MICHÈLE ROBERTS WILL SHARE HER AGENT EXPERIENCE


BACK TO THE FUTURE: 10 YEARS INTO DIGITAL PUBLISHING


Seminars


assess impact of digital


publishing


Two linked seminars which deal with evolution over the past decade of digital publishing in the children’s sector, and where it is going next. The first is an open


forum on complementary cross-media opportunities with a focus on audio apps, video, e-book and games development. The second has Neal Hoskins, Bologna’s digital consultant,


in conversation with Emmet O’Neill, c.e.o. of the Dublin-based developer StoryToys.


Today, 10 a.m. ? BBPlus T Plus Theatre, Hall 29 Today, 2.30 p.m. CALL YOUR AGENT GE


Half-day seminar shares agenting best practices


Probably the flagship event for BolognaBooksPlus—BCBF’s parallel industry event, with an adult and general trade focus, which was launched virtually last year—this half-day series of seminars is centred around best practice for current working agents, as well as tips for those who want to get into the sector. Novelist Michèle Roberts will deliver the keynote on how agents benefited her career, while Curtis Brown’s Isobel Gahan and LBA co-founder Luigi Bonomi will discuss the role of the agent and how to build relationships. Polish scout Karolina Jaszecka, Lithuanian deal-maker Benas Bėrantas and Tel Aviv-based agent Stephanie Barrouillet will share a panel on how they work in countries where literary agents are not the norm.


WHAT STORIES CAN YOU TELL IN TIMES OF WAR? ETGAR KERET’S POINT OF VIEW


Israeli giant tackles moral conundrum


Today, 5.45 p.m. ? Services Centre, Illustrators Cafe


? Sala Bolero Services Centre, Wing B


MOVE DONATIONS IN WAR-TORN SYRIA


BOOK AID WORKERS Today, 10.30 a.m. A ? Sala Suite, Services Centre, Wing D


seminar looking at reading promotion and reader train- ing in regions and communi-


ties where access to books, bookshops and libraries is challenged—a situation which has been exacerbated globally by deepening social inequalities and the pandemic. The panel will provide a deep dive into some of these “international movements, best practices and inspiring experiences”


The multi-hyphenate Israeli children’s author/graphic novelist/filmmaker/actor/ adult short story writer Etgar Keret will deliver a lecture on what will undoubtedly be on the minds of most this Bologna: with war raging in Ukraine (and, let’s not forget, in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and the 18 other armed conflicts the UN says are currently being waged across the


globe), what sort of stories should we be writing and telling our children? Keret is one of Israel’s greatest contemporary writers, perhaps most famous in the Anglophone world for the children’s titles Dad Runs Away with the Circus and Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub, and the short story collections Missing Kissinger and Fly Already.


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of organisations and individuals that are promoting reading for kids across the world. Among those taking part in


the discussion are Alison Tweed, c.e.o. of UK-based Book Aid International; consultant Catherine Uwimana, who has directed a number of reading initiatives in her native Rwanda and throughout both East and West Africa; and Zohreh Ghaeni, head of Read with Me, a literacy project for children in disadvantaged areas of Iran.


The two will discuss the “long and winding road” of StoryToys bringing Eric Carle’s beloved The Very Hungry Caterpillar into the app space.


CHILDHOOD ON THE SIDELINES: READING PROJECTS IN VULNERABLE SETTINGS


Seminar looks at obstacles to reading across the world


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