The presence of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands at the Bologna Children’s and Young Adult Book Fair as Guest of Honour represents a huge step forward for the Institut Ramon Llull, which quadrupled its appointments with international agencies and publishers with respect to the previous year’s Fair. Thus, the IRL’s staff held 125 meetings with publisher’s representatives from 32 different countries, of which more than half were with publishers that were still unfamiliar ...
To mark the Catalan-Balearic participation in the Bologna Fair, which will be held from 3rd to 6th April, the Institut Ramon Llull and Amical Wikimedia are organizing the Wiki-project “Bologna Children’s Book Fair” for the purpose of completing, enriching or translating the entries of the biographies of the writers and illustrators taking part. The challenge, which takes the form of an online competition open to all, will begin on 6th March and end on the 17th, with a Wiki-marathon ...
Catalonia and the Balearic Islands are exhibiting in Bologna with the theme Sharing a Future: Books in Catalan, in a clear reference to the importance of children and young people for the future of literature, with a programme that includes over forty activities with more than sixty participants for the fair and around the city. The Institut Ramon Llull, a consortium formed by the governments of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands and Barcelona City Council to promote the Catalan language and ...
The Bologna Children’s and Young Adult Book Fair, the most prestigious in the world for this sector, has announced the 17 prizes of the 2017 edition, distributed in four categories. There are two Catalan names included in them: the Mataró-based publishing house A buen paso, which has been given a special mention in the fiction category for the book A Garden by Isidro Ferrer and María José Ferrada; and the illustrator Laura Borràs, who has been awarded the same distinction ...
The delegation from Catalonia and the Balearic Islands as guests of honour at the next Bologna Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Fair, to be held from 3 to 6 April 2017, is beginning to take shape. This morning saw the presentation of the basic outlines of this presence at what the Director of the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL), Manuel Forcano, described as “the most important event in the world in the children’s and young adults’ book sector”.
The jury appointed to choose the curatorship project for the participation of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands as guests of honour at the next Bologna Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Fair has selected the project submitted by the Taleia Cultura company, led by the bookseller Paula Jarrin as curator. The curatorship consists of assembling an illustrators’ exhibition that can be seen at the fair and another show that will also be held in the city of Bologna. The content of both ...
Catalan literature will be the guest of honour at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which will be held from 3rd to 6th April 2017. It is the most important trade fair in the world devoted to children’s and young adult books: this year it has had 1,278 exhibitors from 74 countries and 856 accredited journalists. Over 15,000 titles from 40 countries were sold and, between professionals and the public, more than 60,000 people visited it.
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