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Publishing Leaders Gather at the London Book Fair on March 11

by | Feb 10, 2025 | News

Publishing professionals worldwide will converge in Olympia London for the London Book Fair 2025, which takes place from March 11 to 13. This represents an immense opportunity for industry networking, insight gathering, enabling and exhibiting new works and driving the advance of innovative content.

 

This year’s relevant topics include and are not limited to the “Insights Programme” offering more than 100 industry knowledgeable panels and educational emerging issues, trends, and technologies.

 

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, children’s author of the day, as well as Jamie Smart, the first ever creative personality of the fair will undergo the most recognized of the new initiatives this year “Authors of the Day” along with Monica Ali, an adult book author of the day and Claudia Piñeiro, International Author of the Day.

 

The Writers’ Summit on March 10 at Novotel West will unite new and seasoned authors by providing them with relevant professional advice, industry insight and motivation from accomplished writers.

 

An overarching theme of the conference and the discussions will remain focused on the increasing demand in professional and academic publishing over the most important issues within the publication.

 

This year’s edition will be led by the fair’s new director, Adam Ridgway, who continues the tradition of celebrating influential authors.

 

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