom
Engaging Hearts and Minds: Equity, Social Justice and Global Citizenship in Action~ Mar 7 – 8, Toronto, ON, Canada
YALSA’s Teen Tech Week~ Mar 7 – 13, USA
Share a Story – Shape a Future, A Blog Tour for Literacy: Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy~ Mar 7 – 11
New Dog, New Tricks: Insideadog Website Relaunch by the Centre for Youth Literature~ Mar 8, Melbourne, Australia
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature~ Mar 8 – 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival~ Mar 8 – 18, Hong Kong
World Read Aloud Day~ Mar 9
Children’s Literature Conference: The Power of Story~ Mar 10, Tucson, AZ, USA
SCBWI Lit Fest Dinner with Aleesah Darlison and Adrian Tilley~ Mar 10, Hong Kong
31st Annual Children’s Literature Conference~ Mar 11, DeKalb, IL, USA
Art Blocks for Ghana Online Auction~ Mar 12
Oxford Children’s Book Group Presents: Author Aidan Chambers in Conversation~ Mar 12, Oxford, United Kingdom
Silverfish Books’ Meet the Author Session: Singaporean Children’s Author Ho Lee-Ling~ Mar 12, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
CLN Presents: Picture Books as Writing Tools with author Lisa Bulllard~ Mar 12, Plymouth, MN, USA
Pratham Books Sabha 2011~ Mar 14, New Delhi, India
Somerset Celebration of Literature~ Mar 14 – 18, Mudgeeraba, Australia
14th Time of the Writer – International Writers Festival~ Mar 14 – 19, Durban, South Africa
School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books~ Mar 14 – Apr 4, USA
Supporting UAE Children’s Book Authors: The ‘Emirati Authors Write for Emirati Children’ Initiative at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair~ Mar 15 – 20, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Illustrated Talk with Author Shaun Tan: Untold Stories~ Mar 17, Melbourne, Australia
Children’s Book Illustration: The Picture Book World of Polly Dunbar~ Mar 17 – 24, London, United Kingdom
Singapore Book Club Discusses the Graphic Novel Gone Case~ Mar 18, Singapore
Celebration of Teaching and Learning~ Mar 18 – 19, New York, NY, USA
Salon du livre de Paris, Guest of Honour: Nordic Countries~ Mar 18 – 21, Porte de Versailles, France
Children’s Books Week~ Mar 19 – Apr 3, Flanders, Belgium
World Storytelling Day~ Mar 20
43rd Annual Children’s Literature Festival~ Mar 20 – 22, Warrensburg, MO, USA
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination~ Mar 21
World Poetry Day (UNESCO)~ Mar 21
Harmony Day~ Mar 21, Australia
Seminar: Children’s Literature in Nordic Countries~ Mar 22, Paris, France
Reading the World: Exciting Literature for the Global Classroom~ Mar 22, Watertown, MA, USA
36th Annual CABE Conference: Language, Culture & Leadership – Co-creating Community~ Mar 23 – 26, Long Beach, CA, USA
A Different Trend: Canadian Children’s Literature in Sweden and Finland with Author Roy MacGregor~ Mar 24, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Myths and Fairy Tales in Film and Literature post-1900~ Mar 25 – 26, York, United Kingdom
Bangkok International Book Fair~ Mar 25 – Apr 6, Bangkok, Thailand
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Winners Announced~ Mar 29, Vimmerby, Sweden
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Guest of Honour: Lithuania~ Mar 29 – 31, Bologna, Italy
World Book Summit~ Mar 31 – Apr 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia
