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For almost 30 years Books Illustrated has promoted Australian picture books and their creators nationally and internationally through activities and events including selling books, illustration and limited edition prints, curating exhibitions & displays, presenting at conferences, festivals, educational workshops and mentoring programs.
Many of these activities are in partnership with other industry organisations such as CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia), ACLA (Australian Children’s Literature Alliance – and the Laureate), APA (Australian Publishers Association), CA (Copyright Agency), ASA (Australian Society of Authors), NCACL (National Centre for Australia Children’s Literature), Dromkeen, Clunes Booktown, The Literature Centre WA, IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators),
State and Regional galleries and with many enthusiastic individuals!
International exhibitions in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Italy have been supported by organisations including the Copyright Agency, the Australia Korea Foundation, NAMI, the Choicemaker, the Australia Council, Australian Embassies and Austrade.
This section is an eclectic reflection of some of these events…
News on Bologna Book Fair from the Australian Publishers Association
A Memorial Service for Albert Ullin
Hello! from Australia, Bologna Book Fair 2018
Hello! from Australia at the Bologna Book Fair 2018 - March 26 to 29
The 2018 Hello! from Australia, represented over 30 Australian publishers and 170 authors & illustrators.
Funding from the Australian Government Department of Communication and the Arts, and administered by Allen & Unwin, ensured that the size of the Australian Collective stand could be increased for the 2018 Book Fair and that this size can be continued until 2020.
The Hello! from Australia stand - in a great new position this year!
This year, in addition to the promotion of new books and rights sales for publishers, Books Illustrated instigated a focus on Australian indigenous publishing for children, celebrating the interest and growth in this area right across the publishing industry. The image we selected to link in with this focus was by Lisa Kennedy from ‘Welcome to Country’
published by Walker Books.
There were many positive comments about this image and the branding of the stand.
Magabala Books & The Indigenous Literary Foundation, two important publishers of Australian Indigenous books for children attended the fair.
(Tricia Genat in the Indigenous Literacy section of the stand)
A record number of 13 independent Australian publishers were part of the Hello! from Australia collective stand this year and
Magabala Books, Scribble and Windy Hollow Books were nominated for the Best Publisher Award: Oceania Region.
Twelve creators attended the fair - Gus Gordon, Gabrielle Wang, Ann James, Jedda Robaard, Anne Ryan, Maree Coote, Mike Dumbleton, Lee Burgemeestre, Max Landrak, Owen Swan, Felicity Marshall and Bronwyn Houston.
Indigenous author illustrator and book designer, Bronwyn Houston working on our popular Creators’ Table.
Gabrielle Wang
Gus Gordon
Lee Burgemeestre, Anne Ryan & Bronwyn Houston.
Max Landrak
Felicity Marshall
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