Milestones |
1981 |
• AWIC is founded by Late K. Shankar Pillai as a registered voluntary organization.
• The first issue of the quarterly journal, Writer and Illustrator is published.
• Competition for writers and illustrators started. |
1983 |
• AWIC Home Library Project launched. |
1984 |
• Seminar on Promotion of Children’s Literature. |
1985 |
• Collection of stories for children published.
• Indo-Soviet Seminar on Literature for Children |
1989 |
• Two collections of mystery stories published.
• Pictorial Hindi dictionary for children Sachitra Hindi Bal Shabdkosh published.
• AWIC participated in the Bologna Book Fair.
• Children’s Choice Award (English) introduced.
• Seminar on Better Books for Children and Exhibition
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1990 |
• AWIC becomes the Indian Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (Indian BBY) |
1991 |
• First exhibition of original artwork of Indian Illustrators held.
• AWIC gets the IBBY Asahi Reading Promotion Award.
• Exhibition of original illustrations held at the Bologna Book Fair.
• Catalogue titled Indian Illustrators 1962-92 published.
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1992 |
• Annual award for writers, illustrators and researchers instituted.
• First National Exhibition of Picture Books for Children is held by AWIC. |
1993 |
• Seminar on International Understanding Through Children’s Books.
• Hindi alphabet book published. |
1994 |
• Book Exhibition of books on the theme ‘Peace’ organised and souvenir released.
• Seminar on Children’s Literature in South East Asia. |
1995 |
• National Seminar and Exhibition on the Panchatantra organised.
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1996 |
• 26th IBBY Congress Meet held
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1999 |
• AWIC opened Children’s Bookshop in Bal Bhawan, New Delhi. |
2000 |
• AWIC set up the theme pavilion at the 14th World Book Fair
• Tamil alphabet book published. |
2001 |
• Indo-Austrian Seminar and Exhibition on Picture Books from Austria and SAARC countries.
• Distribution of books in Gujarat’s earthquake devastated areas.
• Alphabet books published.
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2002 |
• Picture Book Exhibition in Vienna on Picture Books.
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2003 |
• National Seminar on Storytelling to Promote Children’s Literature.
• Release of Creators of Children’s Books in India.
• Release of Hindi book for beginning readers.
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2004 |
• Anthology of Indian folk tales published.
• Asian Conference on Storytelling
• Celebration of International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) in India
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2006 |
• AWIC Silver Jubilee Celebrations.
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2007 |
• International Conference on Storytelling.
• Kathaavachan-Storytelling Project launched. |
2008 |
•Indo-Russian Seminar on Cross-Cultural Flow of Children’s Books |
2011 |
• Promoted Indian illustrators at Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB).
• Prepared list of books for recommended reading for CBSE. |
| 2012 |
•International Conference on Book Therapy—Reading is Healing, New- Delhi |
| 2013 |
• AWIC Children’s Library in Jhalatala, Alwar district, Rajasthan courtesy IBBY Yamada Fund Project.
• AWIC Children’s Library set up at Abdul Laat, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra courtesy IBBY YAMADA FUND
• Booklist for CBSE
AWIC members meet Her Majesty Empress Michiko of Japan
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| 2014 |
• International Conference on Literacy through Literature, New Delhi. |
| 2015 |
• Booklist For CBSE.
2015 AWIC Literacy Project -
Free distribution of 12 titles published by AWIC - alphabet books in eight languages- English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya and four titles of rhymes and stories for beginner readers.
• 2015 AWIC Children’s Library started in Kandela, Uttar Pradesh, courtesy
IBBY Yamada Fund Project.
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| 2016 |
• Picture Books Developed under AWIC Literacy Project
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