The organizers (Ente Fiera) of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair announced on April 9th the cancellation of the 58th physical edition of the Expo, including the Licensing Trade Fair and the first Bologna BookPlus, expected for April 14 to 17 (2021) in order to stop the spreading of the Coronavirus. But the show must go on. In fact, according to Publishing Perspectives, … Continued
The 2020 ACTFL convention (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), the most important event in the US on the teaching and learning of modern languages, will take place on November 20 to 22. The event is held online through a digital platform that allows guests, presenters, exhibitors as well as visitors to virtually meet and communicate for 3 days. The convention’s program … Continued
The ACTFL convention (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) is the most important event in the US centered on the teaching and learning of modern languages. The 2020 edition was going to be held at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio (Texas), but it has been soon replaced with the virtual format as a consequence of the pandemia (Covid-19). … Continued
The Publishing Task Force of the Italian Trade Agency in Chicago, is one of the many exhibitors of the virtual platform Comic-Con@home, 2020. The online version of the Comic Books Expo, which is usually held every year in the summer, at the San Diego Convention Center (California), was put together by the team of Comic Con International as a replacement for the big pop … Continued
The team of Comic Con International announced the beginning of the online event Comic-Con@home, 2020, which allows to view and to enjoy the convention from the comfort of your home. As we know, the expo for Comic Con International was cancelled in light of the deadly spread of the Coronavirus, and due to the California’s restrictions against large gathering. The expo was supposed to … Continued
The 57th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair ended on May 7th, with a great success. More than 60.000 visitors, with over 400.000 visited pages, and 500 publishers registered on the Global Right Exchange Platform in only 4 days, for a total of 20.000 uploaded titles. The fair’s organizers cancelled the 2020 edition, which was supposed to take place in Bologna, from March … Continued
The Italian book Expo in Torino, Northern Italy, will launch its online program on May 14th until May 17th, 2020. The program of the Salone del Libro di Torino Extra, offers a great variety of online events, such as live streaming interviews and stories with national and international guests. The program for Friday May 15th is also scheduled on the National Radio channel, Rai … Continued
The online special edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair was launched on may 4t and will close on May 7th, 2020. The focus of the online fair is the book rights market, which is promoted through a virtual hub powered by PubMatch, and through various online stands for publishers, editors and translators. The program is full of webinars, virtual exchange settings, prize announcements, … Continued
Italy will start phase two of easing the lock down situation, on May 4th. Italy was the first European country to be dangerously hit by the virus emergency. The country had to make quick arrangements and sudden adaptations to the new reality, and after two months of lock down, the number of deaths is slowly decreasing. One of the first publishers to reopen is … Continued
The 10th edition of the Italian initiative Il Maggio dei Libri, officially started on April 22 and will last until October 31st, 2020. The initiative was created by the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e per il Turismo in 2011, with the intention of celebrating reading and sustaining the publishing world. The initiative functions as a platform, in which individuals, schools, … Continued
