While a lot of the usual LBF rights-trading focused on agencies’ and publishers’ own online ‘fairs’, there are a still a number of hot titles around this summer’s digital event
Yin’s Malaysian cookbook hits the spot for Quadrille
Quadrille has snapped up Mandy Yin's Sambal Shiok: A Malaysian Cookbook.
Faber to publish Black British Lives Matter essay collection with Henry and Ryder
Faber is to publish Black British Lives Matter, a collection of essays commissioned by Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder.
Children’s Bookshow announces series of 15 live events this autumn
The Children's Bookshow charity has announced it will be returning to theatres across the country this autumn with a series of 15 live events featuring authors, poets and illustrators, including Michael Rosen and Val Bloom.
Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival apologises for absence of female writers of colour
The organisers of the 2021 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival have apologised for not including any female writers of colour in the programme .
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 2, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday's most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West for $1.99 Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby for $1.99 Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane for $1.99 Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok for $2.99 The Good Girl by Mary Kubica for $2.99 Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman for $2.99 Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert for $1.99 The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff for $2.99 The Wives by Tarryn Fisher for $2.99 The Initial...
Amberley acquires Quiller in £1.4m deal
Amberley Publishing, an independent specialist in local history heritage, has acquired Quiller Publishing in a £1.4m deal.
Trade should not assume pandemic success will continue, LBF hears
Booksellers and publishers should not assume that the growth in the book industry seen throughout the pandemic will continue, the London Book Fair has heard.
Adeola and Bryon win at UKLA Awards
Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon have won the age three to six category at the UKLA Awards, the annual national book prize judged by teachers, with Look Up! (Puffin).
Blakemore wins £10k Desmond Elliott Prize for ‘stunning’ debut
A K Blakemore has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "stunning" historical fiction novel The Manningtree Witches (Granta Books).
