CCBF 2026 will take place on 13–15 November at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre (SWEECC). CCBF will return with a wide range of domestic and overseas exhibitors, diverse featured areas, and a rich programme of professional and public events. Exhibitor applications are not yet open.
Besides the normal stand, CCBF offers a range of flexible solutions to make the best of your participation in all circumstances, including its exclusive lounges and featured areas—BOP – Bologna Prize Lounge, Strega Prize Lounge, Regional Lounge, CrossMedia Lounge and Rights Centre.
Get ready to meet the children's book and content community from Asia and across the world!
For further questions or get more details on all exhibiting available possibilities, please feel free to get in touch with:
BolognaFiere S.p.A.
Mariaelena Schiavo, Sales Office Manager
T: +39-051282298 | E: mariaelena.schiavo@bolognafiere.it
Bologna Best Children’s Publishers (BOP) Lounge
This area is dedicated to the worldwide winners and finalists of the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. The BOP Prize annually acknowledges the most significant publishers in each of the six areas of the world: Africa, Central and South America, North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
Strega Prize Lounge
The Strega Prize Lounge is open to winners and shortlisted publishing houses of the Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi—the children’s special section of the most important Italian literary Prize. The Strega Lounge is an open window on the best contemporary children’s literature in Italian.
Asia-Pacific New Entry Lounge
The lounge is open to Asia-Pacific publishers with outstanding and distinctive editorial capabilities, showcasing original children’s books and unique series, while facilitating rights connections and international promotion.
Belt and Road Lounge
Focusing on representative children’s publishers from countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries, the lounge showcases their unique contributions and outstanding achievements in publishing innovation and market development.
Rights Centre
Literary Agents and Scouts will be welcomed at CCBF Rights Centre, which is located in the Copyright Zone, and a turn-key opportunity to experience CCBF at 360°.
CrossMedia Lounge
This newly launched area features international publishers and companies specializing in children’s content that have successfully adapted their original projects from the page to other media. Showcasing works that expand into digital platforms, animation, gaming, as well as audio and video production, the lounge aims to foster rights licensing, creative adaptation, and cross-media development. The participants also include past winners of the BolognaRagazzi CrossMedia Award – the Bologna Children’s Book Fair prize that celebrates publishing projects capable of expanding their narrative universe beyond the book into other formats, stories originally developed in other media that have become outstanding printed books, as well as digital platforms or products that offer exceptional reading experiences.
