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Dear colleagues from the European sections of IBBY,
Welcome to the first issue of our redesigned newsletter! We hope you will like it and find it useful! We owe a special "thank you" to David Pintor, a Galician illustrator, who graciously accepted to design the header of our newsletter. We plan to publish three issues per year, and will send you reminders in good time before the publication dates to insure that we receive all information that you would like to share with your colleagues in Europe and elsewhere.
Please don't hesitate to send us your comments and requests, we eagerly await your input! Please send your e.mails to the following addresses: wally.de.doncker@telenet.be and hasmig.chahinian@bnf.fr
| Best wishes! Hasmig Chahinian and Wally De Doncker |
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Patsy Aldana, IBBY President 2006-2010, |
 Gala Presentation of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards at the 32nd IBBY Congress. • David Almond (United Kingdom), winner of the Author Award • Jutta Bauer (Germany), winner of the Illustrator Award |
Speech by Mr. Kang (CEO Nami Island Inc. |
Gala Presentation of the 2010 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Awards |
María-Jesús Gil Iglesias: |
Maiden speech of the newly elected President of IBBY Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairruddin |
Executive Committee meeting on 13 September in Santiago.
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European Regional Meeting at IBBY Congress 2010 |
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| As part of the IBBY Forum, 20 delegates from 13 European sections met to discuss common concerns and ways in which we can co-operate. The e-newsletter which you are now reading was set up two years ago at a similar meeting at the congress in Copenhagen. It is beginning to prove a useful means of communication but needs more contributions of material. It is also more widely distributed in some countries than others. It is sent to all European sections with the intention that they will forward it to all their members. Delegates were urged to ensure that it receives as wide a distribution as possible. |
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© Doris Breitmoser |
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| Those present were asked to talk about international projects in which they are involved and it emerged that many are organising conferences related to children’s literature, libraries and reading promotion, mostly under the auspices of their IBBY national sections, while others are organising or participating in book fairs. All were surprised by the diversity and range of activities on offer and to which IBBY members from other countries were warmly welcomed to attend. It became clear that we need to make better use of the IBBY website to advertise these events. In addition to this, however, we need to send email alerts containing weblinks to remind people to seek out this information, and it was suggested that we could make use of Facebook to facilitate this. Not everyone was aware of what the IBBY Forum is about, especially those who had not previously attended a congress. Delegates would have welcomed it being near the beginning of the congress so that they could make the most of getting to know IBBY members from other countries and therefore have more time to share information and experiences. As one of the organisers of the next IBBY congress in London in August 2012, I will try and ensure that this is made possible! Ann Lazim, IBBY UK and Co-Director of IBBY Congress 2012 |
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From Poland...
Bookcrossing in Warsaw Since 2003 the idea of bookcrossing has become popular in Poland. In June this year, a group of Polish writers met in a café in Saxon Island - the greenest and most charming part of Warsaw. The leader of the group was Malgorzata Karolina Piekarska, writer and journalist, whose books are often set in this district. Famous writers, among them Joanna Olech (Pink Piglet and others) and Grzegorz Kasdepke (Detective Anton Positiv and many more), have launched their books in two public houses (pubs) in the neighbourhood. |
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| Joanna Olech and Grzegorz Kasdepke © Malgorzata Karolina Piekarska |
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City of Warsaw Literary Award This award is a continuation of the brilliant tradition of an earlier award of the same name that was given between 1926 and 1938. The first winner was Vladislav, the oldest son of the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, and the last winner was Leopold Staff, another famous poet. In the post-war period, there were attempts to restore the prize, but they did not succeed. However, in August 2008, the Warsaw City Council passed a resolution to reactivate this literary award. The winner of this third award in the new series in the category "literature for children and youth” is Paweł Beresewicz, for Warsaw. Family Walks. According to the jury statement, this warm and professional book is not only an excellent guide for the whole family, but also a collection of legends and anecdotes for adults and a great help for teachers; it gives them information on the history, the sights and the attractions of the capital. |
The Baltic Meeting of Illustrators The 5th Baltic Meeting of Illustrators, organized by the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre in Gdańsk (the BSCC), was held in the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre - former Old Town Hall on 21-23 October. These meetings are platforms for the presentation of the most interesting issues concerning book illustration in Poland and abroad. |
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| A view of the exhibition. © Maria Kulik | |
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| Bohdan Butenko. © Maria Kulik |
From Germany... |
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German Youth Literature Prize |
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For 55 years the German Youth Literature Award signifies ambitious and enjoyable children's literature, which arouse a delight in reading already at an early age. The awarded books equally inspire children and their parents and therefore they do their bit to make reading a part of the families daily routine, says Dr. Kristina Schröder, Federal Minister of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, when presenting the 2010 German Youth Literature Awards at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 8. This award is Germany's only state-sponsored prize for children literature, it is awarded annually and it includes prize money of 50,000€ in a whole. The award ceremony, which attracts more than 1,000 guests, is one of the biggest events during the Frankfurt Book Fair. |
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The 2010 Sonderpreis (special award) was given to Mirjam Pressler for her complete work as an author. The prize is a statute of Momo and 10,000€. She was previously honoured in 1994 for her complete work as a translator and is the first person to have won the Sonderpreis for two different categories. The jury of adult critics awarded the following books: in the category picture book Garmans Sommer (Garman´s Summer); in the category children's book Meine Mutter ist in Amerika und hat Buffalo Bill getroffen (My Mom is in America and has met Buffalo Bill); in the category young adult book Such dir was aus, aber beeil dich! (Take your pick but hurry up); and, in the category non-fiction Mutige Menschen – Widerstand im Dritten Reich (Brave People – Resistance in the Third Reich). The jury of young readers honoured Die Tribute von Panem – Tödliche Spiele (The Hunger Games). Each winning book received a Momo and 8,000€. For more information: www.jugendliteratur.org |
