My London Book Fair…

Wrecked for many publishing professionals this year by volcanic ash, the LBF was for me an exciting first.

I followed the distress of others on Twitter as flights from every conceivable part of the world were stopped, particularly those from South Africa, the 2010 Fair’s market focus. But despite myriad appointments with Australians, Finns, Germans, […]

Getting Published – London Book Fair Masterclass

On gloriously sunny Sunday 17 April, my writing buddy, Denise, and I attended the pre-Fair Masmasterclass entitled ‘How to Get Published’. Whilst we knew some of it already, conned from amongst other places, the inestimable Carole Blake’s book From Pitch to Publication: Everything You Need to know to Get Your Novel Published, we found the […]

Apple turnover – electronic book publishing evolves

If you want to read about e-publishing and the effect of Apple’s iPad, I recommend you read Danuta Kean’s article here on the London Book Fair website