£10.9m
WHAT WORKS? EDUCATION
CONFERENCE Going global
The main focus of the seventh annual LBF
What Works? Education Conference is to look at the broader global picture in schools publishing, in the hope of enabling attendees
to use the data and best practices showcased to move between local and international markets.
Hot topics will be EdTech, international education
Today, 2 p.m. ? The Podcast Theatre IN CONVERSATION WITH...
Pod complex: Fair launches live podcasts
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BF 2019 features the fair’s first live podcast stream, with all of the record- ings in the initiative taking place at
the new Podcast Teatre. Te pick of today’s line-up includes “Te Vintage Podcast”— hosted by Bookseller Rising Star Leena Normington—which has Ian McEwan (above, at 2 p.m.) and Author of the Day Caryl Phillips (at 4.30 p.m.), while Deborah Moggach will be interviewed by author Daisy Buchanan for the latter’s “You’re Booked” at 5 p.m. On Wednesday, “Read Like a Writer”—the
podcast jointly produced by Indie Alliance colleagues Faber, Serpent’s Tail and Canongate—will be on hand for a chat about historical fiction (12.30 p.m.), while Tursday has “Sentimental Garbage” (billed as “the podcast that makes chick-lit click”), with host Caroline O’Donoghue talking to Author of the Day Holly Bourne.
THE BA A.G.M.
Shelf esteem high at BA ahead of annual meet
Today, 4.30 p.m. ? The High Street Theatre
trends in general, and the importance of providing access to education for refugee children. And, almost inevitably, Brexit and its possible impacts on the sector. Jane Mann, director of education reform at Cambridge University Press, is chairing the programme while the keynote will be given by Lynne McClure, who heads Cambridge Mathematics—Cambridge University’s cross- departmental organisation that aims to improve maths education methods.
Today, 9.30 a.m.
? Olympia Conference Centre
Today, 4.30 p.m. T ? English PEN Literary Salon
his afternoon Turkish-British author Elif Shafak will reveal her selection of some of the
best women writers in the UK, as part of a new scheme featuring these authors. Tose scheduled to be at the event include Northern Irish play- wright Lucy Caldwell, Mr Loverman author Bernardine Evaristo, the novelist and short story writer Sara Maitland, and filmmaker, journalist and campaigner Bidisha. Te authors will become a part of the International Literature Showcase
Tere are still challenges aplent on the high street, but bricks-and-mortar bookshops are having a good time of it lately. Indie numbers have risen for two years on the trot aſter a decade and a half of decline, and many of the chains (notably Waterstones) are surging. But there will be no complacency, and impor- tant issues—from business rates to pan-industry
promotions—will undoubtedly be mulled over at the Booksellers Association’s annual general meeting today (as well as more, shall we say, mundane a.g.m. business). It has been a good period for the BA itself: 2018 saw its membership reach record levels; Meryl Halls has been a dynamo in her first year as m.d.; and Mr B’s owner Nic Botomley has ably used his presidency to make plent of noise about the positive impact bookshops have on communities.
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BA PRESIDENT NIC BOTTOMLEY
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(ILS), a project run by the British Council and the National Centre for Writing (NCW). Te overarching ILS has been operating since 2016 and aims to promote British authors at home and abroad and to facilitate connections between writers, literary organisations and the public. Today’s event will conclude with
a drinks reception and an unofficial pre-launch of Nottwich, the May forum (organised by NCW director Chris Gribble and Sandy Mahal, director of the Nottingham City of Literature) which will bring together representatives from all 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature.
Combined, all-edition value sales through the TCM of Ian McEwan’s Atonement
WOMEN WRITERS WORKING IN THE UK TODAY
International Literature Showcase anoints new intake
ELIF SHAFAK WILL SHINE A LIGHT ON HER FAVOURITE FEMALE AUTHORS
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