Tuesday, March 12, 2013

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NOMINATIONS FOR BOP - BOLOGNA PRIZE FOR THE BEST CHILDREN'S PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR

Oceania
Gecko Press, Wellington, New Zealand - www.geckopress.com
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, Australia - www.allenandunwin.com
Koala Books, Mascot, Australia - www.koalabooks.com.au
The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne Australia - www.fivemile.com.au

Footnote:

Gecko Press are so pleased to have been be the only New Zealand publisher shortlisted for the Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, a new initiative to pay tribute to excellence in the world of children’s publishing. This prize marks the 50th Anniversary of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2013. 

BolognaFiere and AIE - Italian Publishers Association have created the BOP - Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year and the Prize has been instituted to recognize these publishers that are at the forefront of innovation in their activity for the creative nature and the bravery of the editorial choices they have made during the previous year’s edition of the fair.

Please see the full list of candidates at http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/bop-bologna-prize/nominations/1183.html. The prize-giving ceremony will be in Bologna, Italy on 25 March and Gecko Press Publisher Julia Marshall will attend.


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