63rd edition 13- 16 April 2026 | Bologna - Italy
63rd edition 13- 16 April 2026 | Bologna - Italy
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Aušra Kiudulaitė, illustrator; Ieva Babilaite, illustrator.
Organised by
Lithuanian Culture Institute
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Ivan Canu, Director, Mimaster Illustrazione - Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori, Italy; Shelley Ann Jackson, Associate Professor, MA degree in Children's Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, UK; Ellen Vesters, Head Visual Storytelling Course, Venster Academy of Illustration & Narrative, Netherlands.
In cooperation with
Mimaster Illustrazione-Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori; Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University; Venster Academy of Illustration & Narrative
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Pirita Tolvanen, illustrator, Information Designer, Finland.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Jenya Polosina, illustrator, Ukraine.
Organised by
UN Women
In the framework of
The EU 4 Gender Equality: Together Against Gender Stereotypes and Gender-Based Violence programme
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Steve Compton, Director of Exhibitions & Collections, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children’s Programs Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA; Angie Kang, award winning author/illustrator, Original Art Medalist 2025, USA; C.G. Esperanza, award winning author/illustrator, Caldecott Medalist 2025, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Giacomo Benelli, Coordinator, The Illustrators Survival Corner, Italy
Panel
Cayetano Cordovés Dorta, Editor, Diego Pun Ediciones, Spain; Gema Sirvent Laguna, Editorial Director, Editorial Libre Albedrío, Spain; Luisa F. Arellano, illustrator, Mexico.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Olaia Martínez, illustrator, author, Spain; Ane Arzelus, illustrator, Spain.
Organised by
Euskal Irudigileak
In cooperation with
Basque Books
With the support of
Instituto Etxepare
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
Issaba author, story creator, and colorist, Senegal.
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
Toni Galmés, illustrator, Spain; Francesca Corso, illustrator, Spain.
In cooperation with
Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Justinas Vancevičius, Co-founder, Vaikų žemė, Lithuania
Panel
Rebecca Valente, illustrator, Italy; Giulia Tudori, illustrator, Italy; Akvilė Magicdustė, illustrator, Lithuania; Kornelija Žalpytė, illustrator, Lithuania.
In cooperation with
Hamelin
With the support of
Lithuanian Embassy in Italy; Lithuanian Culture Institute, Vaikų žemė reading promotion program / Children’s World
In the framework of
Comics Corner
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Sophie Blackall, author, illustrator, Australia; Sergio Ruzzier, illustrator, Italy.
Organised by
Hamelin
In cooperation with
Editrice Il Castoro
The Illustrators Survival Corner - The Original Art Exhibition
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children's Program Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Sunkyung Cho, illustrator, picture book author, South Korea.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Matthew Forsythe, illustrator, designer, author, Canada.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Agata Dudek, illustrator, Poland; Zosia Dzierżawska, illustrator, Poland; Kasia Minasowicz, illustrator, Poland; Kasia Walentynowicz, illustrator, Poland.
In cooperation with
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Benedetta Lelli, Mimaster Illustrazione, Italy
Panel
Daniela Valente, Coccole Books, Italy; Clara Leonardi, illustrator, Italy; Gaia Stock, Edizioni EL, Italy.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Francesca Orlando, illustrator, Nola Sprayed Edges, Italy
Panel
Francesca Orlando, illustrator, Nola Sprayed Edges, Italy.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Sarah Baker, Executive Director, SCBWI - The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, USA
Panel
Netta Rabin, publisher, Children’s Books, Phaidon, USA; Meagan Bennett, Executive Art Director, Children’s Books, Phaidon, USA; Maya Gartner, Associate Publisher, Children's Books, Phaidon, USA; Steven Guarnaccia, illustrator, designer, USA.