| Mirjam Pressler and Bundesministerin Dr. Kristina Schröder. © José Poblete |
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Twenty libraries for newborns in L’Abruzzo "Pagine in gioco - Per L’Abruzzo" is a project promoted by IBBY Italia in collaboration with many librarians to help the central Italian region of Abruzzo, L’Aquila, to restart living after the disastrous earthquake of 6 April 2009, when 397 people died, including more than 20 children, and thousands were critically injured. The earthquake left more than 70,000 people homeless. To date, 5,000 children’s books have been donated by private individuals and publishers, and distributed throughout the region. The project offers reading promotion workshops and meetings with authors and illustrators, as well as creating a network of people willing to help each other through the use of children books. IBBY Italia is still collecting books and it would be fantastic for them to receive some publications from other countries, for instance picture books with short texts in English, French, Arabic, Rumanian, Albanian, and Chinese, or wordless picture books. |
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From Turkey... |
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Turkey Selects the Books of the Year 2009 |
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The Turkish Board on Books for Young People (TBBY) has been selecting the Books of The Year for the past five years with the aim of encouraging authors, illustrators, designers and publishers of children’s literature as well as raising the quality of books for children. |
From Russia... |
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The award ceremony of the “Book image” All-Russian Annual Contest took place during the 23rd Moscow International Book Festival (1-6 September 2010). The winners were:
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Sergei Mikhalkov International competition Literary works in Russian were gathered from all over the world: USA, Germany, Canada, Finland, Poland, and many others. The main goal of this project is to identify new authors, Russian and foreign, who write in Russian for readers from 9 to 17 years old, and introduce them to the young adult readership. The jury included writers, critics, publishers, librarians and educators. A Children’s Jury of teenagers also participated in this contest, they determined whether the books are really interesting to them or not. The winners’ manuscripts will be published. The 2010 laureates are: |
It all started on the 30 March 2006, when a group of IBBY Russia representatives headed then by the President of the section Sergey Mikhalkov and German colleagues from the Youth Migration Service (Jugendmigrationdiest (JMD) des Caritasverbandes) opened a Russian library for children and young adults in Rastatt, Germany. This collaboration has been going on ever since. On 23rd October 2010, after an opening ceremony and a presentation of the German and Russian colleagues, IBBY Russia donated a selection of 1001 Russian books to the library. A master-class headed by Sergey Alimov, the famous Russian illustrator and the head-artist of the Moscow Puppets Theatre S. Obraztsov was organised, as well as other events. All the books were kindly donated by the following Russian publishing houses and groups: Azbuka- Attikus, Rosmen, Samovar, Lomonosov, Firm 1C, Sphera, MD Media/Otkrytyi mir, Dorofeeva’s publishing house and Mozaika-sintez. |
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With a hundred recently published books in Portuguese, this selection is an invitation to get acquainted with contemporary Portuguese and Brazilian writers and includes a focus on some of the major authors. The "Lire en v.o." (Read in original version) series, published by IBBY-France, is an indispensable guide to navigate amongst the publications of a country and share the pleasure of reading. Lire en V.O. Livres pour la jeunesse en portugais. [Read in the original version. Books for children in Portuguese] Coordination Anne-Laure Cognet. BnF - CNLJ-La Joie par les livres - IBBY France, December 2010. |
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 12 NovemberSchweizer Erzählnacht. Theme: "Im Geschichtenwald" - "Dans la forêt des histoires" - "Nel bosco delle storie" - "En il guaud da las istorgias" (In the forest of stories) For more information: Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder und Jugendliteratur. |
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12-14 November 2nd Ibero-American Forum on Children's Reading. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain. Theme: "Write and read today in school, library and other social contexts: practice and research". For more information: www.asociacionaele.org/aele/inicio.php |
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1-6 December Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse, Montreuil, France. Theme: Princes and princesses. For more information: www.salon-livre-presse-jeunesse.net/accueil.html |
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3 December IBBY France is organising its second seminar on the theme: "European Encounter on Children's Literature". The seminar will be held in the Grand auditorium of the BnF (French National Library). Specialists in children’s literature from many European countries will take part. The speeches and talks by authors, publishers, translators, scholars, librarians and teachers will consider the role that children’s literature has played and could play in the construction of a common culture, and will discuss future collaboration. Simultaneous translation in French and English will be provided. For more information: the programme in pdf |
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27-31 January 2011 Festival international de la bande dessinée. Angoulême, France For more information: Festival international de la bande dessinée |
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9-11 February 2011 Den nordiske barne- og ungdomslitteraturkonferansen, Norway For more information: Den nordiske barne- og ungdomslitteraturkonferansen |
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18-21 March Salon du livre de Paris, Porte de Versailles, France Guest of honour: Nordic countries For more information: Salon du livre de Paris |
| 22 March Seminar "Lire en VO" - "Read in original version" Theme: "Children's literature in Nordic countries". For more information: the website of the organisation |
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31 March - 2 April World Book Summit: Book: the bearer of human development, Ljubljana, Slovenia. For more information: www.wbs2011.si/home |
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| 15-16 July Conference: "Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference". An international conference hosted by the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, in collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy. Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester, West Sussex, UK. For more information: Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy |
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23-26 August 33rd IBBY International Congress. "Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations". Imperial College, London. For more information: www.ibbycongress2012.org/index.php |
Nathalie Beau (IBBY France) |