Hello! From Australia in Bologna Book Fair 2017

Friends, my mentor, Books Illustrated (Ann James and Ann Haddon) is heading to Bologna Book Fair in Italy, leading the Australian team from 3 to 6 in April! They will promote our Australian picture books to the world. I'd share their newsletter with you. If you bump them, say, "Hello!" 

Hello! From Australia rights and cultural exhibition 2017 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Australian children’s books shine in the lead up to Bologna Book Fair 2017- April 3 to 6 Hello! from Australia exhibition We are delighted to be able to accompany the Hello! from Australia exhibition to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April this year. This fair is the largest international book fair specialising in children’s books and is most prestigious for its particular focus on book illustration. The 2017 Hello! from Australia promotional exhibition, curated by Books Illustrated and funded by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, will feature on a collective Australian stand - this year made possible through the collaboration of publisher Allen & Unwin and Books Illustrated - with the support of four independent Australian publishers Berbay, Melbournestyle, MidnightSun, Upload Publishing and the Australian Publishers Association. 13 Australian authors and illustrators will attend the fair and be guests on the Creators’ Table on Hello! from Australia stand - Lee Burgemeestre, Maree Coote, Leigh Hobbs, Ann James, Andrew Joyner, Alison Lester, Caroline Magerl, Marc Martin, Anna Pignataro, Anne Ryan, Jayneen Sanders, Rosie Smith & Bruce Whatley. A highlight this year will be the attendance of Australia’s Children’s Laureate, Leigh Hobbs, who will participate in the Third Children’s Laureate Summit. Laureates from several countries will be take part in this initiative, in which Australia has taken an active part in organising In the lead up to Bologna Children's Book Fair 2017 there has been significant              international acclaim for Australian Children’s picture book publishers.     Congratulations to Berbay Publishing for their nomination as Best Publisher, Oceania, 2017. And Melbourne Style and Maree Coote for Spellbound: Making Pictures with the A-B-C, awarded special mention in Bologna Ragazzi Award, 2017 and Alphabet City Zoo, awarded 'Distinction' in NAMI Concours 2017.                                   The 2017 Catalogue has been launched! It will be distributed widely at the book Fair from the collective Australian stand -  Exhibition Hall 25 Stand B118, Bologna Children’s Book Fair. View the online catalogue at ISSUU Download as a PDF For more information contact: Ann Haddon  Email: info@booksillustrated.com.au www.booksillustrated.com.au #HellofromAustralia @bksillustrated        And just to hand .... great news for this promotional initiative.                         We are thrilled that it highlights the importance of creators !                                  Media Release March 28 !  Government support for Australian showcase at Bologna children’s book fair The Australian Government will provide more than $160,000 over four years to promote Australian authors and illustrators through a strong Australian presence at the pre-eminent global Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, Italy …    follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2017 Books Illustrated, Gallery & Showroom, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a subscriber to Books Illustrated eNews. Our mailing address is: Books Illustrated, Gallery & Showroom 74 Mills St Albert Park, VIC 3206 Australia Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

Hello! From Australia in Bologna Book Fair 2017