ŠČŽ Slovenia Guest of Honor Bologna 2024
8. - 11. April 2024
Source: sloveniabologna2024.com
The fair in Bologna is a 4-day event intended exclusively for professional visitors (it always takes place from Monday to Thursday in late March to early April) from the field of YA and children’s literature. Bologna book fair is engaged in and is developing its focus on (book) illustration. There are close to 30 000 professional visitors and over 1400 exhibitors from 80 countries participating the fair.
The appearance of Slovenia as honorary guest is a unique opportunity to focus attention on our book publishing industry and rich creativity and tradition in the field of books for children and young adults.
The logo was created by Polonca Strman and it consists of three letters, specific for Slavic alphabets, which clearly and playfully communicate the theme of the Bologna project: books. The letters chosen are not only a symbol of the Slavic world, but also a universal and primary communication tool that children acquire even before they learn to pronounce whole words. The unique illustrations accompanying the letters help children recognize how those letters should be pronounced: ššššššš (“sh”, as in shush) is for when silence is requested, čččččččč (“ch”, as in chair) recalls the sound of a rumbling train, žžžžžž (the second “g” in garage) is like the buzz of bees in a hive.
Check 2024 authors and events here.
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