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Read interviews with publishers, authors and illustrators, find out what IBBY UK members have been up to in our blog or read our reports on IBBY UK activities.

IBBY 36th International Conference<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

IBBY 36th International Conference

A blog post about the IBBY 36th International Conference in Athens
IBBY UK AGM at the Black Cultural Archives<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

IBBY UK AGM at the Black Cultural Archives

A summary of  IBBY UK's guest speaker at our AGM on 20 June 2018 at the Black Cultural Archives: SI Martin
Speaking the Truth: A Fairy Tale Podcast<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Speaking the Truth: A Fairy Tale Podcast

A podcast about the power of fairy tales supported by CLPE, IBBY UK and Tiny Owl Publishing.
Q&A with author Melvin Burgess<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Q&A with author Melvin Burgess

A blog by Hannah Kate about IBBY UK's recent Q&A with author Melvin Burgess at Manchester’s Portico Library
Otter-Barry Books<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Otter-Barry Books

Janetta Otter Barry tells us about going out on her own and the shape of her new list; and introduces us to some of her up and coming titles.
Lampedusa – IBBY Camp March 2018<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Lampedusa – IBBY Camp March 2018

A moving report by Debbie Beeks about her visit to the IBBY Camp in Lampedusa.
Finding New Voices<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Finding New Voices

Finding new voices: children’s literature from the Baltics. A report from London Book Fair 2018
Silent Books at Glasgow University<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Silent Books at Glasgow University

A blog post by Jennifer Farrar about using IBBY's Silent Books Collection at Glasgow University.
A Place at the Table<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

A Place at the Table

A blog post by IBBY UK member Carol Thompson on Inclusive Mind's 'A Place at the Table'
Happily Ever After…<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Happily Ever After…

The IBBY/NCRCL annual conference for 2017, Happily Ever After: The Evolution of Fairy Tales Across Time and Culture, was held on Saturday November 11...
Silent Books in Lampedusa<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

Silent Books in Lampedusa

A report by Helen Limon. I look around the crowded train. Twelve carriages long, it runs direct between Gatwick airport and central London...
IBBY Honours List 2016 event at Waterstones<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=92&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/01a824d38dd9d2527324dc73cf95aea3?s=184&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-92 photo' height='92' width='92' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/>

IBBY Honours List 2016 event at Waterstones

The Waterstones' room was pleasantly crowded as we gathered to celebrate the IBBY UK nominations for the IBBY Honour Book List.