Bologna 2023 Wraps With Attendance at Nearly Pre-Pandemic Levels!

The Bologna Children's Book Fair had its 60th anniversary this year, and SCBWI was "in the house!"

SCBWI Instagram post from Bologna with text that reads: 

Portfolio review at the booth. So many talented illustrators that we went overtime to get everyone seen! Thanks to our reviewers @ericarsilverman @dearnetta @ammi.joan.paquette @martharago

#bcbf23 #portfolioreviews #illustratorsofinstagram #illustrationartists #artist

Over at Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson reported in this piece, Bologna’s 60th Edition Draws 28,894 Visitors, that the “in-person professional visitor count at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2023 jumped by 35 percent over 2022... nearly equivalent to pre-pandemic attendance levels."

Read more about the fair here.

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