13 March 2023
The 60th Bologna Children's Book FairThe Bologna Children's Book Fair or La fiera del libro per ragazzi is the leading professional fair for children's books in the world. kicked off today, drawing 1,456 exhibitors hailing from 90 countries and regions of the world. This is more than in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, when there were 1,442 exhibitors. In addition to the children's-focused programming, also taking place are the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair and BolognaBookPlus, an extension of the fair dedicated to general trade publishing.