🥳 We're delighted to announce that Courtney Sina Meredith has been appointed as our new Association Director.

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It's a big arrivederci to Bologna Children's Book Fair. A huge thanks to Katherine Shanks and Juliet Dreaver for their work on the stand
🙏Our presence was possible thanks to the support of Creative New Zealand. Thanks also to our freight partners Book Systems International and Multi Freight Limited

📚 At Bologna Children's Book Fair today Eboni Waitere of Huia Publishers spoke on a panel on Origins: Indigenous Voices in Publishing.

📖 Find out more about Huia Publishers here: bit.ly/3SaUNDP

Frances Plumpton Literary Agency represents a number of NZ children's authors and Bateman Books children's list.📖Frances has been coming to Bologna Children's Book Fair since 1987 and has been impressing everyone with her endless enthusiasm and commitment to children's publishing.

'For us to be recognised on such an international stage is a big deal... it's thrown a spotlight on the importance of indigenous storytelling. ' Pania Tahau-Hodges on Huia Publishers BOP Prize win.

Bologna Children's Book Fair #BCBF24

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It's the first time at Bologna Children's Book Fair for Auckram Publishing. Don Auckram says they've been making connections and following leads. He described as 'dizzying' the sheer size of the fair, which has has been an eye opening experience.
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📷 Enjoy some pics from day two of Bologna Children's Book Fair

📷 A highlight was seeing Eboni Waitere of Huia Publishers read an article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in te reo Māori.

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🌟 The Spinoff reports on all the excitement at Bologna Children's Book Fair, including Huia Publishers' big win!

Bologna Children's Book Fair #BCBF24

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“Behind every children’s book, there is an idea of childhood” - An interesting conversation about illustrated children’s book with leonard s. marcus | #BCBF24

📚On our Bologna Children's Book Fair virtual stand: 'Pipi and Pou and the Raging Mountain' by Tim Tipene & Isobel Te Aho White.

A series about two children who shape shift into creatures dedicated to saving the natural world.

Rights Avail: World ex. NZ and Aus
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The final publisher on our Bologna Children's Book Fair stand is OneTree House.

Learn more about their offering on our virtual stand👉bit.ly/3UaAyud or visit during #BCBF24 at Hall 25, Booth A75 to check out their great range of books for everyone from babies to young adults.

First pics from Bologna #BCBF24 Bologna Children's Book Fair @BologFiere Publishers Association NZ Te Rau o Tākupu NZTE Creative New Zealand Books+Publishing #oratiabooks #nzbooks

🥳🥳🥳 Huge congratulations to @huiapublishers. Overnight Huia was named Best Publisher Oceania at the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. It was a strong showing from Aotearoa this year, with @scholastic_nz also a finalist.

Bologna Children's Book Fair

📚📸Fun on day one! Here are some pics from Bologna Children's Book Fair. It was lovely to see Louise from Bateman Books and Sally from Beatnik who are in Bologna at the invite of Bologna Books Plus. Oratia Gecko Press Beatnik Publishing Huia Publishers Scholastic NZ Bateman Books

📚On our Bologna Children's Book Fair virtual stand: 'Here Is Hare' by Laura Shallcrass.

An introductory search-and-find board book for our littlest loves.

Rights Available: World excl. NZ, Aus, UK

👉bit.ly/3U2Nfa1 #BCBF24 Beatnik Publishing

We're excited to present Beatnik Publishing on our Bologna Children's Book Fair stand.

Learn more about their offering on our virtual stand👉bit.ly/3UaAyud or visit during #BCBF24 at Hall 25, Booth A75 to check out their gorgeous titles.

📚 Checking out the local bookstores is a compulsory part of book fair travel, right? We had great time exploring Bologna's offerings.

Bologna Children's Book Fair #BCBF24

🤩The team has been hard at work setting up our Bologna Children's Book Fair stand. We can't wait to welcome visitors to Hall 25, Booth A75 📚

👉 Or check out our virtual stand 24/7: bit.ly/3UaAyud

#BCBF24 Oratia Huia Publishers Gecko Press Beatnik Publishing Scholastic NZ

📚On our Bologna Children's Book Fair virtual stand: Duck Goes Meow by Juliette MacIver & Carla Martell

WOOF! says Dog.
MOO! says Cow.
CLUCK! says Hen,
and Duck goes . . . meow.

Rights Avail: World ex. ANZ, NL, Belgium, USA and Israel
👉bit.ly/49senDU #BCBF24 Scholastic NZ

The next publisher on our Bologna Children's Book Fair stand is Scholastic NZ, specialists in the children’s space, they publish around 40 new titles each year.

Learn more about their offering on our virtual stand👉bit.ly/3UaAyud or visit during #BCBF24 at Hall 25, Booth A75.