LBF Book Club – Frankenstein
Blogs, LBF Book Club
Like many of you our LBF team is apart at the moment. Our weekly book club is not only designed to bring us together through our shared love of books ... Read more
Snapshot for 20 March 2020
Blogs, Industry News
In an extraordinary week in the publishing industry – indeed, an extraordinary week in the world – the announcement that London Book Fair Director Jacks Thomas is to step down ... Read more
Academic Publishing – March 2020
Blogs, Industry News
Ridout new MD at Bloomsbury Jenny Ridout has been appointed as the new MD of Bloomsbury’s Non-Consumer division, which includes the publisher’s academic and professional business. She will be taking ... Read more
Jacks Thomas Steps Down from The London Book Fair
Industry News
Jacks Thomas, Director, The London Book Fair, has announced that she is to leave Reed Exhibitions after seven years with the company. Jacks became Director of LBF in 2013. Under ... Read more
The London Book Fair Award Winners Announced
Industry News
LBF International Excellence Awards: Asia and Europe lead the way CAMEOs: Little Women, Life of Pi, Elizabeth is Missing and Norse Mythology triumph UK Book Blog Awards: Sentimental Garbage, Julia’s ... Read more
STM Publishing Newsletter – March 2020
Blogs, Industry News
Transformative agreements The past few weeks have seen a flood of transformative ‘read-and-publish’ agreements. Wiley has described its new four-year deal with Jisc, beginning this month, as ‘the most extensive ... Read more
The London Book Fair 2020 Author Line-Up, Spanning Internationally Bestselling Novelists, Screenwriters, Poets, Illustrators and Beyond
Industry News
Edna O’Brien | Afra Atiq | Cressida Cowell | David Mitchell | Lynda La Plante Kate Fox | Rob Biddulph | Christos Tsiolkas | Gyles Brandreth Alexandra Shulman | Tessa ... Read more
The London Book Fair UK Book Blog Awards 2020 Longlist Revealed
Industry News
Shortlist and winners to be announced at ceremony at The London Book Fair, presented by Children’s Author of the Day Cressida Cowell The London Book Fair announced today the 2020 ... Read more
5 Minutes with: Amanda Preston
Interviews
Amanda Preston has been an agent for over 20 years, first working at Sheil Land Associates, and then in 2005 she set up LBA with Luigi and she is a ... Read more
The London Book Fair Unveils 2020 Live Podcast Programme
Industry News, Podcasts
David Mitchell, Lynda La Plante, Cressida Cowell, Alexandra Shulman, Janne Teller and Abigail Dean join Fireside Chats @ The Podcast Theatre Waterstones Podcast, Radio 4 Telling Tales, In Writing with ... Read more
Nigel Newton to Receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
Industry News
“Nigel’s Lifetime Achievement Award is ridiculously well deserved. Well done, Boy Wonder!” Margaret Atwood “It is no hyperbole to say I know no one quite like Nigel Newton, a genuine ... Read more
Kate Fox Named Poet of the Fair at LBF 2020
Industry News
Register for a press pass at: www.londonbookfair.co.uk/pressreg Award-winning stand-up poet, Kate Fox, has been named as The London Book Fair’s 2020 Poet of the Fair, as the poetry line-up for ... Read more
Snapshot for 21 February 2020
Blogs, Industry News
The global book industry’s most international evening is nearly upon us. The London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards, organised once again with the Publishers Association, takes place on 10 March ... Read more
5 Minutes With: Richard Nathan
Interviews
Richard Nathan is a Non-Executive Director of Avallain AG, an education technology (EdTech) company with over 15 years experience of equipping international publishers with the technology, tools and services they ... Read more
British Council Announce Twelve Leading Emirati Authors for Market Focus Cultural Programme at The London Book Fair 2020
Industry News
The British Council, in partnership with the Sharjah Book Authority, is delighted to announce the Sharjah Market Focus Cultural Programme for The London Book Fair 2020, taking place 10-12 March. ... Read more
Rob Biddulph Announced as LBF’s Illustrator of the Fair
Industry News
Illustration Programme at LBF 2020 revealed Register for your press pass here The London Book Fair (LBF) is delighted to announce bestselling and multi award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph as this ... Read more
