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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
Today is World Poetry Day. Declared by UNESCO in 1999, the purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, teaching and publishing of poetry throughout the world. Check out this UNESCO website for ways you can celebrate poetry for the day. Are there any events you know of in your area that are celebrating the occasion? Do let us know! At PaperTigers, we often feature children’s poetry on Friday blog posts where we interact with a community of bloggers that contribute to the phenomenon known as Poetry Friday. Do check out one of our Poetry Friday posts to link in with this community of bloggers who all share a love and interest in poetry. PaperTigers will be hosting Poetry Friday on April 9.
