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The SingTel Asian Picture Book Award Shortlists

The shortlists are up for the inaugural SingTel Asian Picture Book Award , an annual award for an outstanding unpublished picture book with a distinctly Asian theme. Here is the shortlist for SingTel Asian Picture Book Award – Author, and here is the shortlist for SingTel Asian Picture Book Award – Illustrator. Congratulations! :o) The winners will be announced at the Asian Festival of Children's Content in Singapore.   [Thanks to Naomi Kojima for the tip!]

The 1st Asia and Oceania Regional IBBY Congress

The Indonesian Board on Books for Young People is hosting the 1st Asia and Oceania Regional International Board on Books for Young People Congress - May 23 to 26 in Bali! This inaugural congress is open to all children’s literature specialists, writers, illustrators, publishers, librarians, storytellers, educators, and promoters, and will focus on how Asia and Oceania regional stories can play in the world children’s literature market and be used to educate children about respect, understanding, and tolerance in the global multicultural society. I hope to attend this congress one year! Who's going? :o)