Forthcoming Conferences and Events

If you attend any of the festivals and events listed below, feel free to contact me dibates@outlook.com with an article for this Writing for Children blog.

 

16-18th May, 2014 CBCA National Conference, Rex Hotel, 250 Northbourne Ave, Braddon, ACT 2612 Theme: Discovering National Treasures. See http://www.cbcaconference.org.au/ for further details.

21st May, 2014 National Simultaneous Storytime 11.00 AEDT. Too Many Elephants in This House by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Andrew Joyner. See https://www.alia.org.au/nss for further details.

30th May – 4th June, 2014 Asian Festival of Children’s Content, Singapore. See

www.afcc.com.sg for further details.

6-8th June, 2014 Sydney International Storytelling Conference. See

www.storytellersnsw.org.au for further details.

9th June, 2014. The Fairy Tale in Australia. Paddington Uniting Church, 395 Oxford St, Paddington, NSW. See http://www.faeriebard.com/conference-form/ for further details.

27th – 30th July, 2014. Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale, Gladstone, Queensland. See http://carnivale.gladstonerc.qld.gov.au for further details.

23rd August, 2014 Satellite Meeting of the IFLA Conference, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. Theme: 15 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How?

10-13th September, 2014 34th IBBY International Congress, Mexico City, Mexico. Reading as an Inclusive Experience. See http://www.ibbycongress2014.org/ for further information.

28th – 30th September, 2014 Inaugural International Library Symposium at The Southport School,

Winchester Street, Southport, Queensland 4215. Theme: Embracing New Landscapes See www.thesouthportschool.com/ils for further information.

15th-17th October, 2014 South Island Children’s and Young Adults’ Librarians Conference, Balclutha, New Zealand. See http://www.cluthadc.govt.nz/LibraryConference.htm for further details.

31st October-1st November, 2014 Celebrate Reading National Conference, The Literature Centre, Old Prison Hospital, cnr Knutsford St and Hampton Rd, Fremantle, WA. See www.celebratereading.org.au for further information.

2015 IBBY Asian-Oceania Congress in Kuala Lumpur.

25-28th August, 2016 35th IBBY Congress, Auckland, New Zealand.

2018 36th IBBY Congress, Istanbul, Turkey.