Feature Can’t-miss events
With swathes of talks, presentations, panel discussions and events across the bustling London Book Fair roster, atendees could be forgiven for overlooking some of the scheduling. Not any more: Tom Tivnan rounds up the events taking place at Olympia today that will be agenda-seting, and are not to be missed
Programme priorities
Charlie Adlard in Conversation with John Harris Dunning
P Today, 2.30 p.m. CrossMedia Theatre
L
ONDON BOOK FAIR’S inaugu- ral CrossMedia Creator of the Fair is the UK’s second
comics laureate, Charlie Adlard pictured. The artist has worked on Judge Dredd, 2000AD, X-men and Mars Atacks, but is best known as the penciller of the Robert Kirkman-authored The Walking Dead series. He is the bestselling British comics artist since accurate records began, earning £11.1m through Nielsen BookScan, the bulk of which (£10.6m) has been gener- ated by The Walking Dead. Adlard has used the Comics
Mind the Gap: Celebrating
Authentic Inclusion P Today, 11.30 a.m. Children’s Hub
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Disability advocate Emily Davison, who runs
fashioneyesta.com, a blog that aims to make fashion accessible and inclusive for people with sight loss and other disabilities
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ITH THE GLOBAL trade continuing to address its issue with diver-
sit, this seminar will look at “examples of books that are doing it well, as well as gaps that still exist” with a panel of authors and young people with disabilities. On hand will be Silent Striker author Peter Kalu and One writer Sarah Crossan; both titles were recently chosen
by the UK branch of the Interna- tional Board of Books for Young People (IBBY) for its 23-strong Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities list. The rest of the panel includes blogger, journalist and disabil- it advocate Emily Davison and Heather Lacey, ambassador for inclusion for diversit campaign organisation Inclusive Minds.
If you like this, you’ll like…
Diversity and Inclusion: Poetry and the Small Press Today, 5.30 p.m., Poet’s Corner
Accessible Publishing: Strategies for Success 12th April; 1 p.m., Olympia Room Grand Hall
Laureate platform to raise awareness of the role comics can have in literacy and education, and has railed against the term “graphic novels”, saying the term “was created to say, ‘this is for adults, not for kids’, but comics should not be limiting like that. They should be for all ages.” Adlard will be talking with the novelist and comics writer John Harris Dunning, whose Tumult (SelfMadeHero), illus- trated by Michael Kennedy, will be published in June.
If you like this, you’ll like…
Pushing the Limits of Graphic Stories Today, 10 a.m., Children’s Hub
Illustrators Business Masterclass with the Association of Illustrators 11th April; 1 p.m., CrossMedia Theatre
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