New Zealand publishing house Book Island has received the
Bologna Prize 2016 for Best Children’s Publisher of Oceania at the
International Children’s Book Fair in Italy. This award has been designed to
pay
tribute to excellence in the world of children’s publishing. Children’s publishers and cultural institutions from all over
the world had voted for the children’s publisher, who's well-known
for its best-selling titles The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc and The
Umbrella by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert.
"For
a small publishing house like Book Island it’s a great honour to be the winner
of the Bologna Prize for Oceania this year. We would like to pay tribute to the
original publishers of the beautiful and meaningful picture books that we have
translated into English and Dutch in the past four years. Without them, their
illustrators and authors – and not to be forgotten – our translators and
editors, there would be no Book Island. This award is a tremendous
acknowledgement of our combined efforts,” said publisher Greet Pauwelijn,
who attended the award ceremony in Bologna.
The prestiguous Bologna Award has recognised the best in
children’s publishing every year since 2013. It is awarded to one children’s
publisher from each of the following 6 regions: Europe, North America,
Central-South America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. The previous winners in the Oceania category were Gecko Press
(2013), Walker Books Australia and NZ (2014) and Allen&Unwin (2015).
Photo above shows Greet Pauwelijn, publisher at Book
Island, winner of the Bologna Prize for Oceania, with Klaus Flugge, publisher
of Andersen Press, winner of the Bologna Prize for Europe.
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