London Book Fair

I looked for children's book fairs where I could show my work that were closer to home than The Bologna Book Fair. I found the London Book Fair which in which  " 25,000 publishing professionals arrive in London for the week of the Fair to learn, network, and kick off their year of business."

The fair is features conferences, awards and exhibitions. The fair advertises itself as "global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels." This makes it sound like an ideal place to exhibit my work and to network with industry professionals. The festival is not focussed only on children's books so is not as clearly based on my practice as The Bologna Children's Book Fair but I still think it could be an extremely useful and enjoyable event to attend and possibly exhibit at. It would be a good way to build confidence in my work and gain experience of how to prepare, and display my work at these kinds of events. I would like to start attending events like this to build my confidence and get used to networking.