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Beyond the Border International Storytelling Festival~ ongoing until July 1, Cardiff, Wales

4th International SCBWI Australia & New Zealand Conference~ ongoing until July 2, Woollahra, Australia

Manchester Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until July 8, Manchester, United Kingdom

Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, United Kingdom

2012 South Asia Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012

SingTel Asian Picture Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 1012, Singapore

Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2012 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2013, USA

Primary School Water Festival (featuring water themed book and storytelling!)~ July 1 – 5, Singapore

NAIDOC Week~ July 3 – 10, Australia

London Literature Festival~  July 3 – 12, London, United Kingdom

Tokyo International Book Fair ~ July 5 – 8, Tokyo, Japan

48th UKLA International Conference~ July 6 – 8, Leicaster, United Kingdom

2012 Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) Conference~ July 6 – 9, Sydney, Australia

5th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics~ July 9 – 12, Athens, Greece

Children’s Book Fair~ July 9 – 28, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Importance of Children’s Literature~ July 10, Raleigh, NC, USA

Book Reading: The Sweetest Mango by Malavika Shetty, illustrated by Ajanta Guhathakurta~ July 11, Chennai, India

Conference: Challenges that Face the Teaching of Reading from First to Third Grades of Primary Schools in Egypt~ July 11 – 12, Cairo, Egypt

Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival~ July 11 – 14, Mackay, Australia

Southampton Children’s Literature Conference~ Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult~ July 11 – 15, Southampton, NY, USA

International Youth Library’s White Ravens Festival~ July 15 – 20, Munich, Germany

Mazza Museum’s International Art from Picture Books Summer Conference~ July 16 – 20, Findlay, OH, USA

Southampton Children’s Literature Conference~ Young Adult~ July 18 – 29, Southampton, NY, USA

Hong Kong Book Fair~ July 18 – 24, Hong Kong

National Children’s Book Day~ July 19, Philippines

Chapter & Verse, a book club for adults discussing children’s lit~ July 19, USA

Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library Present: 2012 Best of the Best~  July 20, Knoxville, TN, USA

Lima International Book Fair~ July 20 – Aug 2, Lima, Peru

Racial Harmony Day~ July 21, Singapore

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

International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany

Tulika Book Events~ India

International Library of Children’s Literature Events~ Tokyo, Japan

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

Arne Nixon Center’s Children’s Literature Book Clubs for Adults Events~ USA

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

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The Guardian Hay Festival: A Festival for Tots, Teens and In-Betweens~ ongoing until June 10, United Kingdom

Art, Children’s Literature, and the Environment: Art and Photography from Green Earth Book Awards~ ongoing until June 10, Salisbury, MD, USA

Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 2012, United Kingdom

2012 South Asia Book Award~ submissions accepted until Dec 31

SingTel Asian Picture Book Award 2013~ submissions accepted until Dec 31, 1012, Singapore

Trail of Tales~ June 1 – 4, New Zealand

SCBWI Rocky Mountain’s One Day Symposium: Once Upon a Tablet: Children’s Books in a Digital Age~ June 2, Golden, CO, USA

Voices on the Coast: A Youth Literature Festival~ June 2 – 6, Sunshine Coast, Australia

14th International Latino Book Award Winners Announced~ June 4, New York City, NY, USA

BookExpo America~ June 4 – 7, New York City, NY, USA

SCBWI The Netherlands Hosts “A Celebration of Soldier Bear”~ June 7, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bridlington Poetry Festival~ June 8 – 10, Skirlaugh, United Kingdom

National Black Book Festival~ June 8 – 10, Houston, TX, USA

16th Nordic Reading Association Conference~ June 13 – 14, Reykyavik, Iceland

CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced~ June 14, London, United Kingdom

39th Annual Children’s Literature Association Conference: Literary Slipstreams~ June 14 – 16, Boston, MA, USA

Borders Book Festival~ June 14 – 17, Melrose, United Kingdom

Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival~ June 15 – 17, Los Angeles, CA, USA

International Day of the African Child~ June 16

SCBWI Tokyo Translation Day 2012: Bringing Japanese Teen Literature to the World~ June 16, Yokohama, Japan

The Fifth Annual Upstanders Children’s Literature Conference~ June 16, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Refugee Week: Unsung Heroes of 2012~ June 18 – 24, United Kingdom

