UK to be guest of honour at Mexico’s Guadalajara book fair
The UK will be the guest of honour at next year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico, reports the Bookseller. A delegation of editors, writers and artists will represent British culture and literature...
Quirky Oz titles in demand at LBF 2014
This year’s London Book Fair, which wound up on 10 April, was ‘undeniably buzzy’, with international publishers ‘keen to mine Australian lists for the next Rosie Project’, reports Allen &...
Plans announced for new Toronto Book Fair
Plans have been unveiled for a new international book fair to be held in Toronto, Canada, in November 2014, reports Publishers Weekly. Inspire! The Toronto International Book Fair will be...
Children’s book fair in Shanghai to open in November
The inaugural China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) will be held at the Shanghai Mart Exhibition Centre on 7-10 November, reports Publishers Weekly. With two days dedicated to the trade...
Australians upbeat at ‘busy and buzzy’ LBF
Annabel Blay from Curtis Brown reports: ‘Busy and buzzy’ was the most frequent observation from editors, agents and scouts about this year’s London Book Fair (LBF), which ran from 15-17...
2014 London Book Fair to focus on South Korea
South Korean literature will be the focus of the 2014 London Book Fair (LBF), with the country selected for the fair’s Market Focus program, reports the Bookseller. The Market Focus...
Almost 2000 publishers expected to attend Guadalajara book fair
The 2012 Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico is expected to attract close to 1900 publishers from 40 countries and 600,000 visitors, reports Publishers Weekly. The fair kicked off on...
Melbourne to host Rare Book Week
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers will hold the inaugural Melbourne Rare Book Week this month. The free event will take place between 19 and 29 July...
Book Expo America 2010: ‘a historic moment’
Arcade Publishing’s Dale Campisi and Michael Brady report from this year’s Book Expo America:After a certain Icelandic volcano eruption kept many publishers away from the London Book Fair it was...
Australian attendance at book fairs threatened by AusTrade funding cut: APA
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has expressed its disappointment at news that funding to Austrade’s Export Market Development grants (EMDG) has been drastically cut in the recent federal budget.APA CEO...
Ex Libris Book Fair celebrates 10 years
Dale Campisi of Arcade Publications reports: Port Fairy's annual Ex Libris Book Fair celebrated 10 years last weekend 5-6 September. The festival drew hundreds of people to the historic Victorian south west...
Quality not quantity at this year’s London Book Fair
WBN correspondent Lachlan Jobbins reports: While fair organisers have yet to release attendee numbers, stand holders at this year's London Book Fair (LBF) generally felt that numbers were slightly down...
LBF: ‘better than expected’ so far
WBN correspondent Lachlan Jobbins reports: Despite grim economic forecasts and slightly lower registrations (The Bookseller reported registrations down by 2% on last year), the Australians at London Book Fair mostly...
Bologna ‘subdued’ but still successful for Australian attendees
The 46th annual Bologna Children's Book Fair has drawn to a close. There were many Australian publisher representatives and agents in attendance, which ran from 23 to 26 March. Claire...
Australians at Bologna and London Book Fairs
Bookseller+Publisher magazine continues to support Australian publishers attending the Bologna Children's Book Fair and the London Book Fair with our annual guide to Australian participants at these key international rights...
A ‘fantastic’ Tasmanian Book Fair
The Tasmanian Book Fair was held on Sunday August 24 from 10am to 4pm in Hobart as part of the Tasmanian Living Writers' Week. Shannon Challis, special projects officer of...
Beijing yet to become ‘must-attend’ event for Oz publishers
This year's Beijing International Book Fair wound up last week, having run from 30 August to 3 September While international publishers including HarperCollins, Penguin and Pan Macmillan have all been...
Cape Town Book Fair an ‘unprecedented success’
The 2007 Cape Town Book Fair, which ran from 16 to 19 June, was ‘an unprecedented success' according to the organisers. The second annual Cape Town Book Fair hosted 349...
BEA ‘one of the best ever’
Brendan Gullifer reports:Organisers of Book Expo America (BEA) 2007 are hailing it as one of their best events ever.Despite New York sweltering in 30-plus degree heat and high humidity, early...
LBF underway
The 2007 London Book Fair (LBF) is currently underway.Early reports suggest that the new venue at Earls Court has been received much more warmly than last year's controversial Docklands site.Along...