Posts by: The London Book Fair

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An exclusive extract from Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz. Agios Nikolaos, Crete The Polydorus is a charming family-run hotel, located a short walk away from the lively town of Agios Nikolaos, ... Read more

2nd September 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – September 2020

Academic Publishing Newsletter, Industry News

Academic presses in contention for awards Scholarly publishers are well represented on the shortlists for this year’s Independent Publishing Awards. In addition to the five publishers in the running for ... Read more

1st September 202020th October 2020

How to Be More Creative

Blogs

People tend to put a face to creativity. Defining it as something only certain people have, for instance, those arty folk who live and breathe their paintings. To begin this ... Read more

21st August 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 21 August 2020

Industry News, Snapshot

Bill Kennedy, founder of sales and marketing agency Avicenna Partnerships which represents western publishers in the Arab World, continues to raise funds to support those who work in Beirut’s book ... Read more

7th August 202020th October 2020

LBF Book Club Book Review – The Divine Boys by Laura Restrepo

Blogs, LBF Book Club

Laura Restrepo’s award-winning book, The Divine Boys, is set in Bogotá, Columbia, and revolves around the friendship of five men. The Tutti Frutti quintet. The members – Muñeco, El Duque, ... Read more

3rd August 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – August 2020

Academic Publishing Newsletter, Industry News

Annual reports from Oxford and Cambridge In an otherwise relatively quiet month for academic publishing, the country’s two largest university presses have both released their annual reports. Overall, Oxford reported ... Read more

10th July 202020th October 2020

LBF Book Club Book Review – Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving by Michèle Roberts

Blogs, LBF Book Club

“Yesterday ended in disaster. Very late at night, I decided to write down everything that had happened, the only way I could think of coping. So here goes.” Hands up ... Read more

8th July 202020th October 2020

Academic Publishing – July 2020

Academic Publishing Newsletter, Industry News

New board for the AUP The Association of University Presses – formerly the Association of American University Presses – elected Niko Pfund as its new president at its recent virtual ... Read more

8th July 202020th October 2020

An Exclusive Extract from Negative Capability by Michèle Roberts

Blogs, LBF Book Club

An exclusive extract from Negative Capability, Michèle Roberts’s intimate and honest account of the year after her latest novel had been rejected by her then publisher… I couldn’t sleep. I ... Read more

29th June 202020th October 2020

Snapshot for 29 June 2020

Industry News, Snapshot

There is sadness and anger at the collapse of Norwich wholesaler Bertrams. The sadness is felt by those in the industry who remember the company’s heyday in the Eighties and ... Read more

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Posts by: The London Book Fair

The London Book Fair

An Exclusive Extract from Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

How to Be More Creative

Snapshot for 21 August 2020

LBF Book Club Book Review – The Divine Boys by Laura Restrepo

LBF Book Club Book Review – Negative Capability: A Diary of Surviving by Michèle Roberts

An Exclusive Extract from Negative Capability by Michèle Roberts

Snapshot for 29 June 2020