Espoo City Library, Finland wins LBF award
Espoo City Library in Finland has been awarded the library of the year award at the London Book Fair (LBF), as part of the fair's International Excellence Awards. Judges said...
LBF International Excellence Awards winners announced
London Book Fair (LBF), in association with the UK Publishers Association, has announced the winners of the International Excellence Awards. The bookstore of the year award went to Fang Suo...
Unity Books shortlisted for LBF International Excellence Awards
Wellington’s Unity Books has been shortlisted in the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. Unity Books is shortlisted for the Bookstore of the Year award, which was won by...
‘Happy children’s publishers’ at LBF 2016
ALS Library Services director Patricia Genat reports from the London Book Fair: Sunshine, showers, dinosaurs, Shakespeare and happy children’s publishers—this could be a summary of the 2016 London Book Fair...
Mood upbeat at LBF 2015
This year’s London Book Fair ran from 14-16 April, returning to the Olympia centre in West London for the first time since 2005. The mood was ‘upbeat’ and the ‘domestic noir and quirky...
Inaugural London Book & Screen Week announced
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced its first London Book & Screen Week (LBSW) to celebrate books, film and television. The event will run from 13-19 April to coincide with LBF...
LBF to hold social media conference
The London Book Fair (LBF) will stage its first social media conference on trends in global publishing, reports the Bookseller. The online conference, called ‘Around the World in 8 Hours’,...
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 &...
PubMatch unveils rights sales function
PubMatch, an international book rights database founded by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit, has unveiled its new rights sales function at the London Book Fair, reports Publishers Weekly. Rights@PubMatch,...
Penguin, ILF winners at LBF International Book Industry Excellence Awards
Penguin Australia and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) are among the winners at the inaugural London Book Fair (LBF) International Book Industry Excellence Awards.Penguin Australia received the Educational Learning Resources...
Penguin, ILF shortlisted for inaugural LBF International Book Industry Excellence Awards
Penguin Australia and the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) are among the finalists for the inaugural London Book Fair (LBF) International Book Industry Excellence Awards. The awards, which were launched in October...
London Book Fair launches suite of international publishing awards
The London Book Fair (LBF) has launched a new suite of international publishing awards, which it will present for the first time at the 2014 fair, in association with the...
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...
Publishers concerned about Amazon’s territoriality practices
Publishers who attended this year’s London Book Fair have raised concerns about how Amazon enforces territorial restrictions for books listed on its websites, reports both the Bookseller and Publishing Perspectives. According...
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...
LBF director steps down
Alistair Burtenshaw is stepping down from his position as director of the London Book Fair, reports Publishers Weekly. Burtenshaw is also stepping down from the role of director of books...
LBF: ‘busy’ and ‘hopeful’
While official attendance figures are yet to be released, this year’s London Book Fair (LBF) has been described as ‘busy’ and ‘hopeful’ by Australian publishers, with a large delegation from...
Quote of the week
‘It seemed people had, for the most part, stopped talking about the state of the industry, and started talking again about their books, their authors and the increasingly inventive and...
Oz self-publishers to attend London Book Fair
A group of Australian self-publishers are calling for local authors to participate with them in this year's London Book Fair (LBF), which will take place between 11 and 13 April.The Australian...
LBF: ‘a very weird and quiet fair’
With the Bookseller reporting agent meetings are down 50%, the London Book Fair (LBF) this year is, in the words of Text Publishing's rights manager Anne Beilby, ‘definitely a weird...