Having planned to operate its program in a hybrid format, the conference is delaying in-person events amid new cases on the island.
In downtown Singapore early in the pandemic, March 9, 2020. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Rajaraman Arumugam
Ten Workshops and a Masterclass Move to June
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content this year returns in what was to have been a hybrid edition themed “Reimagine. Rebuild. Reignite,” running May 27 to 30.
But in trying to put things together for a hybrid program, the Singapore Book Council has today (May 14) run right into every event-programmer’s pandemic-era nightmare: A new cluster of infections has arisen. So it is that even as many countries are watching the United Kingdom have to consider localized lockdowns in response to the Indian variant B.1.617, publishing event organizers this weekend are watching as Singapore’s folks move with quick efficiency to adjust to an all-digital conference and quick changes in plans.
Today naming themes set for six days in the latter part of June, London Book Fair also announces four conferences for the week of June 7 before Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
In Piccadilly Circus, April 17. Image – iStockphoto: Paula French
‘Something for Everyone’
In announcing some details of London Book Fair‘s upcoming digital edition, the trade show’s organizers are stressing something they’d already announced in mid-April, the fact that their programming will be active not just on the originally announced June 29 to July 1 dates but for “a series of events over
three weeks in June (emphasis ours), offering varied content for different audiences throughout the month.”
Sharjah’s boost for publishers hit by virus
30 Apr 2021 Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi The coronavirus has dealt a body blow to a lot of companies and industries around the world. Airlines have been grounded, layoffs have left many in the lurch, while many plants have shuttered.
The publishing sector in the region has also suffered due to the suspension of cultural events and book fairs, both regionally and globally. As a result, numerous publishers have been contemplating to either suspend operations temporarily or even close their businesses.
But not all is not lost, thanks to the generosity and magnanimity of Sharjah’s leadership. The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has welcomed a new directive issued by His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to build a new HQ for EPA, which will be situated near Sharjah Expo Centre. Senior EPA officials stressed that the directive reflects the Sharj
The New SDG Book Club African Chapter Releases Its First Reading List
Selections for the African chapter of the Sustainable Development Goals Book Club include two titles in Indigenous African languages.
Schoolchildren go to school by way of Beach Kiwengwa in Tanzania’s Zanzibar. Two of the books chosen for the inaugural collection of the African chapter of the SDG Book Club are from Tanzania. Image – iStockphoto: AfricanWay
Opening with Goals 1 and 2: Poverty and Hunger
As so many statements were being made by so many organizations in so many places on Friday’s 2021 World Book and Copyright Day (April 23), one you may have missed was about the newly created African chapter of the SDG Book Club.