Updates on 2021 Book Fairs

With the international book trade in a very fluid state owing to Covid 19, and with book fairs around the world being postponed, rescheduled and/or moving into a hybrid online/offline model, we thought it would be helpful to collect together all the stories we have run recently giving the latest news on what’s happening, where in 2021.

• Online Book Fair 'surpassed expectations'

  News - Publishing

  London Book Fair director Andy Ventris hails success of digital event
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• Accessibility: how to be compliant

  News - Publishing

  Bologna Books+ professional programme session on the European Accessibility Act now available to view
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• Elif Shafak set for BolognaBookPlus Forging Forward conference

  News - International

  Novelist joins Monday's headline conference which sees speakers from 25 countries discuss the challenges facing global publishing, and how to move forward after the...
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• Publishing leaders assess impact of the pandemic

  News - International

  Digital raced ahead whilst store performace was more patchy, concludes State of the Nations: An Executive Roundtable held as part of BolognaBookPlus, the general trade arm...
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• Abu Dhabi fair wraps up

  News - International

  Book sales up 20% on 2019 figure as 30th edition of Abu Dhabi International Book Fair concludes; event saw nearly 900 exhibitors
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• Book Aid reveals Online Book Fair panel

  News - Publishing

  Alison Tweed, Sita Brahmachari, Bodour Al Qasimi, Sarah Odedina and Pam Dix taking part
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• LBF unveils author strand for online book fair

  News - Publishing

  Day-long event for writers on 29 June features agents, editors and authors including Matt Haig
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• Abu Dhabi International Book Fair underway

  News - International

  ADIBF has welcomed over 800 exhibitors from 46 countries in largest publishing gathering since the start of the year over the course of this week
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• LBF Lifetime Achievement award for Margaret Busby

  News - Prizes

  Allison & Busby co-founder to receive award from Zadie Smith and Bernardine Evaristo at London Book Fair’s first in-person event since the pandemic began
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• Bologna releases 2021 programme and sets 2022 dates

  News - International

  Fair unveils 'comprehensive virtual offering' featuring biggest online exhibition of children’s book illustrators, a free rights trading platform and the first global...
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