Among the many events of the packed opening day here at Bologna Children’s Book Fair, a presentation from Ricardo Franco Levi and the team at the Association of Italian Publishers (Associazione Italiana Editori, AIE) included facts and figures on the robust children’s book market in our host country, Italy. So strong is the trade-visitor turnout this year that at times getting through the halls … Continued
The 2023 Bologna Ragazzi Awards attracted 2,349 titles entered by 644 publishers in 59 international book publishing markets. Following up on coverage earlier this month of the 60th-anniversary Bologna Children’s Book Fair‘s (March 6 to 9) Illustrators Exhibition competition, we have the results of another of this trade show’s major competitions, the Bologna Ragazzi Award program—now in its 56th edition. This year, the award … Continued
In just 10 days, the Italian Trade Agency – Chicago and the Publishing Task Force team will be at the upcoming ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo 2022 in Boston from November 18-20th. The following Italian companies will be exhibiting at ACTFL this year: Accademia Italiana Salerno, Alma Edizioni, Babilonia – Center for Italian Language … Continued
AG Book Publishing is at Comic Con International 2022 in San Diego. Please come by the Italian Trade Agency booth #5526 to see some of our latest titles from award-winning writers and illustrators from Italy. Comic Con International: Comic Con AG Book Publishing: AGBookPublishing #italbooks #ITAChicago #comic_con #agbook #agbookpublishing
The long-awaited opening day for Comic Con International has arrived. After a two-year absence due to the pandemic, the in-person version of Comic Con has returned. The Italian Trade Agency is exhibiting at booth #5526. Among the companies we are promoting in our booth are: AG Book Publishing (agbookpublishing) and Giunti Editore (giunti.it) Please come by our booth to check us out: comic-con. 2022
The 59th Bologna Children’s Book Fair opens this morning (March 21) for its first in-person stating since 2019, there’s both excitement and tension, of course. The excitement lies in the fact that the world’s largest trade show focused on the book business for younger readers is back on its feet amid the still-ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. A popular destination for professionals in the world publishing … Continued
As the date approaches, the world publishing industry is looking forward to the first in-person Bologna Children’s Fair since 2019. The Bologna Fair added the innovative BolognaBookPlus in its 2021 virtual show, so there is particular interest in this year’s BookPlus event in person. Seminars, forums, training session aimed at the professional general trade audience are on the calendar. For more details on the … Continued
In a featured article in Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson recently had a chance to speak with Elena Pasoli, director of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on the upcoming (March 21-24) in-person, physical trade show. A chance to have an exchange with Elena Pasoli, the director of the show, finds her trademark cheer in place: “We’re feeling quite optimistic,” she says. “We’re really pleased to have … Continued
The ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 2021 Virtual Convention is being held from November 19th to 21st. This global event brings together educators from all languages, levels and learning institutions. The goal is to provide a comprehensive development experience that will have an impact on language educators at all levels and assist their students in succeeding in the language learning … Continued
ACTFL online 2021 (November 19-21) The Italian Trade Agency in Chicago will be at ACTFL online 2021 with its own digital booth, promoting the newly restructured website Italbooks.com, an interactive platform for the book rights initiatives. ITA’s team will