Academic Publishing Newsletter – February 2020
Blogs, Industry News
UKRI seeks open access monographs by 2024 From January 2024, monographs resulting from government funded research will need to be made freely available within 12 months of publication, according to ... Read more
LBF International Excellence Awards 2020: SHORTLIST REVEALED
Industry News
Record number of 29 countries represented Croatia, Mozambique, and Yemen shortlisted for the first time Indian Karadi Path Education nominated for two awards The shortlists for The London Book Fair ... Read more
Snapshot for 7 February 2020
Blogs, Industry News
The continuing furore over Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt (Flatiron/Macmillan US; Tinder/Hachette UK) which has already seen the cancellation of the author’s American tour, is fascinating to watch. Nearly 140 authors ... Read more
5 Minutes with: Carlyn Robertson
Interviews
Carlyn Robertson is a marketer for BookBub, a Boston-based book marketing platform for authors, publishers, and other book marketers. BookBub has a global audience of over 20 million readers who ... Read more
Collect your copy of Research Information – and subscribe – at The London Book Fair!
Industry News
Research Information is a global publication for the scholarly publishing community – publishers, librarians, information professionals, authors and researchers. The ever-shifting sands of scholarly publishing – that is the process ... Read more
5 Minutes with: Mindy Gibbins-Klein
Interviews
Mindy Gibbins-Klein is a multi-award-winning International Speaker and Executive Coach for thought leaders and authors. Mindy has authored and co-authored 9 books, including 24 Carat BOLD about which Seth Godin ... Read more
5 Minutes with: Kate Lyall Grant
Interviews
I began my publishing career in 1988, as Editorial Secretary in Hodder Children’s paperback division. Subsequently, I became assistant to Bruce Hunter at David Higham Associates, Commissiong Editor at Hodder ... Read more
Trailblazer Awards Winners Revealed by The London Book Fair
Industry News
The winners of the fifth annual Trailblazer Awards were announced by The London Book Fair tonight at a celebratory evening at White City House, London. Recognising young talent under the ... Read more
Edna O’Brien, Afra Atiq and Cressida Cowell to headline The London Book Fair as 2020 Authors of the Day
Industry News
The London Book Fair (10- 12 March 2020) has today announced Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer Edna O’Brien – consistently hailed as one the world’s greatest living writers ... Read more
Royal Voluntary Service Named LBF Charity of the Year 2020
Industry News
Charity ensuring older people have access to books to be honoured at The London Book Fair Royal Voluntary Service has been named The London Book Fair (LBF) Charity of the ... Read more
Academic Publishing Newsletter – January 2020
Blogs, Industry News
Publishers respond critically to cOAlition S proposals A group of publishers from seven countries, including the university presses at Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, and Edinburgh, has sent an open letter, ‘An ... Read more
Snapshot for 10 January 2020
Blogs, Industry News
It has been a sad start to the year with the death of Knopf editor-in-chief and president of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sonny Mehta, who died in New York on ... Read more
Remembering Sonny Mehta
Industry News
Publishing great and LBF Lifetime Achievement winner from 2011, Sonny Mehta, died on 30 December 2019. Author Kazuo Ishiguro said, when Mehta won the Award, “I know I am only ... Read more
Trailblazer Awards Longlist Revealed
Industry News
The London Book Fair celebrates UK young talent in publishing The longlist for the 2020 Trailblazer Awards has been unveiled today, celebrating 31 publishing professionals under the age of 30 ... Read more
LBF Writers’ Summit 2020 to Run Alongside LBF in March
Industry News
Insight. Knowledge. Networking No.1 bestselling author LJ Ross to headline a new-look and enhanced LBF Writers’ Summit taking place during The London Book Fair An unbeatable programme of events and ... Read more
Which books sold well in China?
