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The London Book Fair (LBF) is a large book-publishing trade fair held annually, ... Within a history of 42 years leading in the book market and exhibition, more than ...
The idea for an annual book fair was mooted in discussions after an event at the Commonwealth Institute in 1979 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding by Jessica Huntley and Eric Huntley of Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications; described as a "cultural extravaganza", it featured a variety of performers, poets, drummers, dancers and musicians, including Misty in Roots, Keith Waithe, Cecil ...
Subsequently, they saw the Fair grow and go through a number of development and name changes, finally becoming The London Book Fair in 1977. The London Book Fair was sold in 1985 to Industrial & Trade Fairs (which later became Reed Exhibitions), by which time the number of exhibitors had increased to 520.
In addition to London, there’s the Bologna children’s book fair in Italy next month — a magnet for book scouts from Disney and other animation companies — and the historic Frankfurt market ...
Marjorie Plant. The English Booktrade: An Economic History of the Making and Sale of Books (London, 1965) Don-John Dugas (2001). "The London Book Trade in 1709". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. JSTOR 24304513. James Raven (2007). Business of Books: Booksellers and the English Book Trade 1450-1850. ISBN 978-0300181630. John ...
London Book Fair: Earls Court Exhibition Centre [7] May Chelsea Flower Show: Royal Hospital Chelsea [8] 1862 June Trooping the Colour: Horse Guards Parade, Westminster [9] Barnes Children's Literature Festival [10] Barnes, London: 2015 City of London Festival: City of London [11] 1962 Carnival de Cuba: Southwark Park [12] 2005 Pride London ...
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Earls Court was widely known for serving as London's and the country's premier exhibition venue for many decades, hosting the Royal Smithfield Show, Royal Tournament, the British International Motor Show, London Boat Show, the Ideal Home Show, Billy Graham rallies, the Brit Awards (until 2010), Crufts and other events such as large scale opera ...