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London Book Fair Director Steps Down
Andy Ventris, director of the London Book Fair since November 2020, will step down and leave Reed Exhibitions, the company that runs the fair, this summer. The search is on for a replacement.
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Covid Outbreak Hits U.K. Book Business Following London Book Fair
On April 8, three days after the London Book Fair, about 4,000 people in London tested positive for Covid, with anecdotal evidence showing that at least some of those testing positive were at the fair.
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London Book Fair 2022: Taking Stock of Talks and Trends
Publishers waited three years to reconvene in London, and the level of enthusiasm for a near-normal book fair was high.
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London Book Fair 2022: Day Three Shows No Slowdown
A quieter but no less buzzy day three at the London Book Fair saw publishers begin to look ahead to Frankfurt, continue the debate about Ukraine, and celebrate strong book sales in the U.K. and reduced VAT in Europe.
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London Book Fair 2022: Business Roars Back
Excitement continued during the second day of the London Book Fair as attendees welcomed the opportunity to meet in person once again. As expected, conversations revolved around sales, deals, Covid-19, and the war in Ukraine.
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London Book Fair 2022: In Praise of Commercial Fiction
Louise Moore, managing director of Penguin's Michael Joseph imprint in the U.K., gave a keynote speech at the London Book Fair urging the publishing industry and society in general to stop looking down its nose at commercial fiction.
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London Book Fair Opens with Lots of Buzz
Expectations and enthusiasm for the first in-person London Book Fair in three years are high, as publishers, agents, and authors crowded the still-under-renovation Olympia conference center. Here are some of the sights from the first day of the fair.
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London Book Fair 2022: Awards Honor International Publishing, Lifetime Achievement
Among the winners of the London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards were Findaway, from the U.S., which took home Audiobook Publisher of the Year, and Cărturești, from Bucharest, Romania, which was chosen as Bookstore of the Year. The LBF also honored Japanese publisher Hiroshi Hayakawa with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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London Book Fair 2022: Together Again
North American rights professionals are excited to see their international colleagues in person at LBF, even as pandemic uncertainty lingers.
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London Book Fair 2022: A Cautious Return
U.S. publishers are testing the book fair waters in London.
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London Book Fair 2022: Back to Britain
Hopes are high for the first London Book Fair since 2019.
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Americans Trickle Back to London Book Fair
Two years after the coronavirus forced a last-minute cancellation of the London Book Fair, four of America’s Big Five publishers will be sending small delegations to the fair, which runs April 5-7 at Olympia London.
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London Book Fair Opens Registration for In-Person Show
The London Book Fair, scheduled for April 5-7, is now open for registration, affirming its intention to run an in person show, for which it anticipates 20,000 attendees.
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The London Book Fair International Excellence Award Winners
The annual prizes honor the best of the global publishing industry.
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The London Book Fair Returns
The London Book Fair is hosting virtual events throughout June, culminating in an online-only fair.
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Online at the London Book Fair
Below are some highlights of this year’s events. For further information go to londonbookfair.co.uk.
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London Book Fair Outlines Virtual Events
The London Book Fair has announced a schedule of topics and conferences that will be covered during its virtual online book fair, which will run from June 7 to July 1.
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London Book Fair Will Be All Virtual
The London Book Fair, scheduled for June 29-July 1, will be an all-virtual, online-only event. The organizers had moved the event to summer from its customary spring dates in the hope of holding in-person events, but the ongoing pandemic made this impossible.
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London Book Fair Is Still TBD
Organizers of the London Book Fair, currently scheduled for June 29-July 1, said they are delaying making a decision on whether to hold an in-person or virtual book fair until mid-April.
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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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