Industry News
By Lu Yun According to Dangdang’s booklist in the first half of the year based on online book reviews and bestseller charts, consumers are still happy to purchase trending books ... Read more
China’s book sales shifts to online
Industry News
By Le Yi The book market gradually warmed up In the first half of 2019, the China’s book retail market moved from “cold spring” to “warm summer”. According to the ... Read more
Sharjshot for 31 October 2019
Blogs, Industry News
Earlier this week London Book Fair Director Jacks Thomas chaired a session on Freedom to Publish as part of the Publishers Conference held in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates ... Read more
Academic Publishing – October 2019
Blogs, Industry News
Liverpool scores twice on anniversary. Liverpool University Press, which this month celebrated its 120th anniversary, has announced a new partnership with ScienceOpen which will integrate press collections in the humanities, social ... Read more
Katy Derbyshire, esteemed German-English translator, to be LBF 2020’s Literary Translator of the Fair
Industry News
LBF’s Literary Translation Centre is the annual hub for all those involved in literature in translation Award-winning translator Katy Derbyshire will participate in The London Book Fair 2020 (10 – ... Read more
Remembering Judith Kerr
Industry News
We are extremely sad to hear of the passing of beloved children’s author and previous LBF children’s Author of the Day, Judith Kerr. An icon of the children’s book world, ... Read more
The London Book Fair announces Sharjah will be Market Focus in 2020
Industry News
The London Book Fair and The Sharjah Book Authority have today announced Sharjah as the Market Focus of The London Book Fair 2020 (10-12 March 2020). The London Book Fair ... Read more
The London Book Fair UK Book Blog Awards 2019 Winners Announced
Blogs, Industry News, Uncategorized
Mostly Lit crowned Book Podcaster of the Year What’s Hot? by Laura Hartley wins Book Blogger prize @ab_reads named Bookstagrammer of the Year Rose Reads takes home BookTuber award Awards ... Read more
#LBF19 – The Final Day
Blogs
This morning we opened the doors for the third and final day of London Book Fair. Once again the halls were packed full of the biggest names in the publishing ... Read more
#LBF19 – Day Two – The Best Bits
Blogs
The halls were buzzing on day two at The London Book Fair. Visitors and exhibitors turned out in force to meet at the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the ... Read more
The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019: Winners Announced
Industry News
The winners of The London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards were announced at a prestigious ceremony last night, on the first day of the Fair. Recipients of the awards, ... Read more
Ian McEwan, Caryl Phillips, Slaughter, David McKee and More Kick Off London Book Fair 2019
Blogs, Industry News
The London Book Fair 2019 opens with sessions on Freedom to Publish, Brexit and the challenges of the digital age The London Book Fair opened its doors to publishing professionals, ... Read more
#LBF19 – Day One – The Highlights
Blogs
At 9am The London Book Fair 2019 opened its doors, with publishing professionals from around the globe arriving to meet the ‘who’s who’ of the publishing industry under one roof. ... Read more
Killing Eve and La Belle Sauvage announced among 2019 CAMEO Award winners
Blogs, Industry News
Guest speakers: James Runcie, author and London Book & Screen Week 2019 Ambassador; Barry Cryer, OBE, comedy writer & performer; Delyth Thomas, BAFTA nominated director Four remarkable winners have been ... Read more
#Quantum19 – Aligned Creativity: Informed by Insight – What did you miss?
