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Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026

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Update
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


Dear George,
Hope you are doing well too!
Yes, everything went well at Nobu. Great CPHI success indeed, thank you for asking.
CPhI Worldwide 2023

Dear Tom,
All went fine. The hotel was a very nice place to stay.
For next year in Frankfurt we have already booked our rooms. You are free to come back to us the year after.
Best regards
CPhI Worldwide - 2024

Everything was as expected. My colleague Viorica was satisfied with the services provided. Thank you

I recently used Travel to Fairs to help me search for a hotel for a group of colleagues attending Bauma 2022 and my whole experience was very positive. Michelle Adams, my agent gave some very good suggestions and options for hotels near to the venue and in the centre of Munich. Michelle's communication with me was excellent and always very helpful. I would highly recommend t2f to anyone booking for an event.

Hello Ellie,
Thank you for your e-mail. The cooperation with you and with your company was great. Especially work with you. I have to tell you a big thanks.
My colleagues was surprised how the hotel work. There was no problem with anything. Breakfast was really good.
And also the way to exhibitions was very quick.
And for the next year. We will exhibit in Paris, but the accommodation will prepare the CSG company – this is our „mother“ . MSM is member of CSG. this is not in my hends.
But Im sure that in the future I will work with you!!
Thank you one more time
S pozdravom
Ing. Michal Korček
DSEI 2023

Very fast and efficient service!

Thank Michael,
Everything went well.
The Adina was very nice.
Thank you for your help

Good morning Edward,
I asked our team that participated in the event about some feedback and they had no complaints. I think we can tell that it was a successful trip and our team was happy with your services.
Thank you for your help!
Kind regards,
Maja Peplińska

Good day Tom,
Yes, we have checked out of the H4 Hotel Hannover Messe and we have already successfully returned home! Now there is a lot of work to do with the contact we gained during LIGNA.
As for the hotel, everything was great! Rooms were very clean, beds were soft! We really liked the pool and sauna which was available for the guests - it was a great relaxation after a long day at the exhibition! The only minor issue we ran into was during the check-in. For some reason our bookings was marked as to stay in rooms with one double bed. Thankfully upon our arrival the hotel was not full and employees of the hotel were quick to resolve the mishap with the beds!
Thank You for the great service and we will for sure keep in touch for LIGNA 2021!

Mr Tom
How are you?
All went very well with accommodation.
Thanks for support.
One question, do you have hotels for Anuga Cologne exhibition?
Best regards

One of my colleagues tried to check in after 11pm using the self-service system it found is booking, asked him to enter my address, and then when pressed to confirm it said it couldn’t process my check-in. This happened to another colleague arriving late due to flight delays -the system is unreliable/faulty, which is a particular issue when the check-in desk is unmanned. Both had to use the hotel's emergency number. Overall the hotel was clean and service was ok.
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