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First annual conference on Contemporary Literature for Children and Youth

The Contemporary Literature for Children and Youth conference was born out of an almost immediate impetus at a conference on children's literature in Brno. It was organized by the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University in Brno.

The first conference in Liberec took place the following year. The second conference took place in 1997 at the Technical University. The conferences in 2000 and 2002 were held again in Brno. In 2003, at the initiative of Dagmar Helšusová, a librarian and the then Deputy Mayor for Culture, the first Children's Book Fair was held in Liberec. 2004 saw the beginning of a new era in the history of conferences on children's literature in Liberec, as they became long-term part of trade fairs and gained a permanent space in the great hall of the Regional Research Library, which was a co-organizer.