BCBF Events Programme

HOME - Text and illustrations by Lin Lian-En; Yes Creative Ltd./Papa Publishing House, Taiwan, 2020.

Marcella Terrusi, University of Bologna, Italy

Cheryl Chan, Chief Editor Yes Creative Ltd./Papa Publishing House, Taiwan; Lin Lian-En, Author, Taiwan; Rhea Lin, Marketing editor, Yes Creative Ltd./Papa Publishing House, Taiwan

This year the juries of the BolognaRagazzi Award met in the historical setting of Palazzo D'Accursio, in the heart of Bologna. Thousands and thousands of books lived for three days in a unique setting, offering themselves to the gaze of the international experts called upon to evaluate them.

BOLOGNARAGAZZI AWARD
THE JURY 2021

Chiara Basile, Bookseller, Italy
Ana Garralón, School teacher, Bookseller, Critic, Writer, Anthologist, Spain
Izabella Kaluta, Author, Editor and Culture Manager, Poland
Yasmine Motawy, Author and Professor at The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Caterina Ramonda, Author and Librarian, Italy

BOLOGNARAGAZZI COMICS AWARD
THE JURY 2021

David B, Comic Books Author, France
Matteo Stefanelli, Scholar and Journalist, Italy
Virginia Tonfoni, Journalist and Author, Italy

The Bologna Prize - Best Children's Publishers of the Year awards those publishers who have most distinguished themselves for their professional and intellectual skills in each of the six areas of the world: Africa, Central and South America, North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. 
Presentation of the shortlisted publishers and announcement of the winners.

Elena Pasoli, Exhibition Manager, Bologna Children's Book Fair; Ricardo Franco Levi, President, AIE – Italian Publishers Association; Bodour Al Qasimi, President, IPA – International Publishers Association

ONE OF A KIND - Text and illustrations by Neil Packer; Walker Books, UK, 2021. 

Marcella Terrusi, University of Bologna, Italy

Beth Aves, Art Director, Walker Books, UK; Neil Packer, author, UK; Becky Watson, Editor, Walker Books, UK

Meet the Jury

The award is aimed to highlight the publishing projects that have best expanded their narrative universe to other media. Let's find out the winners of  2021 BolognaRagazzi Crossmedia Award.

Welcoming regards: Elena Pasoli, Exhibition Manager, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy.

Event organised within the framework of ALDUS UP

Cristina Angelucci, Editor in Chief, Licensing Magazine, Italy; Warren Buckleitner, Founding Editor of Children’s Technology Review, USA; Julie Fox, IP Expert and Executive Producer, Ireland-France; Roberta Franceschetti, Co-Founder, Mamamò and TheContentMakers, Italy; Neal Hoskins, Founder, Wingedchariot, United Kingdom;

NEIGHBORS - Text and illustrations by Kasya Denisevich; Chronicle Books, USA, 2020

Marcella Terrusi, University of Bologna, Italy  

Kasya Denisevich, author, Russia/Spain; Naomi Kirsten, Senior Editor, Chronicle Books, USA

Cajita de Fósforos. Antología de Poemas sin Rima
Edited by Adolfo Córdova; Illustrations by Juan Palomino; Ediciones Ekaré, Spain/Venezuela, 2020

Marcella Terrusi, University of Bologna, Italy  

Adolfo Córdova, Author, Mexìco; Maria Francisca Mayobre, Publisher, Ediciones Ekaré, Spain/Venezuela; Ana Palmero, Art Director, Ediciones Ekaré, Spain/Venezuela; Juan Palomino, Illustrator, Argentina

Presentazione della terza edizione del Premio Carla Poesio, dedicato alle migliori tesi di laurea in letteratura per l’infanzia. Incontriamo i membri della giuria e la vincitrice 2021, Alice Galletti, la cui tesi “Tracce di materia e luce nella letteratura per l’infanzia: la preziosità dell’Oro tra il qui e l’Altrove” (Università di Bologna) sarà pubblicata nel 2022 da Edizoni ETS grazie al sostegno di BolognaFiere.

Elena Pasoli, Exhibition Manager, Bologna Children's Book Fair; Pino Boero, Università di Genova; Lorenzo Cantatore, Università Roma Tre; Emma Beseghi, Università di Bologna; Alice Galletti, insegnante e illustratrice, vincitrice della terza edizione del Premio Carla Poesio.

Mauro Evangelista, Director Ars In Fabula, Italy; Walter Fochesato, expert in Children's Literature and History of Illustration, teacher at Ars In Fabula, Italy;

D. Luis Fernando Crespo, President SM; Elena Pasoli, BCBF Exhibition Manager.

MĚSTO PRO KAŽDÉHO - Text by Osamu Okamura, illustrations and models by David Böhm and Jiři Franta; photographs by Pavel Horák; Labyrint, Czech Republic, 2020

Marcella Terrusi, University of Bologna, Italy  

David Böhm, illustrator, Czech Republic; Jiří Franta, illustrator, Czech Republic; Petra Novakova, editor, Labyrint, Czech Republic; Osamu Okamura, author, Japan