The Publishing Task Force of the Italian Trade Agency – Chicago will be at the US Book Show, the digital event sponsored and organized by Publishers Weekly. The show, open to librarians, booksellers, vendors, professionals, and in general, to the book publishing community, offers virtual networking and interaction between attendees and exhibitors on a 3D Exhibit Hall. The book show will take place from … Continued
We are just a few short weeks away from May 19th, when the 34th edition of Il Salone Internazionale del Libro opens in Turin. The Salone del Libro show promotes books and online and offline reading during the whole year in Turin, in Italy and in the world. To do so, the fair involves all the members of the book community: publishers, authors, booksellers, … Continued
At this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair, for the first time, a special webinar is being hosted with a focus on comic books. The webinar is part of the International Children’s Bookstore Conference and is a free online event for industry professionals. For more details: Special focus on comic books/Bologna
The 59th Bologna Children’s Book Fair opens this morning (March 21) for its first in-person stating since 2019, there’s both excitement and tension, of course. The excitement lies in the fact that the world’s largest trade show focused on the book business for younger readers is back on its feet amid the still-ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. A popular destination for professionals in the world publishing … Continued
Bologna Children’s Book Fair – BCBF finally returns as an in-person event for its 59th edition: together with the first live edition of BolognaBookPlus – BBPLUS, created in collaboration with AIE (Association of Italian Publishers), and its sister event the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair | Kids – BLTFK. From March 21 to 24 the Fair will welcome the international community of professionals from the sector to the exhibition halls of the … Continued
As the date approaches, the world publishing industry is looking forward to the first in-person Bologna Children’s Fair since 2019. The Bologna Fair added the innovative BolognaBookPlus in its 2021 virtual show, so there is particular interest in this year’s BookPlus event in person. Seminars, forums, training session aimed at the professional general trade audience are on the calendar. For more details on the … Continued
In a featured article in Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson recently had a chance to speak with Elena Pasoli, director of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair on the upcoming (March 21-24) in-person, physical trade show. A chance to have an exchange with Elena Pasoli, the director of the show, finds her trademark cheer in place: “We’re feeling quite optimistic,” she says. “We’re really pleased to have … Continued
The ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) 2021 Virtual Convention is being held from November 19th to 21st. This global event brings together educators from all languages, levels and learning institutions. The goal is to provide a comprehensive development experience that will have an impact on language educators at all levels and assist their students in succeeding in the language learning … Continued
ACTFL online 2021 (November 19-21) The Italian Trade Agency in Chicago will be at ACTFL online 2021 with its own digital booth, promoting the newly restructured website Italbooks.com, an interactive platform for the book rights initiatives. ITA’s team will
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) in Chicago will be at Comic-con@home 2021 representing Italian comics. If you are an American publisher, distributor and/or a literary agent, if you are interested in buying the rights of the books displayed in our virtual booth, or if you simply wish to know more about Italian comic books, you have browsed the right place. Contact us here: info@italbooks.com … Continued
