Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025
The Bologna Book Fair is one of the most prominent fairs dedicated to the publication of material for children globally. Now entering it’s 7th decade the fair continues to inspire and excite children’s publishers throughout the world and there is always an important focus on accessibility.
This year there will be a 2 events organised by the APACE project which will focus on image descriptions in children’s books:
- Bringing Stories to Life: Inclusive Strategies for Accessible Illustrations in Children’s Books and More. Text and images each contribute in their own way to the experience of a story in children’s books. Making images accessible to readers is essential for a complete and inclusive reading experience. In this seminar participants will experience what it means when you miss out on illustrations, and learn the art of doing justice to the richness of images through image description.
- Accessibility Meet Up on Image Description. Following the above seminar, participants are invited to join a networking event with international colleagues and accessibility experts. After a short introduction, participants will be able to choose to join 2 discussions led by accessibility experts: on AI and Images OR Image Description and Publishing Accessible Ebooks.