INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION


WON LAST YEAR’S


PEI-HSIN CHO


TRAILBLAZING WOMEN IN PUBLISHING


Al Qasimi takes


PublisHer on the road


This Sharjah Guest of Honour networking event is the latest organised by PublisHer, the


organisation and global community founded in


2019 by Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi below, c.e.o. of Sharjah’s biggest children’s publisher, Kalimat Group, and


current president of the International Publishers Association. The idea behind PublisHer is to bring female leaders of the industry together to find creative solutions to the gender diversity and inclusivity challenges they face at work. Though PublisHer’s


Today, 12.30 p.m. ? Services Centre, Illustrators Cafe


INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT


Under-35s vie for latest illustration award


T


his will be the 12th time BCBF and Spanish publisher Ediciones SM will name a winner of the International


Award for Illustration, the prize that recog- nises young (under 35), early career illustra- tors with an award of €15,000 in order to develop a picture book to be released by SM. Last year’s winner was Taiwanese artist and animator Pei-Hsin Cho, who will adapt the Oscar Wilde fairytale “The Fisherman and His Soul” for SM. Also awarded at this event are the Ars in Fabula Grant for postgraduate studies in children’s illustration and a prize- giving ceremony for all the artists selected for BCBF’s 2022 Illustrators Exhibition.


TRANSLATION FORUM: HOT TOPICS IN TRANSLATION


Translation talk takes centre stage


Today, 11 a.m. ? Hall 29, BBPlus Theatre Today, 11.40 a.m. ? Area Mall, Authors Cafe C


omics is among of the hottest children’s categories right now worldwide—or, to


put another spin on it, the world is catching up to how hot they have always been in territories like France, Belgium and Japan. That is probably the reason why


The second seminar of the day based around translation on the BolognaBooksPlus stream, this discussion promises to look at the chal- lenges and hot topics that translated books experience—as well as the obstacles for those who translate, publish and sell them. It should be lively as hot topics suddenly abound in the translation sphere, from the ethics of working with Russian publishers, to Sally Rooney’s decision not to have her latest bestseller, Beautiful World, Where Are You, translated into Hebrew by an Israeli publishing house due to her stance on the conflict in Palestine.


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physical activities have been disrupted by the pandemic, it is returning with a range of events in 2022, including meet-ups here and at the London and Frankfurt book fairs.


Today, 12.40 p.m. ? Area Mall,


Authors Cafe


PUBLISHES COMICS AT GERMAN LIST ROTOPOL PRESS


RITA FÜRSTENAU


Bologna is putting a lot of welly behind the sector this year, with no fewer than nine events today and 19 across the four days of the fair. This session brings together the founders of three well-respected comics indies: Olivier Bron from Strasbourg-based Editions 2024, Frédéric Gauthier of Montreal’s La Pastèque and Rita Fürstenau, who runs Kassel, Germany’s Rotopol Press.


TWENTY YEARS OF GLOBAL KIDS COMICS


Comics take centre stage in one of 19 dedicated events at BCBF


RECENTLY TURNED DOWN A HEBREW TRANSLATION


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