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Interviews

Interviews

Let's meet Sólin Sekkur

If you like Olmo, Pacha and the other members of 2022 BCBF's Visual Identity, you have to thank Mexican illustrator Sólin Sekkur who, ...

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Bookshelves Ahoy - In Japan

Bookshelves Ahoy! In this Fairtales column, children’s literature expertPetra Paolitakes us around the world exploring independent bookstores ...

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Bookshelves Ahoy - In Italy

Bookshelves Ahoy! In this Fairtales column, children’s literature expertPetra Paolitakes us around the world exploring independent bookstores ...

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Drawing with Rasa

Last year, for the forth edition of the BCBF Visual Identity Workshop, the design studio Chialab together with BCBF team chose the Lithuanian ...

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Playing with dreams

The BCBF Visual Identity Workshop was at its third edition in 2019, when the Russian artist Masha Titova was chosen, among very talented ...

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Carlo Poesio Award 2020

Now in its third edition, theCarla Poesio Awardmaintains as its main focus the world of academic research concerning children's literature and ...

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Golden Pinwheel takes six!

The Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition is an international illustration contest held annually as part of the China Shanghai International ...

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Beyond Sight

Illustrations and accessibility: the tactile graphics in the exhibition Beyond Sight / Oltre la vista / Miru o koeteis on show alongside ...

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Pop-Up Books

 Pop-up books have always captured the imagination of children and beyond, precisely because they’re both books and engineering masterpieces. ...

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Let's meet Il Castoro

Renata Gorgani is the publishing director of Il Castoro, Italian publishing house dedicated to kids’ and young readers’ books that, ...

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Let's meet Flying Eye

Sam Arthur is co-founder and managing director ofNobrowandFlying Eye. In this interview, we explore his point of view on the present and future ...

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The Children-Spectators

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is always open to exciting new projects involving the arts and illustration. One of these is ‘Mapping ...

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24h Marathon

A24h online Portfolio Marathonis the brilliant invention ofMimaster Illustrazioneand the Illustrators Survival Corner for this special year. ...

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Andrea Antinori & Noemi Vola

Andrea Antinori and Noemi Vola, whose works were selected for several Illustrators Exhibitions, are two of the most promising illustrators we’ve ...

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