The London Book Fair 2025: an update
To be held from March 11-13,2025 at Olympia London, the Main Stage Keynotes at The London Book Fair 2025 will include:James Daunt (Waterstones and Barnes and Noble) and David Shelley (Hachette UK & US) discussing the evolving publishing landscape in a global keynote and Taylor-Dior Rumble (author of The Situationship) and Will Rayfet Hunter (#MerkyBooks New Writers’ Prize 2022 winner) leading a session on cultivating the next generation of readers..
Other Seminar Programme highlights include:AI and Copyright across the UK and US – with Maria Pallante (Association of American Publishers) and Dan Conway (Publishers Association); Nielsen Book Data delve into UK & international book market trends in 2024; Book-to-Screen Adaptations – with The Castaways author Lucy Clarke; The Art of Creating an Audiobook – with Nathan Hull (Beat Technology) ; Sustainability in Publishing – Global green initiatives with GvantsaJobava (IPA) and Mary Glenn (United Nations Publications) and AI-Assisted Content for Non-Fiction Publishers – with Georgia Kirke (Write Business Results) and Anirvan Chakraborty (Disney Streaming & DuckDuckGo).
Meanwhile, The Reading Agency has been announced as the 2025 Charity of the Year, recognised for its impactful work promoting reading for pleasure, reaching 2.4 million people in 2023-24.