Showing posts with label Books Illustrated Abroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books Illustrated Abroad. Show all posts

Thursday, May 9, 2013

'Hello! from Austraila' as part of the Nami Island International Children's Book Festival

Hello! from Australia
We are so thrilled to be able to report that the Hello! From Australia exhibition we first curated for the 2012 Bologna Book Fair has just opened it’s fourth showing in South Korea as part of the 6th Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival from 25 April to 31 May 2013. The Nami Island committee have done a stunning job of adapting this exhibition to fit their venue.


Since this exhibition opening, we have been even more thrilled to hear that the National Library in Soul has received 20 requests for the exhibition and have asked if it can stay in South Korea for next 12 months to cater for at least 10 exhibitions in local cities!  Miss Hyo-jin Lee from the Australia-Korea Foundation, Australian Embassy Seoul, who we have been working with on this exhibition will meet with Tourism and State Offices on how to promote this and Australia to these host cities.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Prague, Czech Republic with Isobelle Carmody


On route back home, we spent a few days in the beautiful city of Prague. 
How lucky were we to have the best guide in the city!
We visited just long enough to interrupt the working pattern of our friend Isobelle Carmody who lives here with her family for at least half of every year.
Isobelle showed us all around the beautiful city, from castle to clocktower, over the bridge lined with dark sculptured creatures, along cobbled lanes to fabulous grand plazas and nooks and crannies, past weird statues -from icon to icon, a couple being the best pastry shops or restaurants in the city!
Read her Resident Writer blog for March: www.insideadog.com.au


The International Youth Library, Munich, Germany



The International Youth Library, Munich, Germany
After Bologna Book Fair we visited the International Children's Library in Munich, Germany, in the beautiful Bavarian Schloss Blutenburg.
This very special library had its beginnings soon after the end of the Second World War.
It was started by a visionary German Jewish woman, Jella Lepman.
Further work by Jella led to the foundation of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People).