Organised by
Phaidon
The Illustrators Survival Corner - The Original Art Exhibition
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children's Program Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Leonard Marcus, Children’s literature historian and author, USA
Panel
Cátia Chien, Multi award winning Illustrator, Caldecott Medalist 2026 and Two Time Society of Illustrators Original Art Gold Medalist 2020 & 2025, Brazil; Beatrice Alemagna, Multi award winning illustrator, 2022 Bologna Children’s Book Fair The Extraordinary Award for an Extraordinary Artist, Two Time Society of Illustrators Original Art Gold Medalist 2017 & 2024, Italy.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Kate Cosgrove, #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
In today's world, infographics are everywhere. Rooted in Otto Neurath's Isotype project, Marie Neurath brought them into visual books, blending the useful with the pleasant.
Panel
Riccardo Falcinelli, graphic designer, Italy.
Organised by
Quinto Quarto Edizioni
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Chiara Tomasi, Artistic Director, Notte di Fiaba Illustration Contest, Italy
Panel
Erino Nicolodi, President, Notte di Fiaba Festival, Italy; Beatrice Fini, Publishing Director, Giunti Ragazzi, Italy; Francesca Tancini, Jury President, Notte di Fiaba Illustration Contest, Italy; Eleonora Cumer, Jury Member, Notte di Fiaba Illustration Contest, Italy; Svjetlan Junakovic, Jury Member, Notte di Fiaba Illustration Contest, Croatia; Matteo Gubellini, Jury Member, Notte di Fiaba Illustration Contest, Italy, Brian Feschi, Children’s book author, Italy.
Organised by
Notte di Fiaba (Associazione Manifestazioni Rivane)
In cooperation with
Giunti Editore,Museo Alto Garda
With the support of
Cartiere del Garda
In the framework of
Notte di Fiaba Festival 2026
Under the auspices of
Municipality of Riva del Garda, Autonomous Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige Region
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Beppe Chia, designer, Chialab, Italy; Alex Weste, designer, Chialab, Germany
Panel
Bumi Cha, illustrator author of BCBF 2026 visual, South Korea.
Organised by
Chialab Design Studio
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
èf, illustrator, Madagascar
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
Luisa F. Arellano, illustrator, Mexico.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Cecilia Ruiz, Illustrator, author, educator, Mexico
Panel
Eugenia Mello, illustrator, author and educator, Argentina; Vesper Stamper, illustrator, author and educator, Germany; Giacomo Benelli, Mimaster Illustrazione, Italy.
Organised by
School of Visual Arts
In cooperation with
Mimaster Illustrazione
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Doug Salati, Sendak Fellowship Coordinator, The Maurice Sendak Foundation, USA
Panel
Lynn Caponera, Executive Director, The Maurice Sendak Foundation, USA; Frann Preston-Gannon, author, illustrator, UK; Sergio Ruzzier, illustrator, Member of The Maurice Sendak Foundation, Italy.
Organised by
The Maurice Sendak Foundation
The Illustrators Survival Corner - The Original Art Exhibition
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children's Program Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Giulia Gatti, Trade Marketing Manager, Fedrigoni, Italy; Carolina Pacchioni, Backseller Creative Communication, Fedrigoni, Italy.
Organised by
Fedrigoni
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Sarah Baker, illustrator, Executive Director, SCBWI, USA
Panel
Cátia Chien, multi award winning illustrator, Caldecott Medalist 2026, Two Time Society of Illustrators Original Art Gold Medalist 2020 & 2025, Brazil; K-Fai Steele, author, illustrator, USA; Suzanne Kaufman, New York Times bestselling illustrator, USA; Erin Kraan, illustrator, Canada; Dasha Tolstikova, illustrator, Russia.
Organised by
SCBWI-Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Giordana Piccinini, Hamelin, Italia
Panel
Ivan Canu, illustratore, Direttore, Mimaster Illustrazione, Italia; Marco Carsetti, ELSE Edizioni, Italia; Salvatore Celentano, Hamelin, Italia.
