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13th Lima International Book Fair~ ongoing until Aug 3, Lima, Peru
19th Annual Children’s Book Fair~ ongoing until Aug 8, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture-Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 14, Los Angeles, CA, USA
37th Annual Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Summer Conference~ Aug 1 – 4, Los Angeles, CA, USA
SCBWI Golden Kite Awards Presentations~ Aug 3, Los Angeles, CA, USA
37th Annual IASL Conference: World Class Learning and Literacy through School Libraries~ Aug 3 – 7, Berkeley, CA, USA
8th Annual Nueva Paquime Festival~ Aug 3 – 12, Paquime, Mexico
Kazakhstan Reading Association Conference~ Aug 8 – 10, Astana, Kazakhstan
Edinburgh International Book Festival~ Aug 9 – 25, Edinburgh, Scotland
74th IFLA World Library and Information Congress~ Aug 10 – 14, Quebec City, QC, Canada
The Canadian Book Camp~ Aug 11 – 15, Vancouver, BC, Canada
CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Award Winners Announced~ Aug 15, Melbourne, Australia
Crichton Award for New Illustrators Winner Announced~ Aug 15, Melbourne, Australia
Children’s Book Week~ Aug 16 – 22, Australia
Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre Open House~ Aug 17, Fremantle, Australia
LIANZA Children’s Book Award Winners Announced~ Aug 18, New Zealand
Library Week~ Aug 18 – 24, New Zealand
Melbourne Writers Festival~ Aug 22 – 31, Melbourne, Australia
Singapore International Storytelling Festival~ Aug 25 – Sep 9, Singapore
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival~ Aug 28 – 30, Orem, UT, USA
National Poetry Week~ Aug 29 – Sep 7, Australia
Queens Book Fair~ Aug 30, Jamaica, NY, USA
The Asian Children’s Festival takes place November 21 – 29 in Singapore. Click here to see the KidsASIA! activities being offered at The Plaza, National Library Building and here to view the Fringe activities being offered at local libraries. Librarian and programme director, Ms. Haryani Othman says “2009 marks the tenth anniversary of ACF and we are BIGGER, BOLDER and BETTER this year! Kids can expect lots of exciting activities from ACF this year. Plus, what’s totally new this year is that we have got segments for parents too. All these programmes and workshops are free of charge too!”
