by IBBY | Jun 29, 2020 | IBBY NEWS, News
IBBY AGM 2020 on Zoom The 2020 Annual General Meeting will take place on Zoom at 6pm on Thursday 2nd July, followed by the streaming of a fascinating conversation between Mini Grey and committee member Karenanne Knight. In the interview, Mini discusses the books that...
by IBBY | Jun 26, 2020 | IBBY NEWS, News
A sad goodbye to Wendy Cooling, Bookstart founder and IBBY Honorary Member Wendy’s great achievement was founding Bookstart, following her realisation of the significance for so many children of starting school never having handled books or been read to. The scheme...
by Ann Lazim | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog, News
Jacqueline Woodson BACK TO NEWS Jacqueline Woodson is the winner of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Author Medal following closely on her being awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2018 so she is the recipient of the two most important global prizes for...
by IBBY | May 21, 2020 | News
Overheard in a tower block Book Details Overheard in a tower blockJoseph Coelho, illus. Kate Milner. Herefordshire: Otter-Barry Books, pb, 9 781 910 959 589, 2017, £6.99, 112pp.Poetry, 8-14 years BACK TO REVIEWS This is a wonderfully varied collection of poems about...
by IBBY | Feb 3, 2020 | IBBY NEWS, News
IBBY Congress 2020 – CfP deadline extended The call for papers deadline for the IBBY Congress 2020 has been extended. By popular request, the Programme Committee of the 37th IBBY Congress has extended the deadline for abstract submission. The following deadlines are...
by IBBY | Jan 27, 2020 | IBBY NEWS, News
Shortlists announced for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2020 The cover of HCA nominee Isabelle Arsenault’s Colette’s Lost Pet. IBBY is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award – the world’s most prestigious award for...