World Refugee Day~ June 20

Biennial Conference of the Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR)- If We’re Being Honest: The Facts and Fictions of Children’s Literature~ June 20 – 22, Canberra, Australia

Seoul International Book Fair~ June 20 – 24, Seoul, Korea

The 6th Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii’s Children~ June 21 – 23, Honolulu, Hawaii

American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA, USA

ALSC Activities During the ALA Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA, USA

YALSA Events During the ALA Annual Conference~ June 21 – 26, Anaheim, CA USA

USSBY – ALSC Program at the ALA Conference: Writing about War for Young People: Three Writers, Three Wars~ June 23, Anaheim, CA, USA

ALSC and REFORMA’s Pura Belpre Celebracion~ June 24, Anaheim, CA, USA

ALSC’s Newbery Caldecott Banquet~ June 24, Anaheim, CA, USA

Sunthorn Phu Day (celebrated poet)~ June 26, Thailand

Canadian Multiculturalism Day~ June 27, Canada

4th International SCBWI Australia & New Zealand Conference~ June 29 – July 2, Woollahra, Australia

Children’s & Young Adult Literature Festival: Children’s Literature from Australia, New Zealand and Beyond~ June 30, Rozelle, Australia

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

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

Arne Nixon Center’s Children’s Literature Book Clubs for Adults Events~ USA

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

 

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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

Screenings for Library of the Early Mind: a documentary film exploring childrens literature~ Canada and USA

International Youth Library Exhibits~ Munich, Germany

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

The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature Exhibits~ Abilene, TX, USA

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Events

Manchester Children’s Book Festival~ ongoing until July 4, Manchester, United Kingdom

London Literature Festival~ ongoing until July 14, London, United Kingdom

Japanese Children’s Literature: A History from the International Library of Children’s Literature Collections~ ongoing until Aug 21, Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Childhood Exhibit: Author and Illustrator Judith Kerr~ ongoing until Sep 4, London, United Kingdom

Meet Your Friends From Japan! An Exhibit at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 20 Amherst, MA, USA

Mirror, an Exhibition by Children’s Author and Artist Jeannie Baker~ ongoing until Oct 11, Ipswich City, Australia

2012 Scholastic Asian Book Award~ entries accepted until Oct 17, Singapore

Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children~ ongoing until Oct 30, London, United Kingdom

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents: Artful Alphabets: Five Picture Book Artists~ ongoing until Nov 6, Chicago, IL, USA

2012 South Asia Book Award~ entries accepted until Dec 31

Exhibits of Winning Entries from the 2011 Growing Up Asian in America Contest~ ongoing until Feb 2012, USA

West Cork Literary Festival Children’s Programme~ July 3 – 9, Bantry, Ireland

NAIDOC Week~ July 3 – 10, Australia

The 20th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature~ July  4 – 8, Brisbane, Australia

Southampton Children’s Literature Conference~ July 6 – 10, Southampton, NY, USA

Tokyo International Book Fair ~ July 7 – 10, Tokyo, Japan

SCBWI Tokyo Presents: Discovering PaperTigers—the Online Forum for Multicultural Children’s Literature~ July 8, Tokyo, Japan

Centre for the Study of New Literacies Annual Conference: New Methods for New Literacies~ July 8 – 9, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) National Conference~ July 8 – 10, Norwood, Australia

Pop Up Festival of Stories~ July 9 – 10, London, United Kingdom

Siragugal Festival~ July 9 – 10, Chennai, India

Artist Talk – David Elliot: The Making of the Word Witch~ July 10, Rotorua, New Zealand

Mock Children’s Literature Class at The Eric Carle Museum of Picturebook Art~ July 10, Amherst, MA, USA

Literature and Translation Conference~ July 11 – 12, Melbourne, Australia

Pan-African Reading for All Conference~ July 11 – 14, Gaborone, Botswana

4th Annual International Conference on Literature, Languages & Linguistics~ July 11 – 14, Athens, Greece

Association for Cultural Studies – Summer Institute on Critical Literacies~ July 11 – 15, Ghent, Belgium

Mazza Museum’s International Art from Picture Books Summer Conference~ July 11  – 15, Findlay, OH, USA

