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With a buoyant mood and a new coalition of new features, Bologna Children's Book Fair beats its own record for its number of exhibitors.

Several parts of the 2023 Bologna Book Plus programming touch directly on international translation and publication book rights.

Lloyd Grossman is the author ambassador, Greece is the market of honor, and several programs will focus on training literary agents at this years Bologna Book Plus, a fair within the Bologna Childrens Book Fair that caters to the general trade.

The BolognaBooksPlus program, which was inaugurated last year as a way to incorporate more general trade education into the fair, is offering four days of programming, including a focus on training for aspiring literary agents, as well as offer information on self-publishing, literary translation, and book covers.

The Bologna Book Plus program this year has its first in-person outing at the trade show, widening the purview for publishers.

The upcoming Bologna Children's Book Fair program will include instructional sessions set up by the Bologna Book Plus team.

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, scheduled for March 21-24, is again offering Bologna BookPlus, a affiliate conference that will focus on professional development.

The premier event of Bologna Children's Book Fair includes the debut of the International Publishers Association's 125th-anniversary video.

Children's rights agent Stephanie Barrouillet sees challenges in the late-pandemic approaches the industry has had to adopt.