London Book Fair 2024 rescheduled for March

The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced its 2024 fair will be rescheduled from April to March 12–14, reports Publishers Weekly.

The move to March was prompted when Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) announced its 2024 program will run April 8–11, ending just five days prior to the originally scheduled dates for LBF.

LBF director Gareth Rapley said if the fair had stayed at its previous April dates it ‘would have imposed real logistical difficulties on exhibitors hoping to attend both fairs’. ‘It would also have prevented attendees to both fairs from having much downtime to take stock from Bologna and prepare for LBF,’ Rapley said.

Rapley added that he expects the shift to become permanent. ‘This will be a longer-term move to this period going forward, and we now are planning for LBF to be held around the same time in March from here on,’ said Rapley. ‘We hope this provides welcome certainty for the international adult and children’s industry.’

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