2019 ILLUSTRATORS EXHIBITION

Exhibitions

The Illustrators Exhibition is a showcase for the latest trends in illustration and talent spotting new artists held during Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Launched in 1967, the Exhibition displays a wide selection of artists from different countries offering young emerging talents tangible professional opportunities.
For the 2019 edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, 2.901 illustrators coming from 62 countries sent their works. The jurors Diego Bianchi (Argentina), Maciej Byliniak (Poland), Alessandro Sanna (Italy), Harriët van Reek (Holland), Béatrice Vincent (France) selected 76 illustrators, coming from 27 countries, for the 2019 Exhibition.
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the 2019 selected illustrators
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On February 24th, at 04:00 p.m., Bologna Children’s Book Fair exhibition manager Elena Pasoli meets illustrators and publishing houses of the area.
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from 06/02/2020 to 23/04/2020

The work of all the artists is published in the Illustrators Annual: a large catalogue for publishers and professionals from all over the world, enriched with the contributions from members of the jury.
The Annual is published in Italian and English by Corraini Edizioni and distributed to international specialist bookshops. It is also published in Japanese by JBBY - Japanese Board on Books for Young People, in the United States by Chronicle Books and in China by Foreign Languages Press.
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Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Address: Piazza Costituzione, 6
40128 BOLOGNA (BO)
Telephone: + 39 051 282111 - 282966
Email: bookfair@bolognafiere.it
Web Site:http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/