A Tale of Two Agents: Chapter Thirty-Six. Fair Thee Well

Mar 21

“Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

Late last week, The New York Times aptly captured the essence of book fairs - for those who do not practice:) - as rarified events in which:

"For three days, agents, editors, publishers, scouts and many other people whose jobs are harder to explain gather in a frenzied fashion, primarily to sell and buy foreign rights for English-language books, but also to take temperatures, observe prevailing winds and scheme.”

While we prefer brainstorming and strategizing to scheming, our intense meeting schedule brought excitement and enthusiasm with our global community.

London Book Fair Trends

"Dark Romantasy" definitely got top billing as well as coming of age and sports fiction.
Additionally, parenting in the modern age, business concepts for the age of AI, healthy habit training, trending trading techniques, investing and financial management.

A Fair to Remember

Clockwise: 1. Hey New York Times, it’s not all fun and games. 2. Well, it is after hours. Entertaining dinner with our publisher-client TCM/Free Spirit Publishing. 3. In the flowers with Allison and Vikas Rakheja, publisher of Manjul Publishing, India. 4. Monica and publisher-client Harrison Williams of Interlink Books, home of mouth-watering cookbooks and world literature.

You will find more highlights and memorable moments on our social media channels:

For those who did not attend the event in person, we are pleased to extend an invitation to visit our London Book Fair Virtual Booth, allowing you to access the fair from the comfort of your own workspace.