Lucia means "the shining one", "the radiant one". She lived in Sicily at the end of the 3rd century and helped persecuted people and fugitives who sought refuge from their persecutors in caves and…
Every year, the internationally recognised recommendation list "The White Ravens" presents outstanding new publications of the international children's and young adult literature production of a…
Romana Romanyschyn and Andrij Lessiw will read from their children's book "When War Changed Rondo" (Gerstenberg Verlag), and other works.
Both live and work in Lviv. After studying at the National…
Picture Worlds for Big and Small
As the illustrator of the Gruffalo, Axel Scheffler has achieved what many picture book artists can only dream of: the goofy monster with his pointed claws and bright…
Unfortunately, the conference has to be postponed. We will inform you about the new date as soon as possible. We apologise for this.
In times of crisis, dystopian and apocalyptic fiction is very…
The James Krüss Prize for International Children's and Young Adult Literature, established in 2013, will be awarded for the sixth time. The author's community of heirs has offered the award in memory…
Under professional guidance by illustrator Monika Gollasch the children explore Castle Blutenburg. Inspired by Ali Mitgutsch's playful and cheeky hidden object books, they imagine scenes in and…
Unfortunately we have to cancel the event "Books from my Childhood" on 12 July with Tanja Maljarchuk and the opening of the exhibition "Ukrainian childhood in war and peace" due to illness. We…
Barbara Yelin (comic artist) presents in words and pictures her graphic novel about the survival of eight-year-old Emmie Arbel in the Nazi concentration camps. Alexander Korb (historian)…