Teaching Writing through Children’s Literature~ July 11 – 15, Cullowhee, NC, USA

Children’s Book Fair~ July 11 – 30, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Graduate Children’s Literature Information Session at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art~ July 11, Amherst, MA, USA

Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival~ July 13 – 17, Mackay, Australia

Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference~ July 15 – 16, Chichester, United Kingdom

The 47th UKLA International Conference – Empowerment Through Literacy: Literacy Shaping Futures~ July 15 – 17, Chester, United Kingdom

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Picturebook Picnic~ July 16, Dublin, Ireland

Book Signing and Art Workshop with Christy Hale, author of The East-West House: Noguchi’s Childhood in Japan~ July 17, Laguna Beach, CA, USA

National Children’s Book Day~ July 19, Philippines

Hong Kong Book Fair~ July 20 – 26, Hong Kong

Lima International Book Fair~ July 20 – Aug 2, Lima, Peru

Racial Harmony Day~ July 21, Singapore

Chapter & Verse Meeting (a Book Club for Adults Discussing Children’s Lit)~ July 21, USA

2011 WLU Summer Institute: Teachers, Students and Families Together: Nurturing Literate Communities~ July 21 – 24, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library Present:2011 Best of the Best~ July 22, Knoxville, TN, USA

The XI Latin America Conference and II National Conference~ July 22 – 24, Managua, Nicaragua

Tirgan Iranian Festival Literature Events~ July 21 – 24, Toronto, ON, Canada

Series: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the World? Lecture: What’s Happening with Children’s Books in the Netherlands and Belgium?~ July 23, Tokyo, Japan

SCBWI Eastern Pa’s Festival of Authors and Illustrators~ July 28, Doylestown, PA, USA

100 Years of the Secret Garden~ July 29 – 30, Hanover, NH, USA

Stories of Anansi the Survivor with Storyteller Phyllis Walker~ July 31, Toronto, ON, USA

17th European Conference on Reading: Literacy and Diversity~ July 31 – Aug 3, Mons, Belgium

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Library Card Sign-up Month~ USA

National Poetry Week~ ongoing until Sep 7, Australia

Singapore International Storytelling Festival~ ongoing until Sep 9, Singapore

Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture-Book Art~ ongoing until Sep 14, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Beijing International Book Fair~ Sep 1 – 4, Tinjian, China

National Literacy and Numeracy Week~ Sep 1 – 7, Australia

New Zealand Book Month~ Sep 1 – 30, New Zealand

Christchurch Writers Festival: Getting Between the Covers~ Sep 4 – 7, Christchurch, New Zealand

Shanghai Conference On Children’s Publishing~ Sep 5 – 6, Shanghai, China

Cape Clear Island Storytellling Festival~ Sep 5 – 7, Cape Clear, Ireland

31st IBBY World Congress~ Sep 7 – 10, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Christian Anderson Awards Presentation~ Sep 7, Copenhagen, Denmark

International Literacy Day~ Sep 8

UNESCO Literary Prize Awards Presentation~ Sep 8, Paris, France

29th Manila International Book Fair: Words Without Borders~ Sep 12 – 16, Manila, Philippines

Bath Festival of Children’s Literature~ Sep 19 – 28, Bath, United Kingdom

Brisbane Writers Festival~ Sep 17 – 21, Brisbane, Australia

CYA later, Alligator – Children’s and Young Adult Writers And Illustrators Conference~ Sep 20, Brisbane, Australia

6th Annual Houston Latino Book and Family Festival~ Sep 20 – 21, Houston, TX, USA

International Day of Peace~ Sep 21

9th Annual Hog Wild About Reading: A Motorcycle Ride For Literacy~ Sep 21, Port Moody, BC, Canada

Raise-a-Reader Day~ Sep 24, Canada

International Children’s and Youth Literature Festival~ Sep 24 – Oct 4, Berlin, Germany

National Book Festival~ Sep 27, Washington, D.C., USA

Kidlit Bloggers Conference~ Sep 27, Portland, OR, USA

SCBWI Illustrator Day~ Sep 27, San Francisco, CA, USA

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read~ Sep 27 – Oct 4, USA

Word on the Street Book and Magazine Festival ~ Sep 28, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Entry Deadline for the Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations~ Sep 30