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The latest news and comment on the UK's annual book-publishing trade fair

March 2024

  • London Book Fair 2024.

    Romantasy, AI and Palestinian voices: publishing trends emerge at London book fair

    Future publishing priorities also included sustainability, neurodivergent protagonists and new retellings of Greek mythology

April 2023

  • Sadiq Khan, Verna Gao and Dapo Adeola

    Meals and deals: five biggest trends from London book fair 2023

    There was lots to digest at the publishing fair, including cookery books from social media stars, a climate change book from London mayor Sadiq Khan, and some big debut novels to look forward to
  • Raynor Winn at home in garden in St Veep, Cornwall.

    Never too late: over-50s urged to write fiction with prize for debut novel

    Award launched at London book fair aims to help older authors take the plunge and submit a first work
  • Peter Usborne

    The Guardian view on the London book fair: let it be full and fun

    Editorial: As publishing looks to cash in on the BookTok revolution, it would do well to remember an earlier innovator, Peter Usborne

April 2022

  • Richard Coles, Shirley Ballas and Richard Osman.

    What will we be reading next year? Five biggest trends from the London book fair

    The publishing jamboree was finally back after a two year break with clues of what we can expect in bookshops once all the deals are signed

March 2020

  • London Book Fair 2019<br>Day two of the London Book Fair on the 13th March 2019 at London Olympia in the United Kingdom. (photo by Sam Mellish / In Pictures via Getty Images)

    London book fair cancelled over coronavirus fears, amid growing anger

    Around 25,000 publishers, authors and agents were due to attend the fair next week, where deals for biggest books are struck

March 2019

  • London book fair 2019 at Olympia. (Photo by Sam Mellish/In Pictures via Getty Images)

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Therapy on the couch, plus the London book fair – books podcast

    On this week’s show, we talk to AK Benjamin and Anthony Good about two very different takes on therapy, plus the most exciting books due in the next year
  • Visitors to the London book fair 2019 at Olympia.

    True crime grips London book fair 2019

    Big deals signed for study of a 19th-century family of killers, Hell’s Half-Acre, and Murder Isn’t Easy, a mortician’s take on Agatha Christie’s forensics
  • Elton John in concert, Newark, USA - 02 Mar 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zimmerman/REX/Shutterstock (10129205af) Sir Elton John Elton John in concert, Newark, USA - 02 Mar 2019

    What will you be reading next year? London book fair's star attractions

    Salman Rushdie’s take on Don Quixote, Elton John’s memoirs and a study of criminals in Broadmoor – a selection of the biggest and most interesting books announced at the fair

April 2018

  • Benedict Wells. London. Photograph by David Levene

    The Guardian Books podcast
    Benedict Wells, plus Man Booker International prize and London book fair news – books podcast

  • Composite photograph (L-R): Jeanette Winterson, J.R.R Tolkien and Caitlin Moran.

    Books blog
    What will you be reading next year? A roundup of London book fair

  • London Book Fair, Olympia, London, UK - 10 Apr 2018<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Tang/REX/Shutterstock (9622921a) A Donald Trump look-a-like promotes the the novel 'The President Is Missing' by Bill Clinton and James Patterson London Book Fair, Olympia, London, UK - 10 Apr 2018

    Feminist fiction drives big money at London book fair

  • A pile of books

    British publishing can still lead the world after Brexit

March 2017

  • London Book Fair<br>epa05849977 A view of the London Book Fair, in London, Britain, 15 March 2017. The LBF runs from 14 to 16 March.  EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

    Books blog
    London book fair: UK publishers cheerfully splash cash as sales rise

    Decline of reality TV and soap star memoirs greeted with glee, but publishers say it is time to turn the page on Gone Girl-style ‘grip-lit’
  • Pulp At Glastonbury<br>Jarvis Cocker of Pulp performs on stage at Glastonbury Festival, June 1994. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

    Books blog
    London book fair: not so common deal for Jarvis Cocker as publishers chase Britpop stars

    Ex-Pulp frontman’s book on creativity heads for six-figure deal, while Suede’s Brett Anderson memoir is also signed
    • Books blog
      London book fair: new Peter Carey and Benedict Cumberbatch snaps up Matt Haig

    • The Guardian Books podcast
      Baileys longlist author Ayòbámi Adébáyò, and London book fair – books podcast

    • Books blog
      Brexit is big at 2017 London book fair – but it’s Poland’s year to shine

April 2016

  • Doing deals … (from left) Ian McEwan, Nadiya Hussain and Chloé Esposito.

    Chloé Esposito 'bad twin' trilogy bags over £2m at London book fair

    Thriller series Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know sets publishing showcase buzzing, but there’s cash left for a novel from Bake Off’s Nadiya Hussain, a Little Prince sequel and a pride of literary lions

December 2015

  • people visit the Guadalajara Book Fair, the biggest literary event in the Spanish-speaking world, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on November 28, 2015. This year's guest of honour is the United Kingdom.  AFP PHOTO / HECTOR GUERREROHECTOR GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images

    Books blog
    Guadalajara book fair builds a bridge between Mexico and the UK

    The giant event put a large contingent of Britain’s finest on display, and should provide an invitation for English-language readers to explore an unfamiliar new world of reading
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