Speeches

IBBY Press Conference 2022

Monday 21 March 2022

Presentation of the IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award 2020

Sunday 12 September 2021, Russian Chidlren State Library, Moscow, Russia

Laudatio given by Redza Khairuddin, President of the Jury
Speech by Li Wen, Director of the Shenzhen iRead Foundation
Acceptance speech by Marit Törnqvist
Acceptance speech by Zhu Yongxin

Watch the full ceremony here

Presentation of Hans Christian Andersen Award 2020

Saturday 11 September 2021, Dom Pashkov, Moscow, Russia

Laudatio given by Junko Yokota
Speech by Lee Kye Young, Vice-President of Nami Island (watch the film here)
Acceptance speech by Jacqueline Woodson
Acceptance speech by Albertine

Watch the full ceremony here

Presentation of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2020

Friday 10 September 2021, Pushkin State Museum, Moscow, Russia

Laudatio given by Redza Khairuddin, President of the Jury
Acceptance speech from Casa Cuna Cuenteros

Watch the full ceremony here

37th IBBY Congress: Opening Ceremony

10-12 September 2021, Moscow, Russia

Opening ceremony, Friday 10 September: speech by Mingzhou Zhang, IBBY president (watch the film here)

Virtual IBBY Press Conference

Monday 4 May 2020

The videos to each topic of the press conference can be viewed here.

36th IBBY Congress: Opening Ceremony

30 August - 1 September 2018, Athens, Greece

Opening ceremony: 30 August: speech by Wally De Doncker, IBBY President

Presentation of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2018

Thursday 30 August 2018, Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Greece

Message from the sponsor, given by Shin-ichi Kawarada, The Asahi Shimbun
Acceptance speech (Part 1 and Part 2) from Philippe Claudet, Les Doigts Qui Revênt

Presentation of Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018

Friday 31 August, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece

Laudatio given by Patricia Aldana
Acceptance speech by Eiko Kadano
Acceptance speech by Igor Oleynikov

35th IBBY Congress: Opening and Closing Ceremonies

August 2016, Auckland, New Zealand

Opening ceremony, Thursday 18 August: speech by Wally De Doncker, IBBY President
Closing ceremony, Sunday 21 August: speech by Wally De Doncker, IBBY President

Presentation of IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2016

Thursday 18 August, ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

Laudatio given by Angela Lebedeva, President of the Jury
Acceptance speech by Zohreh Ghaeni, Read with Me

Presentation of Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016

Saturday 20 August, Shed 10, Queen's Wharf, Quay St., Auckland, New Zealand

Laudatio given by Jury President, Patricia Aldana
Acceptance speech given by Cao Wenxuan
Acceptance video from Rotraut Susanne Berner

IBBY NCRCL Conference

14 November 2015, Roehampton, UK
Speech by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President

Grand Prize Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur

20 November 2015, Volkach, Germany
Speech by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President

USBBY Regional Conference

16-18 October 2015, New York City, USA
Speech by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President

BIB 2015 - Official Opening Ceremony

4 September 2015, Bratislava, Slovakia
Speech by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President

IBBY Press Conference, Bologna Book Fair 2015

30 March 2015, Bologna, Italy
Introduction by Wally de Doncker, IBBY President

34th IBBY Congress: Opening and Closing Ceremonies

September 2014, Mexico City, Mexico
Speech by Bruno Newman, President IBBY Mexico A leer 
Speech by Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairuddin, IBBY President 
Speech by Wally de Doncker, incoming IBBY President

Presentation of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2014

Friday 12 September 2014, Museo del Papalote, Mexico City, Mexico
Laudatio by Ms Kiyoko Matsuoka, Chair of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award Jury 2014.
Speech by Mr Tsuyoshi Tamura, Correspondent for South America, Asahi Shimbun.
Acceptance Speech by Ms Kim Beatty, Children’s Book Bank, Toronto, Canada.
Acceptance Speech by Ms Carole Bloch, Director PRAESA, Cape Town, South Africa.

Presentation of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014

Wednesday 10 September 2014, Biblioteca de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Laudatio given by Jury President María Jesús Gil 
Acceptance speech by Naoko Uehashi 
Acceptance speech by Roger Mello