Magazine

Jun. 12th, 2018 Événement Interview Paul Bierhaus & Gwen Stok

A few months ago we had the opportunity to meet the illustrator Gwen Stok & Paul Bierhaus from studio YipYip. We discussed their adaptation of Toon Tellegen book "A Distant Journey".

Jun. 11th, 2018 Event Closing conference of the European cooperation project Transbook

Launched in 2014 to promote the digital transition and internationalisation of the children’s publishing industry, the Transbook European project has reached its end. A closing conference was set up on June 11 to review its highlights.

Mar. 28th, 2018 Event Transbook - Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018

For the last year of the Transbook project and working in close collaboration with Hamelin, we had planned a beautiful program for the 55th edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

Mar. 28th, 2018 Briefing Paper 2018 Symposium for programmers in Bologna

In March, at the 33rd International Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Transbook hosted its fourth programmer symposium. Nadia Budde, the German illustrator of “One, two, three, me”, attended the event, as did Frédéric Gauthier, one of the founders of the Quebecois publishing company “La Pastèque”, and Ben Newman, the illustrator of the successful “Professor Astrocat” series. Their contributions to the symposium helped explore what makes a digital literature project a good one.

Feb. 2nd, 2018 Event Broadening the discussion on new mediation practices:

On 10 November 2017, the team at Pop Up (a non-profit cultural organisation based in Peterborough, UK) hosted education and cultural mediation professionals to discuss creative ways of encouraging children to read and what role visual narration can play in this learning process.

Jan. 15th, 2018 Briefing Paper Interactive Writing for Children : Success Stories

The digital book market has not varied much in terms of volume (e-books represented only 3.1% of all literature published in France in 2017), but it has progressively changed in recent years.

Jan. 9th, 2018 Interview Interview Chris Haughton

The Irish author Chris Haughton was at the 33th edition of the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair to present his VR experience "Little Earth", developed by Red Rabbit. We took the chance to ask him a few questions.

Jan. 8th, 2018 Event Transbook at the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair 2017

Montreuil Children’s Book Fair is a key event for all professionals and enthusiasts of children’s literature. Through several events Transbook pursues its actions leading to the development of innovative projects in children’s literature.

Dec. 1st, 2017 Événement The winners of the FLIC illustration contest at the Springboard meetings

Vanessa Miranda et Erna Toepfer, the winners of the FLIC festival illustration contest will take part to the Springboard meetings at the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair.

Jun. 4th, 2017 Event BRaK Festival

From 1 to 4 June 2017, the Bratislava Book festival (BRaK) took place in the Slovak capital. For the first time, artists supported by the Transbook mobility programme joined the international program of this event, which is associated with our partner LIT centrum.

Apr. 5th, 2017 Briefing Paper 3 events at the International Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Artists Julie Stephen Chheng and Lucas Zanotto presented their respective projects; the final conference aimed at defining criteria to determine the quality of an app through several examples.

Mar. 3rd, 2017 Interview Anouck Boisrobert & Louis Rigaud talk about "Oh !"

The French illustrators won the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (Italy).

Dec. 2nd, 2016 Briefing Paper What partnerships for new forms of writing?

Readers and consumers of cultural products are looking to have unique experiences with each media, especially since the trend is moving towards their convergence. The transmedia narrative brings them these varied experiences, which younger consumers are very fond of.

Dec. 2nd, 2016 Interview Children’s book publishing and digital transition: 3 questions for Térence Mosca

As a digital content development consultant, every year Térence Mosca leads the From Paper to Screen conferences at the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair (France).

Nov. 27th, 2016 Workshops Anne Brouillard’s new book presentation

Invited by ABC, the illustrator came to present her new picture book ’La Grande Forêt’ in front of a family audience.

Oct. 27th, 2016 Masterclass ABC invites Atak

The German illustrator Atak (aka Hans-Georg Baber) led 3 masterclasses in Brussels and Gent and one workshop at the ABC House.

Oct. 13th, 2016 Masterclass David Wiesner’s Spot

David Wiesner spoke about his inspirations, work methods, picture books and his application Spot.

Sep. 22th, 2016 Event Book launch with Isol

The Argentinian illustrator presented her latest book ‘The Menino’ at the ABC house.

