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This years BolognaRagnazzi Award has been awarded to Jean-Philippe Mogenet and Jean-François Martin’s adaptation of Aesop’s Fables. “Countless illustrators have returned down the ages to the ancient magic of the fairytale. Here it seems that Felix Valloton in his halcyon years has returned to instil a new pace into a time-honoured tale, without, however, diminishing [...]

Way back in December I mentioned that TOC had announced a conference at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The program has just gone live. Some of the most respected names in publishing, digital development and creating books will be on hand - including - Kate Wilson, Christina Mussinelli, Martin Salisbury, Scott Chambers, Sophie Rochester and [...]

Tools of Change for Publishing conference is taking its show on the road - all the way to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Exciting!

I’m going to stop prattling on about Bologna any day now (apologies to those who have been listening/reading since last week) - in fact this should be my final post about it. (This is a small summary of the week - click for a full run of highlights) The mood this year was upbeat - [...]

It’s day 3 of Bologna - our last and busiest. The meetings ran from 9am right through ’till 5 and I don’t think I managed to meet everyone I wanted. (There’s always next time…) There is lots to talk about though - including the fever that broke yesterday over Emerald Atlas (John Stephens’ debut fantasy [...]

A little hazy from the night before Bologna Day 2 has been busy. There’s heaps of news from the Irish and UK publishers, agents and beyond - and there’s optimism. Smiles. And prosecco. There are a few LARGE snippets of Irish children’s book news - including some (faint) whispers of a new Irish children’s publisher [...]

There were flights, a stop over in Paris and a very brief sight seeing before Patricia and I made it to the Bologna Book Fair. There is lots of talk about what is coming - including a new (yes I said a new) Siobhan Dowd book. It is an unfinished manuscript that will be finished [...]

Not so long ago I listed the Hans Christian Andersen Shortlist - from 55 candidates to 10 – PJ Lynch and Eoin Colfer were both up for consideration. But David Almond is on a non-stop trek for world domination - after being announced as the winner for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010. (This could [...]