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African Books for Children Slot at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair is running from Tuesday 23rd to Friday 26th March and will be covering a number of topics through different categories such as the TV and Film Centre, Illustrators exhibition, Traslators Centre, and the Literary Agents Centre to name a few, but what really stood out for me was of course the African Books for Children slot. Read here to get more about the Programme.
African books for children
A round table about the new titles for children published in Africa, their authors and illustrators, the publishing and distribution of African children’s books.
Participants: Phocas Ekouedjin, Afrilivres (Association of African Francophone Publishers) and Tainie Mundondo, Apnet (African Publishers Network), Publishers from Benin, Senegal, Tanzania, Cameroon, Mauritius and Rwanda
Moderator: Viviana Quiñones, BnF /CNLJ-La Joie par les livres
Organised by Bibiliothèque nationale de France, Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse – La Joie par les livres in co-operation with Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Programme
Round table : « African books for children »
Wednesday March 24th, from 11 am to 1 pm . Room Vivace.
From 11 to 12 am :
A round table about the new titles for children published in Africa, their authors and
illustrators, the publishing and distribution of African children’s books.
Organised by Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse –
La Joie par les livres
Moderator Viviana Quiñones, BnF / CNLJ-La Joie par les livres
With
- Phocas Ekouedjin of Afrilivres, association of African francophone publishers
- Tainie Mundondo of Apnet, African publishers network
? Publishers from Benin, Senegal, Tanzania, Cameroon, Mauritius and Rwanda
From 12 to 1 pm :
Takam Tikou, online journal on children’s books and reading in Africa, the Arab world, the
Caribbean and the Indian Ocean.
This 20 year-old journal goes online! A presentation of its new formula by the team of Takam
Tikou.
Organised by Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse –
La Joie par les livres
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