IBBY launches appeal for Haiti

This week’s earthquake in Haiti has left us all shaken and shocked: our friends are there.   This tragedy has touched us all: Jocelyne Trouillot is an active member of our IBBY family and as always the children are suffering the most.

You can donate through the IBBY website by using a credit card or by making direct transfers using your bank: follow this link: Children in Crisis Appeal 2010 for Haiti

Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2010

For all those people around the world who are interested in children’s literature and want to know more about the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards’ candidates: click here

IBBY United Arab Emirates

Press announcement of the establishment of the IBBY National Section of the UAE: http://www.eyeofdubai.com/v1/news/newsdetail-38230.htm

Katherine Paterson is New Ambassador

Katherine Paterson is the new US National Ambassador for Children's Literature, a position jointly appointed by the Children's Book Council and the Library of Congress. She succeeds Jon Scieszka, who was the first person appointed to this position.
For more information go to: www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/books/05paterson.html

Congratulations!

International Children's Book Day 2010

IBBY Spain is the 2010 sponsor ot the International Children's Book Day.  Celebrate on 2 April 2010 the anniversary of the birth of storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.

For details of the poster and message go to ICBD.

Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil

The winner of the 2009 Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil has been announced in Santiago de Chile as  María Teresa Andruetto from Argentina.

For the full press release click here.

3rd Tallinn Illustration Triennial

The Power of Pictures

Click here for the press release announcing the winners of the 3rd Triennial of Estonian illustrations.

The exhibition will be open until 30 November at the main Exhibition Hall, National Library of Estonia, Tonismägi 2, Tallinn.

IBBY 8th Regional Conference

Children's Books : Where Worlds Meet

24-October 2009, St Charles, Illinois

DVD of the major presentations is now available to order from USBBY.

ALMA 2010 Nominations

168 candidates from more than 60 countries worldwide have been nominated for the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.  More than 100 expert organizations from all over the world have nominated candidates for the 2010 Award. Among the nominees are contemporary authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and promoters of reading. The Award is given in memory of Astrid Lindgren, in recognition of outstanding life-time achievements in the fields of children's and young adult literature. The winner or winners will be announced at 13.00 CET, March 24, 2010 from the birth-place of Astrid Lindgren in Vimmerby, Sweden. The announcement will be broadcast live on www.alma.se/en. For a complete list of nominees, visit www.alma.se/en.

Contact info:

Jury chairman Larry Lempert +4676-123 12 20

Director Erik Titusson +4676-540 10 08

3rd European Regional newsletter

Newsletter 3/2009 is now available to download.  click here.

International Conference on Children's Libraries

Building a Book Culture
February 4th - 6th, 2010
New Delhi (INDIA)
The Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC), the Indian Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), is holding a three-day International Conference on Children’s Libraries – Building A Book Culture, on February 4th—6th, 2010 in New Delhi, India. The aim of the Conference is to discuss the potentials and scope of libraries in strengthening the book culture.

For more information click here.

Anthony Browne becomes Children's Laureate in UK

Anthony Browne becomes the 6th UK Children's Laureate.  Quentin Blake, the 2002 Andersen winner, was the first Laureate in 1999.

2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

The 56 candidates from 33 countries have now been selected!

Press Release for complete list

2010 Andersen Jury

The IBBY Executive Committee selected the 10 members of the jury from a record 20 candidates!

Click here for full Press Release

Tamer Inst. Palestine wins ALMA 2009

Tamer Institute for Community Education wins ALMA

Congratulations to the Tamer Institute in Palestine winner of the 2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

For the latest information visit the ALMA website or the Tamer website.

IBBY Palestine

A forza das minorías - La fuerza de las minorías - The Strength of Minorities

The website of the 2010 IBBY Congress in Santiago de Compostela, Spain is now open at:

www.ibbycompostela2010.org