Jun. 11th, 2016 Interview Contemplative interview with Katsumi Komagata

The Japanese artist was invited at the ELCAF 2016 in London to lead a workshop.

May. 20th, 2016 Interview It’s Raining Elephants in Europe !

Evelyne is part of It’s Raining Elephants with Nina, a duo of Swiss illustrators.

Apr. 7th, 2016 Briefing Paper Questioning the Digital Switch

How does a paper book for children is adapted into a digital application? Christoph Niemann, Silvia Borando and Cléa Dieudonné answered this question at this symposium organized at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2016.

Apr. 6th, 2016 Interview Christoph Niemann’s recipe to make apps

The German artist was invited to our symposium to talk about his digital work for children.

Feb. 24th, 2016 Interview Icinori reveals their printing techniques

After being invited to the 2015 ELCAF (London), the french duo has organized two masterclasses in Belgium.

Feb. 20th, 2016 Interview Being ’Here’ with Richard McGuire

Richard McGuire was invited by the FLIC Pro to present his book and ebook ’Here’.

Feb. 15th, 2016 Artists’ Diary Artists’ Diary

The artists taking part in the Transbook Mobility Programme were asked to answer the question: « how will you read in 2030? » or, according to their preferences, to represent their idea of Transbook, Europe, the future of books or of reading on the move. Here some of their illustrated answers.

Dec. 7th, 2015 Briefing Paper Limits and Creative Potential of Digital Children’s Publishing

Brief summary of the From Paper to Screen conference to understand the issues of the future of digital children’s publishing.

Dec. 4th, 2015 Webcast THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING

Re-watch the full conference and download the speakers’ presentations.

Oct. 9th, 2015 Masterclass Serge Bloch’s masterclass in Bratislava

Invited in Bratislava as part of the mobility program, the French illustrator Serge Bloch led a masterclass to students from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Slovakia).

Sep. 27th, 2015 Workshops Géraldine Alibeu and the Bratislava Illustration Bienale

As part of the mobility program, the French author and illustrator Géraldine Alibeu was invited by the Literary Information Centre on the occasion of her exhibition at the Bratislava Illustration Bienale (Slovakia).

Sep. 23th, 2015 Briefing Paper Seminar: Migration in Children’s Literature

How do children’s books deal with migration ?

Sep. 22th, 2015 Webcast Seminar: Migration in Children’s Literature

Re-watch the seminar dedicated to intercultural writing and migration in children’s books.

Jun. 20th, 2015 Interview [FR] Manuele Fior at the Elcaf

Short talk with the Italian comics illustrator, who explained his work and his inspirations.

Jun. 6th, 2015 Interview [SP] Ajubel’s point of view on digital creation

Thanks to his experience in application design, the Cuban illustrator details the difficulties and potentials of digital creation.

Jun. 4th, 2015 Briefing Paper Creating print and digital works: limitations and challenges

Designing a book and an app is totally different. Artists present how they manage to create content for children in both formats.

Jun. 4th, 2015 Webcast Masterclass: Paper and Digital Creation

Re-watch the Masterclass: artists present how they manage to design books and apps for children.

May. 22th, 2015 Interview Kitty Crowther’s Workshops

The illustrator went to Germany and Belgium to lead illustration workshops with children.

May. 19th, 2015 Interview Daniela Olejnikova’s trip in Europe

As part of the mobility programme, the Slovakian illustrator Daniela Olejnikova went to 3 children’s books festivals in Europe. In this interview, she shares her experience.

May. 2nd, 2015 Interview Fatherland: Steven Guarnaccia’s exhibition

In this exhibition, the American artist has designed objects that refer to his father.

Apr. 1st, 2015 Briefing Paper Digital Mediation and Children’s Literature Programming

Digital devices won’t replace the book, but they enable to enrich the storytelling and to promote children’s books.

Apr. 1st, 2015 Webcast Symposium: Digital Mediation and Programming

Re-watch the Symposium for programmers, that took place during the Bologna Children’s Books Fair in April 2015.

Nov. 28th, 2014 Briefing Paper Looking for New Forms of Digital Storytelling

Children are currently living, communicating, and learning through screens. The question is not to know if but how digital technology is going to broaden the horizons of creators and the prospects of digital editors and producers.