Organised by
Un progetto di ELSE Associazione
In cooperation with
Mimaster Illustrazione, Hamelin
With the support of
MiC, SIAE
In the framework of
the programme "Per Chi Crea"
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Sydney Smith, illustrator, author, Canada; Marcella Terrusi, Professor, Università di Bologna, Italy.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Steven Guarnaccia, illustrator, designer, USA
Panel
Cynthia Alonso, author, illustrator, Argentina; Elenia Beretta, author, illustrator, Germany; Eva Marina Burckhardt, illustrator from Picturebooks Berlin, Switzerland/Venezuela; Frenci Sanna, author, illustrator, Italy.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Hsu-Kung, Liu, artist, Taiwan.
Organised by
Taiwan Creative Content Agency
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Marta Bracciale, Camelozampa
Panel
Emma AdBåge, illustrator.
Organised by
Camelozampa
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Lynn Caponera, Executive Director, The Maurice Sendak Foundation, USA; Aria Ungerer, Creative Lead, Curator & Project Co-Ordinator, Tomi Ungerer Estate, Ireland; Ai Komagata, Director, Gallery Komagata, Japan.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - The Original Art Exhibition
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children's Program Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Mark Janssen, illustrator, Netherlands.
Organised by
Dutch Foundation for Literature
In cooperation with
Embassy and Consulate General of the Netherlands in Italy
In the framework of
La Scoperta dell'Olanda continua
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Wang Zumin, illustrator, China.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Kirsten Hall, Founder and President, Catbird, USA; Erica Rand Silverman, V.P. of Children’s Publishing & Senior Literary Agent, Stimola Literary Studio, USA
Panel
Susan Rich, Editor-at-Large, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Canada; Matthew Burgess, award-winning author, USA; Felicita Sala, award-winning illustrator, Italy.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Giacomo Benelli, Coordinator, The Illustrators Survival Corner
Panel
Zheng Feng, illustrator, China.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Giacomo Manzotti, animator and motion designer, Italy; Tamlyn Young, illustrator, visual storyteller, South Africa.
With the support of
LSAD-Limerick School of Arts and Design
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
Constantin Adadja, cartoonist, comic book artist, Benin.
The Illustrators Survival Corner
HALL 30
Panel
Ola Artymowska, author, illustrator, Poland; Joanna Bartosik, author, illustrator, Poland.
In cooperation with
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Sarah Genovese, curatrice del concorso, Lucca Comics & Games, Italia
Panel
Paolo d’Altan, Presidente di Giuria, Italia; Daniele Bonomo (Gud), Art Director, Book on a Tree, Italia; Rosaria Punzi, Direttrice Editoriale, Lapis Edizioni, Italia; Sergio Olivotti, illustratore, autore, Italia; Marcella Peluffo, Presidente, Autori di Immagini, Italia; Daniele Movarelli, autore del testo 2026, Italia.
Organised by
Lucca Comics & Games
In cooperation with
Book on a Tree, Lapis Edizioni
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Stian Hole, author, illustrator, Norvegia; Kristin Roskifte, author, illustrator, Norvegia.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - The Original Art Exhibition
HALL 30
Panel
Arabelle Liepold, Executive Director, Society of Illustrators, USA; Clare Pernice, Children's Program Creator, Society of Illustrators, USA.
Organised by
The Society of Illustrators
In the framework of
The Original Art Exhibition
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Sydney Smith, illustrator, author, Canada.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Organised by
Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/Kids
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Moderator
Roger Mello, illustrator, Brazil
Panel
Fernando Arce, graphic design, Peru; Samuel Castaño, illustrator, Colombia; Carlos Diaz Consuegra, illustrator, Colombia; Anabella Lopez, illustrator, Argentina/Brasil.
Organised by
Imaquinario Ilustración
In cooperation with
Instituto de Leitura Quindim
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Masterclass Area
HALL 30
Panel
Celina Alonso, Argentina; Azul López, illustrator, Argentina; Alessi Schreiber, Founder Nothe.ai, Managing Director, Ischìre.
The Illustrators Survival Corner - Workshop Area
HALL 30
Panel
Ali Boozari, art researcher, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
