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Welcome to the Virtual Exhibition of the Silent Book Contest 2025 – Gianni De Conno Award, the first international contest dedicated to illustrated books without words, now at its XII Edition. This year we have received 275 entries from 49 different countries of the world. The Jury of the Experts selected 16 of them to be the finalists.
Click on the covers to discover more about the stories and the authors. You’ll also find inside an extract of the illustrated pages of the books.
Giorgia Zanin, Marco Sergio Erculiani (Italy)
Mania Eghrarian (Iran)
Giulia Gardelli (Italy)
Silvia Biondi (Italy)
Bi Li Ge (China)
Riccardo Francaviglia, Margherita Sgarlata (Italy)
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Melina Lebel (Germany)
Chaterine Suvorova (Russia)
Bealuz Villavicencio (Philippines)
Dandin Espina (Philippines)
Iris Samartzi (Greece)
Agnese Leone (Italy)
Zixiao Chang (UK)
Elizaveta Iakovleva (Russia)
Daria Gemma (Italy)
Virtual Exhibition Project conceived by: Carthusia Edizioni, Costanza India De Conno
Contest organized and promoted by: Carthusia Edizioni
In collaboration with: Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Salone Internazionale del libro di Torino, Comune di Mulazzo, Associazione Montereggio Paese dei Librai, IOB International Organisation of Book Towns
With the patronage of: Ibby Italia
Contest under the auspices of: Centro per il libro e la lettura
With the contribution of: BPER Banca
Media Parteners: Rai Ragazzi, Rai Radio 3
Organizational Committee: Patrizia Zerbi, Costanza India De Conno, Francesco Zamboni
