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London Book Fair Still Weighing Plans; Jaipur Draws Big Online Crowd
As international book fairs continue to cope with the uncertainty caused by Covid-19, the London Book Fair promised to have a decision about what form the early summer show will take by the end of March.
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London Book Fair Moves to June, New Director Named
The London Book Fair will now take place June 29 to July 1, 2021, moving from March. In addition, the fair has announced Andy Ventris as the event's new director. It had been without a director since early this year.
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Agents Protest London Book Fair's Handling of Refunds
Calling the London Book Fair "tone deaf," literary agents from North America have written an open letter to LBF organizers, protesting their refusal to issue refunds to those who canceled attendance prior to the fair's official announcement that the event would not take place.
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Jacks Thomas to Leave London Book Fair
Jacks Thomas is resigning as director of the London Book Fair after seven years in the role and is leaving Reed Exhibitions, the company that operates the fair. The change is effective this summer.
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London Book Fair Canceled
Citing concerns about the potential spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Reed Exhibitions has canceled this year's London Book Fair. Numerous major publishing conglomerates had already pulled out of the event.
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London Book Fair Will Still Go Ahead
The London Book Fair will proceed as planned next week, according to fair organizer Reed Exhibitions, despite worries over the potential impact of the new coronavirus prompting a growing number of publishers, literary agencies, and other book-related businesses to pull out.
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London Book Fair 2020: Sharjah Stars As Market Focus
At the London Book Fair, the United Arab Emirates plan a wide range of events to highlight its authors and culture.
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London Briefcase 2020: What U.S. Agencies Will Be Selling at the London Book Fair
U.S. agencies will be highlighting these books at the London Book Fair.
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London Book Fair 2020: London Calling
New programs and new opportunities await publishers at the 2020 London Book Fair
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Americans Are Pulling Out of the London Book Fair
Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Ingram, along with a handful of literary agencies, are among the parties that have canceled their plans to attend the London Book Fair due to concerns surrounding the new coronavirus.
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Sharjah Named London Book Fair Market Focus 2020
The London Book Fair has named the United Arab Emirate of Sharjah as the Market Focus of the London Book Fair 2020.
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This Year's London Book Fair Wraps
Over three days last week in London, England, a stable publishing industry clashed with the chaos of Brexit.
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London Book Fair 2019: Heard Any Good Poems Lately?
How the growing popularity of audio and a resurgence in poetry are driving interest in a UK-based internet radio station.
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London Book Fair 2019: A ‘Complex’ Moment For Argentinean Publishers
Ahead of the 2019 London Book Fair, PW caught up with Javier López Llovet, CEO of Penguin Random House in Argentina, to talk about the the industry's challenges in the region.
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London Book Fair 2019: With Blockchain and AI, Rana DiOrio Explores Publishing’s Cutting Edge
Rana DiOrio's latest venture, Creative Mint, seeks to leverage the power of blockchain technology to “democratize and decentralize” rights transactions.
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London Book Fair 2019: In Brazil, Publishers Facing Historic Challenge
Ahead of the London Book Fair, PW caught up with Marcos Pereira, President of the Brazilian Publishers Association (SNEL) and Publisher of Editora Sextante, one of the largest trade publishers in Brazil.
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London Book Fair 2019: Four Questions for...Chad Post
What’s the state of the U.S. market for literature in translation? Ahead of the 2019 London Book Fair, PW caught up with Open Letter and Three Percent founder Chad Post to get a glimpse at where things stand.
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London Book Fair 2019: Ian McEwan Leads Writers Against Brexit
Speaking at LBF just hours before the U.K. House of Commons voted on Tuesday night on the newest Brexit proposal, writer Ian McEwan described leaving the EU as “a national tragedy.”
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London Book Fair 2019: Why Brexit Might Hit British Academic Publishers Hardest
Brexit remains a source of uncertainty for all British publishers, but it has already negatively impacted the academic publishing sector in the U.K.