National Children's Book Festival
The National Children's Book Festival is held annually each May in Sliven, Bulgaria. The festival was established in 1999 by Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva. It is organized by the Sava Dobroplodni Regional Library in Sliven, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, and the Bulgarian Book Association. Description The National Children's Book Festival aims to provide an opportunity for anyone involved in the process of creating and distributing children's books – writers, publishers, illustrators, book distributors, teachers, psychologists, library specialists, etc. – to meet and discuss the present and future state of children's books publishing, and to outline new directions and forms for increasing children's interest in books and reading. The program of the festival every year includes: book bazaars, the promotion of writers and publishing companies, literary duels and competitions, discussions on problems of books for children, exhibitions, p ...
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