Silent book news & events
At this page, you will find the newest features and reviews on the website,
and a list of exciting silent book events to enjoy.
News
Readsilentbooks are going to Bologna!
Anita will do a performance in the city of Cento
Sunday April 12th at 16:30 (More info here)
Anita will stay for the entire fair - April 13-16th.
Do you want to talk silent books?
Show us your silent book?
Collaborate on silent books?
Eat gelato?
Please get in touch, and we will make it happen!
Preparing for Bologna?
Check out some Norwegian silent books!
Norway is the guest country of Honor at this year's Bologna Book fair. Compared to our population, Norway has a great number of children's books published every year, but Norwegian silent books are almost non-existent.
There are a few though, and some of them are very interesting!
Some titles we would love to have in our collection are unfortunately out of print, but below is a list to get you started.
Perfect if you want to get a wordless glimpse of Norway before heading off to Bologna - here you can learn about our fairy tale culture, our weather, our trains, our food and much more. Enjoy!
Listed in chronolocial order:
Ulvehunger - Elise Fagerli (1995)
Gravenstein - Øyvind Torseter (2009)
Jeg rømmer - Mari Kanstad Johnsen (2016)
Hvor skal kattene bo - Torill Kove (2018)
Regnværsdagen - Max Estes (2022)
Tur Retur - Per Ragnar Møkleby (2026)
(norsk anmeldelse av Tur Retur her)
Happy Easter!
To celebrate Easter, we have picked a few of our books that have yellow covers and will be reviewing these during the Easter week!
The books are listed here as the reviews are published:
The game in the dark - Hervé Tullet
Con tatto - Alessia Colombo
とっくん - Katsumi Komagata
Gold - Jed Alexander
ba - Dani Padrón
Conta-quilómetros by Madalena Matoso
March 2026:
How can a visual universe of a silent book be interpreted for children who are blind or have low vision? A review of the stunning tactile version of Warja Lavater's "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge"
We have also reviewed Lorenzo Mattotti's amazing silent book Blind, which is part of a series of illustrated books aimed to fight predjudice of disabilities through the beauty of art.
Attention all illustrators: New silent book contest from Pato Logico, more details in our event calendar below!
New review - this one is for the art lovers!: Imagine by Raól Colón
Happy International Women´s day! We present three stunning, black & white silent books by women:
Psssst Psssst by Chiara Camoni
The bone by Mihwa Poong
Elephant buttons by Noriko Ueno
Events
A list of events for silent book enthusiasts, both online and physical.
If you know about an event you think might be of interest, please send us a message about it!
