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 2021
Monday 14 June 2021
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