From March 10 to 12, this year’s London Book Fair will take place – one of the largest and most prestigious business events in the book world, attracting over 1,000 exhibitors and about 30,000 visitors annually. The fair will traditionally be held at the Olympia exhibition center.
Ukraine will be represented in London by a national stand organized by the Ukrainian Book Institute. Within the national stand, 12 publishers and a literary agency will present their books: Samit-Knyha, Artbooks, Navchalna Knyha – Bohdan, Orlando Publishing House, Staryi Lev Publishing, Vivat, Ukraїner Publishing, CREATIVE PUBLISHING, Ukrainian Fashion Publishing, Ranok, Creative Women Publishing, Freimut Books, and the literary agency OVO.
“The London Book Fair is one of the key platforms for reminding the international community about Russia’s war against Ukraine. Ukraine’s participation in such events helps build international support, promotes the sale and purchase of rights to support Ukrainian publishers, authors, translators, and literary agents, and creates networking opportunities for Ukrainian and foreign participants to establish cooperation. Participation with a national stand ensures the presence of Ukrainian authors in the global cultural context and supports the publishing industry during wartime,” said Olena Odynoka, Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Book Institute for International Cooperation.
The official opening of the stand, attended by Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine Bohdana Laiuk, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and London Book Fair Director Emma Love, is scheduled for March 10 at 16:30. The number of the Ukrainian national stand is 1E101.
The Ukrainian Book Institute expressed gratitude for the organizational support in Ukraine’s participation to the fair organizers, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom, the British Council, and the SUPRR initiative.
