The Bologna Children's Book Fair has always aimed to build bridges between countries and cultures, pursuing a single and important goal – to promote the quality of children's illustration and literature and to provide a space for dialogue and exchange of experience. 61 years now!
The jury of the "Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children's Book Fair 2024" consisting of Marco Ghidelli (designer, Italy), Lee Ho-baek (author, designer and journalist, South Korea), Xiaoyan Huang (founder of the Macmillan Group branch, China), Øyvind Torseter (author and illustrator, Norway) had the difficult task of selecting the finalists from among 3520 artists with 21725 works from 81 countries and regions around the world. A total of 79 participants (with 78 works) from a total of 31 countries have been included in the final list.
This year's long list includes 344 names, among which we see Elena Zhablyanova.
Traditionally, we upload the works of each of the authors, which you can view in the album on our Facebook page. We leave you to enjoy the illustrators for 2024 and await the results of the other competitions and exhibitions in Bologna, as well as tactfully hinting that this year is also the fourth edition of the "Biennale of Illustration".
Final selection:
| Last name | First name | Country/Region |
| Airola | Sari | Finland |
| Alaei | Amir | Iran |
| Bianchi (bianki) | Diego | Argentina |
| Bonora | Alice | Italy |
| Braslina | Elina | Latvia |
| Brönner | Nele | Germany |
| Camp | Joaquin | Argentina |
| Colaneri | Giovanni | Italy |
| Crameri | Reto | Switzerland |
| Dagile | Inga | Lithuania |
| De Almeida | Bruno | Brazil |
| Domashych | Oksana | Ukraine |
| Dong | Yingda | China |
| Doroshenko | Polina | Ukraine |
| Drobova | Yuliya | Uzbekistan |
| Eigenhufe | Tom | Germany |
| Escoriza | Julie | France |
| Félicité | Oscar | France |
| Frankel | Yael | Argentina |
| Freitas | Irena | Brazil |
| Gauthier | Manon | Canada |
| Gledhill | Carly | United Kingdom |
| Grant | Jacob | USA |
| Haslbauer | Carla | Germany |
| Heydarizadeh | Parvin | Iran |
| Janssen | Mark | Netherlands |
| Karsten | Guilherme | Brazil |
| Kim | Sunjin | South Korea |
| Knezevic | Aleksandra | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Koper | Puck | Netherlands |
| Lee | Suyeon | South Korea |
| Lin | Yaqi | China |
| Liu | Xinxin | China |
| Lu | Thea | China |
| Lukianska | Aneta | Poland |
| Mahnke | Andrea | Chile |
| Maijala | Marika | Finland |
| Maraž | Ana | Slovenia |
| Marton | Eleonora | Italy |
| Matsui | Ayaka | Japan |
| Mayorga | Juan Camilo | Colombia |
| Mijangos | Amanda | Mexico |
| Millward | Gwen | United Kingdom |
| Moccia | Tito | Switzerland |
| Moreira | Henrique | Brazil |
| Najafi | Fereshteh | Iran |
| Nishioka | Hideki | Japan |
| Noccesi | Giulio | Italy |
| Onodera | Miho | Japan |
| Ordinola | Fatima | Peru |
| Park | Miran | South Korea |
| Pérez Hernando | Fernando | Spain |
| Pudalov | Natalie | Israel |
| Rampton | Toby | United Kingdom |
| Repetur | Elena | Israel |
| Rizek | Tomas | Czech Republic |
| Romano | Margaux | Italy |
| Ruiz Johnson | Mariana | Argentina |
| Sadeghian | Noushin | Iran |
| Shaloshvili | Natalia | United Kingdom |
| Sif | Birgitta | Iceland |
| Tamaki | Lauren | Canada |
| Tentler-krylov | Victoria | USA |
| Tibaldi | Maurizio | Italy |
| Tuzi | Gui | China |
| Vilela De Moura Silva | Fernando | Brazil |
| Villanueva | Mariana | Mexico |
| Völker | Sven | Germany |
| Von Bergen | Anni | Germany |
| Wright | Ruby | United Kingdom |
| Wu | Da | China |
| Yabe | Miyako | Japan |
| Yang | Nianzhi | China |
| Yaskina | Natalia | Russia |
| You | Tianyi | China |
| Yuan-chin | Jheng | Taiwan |
| Zalpyte | Kornelija | Lithuania |
| Zhouyi | He | China |
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