NEWS FROM BOLOGNA

Early Impressions from a
Busy, Sunny Fair
Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair." more

Authors in the Aisles and on the Town
Meg Cabot, Sophie Kinsella, Malorie Blackman, and Dav Pilkey were among the authors celebrating new books and meeting international publishers in Bologna. more


 Six Publishers Win Bologna Prize for 
Children's Publisher of the Year
The winners for the Best Children's Publisher of the Year – with selections from six regional categories – were announced at the Bologna Fair on Monday. See the international awardees here.

Bologna 2015: The ABCs of Children’s Apps
Before the opening of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, app creators and developers gathered to discuss the digital children's market, including pricing and pitfalls. more

From Publishers Weekly: Longtime school and library marketing director Doris Bass has died, at age 86. Click here From Variety: Fancy Nancy Is Set to Become a Disney Junior Movie, TV Series. Click here From Hypable: Hunger Games attractions are coming to a Dubai theme park. Click here From BuzzFeed: John Green's Australian Publisher Fooled the World into Thinking He Had a New Book. Click here

From Flavorwire: The New Censorship: Clean Reader and the Dystopian Future of Reading. Click here From Deadline: Julie Andrews' Fairy Princess Books to Be Made into Animated Series. Click here From the Hollywood Reporter: A Mortal Instruments series is headed to the small screen. Click here From the Guardian: The best pranks in children's books, from pranksters Mac Barnett and Jory John. Click here