Conferences

IBBY Regional conference, sponsored by USBBY

USBBY sponsors a biennial regional conference that feature speakers of international interest in the field of literature for young people that is held in the fall in odd numbered years. The next regional conference is now in the planning stage. It will be scheduled for early October 2009 in the greater Chicago area. More information will be available soon.

ALA co-sponsored session

USBBY holds a co-sponsored session at the annual convention of the American Library Association featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.

IRA co-sponsored session

USBBY holds a co-sponsored sessions at the annual convention of the International Reading Association (in April or May) featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.

NCTE co-sponsored session

USBBY holds a co-sponsored sessions at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (in November) featuring an international author or other expert in the field of literature for children and young adults.

IBBY Congress

Our umbrella organization, IBBY, sponsors a world-wide Congress every two years (in even numbered years), in sites such as Africa and Macau and upcoming in Copenhagen, Santiago de Compostela, Spain and London. The prestigious Hans Christian Andersen awards are presented at this Congress.