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CI4: Kate DiCamillo Champions Summer Reading
Two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo on growing up in a town with no bookstore, and how important it is for kids to read in the summer.
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CI4: Authors and Illustrators to Meet
Some high-profile writers and illustrators are attending events connected with this year's show. Here's a select listing of who'll be there, and when.
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Children's Institute 4 Is the ABA's Largest Children's Educational Conference Yet
The show continues to thrive, with an added plus for this year's attendees: CI4 overlaps with the start of the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando.
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Doing Well by Doing Good
BISG’s 2016 Making Information Pay event stressed social responsibility.
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Pen Pals: Exhibit Highlights Louis Darling's Beverly Cleary Illustrations
For author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, it all started with a bedtime story. And like a bedtime story, DiTerlizzi's latest adventure – as a museum curator – has "a beginning, a middle, and an end," though he didn't know that at first.
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Inaugural Little Free Library Fest Celebrates Reading, Community
On Saturday, which also happened to be National Readathon Day, the Minneapolis nonprofit Little Free Library hosted its first-ever Little Free Library Festival, featuring book swaps and the building of 100 little free libraries.
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BookCon 2016 in Photos
Less than 24 hours after booksellers left McCormick Place in Chicago at the end of BookExpo America on May 13, the convention center's West Hall was transformed from trade show to literary amusement park.
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Children's Book Week 2016 in Photos
Across the country, bookstores and librarians hosted authors, story times, and engaged young readers in activities.
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BISG’s MIP 2016 Confab to Focus on Social Responsibility
This year’s Making Information Pay conference will feature presentations on community outreach, consumer data privacy, accessible publishing practices and diversity in the workplace.
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BEA 2016: Big Books from Small Presses Create a Buzz
While the five books presented at the BEA Selects: Children's panel session were from small presses, they all made a big impression on the audience.
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BookCon 2016: YA Authors Take Center Stage at Literary Fan Fest
YA authors who were most feted at the annual mashup of literature and popular culture, which took place in Chicago on May 14.
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Yallwest 2016 in Photos
More than 100 authors and illustrators attended the two-day celebration of all things YA (and some middle grade this year, too).
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Canadian Children's Book Week to Host 400+ Events from Coast to Coast
This Saturday, the 39th annual TD Canadian Children's Book Week kicks with 29 authors, illustrators, and storytellers participating in more than 400 book-related events across the country.
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SCBWI Conference Attendees Raise Funds for Diversity
About 600 attendees at this year's Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' "Wild Wild" Midwest conference, got into the spirit of the gathering by going wild with their cash over diversity.
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Jeff Kinney Takes Minneapolis
Jeff Kinney was in Minneapolis last Friday for the premiere of 'Wimpy Kid: The Musical,' followed by a Saturday book signing at Wild Rumpus Books.
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Authors Ask PEN to Reject Israeli Sponsorship
A letter signed by writers including Pulitzer winners Junot Diaz, Alice Walker, and Richard Ford calls PEN's acceptance of Israeli support "deeply regrettable."
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Bologna 2016: In Digital Hall, Kids' App Developers Talk Discoverability and Other Challenges
The new Digital Hall of this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair featured a score of digital service providers, companies offering software solutions, and independent producers.
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AWP 2016: Writers Walking the Talk About Diversity in Children's Publishing
This year's AWP, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from March 31–April 2, was a vibrant mélange of multicultural voices.
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Distribution Issues, Kwame Alexander Highlight IBPA Meeting
Changes in the distribution landscape and a spirited keynote by Newbery winner Kwame Alexander were among the highlights for the indie presses and self-published authors who attended IBPA's Publishing University April 8-9.
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Attendance Strong at AWP 2016
More than 800 exhibitors, including Penguin Random House for the first time, and 12,000 attendees made the 2016 AWP conference a busy one.