58th edition
12-15 April 2021
Bologna
Italy
Fall Collction

It’s already time to take a look at the novelties in store at the 2021 BCBF. So in true Bologna style, we have prepared three lively international panels to introduce them.

Poetry, Non Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels... but that’s not all that’s new!

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BCBF TV

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POETRY: BolognaRagazzi Award 2021 Special Category
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NON-FICTION: The Other Side of Children’s Books
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COMICS: A New Golden Age
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Fairtales

The Stories, the People and the Magic of BCBF
GIANNI RODARI AROUND THE WORLD 23 October 2020 marks the centenary of the birth of Gianni Rodari. Bologna Children’s Book Fair has organized a new edition of the exhibition ...
BEYOND SIGHT: TACTILE ILLUSTRATIONS GO ON TOUR IN JAPAN Illustrations and accessibility: the tactile graphics in the exhibition  Beyond Sight / Oltre la vista / Miru o koete will be on show ...
POP-UP BOOKS IN CHINESE AND ASIAN MARKET  Pop-up books have always captured the imagination of children and beyond, precisely because they’re both books and engineering masterpieces. ...
SCARVES FOR IBBY – A FUNDRAISING PROJECT Ten Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning illustrators have created original art for a collection of beautiful silk scarves as their donation ...

BCBF GALLERIES

The new Bologna Children’s Book Fair "museum"
ILLUSTRATORS FOR GIANNI RODARI. ITALIAN EXCELLENCE The humour, the fantasy and the endless play: 21 great artists interpret...
HASSAN MOUSAVI A deep dive into the creative world of the BIB awarded Iranian artist, author of the multifaceted 2020 Illustrators Annual's cover.
THE CHILDREN-SPECTATORS 38 artists, selected within the European project Mapping, explore with their illustrations the relationship...
10 YEARS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION The winners of the prize created by Fundación SM and BCBF to discover...
A UNIVERSE OF STORIES. STARRING: THE BOOK In recent years picture books on the subject of the book itself have flourished...
BCBF VISUAL IDENTITY WORKSHOP Incisive, primordial, monochrome and symbolic: Rasa Janciauskaité and Chialab Design portray BCBF as a collector and incubator of ideas.
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

ILLUSTRATIONS AND BOOKS ON THE MOVE

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