AFCC
The Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) aims to foster the creation, production and
publication of children’s and young adults’ materials with Asian content in all formats and to
facilitate their distribution. Asia is rich in culture and tradition; a heritage from which content
could be developed. The AFCC draws the attention of content creators and producers to this
vast opportunity, and also showcases content already available, and promotes new
materials that have been produced and published.
The National Book Development Council of Singapore has been organising the highly
popular Asian Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference for the past ten years. Leveraging
on its success, the conference was expanded to form AFCC which has emerged as a very
popular professional and trade event since 2010.
AFCC 2013 from 25-30 May 2013 had 4 main conferences: Teachers Congress, Parents
Forum, Writers’ and illustrators’ Conference & Media Summit. There will also be Literature
Lecture and Awards Presentations. The festival will also have seminars, masterclasses,
rights fair, media mart, and public events throughout the 6 days.
This year the country of focus is Malaysia while the Philippines
centre stage last year. Next year India will become the country of focus.
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25 May 2013, AFCC Pre school and Primary Teachers Congress
The AFCC Preschool & Primary Teachers Congress provides teachers and educators with
the skills and knowledge to impart early literacy through bilingualism to their charges as a
child transitions from early childhood to primary school.
25 May 2013, AFCC Parents Forum
The AFCC Parents Forum offers parents, teachers, and other related professionals the
opportunity to get support, information, and advice on nurturing early learning and
bilingualism at home. For children accompanying their parents, separate activities for the
children will be available.
27 May 2013, Malaysian Night
28 May 2013 Board of Advisors Meeting and Awards Night
28-29 May 2013, AFCC Writers and Illustrators Conference
Over the course of the two-day conference, writers and illustrators come together with
publishers, editors, literary agents, and other industry professionals in celebration of
children’s content from Asia and around the world. This year’s conference will have an
added emphasis on Young Adult literature and children’s works in translation.
29 May 2013, AFCC Media Summit
The AFCC Media Summit gathers content creators and media professionals from around the
world for a one-day conference focusing on Asian children’s media content, a forum for
sharing ideas and knowledge, skills training and development, and networking. The Summit
will focus on maximising content through transmedia storytelling.
29 May 2013 AFCC Dinner
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