Activities
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3-days fellowship for international book professionals
Ljubljana
Postponed (Dates T.B.C.)
Want to dive deeper into the topic of inclusive children’s books? Every Story Matters is organizing a 3-day fellowship during the Slovenian Book Fair in Ljubljana.
Talent development programme
Belgium, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia & Germany
1/02/2020- 23/10/2022
This programme guides six talented writers and illustrators from six different European countries to produce inclusive stories for children. Each participant is matched to a mentor, who is an experienced author or illustrator. During the programme, the participants follow workshops and online masterclasses to deepen their knowledge of inclusive storytelling.
Book pitching at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Germany, Frankfurt
20/10/2022 - 24/10/2022
The writers and illustrators that participated in our Talent Development Programme will get the chance to present their new, inclusive stories to an audience of international publishers and other organizations within the literary field.
Author events at Zagreb Book Festival 2022
Croatia, Zagreb
23/05/2022 - 28/05/2022
The promotion of manuscripts created by participants of the Talent development program will be promoted at Zagreb Book Festival 2022. All of the participants and mentors will have an opportunity to talk about their experiences working in the program and read or show parts of their work.
Author events in schools, libraries, and bookstores
Croatia, Zagreb
23/05/2022 - 28/05/2022
All of the participants will have an opportunity to talk about their experiences working in the program to students, kids, and young adults through several events organized in schools, libraries, and bookstores. This kind of communication will be more intimate and will potentially allow significant exchange between authors and the audience.
Presentation of the stories produced by the talent development programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Germany, Frankfurt
19/10/2022 - 23/10/2022
To finish the Talent Development Programme, the participants will give a multimedia presentation of their inclusive stories. Their stories and books will be pitched to a wider audience of publishers and other interested parties from different countries.
B2B meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022
Germany, Frankfurt
19/10/2022 - 19/10/2022
Final presentation of the project to a professional audience.
Press conference
Germany, Frankfurt
20/10/2022 - 20/10/2022
Reporting about our achievements, past activities and possible perspectives for the future.
Past activities
B2B meeting at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2022
Tuesday 22 March 2022, 10h-13h
Bologna, Italy
A networking session for international publishers interested in the exchange of quality books for children and young adults with an emphasis on inclusion. The event will offer a first-hand acquaintance with the new stories developed by the six participating artists from our Talent Development Programme.
Presentation of inclusion platform at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021
21of October 2021
Germany, Frankfurt
B2B meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2021
Thursday 21of October 2021 10-12 AM
Germany, Frankfurt
A networking session for international publishers interested in the exchange of quality books for children and young adults with an emphasis on inclusion.
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Library Workshops
2020 - 2021
Portugal
In 2020 & 2021, Every Story Matters organises 15 workshops for librarians and teachers. In various libraries in Portugal, we will focus on bibliodiversity. How can reading mediators offer a plurality of voices to their readers? What limitations do they face?
B2B meeting Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2021
Tuesday 22nd of June
and Wednesday 23rd of June 2021
Online
Due to the ongoing corona pandemic, the planned networking event by Every Story Matters at the Bologna Book Fair 2021 cannot take place in live form.
Instead, we bring you two fascinating online lectures with experts who will tell you more about different aspects of diversity and inclusion, how to understand these concepts and how modern technology can help us put them into practice.
Zagreb Book Festival
24 - 28 May 2021
Croatia, Zagreb/Online
This year the festival was featuring a number of interesting panel discussions and events powered by Every Story Matters.
School Workshops
March till November 2020
Berlin, Germany
5 workshops in digital storytelling, training around 50 children and young adults.
Each student will create a short story on an A4 paper, combining drawing, collage, text writing, and multimedia content using the augmented reality technique. The workshop gives the students a basic understanding of digital narratives, storytelling, and the importance of inclusion.
