August 2008 Events
Saturday, July 26th, 2008(Click on event name for more information)
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
