64rd edition 5 - 8 April 2027 | Bologna - Italy
64rd edition 5 - 8 April 2027 | Bologna - Italy
ANDERSEN is the Italian monthly news magazine about children's books, literature, publishing, reading promotion and cultural events. The magazine offers reviews, articles, columns on children's books.
It promotes the Premio Andersen, the most prestigious Italian award given to the best children’s books of the year, their writers, illustrators, publishers and the organisations that promote reading and culture for children in Italy. Unlike other awards, the selection of the Andersen Award does not take place by means of a call for entries, but is the result of the daily work carried out by the editorial staff of the monthly magazine Andersen assisted by a network of professionals from the book supply chain.
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Giornale della Libreria
Magazine of Italian Publishers Association for people working with books and reading them
Giornale della Libreria is the magazine on book publishing world published since 1888 by the Italian Publishers Association. We have a daily updated website (www.giornaledellalibreria.it) and we come out with 4 print issues each year.
The March 2026 issue opens with an overview of the industry market, an analysis of the 100 best-selling children’s and YA titles of 2025, and a series of interviews with publishers working in this segment to explore what it means to publish books for today’s young readers. This is followed by an in-depth look at reading promotion practices, spanning schools and libraries. The issue concludes with a feature on the Umberto and Elisabetta Mauri Booksellers’ School, which launched the publishing year by bringing together leading professionals from the global publishing industry to discuss the theme The Intelligence of Books. At the heart of the issue, a special feature in English—curated by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair—offers further insight into the fair.
The magazine (distributed by subscription) has a weekly newsletter full of news and content, which you can subscribe to for free here.
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LiBeR 150 – The world awaits us. Here, our grand journey begins
There is a wall in our time. You cannot always see it, but you can feel it. It is made of protection, of fear, of control. A wall that does not merely shut the world out, but holds within us the very possibility of crossing it. And yet, all it takes is a crack, a fracture, a glance to choose to go beyond. From there, the journey begins again. Today, the journey also concerns the way we inhabit the world. Not as a metaphor, but as a necessity. Because to travel means to step outside our certainties, to expose ourselves, to encounter what we neither control nor know. And it is precisely this that, more and more often, we learn to avoid, or believe might harm us.
There is also the widespread misunderstanding that traveling means arriving. Booking, passing through, consuming places. But the journey begins where the map ends, when something no longer fits, when our sense of direction falters, when we no longer have ready-made tools to interpret what is happening.
To say that a map does not exist, as Giuseppe Nibali suggests, is not merely a poetic stance. It is a choice. It means renouncing a world that is already ordered, already explained, already harmless and domesticated. It means accepting that knowledge passes through the wonder of being lost.
Maps, then, are not only geographical. They are cultural. They draw boundaries, establish hierarchies, indicate what matters and what does not. To cross them, and at times to disobey them, is a form of freedom.
Traveling, then, is not a luxury. It is not an escape. It is a choice, an act of responsibility. A way to fracture the limit, to cross it, to become present again, even just a few steps from home. To discover that we have no need for walls, nor for marked borders. Because out there, meanwhile, the world continues to exist, despite us, despite those who would seek to destroy it. It refuses to be simplified, and it awaits us.
With contributions, among others, by Irene Greco, Francesco Niccolini, Alice Bigli, Alberto Rossetti, Nicoletta Gramantieri, Tiziano Fratus, Giovanna Canzi, Marco Saverio Loperfido, Pierdomenico Baccalario, Giuseppe Nibali, Fabrizio Silei, William Grandi, and Elisa Mazzoli, and an interview by Fausto Boccati with Lelio Bonaccorso. Special features are dedicated to the spring book fairs, along with the winners of the LiBeR Prize. As every year, for the spring issue, the illustrations are created by the students of Mimaster Illustrazione Milano, whom we thank for their valuable contribution.
This issue also introduces two new features among its contributions: an illustrated story and an original short story created specifically for LiBeR.
In 2026, the Chinese children's book market is rapidly shifting toward nature-based science, ecological education, and high-quality original content, driven by "Dual Carbon" goals and parental demand for cognitive development over rote learning. Key trends include a "dual-engine" growth of local creations and international acquisitions, with major events like the 13th CCBF in Shanghai (Nov 2026) and the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (Apr 2026) highlighting original Chinese illustration, STEAM, and international licensing
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Since 2005 alongside the readers, Leggere:tutti has been an independent magazine dedicated to books and reading. It promotes culture through initiatives and events such as “Una Nave di Libri per Barcellona”, “Food&Book”, and “aMare Leggere”. Active across major web and social media channels and through its podcast “Oltre le pagine”, it is also a media partner for numerous cultural events and a promoter of literary awards.
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Number 29 - January/March
Youth readings and literatures
Pepeverde is a magazine of literature and readings for young people. It is meant for teachers, librarians, cultural operators, and parents. The magazine provides information on trends and news in the field of children's literature and the most important Italian and foreign cultural events. It addresses relevant questions on the developments of current editorial production. With a focus on both history and the great classics of literature, Pepeverde also explores current trends, including video games, comics, TV series, and the digital world. The magazine is also known for its 'schede', which is a section dedicated to reviews of the latest noteworthy releases from large Italian publishing houses or independent ones.
Pepeverde is published by Edizioni Conoscenza, a publishing house specializing in the School, University, and Research sectors, which places itself at the service of the profession, with proposals designed to train the critical spirit and open to new points of view and keys to reading.
At the heart of the book trade since 1858
The Bookseller is the essential source of information for the book trade, with official book sales charts, previews of upcoming books, market analysis, in-depth articles and career opportunities in the industry. We also run the British Book Awards and a calendar of outstanding industry events
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At the heart of the book trade since 1858
The Bookseller is the essential source of information for the book trade, with official book sales charts, previews of upcoming books, market analysis, in-depth articles and career opportunities in the industry. We also run the British Book Awards and a calendar of outstanding industry events.