Blogs, Quantum Conference
Once again the #LBF19 week kicked off with the Quantum Conference. Today’s packed and diverse agenda covered everything from publishing trends, tactics, new audiences, new business models, audio and more. ... Read more
The London Book Fair Unveils 2019 Seminar Line-Up
Industry News
The Most Anticipated Global Book Fair, LBF returns to Olympia 12-14 March Speakers from Penguin Random House, Unicef, Pan Macmillan, Book Trust, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, BBC, Lego, The ... Read more
Academic Newsletter – February 2019
Blogs, Industry News
Scholarly publishers raise concerns over Plan S More than forty scholarly publishers working in the humanities and social sciences, including eleven presses based in the UK, have signed an open ... Read more
5 Minutes With Matilda Battersby
Interviews
Matilda Battersby is editor of Popshot magazine – an illustrated literary magazine that publishes short stories, flash fiction, and poetry from the literary new blood. The magazine is published quarterly. Popshot ... Read more
The London Book Fair Unveils Full 2019 Author Line-Up
Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF; 12-14 March 2019), the UK’s largest book and publishing event, has revealed this year’s line-up of internationally bestselling authors, debut writers, and beyond. In addition ... Read more
The London Book Fair Unveils Inaugural Podcast Line-Up
Industry News
Ian McEwan, Caroline O’Donoghue, Daisy Buchanan, Holly Bourne, Caryl Phillips, R. R. Haywood, Jess Kidd, Claire McGlasson, Anna Fielding and Leena Normington take part in live podcast stream at LBF ... Read more
Informing and Empowering Writers: The London Book Fair’s Author HQ 2019 Seminar Programme Announced
Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF), the UK’s biggest gathering of international publishers and agents, is delighted to announce its Author HQ events programme. This is the area of the Fair ... Read more
LBF International Excellence Awards 2019: SHORTLISTS REVEALED
Industry News
The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 has been announced, with USA leading the way with five nominations, closely followed by Brazil and India with three ... Read more
LBF Indonesia Market Focus announces its showcase professional publishing events at LBF
Industry News
From social media consumption, to indie and children’s publishing, LBF will provide a window into Indonesian publishing Indonesia and LBF have announced the Market Focus Professional Programme for The London ... Read more
David McKee announced as LBF’s Illustrator of the Fair
Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF) is delighted to announce bestselling writer and illustrator David McKee as this year’s Illustrator of the Fair. David McKee is the creator of the iconic ... Read more
Raymond Antrobus Announced as Poet of the Fair
Industry News
The London Book Fair has announced that award-winning poet, Raymond Antrobus, will headline the Fair’s poetry line-up as Poet of the Fair in March. Raymond Antrobus has received numerous accolades, ... Read more
5 Minutes with Elizabeth DeNoma
Interviews
Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma is a Senior Editor at Amazon Crossing, the translation imprint at Amazon Publishing. Some of her most significant acquisitions include works by international icon Marc Levy, works ... Read more
International intellectual property law expert Daniel Gervais to give Charles Clark Memorial Lecture
Industry News
Professor Daniel Gervais will deliver the Charles Clark Memorial Lecture at The London Book Fair on Tuesday 11th March 2019, focusing on the changing role of intermediation in delivering informational ... Read more
Jeremy Tiang Announced as LBF’s Inaugural Literary Translator of the Fair
Industry News
Award-winning translator Jeremy Tiang will participate in The London Book Fair (12 – 14 March) this year as Inaugural Literary Translator of the Fair. A prolific translator, playwright, novelist, and ... Read more
Trailblazer Awards Winners Revealed by The London Book Fair
Industry News
The winners of the fourth annual Trailblazer Awards were announced by The London Book Fair tonight at an inspiring evening at Soho House, London. Celebrating young talent under the age ... Read more
BAFTA Kids Roadshow with Place2Be announced as London Book Fair Charity of the Year
Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF) (12-14 March) has selected the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Kids Roadshow with Place2Be, as this year’s Charity of the Year. BAFTA ... Read more
Cambridge University Press, UNICEF and Marshall Cavendish Education to speak at What Works? LBF’s Educational Publishing conference
Industry News
The London Book Fair has announced the line-up for the seventh annual What Works? Successful Publishing Resources & Technologies for the Future conference, which will examine key topics including EdTech, ... Read more
Plan S under the spotlight at LBF’s Research & Scholarly Publishing Forum
Industry News
The London Book Fair 2019’s Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum (13 March 2019) will tackle the key issues and trends facing academic publishing, including the impact of ‘Plan S’ on ... Read more
Entries are now open for The London Book Fair’s hugely popular writing competition: The Write Stuff!
Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF), the UK’s biggest gathering of international publishers and agents, has announced that entries are NOW OPEN for its ever-popular writing competition, The Write Stuff, which ... Read more
LBF Quantum Conference announces Film & TV focus
Industry News
Christopher Eccleston, takes centre stage with BBC, Stephen Page, and futurist Alexandra Levit The London Book Fair’s Monday Conference, Quantum: Aligned Creativity, Informed by Data (Monday 11 March 2019) will ... Read more
Five Minutes With Stephen Page
Blogs, Interviews
Stephen began his career in bookselling before moving into publishing where he initially worked in marketing and sales. In 1994 he joined Fourth Estate, becoming its Managing Director in 2000. ... Read more
Leading writers Caryl Phillps, Holly Bourne and Seno Gumira Ajidarma announced for The London Book Fair Author of the Day line-up 2019
Industry News
The London Book Fair (12-14 March 2019) has today announced distinguished writer Caryl Phillips, leading YA novelist Holly Bourne and critically acclaimed Indonesian author Seno Gumira Ajidarma, to headline its ... Read more
Book Podcast of the Year category lands at UK Book Blog Awards
Blogs, Industry News
Awards celebrating social media influencers returns for second year The London Book Fair is delighted to announce the return of the UK Book Blog Awards @ LBF, with a new ... Read more
Trailblazer Awards Longlist Revealed
Blogs, Industry News
The London Book Fair celebrates UK young talent in publishing The longlist for the 2019 Trailblazer Awards has been unveiled today, celebrating 30 publishing professionals under the age of 30 ... Read more
New International Book Trade Journalist Award
Blogs, Industry News
The London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards, in partnership with the Publishers Association (The PA), has launched the hunt for the best International Book Trade Journalist, and the deadline ... Read more
Five Minutes With Kirsty Stonell Walker
Blogs, Interviews
Kirsty Stonell Walker became an Historian of the Victorian, mainly because it rhymed. In almost twenty years’ worth of study she has written the only biography of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ... Read more
The Writer’s Summit is back!
Industry News
The Writer’s Summit, brought to you by The London Book Fair, is a fantastic day-long programme that will help budding, beginner and hybrid authors to make informed decisions, and develop ... Read more
SYP create five focus points for 2019 following Inclusivity Survey results
Blogs, Industry News
The Society of Young Publishers have released the results of an Inclusivity Survey that asked members and non-members alike to help make the SYP community fairer, more diverse and inclusive. ... Read more
Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference 2018 Line-Up Announced
Industry News
Author Kerry Hudson and ITN’s Priscilla Baffour to Deliver Keynote Speeches 27 November 2018 | Coin Street Conference Centre The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association have announced the ... Read more
Leading Indonesian Writers at The London Book Fair 2019 Revealed
Industry News
The twelve Indonesian writers who will take part in the Cultural Programme of The London Book Fair Market Focus were announced today. The London Book Fair Cultural programme, delivered by ... Read more
The London Book Fair Launches Listen Up: Audio Publishing Seminar Stream
Industry News
The London Book Fair has announced the launch of a new audio publishing seminar stream as the Fair opens for proposal submissions to the 2019 Insights Seminar Programme today. With ... Read more
Building Inclusivity in Publishing Conference Returns for 2018
Industry News
The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association are delighted to announce that the Building Inclusivity in Publishing conference will return, for a third year on 27 November 2018 as ... Read more
Entries open for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019
Industry News
The London Book Fair, in association with the Publishers Association, has opened online submissions for its sixth International Excellence Awards today. The awards celebrate publishing success in 16 categories, representing ... Read more
The London Book Fair opens submissions for Charity of the Year 2019
Blogs, Industry News
The London Book Fair has announced that its popular Charity of the Year initiative is now open for submissions. It welcomes applications from the book and book-related, reading and creatively-focused ... Read more
Trailblazer Awards 2019 Open for Submissions; The London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards celebrate UK publishing talent under 30
Blogs, Industry News, Uncategorized
The Trailblazer Awards open for submissions today, recognising publishing professionals aged under 30 who are demonstrating innovation and ambition in the book industry. Now in their fourth year, the awards ... Read more