Posts by: The London Book Fair

The London Book Fair

26th March 201819th October 2020

Academic Newsletter – March 2018

Academic Publishing Newsletter, Industry News

Emerald appoints Jones, wins IPG Award Emerald Group has appointed Phill Jones as its new Chief Technology Officer. Jones, who previously served as Director of Publishing Innovation at Digital Science, ... Read more

26th March 201819th October 2020

LBF puts its poetry programme in motion for 2018 – poets, authors, academics and publishers gather!

LBF Press Releases, Press Releases

The London Book Fair (LBF) is delighted to announce Imtiaz Dharker as its first ever Poet of the Fair. Imtiaz Dharker’s latest book, Luck Is the Hook, her sixth from ... Read more

23rd March 201819th October 2020

5 Minutes with Tarek El Bolbol

Blogs, Interviews

Tarek is a Dubai-based Lebanese-Canadian entrepreneur with a passion for the written and spoken word. In 2018, he was selected as an Arab Youth Pioneer by the Prime Minister’s Office ... Read more

22nd March 201819th October 2020

5 Minutes with Nick Briggs

Blogs, Interviews

A lot of Nick’s life as an actor has been caught up in the world of Doctor Who since its return in 2005. He’s worked on set alongside Christopher Eccleston, ... Read more

21st March 201819th October 2020

5 Minutes with Lorelei King

Blogs, Interviews

Lorelei King is an actress who has appeared in films such as Notting Hill, House of Mirth and (as the voice of Muthur) Alien: Covenant. She has played regular and ... Read more

20th March 201819th October 2020

Five Minute Interview with BookBaby – an exhibitor exclusive

Blogs, Interviews

BookBaby joined The London Book Fair as an exhibitor for the first time in 2017 and are returning for their 2nd year at LBF18. We asked Stephen Spatz, president of ... Read more

19th March 201819th October 2020

Five Minute Interview with Colin Hughes

Blogs, Interviews

Colin Hughes joined HarperCollins in April 2012 as the Managing Director of the Collins Education division. In October 2012 he was promoted to MD, Collins Learning – bringing together the ... Read more

16th March 201819th October 2020

Lauren Child Announced as LBF’S Inaugural Illustrator of the Fair

LBF Press Releases, Press Releases

The London Book Fair (LBF) is delighted to announce Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child as the Fair’s inaugural Illustrator of the Fair. A multi-award-winning bestselling writer and artist, Lauren Child ... Read more

16th March 201819th October 2020

Snapshot for 16 March, 2018

Industry News, Snapshot

Was the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan right to suggest that people under 35 want to “read books, essays, long-form pieces” on their mobiles? Delivering the keynote address at the ... Read more

14th March 201819th October 2020

Stephen Hawking: 1942 – 2018

Industry News

Professor Stephen Hawking, who died at his Cambridge home earlier this week, had a remarkable impact not only upon his chosen scientific fields of cosmology and theoretical physics, but also ... Read more