A great help from Ellie. She really was very careful with our trip. The hotel is more a guest house that a hotel, but for our needs was perfect - in a quiet area, near to the tram station, near to a good restaurant. We got the boarding pass in time and everything was ok. Thank you!

Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026

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Fiera Bologna is preparing for the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026 which will occur between the 13th and 16th of April 2026.
Preface
The Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) is one of the publishing industry’s leading trade fairs. It is an annual event that occurs in Fiera Bologna. It attracts diverse participants such as publishers, writers, transcribers, and literary agencies. Virtual media experts, teachers, critics, and distributors also attend the fair. Additionally, editorial directors, consultants, app creators, and audiobook experts take part. Booksellers, packagers, printers, librarians, and end users attend the fair. This results in a participation rate of over 1 000 exhibiting firms from 90 countries. Additionally, the event receives over 20 000 visitants. This includes one record-setting rendition, which featured over 75,000 attendees. The BCBF is a trade fair that provides over 250 sub-events. They enable participants to achieve goals such as exchanging ideas, networking, showcasing products, and earning recognition.
About the Bologna Children's Book Fair
Various sectors attend the BCBF. These include libraries, books, publishing, and printing segments. The education, hobbies, gaming, mass media, IT, services, baby, kids, maternity, and health industries also attend. The event features a diversity of sub-events. Examples include various awards, such as the Bologna Ragazzi Award and Bologna Ragazzi Cross Media Award. The fair also includes expositions such as the Illustrators and Books on the Move. Attendees can also visit the Illustrators, Translators Centre, Comics Corner, Booksellers Lounge, Literary Agents, and Teachers' focus zones. The fair also presents the wares of leading companies such as:
- Hasbro;
- HarperCollins Publishers;
- LEGO® Books;
- Lonely Planet;
- Oxford University Press;
- PONS GmbH;
- Curtis Brown;
- Writers House;
- The Bent Agency.
Bologna Children's Book Fair Accommodation
Procure suitable accommodation for BCBF with Travel 2 Fairs Ltd. All that is necessary is to inform us about the rooms you need, how much you wish to spend, and your desired location. Travel 2 Fairs Ltd manages the rest. Reserve lodgings adjacent to Fiera Bologna. This will improve your commuting time by gaining invaluable public transport access. We can inform you of the top-quality routes to take to the locale. Apart from reasonable lodging accommodation for expositions, we likewise provide transport services. One travel method to your hotel is to have a rentable car expecting you at the airport. Another is to schedule a two-way airport transfer.
Event information may be out-of-date due to the pandemic. More information is accessible from the organiser.
Past Iterations
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2022
The 2022 edition of the Bologna International Children's Book Fair took place as an in-person event at the Fiera Bologna. The hosting dates were set between the 21st and 24th of March 2022. Coronavirus safeguards were implemented at the venue. This included attendees needing to show 3G entry documents, such as proof of recovery. The edition received 1 070 exhibiting firms from 90 countries and 21 432 visitants. Over 300 journalists also attended the edition, which marked the successful restart of the event.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2023
The 2023 iteration of the event received 1 456 exhibiting firms from approximately 90 nations and 28 894 visitants. This signified a 35% increase compared to the previous iteration. A total of 325 sub-events were held during the hybrid trade exhibition held in Fiera Bologna. The complementary digital platform received 2 million website views, 800 illustrators from 70 nations, and 200 000 participants with 60% engaging from abroad. The social media communities comprised of 80 000 Facebook, 90 000 Instagram, and 10 000 LinkedIn followers. Over 750 media experts (35% of them from abroad) representing 33 countries attended the event.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024
The 2024 iteration of BCBF was a live trade exposition hosted in Fiera Bologna. It received more than 1 500 exhibiting firms from approximately 100 nations and over 31 700 visitants from more than 190 countries.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025
BCBF 2025 took place as a live trade expo in Fiera Bologna. It featured the wares of 1 577 exhibiting firms from 95 nations and 33 318 visitants (a 5% increase compared to 2024). Over 2 000 000 pageviews from 180 countries were received via the event's social media and event website.
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Our visitors for the event


The team of Travel To Fairs Ltd. has helped me a lot, met my needs (research for an accomodation for my guests, and changes of the last minutes); the hotel, a three stars category 20 minutes from the fair of Trondheim, was very clean and the staff very helpfull and kind.

Hello Megan,
Thank you for your email. I've received only positive feedback about the hotel. Good experience overall!
I appreciate you taking the initiative for the FIE 2025 in Paris.
Merci, Thank you
JG
Fi Europe & Hi – 2024

Dear Michael,
Thanks for your email and inquiry, everything went well in Frankfurt @Motel One Frankfurt-Roemer.
Kind regards,
Stephanie Berberat

We got great serice from Mrs. Ellie stone , who helped us with manging more then 50 rooms in 2 hotels , with many changes and requests well done and thank you

Hi Tracy,
Everything went well.
Juanhong Wang

Dear Michael,
Thanks for contacting me.
I confirm that everything was perfect and I had a pleasant stay at Best Western Havly Hotel.
If we may need your services for future we will for sure contact you again.
Thank you

Dear Tom,
Thank you for your follow up. The entire team was very happy with the hotel and their staff. We had a fantastic time. Please consider this hotel for the InterSec 2017, too.
Sincerely,
Mario Tschunke Director of Operations

Hello Tom,
Im really sorry for the delay. The trip was fine and the hotel really great.
Just a problem about the room with the twins beds… in fact, the hotel didn’t provide this kind of room so… Thierry and Romain had to sleep in the same bed…

Hi Michelle
Thanks for the follow up on our ProWein 24 trip.
The Mercure served its purpose for us as we were only there a couple of nights - and didn't really spend too much time at the hotel.
We understood hotel was a bit further out (and this was reflected in the pricing) - only slight negative was length of time it took for a taxi to arrive. Would have hoped hotel had a contract with taxi firm to ensure guests don't have too long to wait once ordered. We learned from our initial mistake and ensured we had pre-ordered a taxi for return to airport.
Positives:
Helpful staff
Great humour from barman!
Clean, basic rooms
Negatives:
No safe in room
No iron in room
Length of time for taxis to arrive
Overall, Michelle made the booking process very simple and was a great help with my questions and area information - thank you!
Should we require accommodation for events going forward we'll be in touch.
Thanks
Lisa
ProWein 2024

Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for your email. I will be happy to fill out the evaluation form. You don't need to send anything to the next trade fair yet, but we will be in touch with you again. We have been working with you for a long time and would be hard pressed to find such professional services elsewhere. You are the best!
Have a wonderful day
Martina
transport logistic 2025

We are very satisfied with the service provided by the hotel and your company's service. We are very happy and everything went well during the exhibition. It was pleasure to work with you and we would love to continue working in the future with you!
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