• 12–14 March 2024
  • Olympia London

Set the scene. Start the story.

Join us at Olympia London on 12–14 March 2024 for three days of business, networking and learning.

Why you should attend The London Book Fair

  • Experience over 100 seminars across several stages, including the Main Stage, Author HQ, English PEN Literary Salon, Literary Translation Centre, Tech Theatre, Focus Theatre, and the Sustainability Hub. Key themes of our seminars include: sustainability in publishing, how to get published, literary translation, diversity and inclusion, and emerging trends.
  • Join us in celebrating industry professionals with our Trailblazer and Lifetime Achievement Awards, and find out more about our Charity of the Year.
  • Our paid conferences deliver quality content, unrivalled networking opportunities, and access to all three days of LBF, included in the price of your ticket. The Writer's Summit is held offsite and is designed to help get your writing noticed by agents, publishers and readers. The day will include talks with authors about their journey to publication. The Research & Scholary Publishing Forum is held at Olympia and explores themes such as diversity and inclusion in STM publishing, national and international policies for libraries, Web3 technologies, the SDG Publishers Compact and more.
  • Set in the heart of London and with excellent public transport links, visitors to LBF can make the most of their trip to the city by visiting London's sights.

Please note LBF is a trade show and we can not facilitate meetings for authors to pitch to agents.

See who's attending and what's on at LBF

Exhibitor Directory

LBF welcomes over 1000 exhibitors every year. Take a look at our exhibitor directory to see who is joining us.

What's On

From engaging keynotes and conversations with bestselling authors, to inspiring talks at our theatres you’ll find plenty to do at LBF.

Seminars

Experience over 100 seminars across several stages, including the Main Stage, Author HQ, English PEN Literary Salon, and the Sustainability Hub.

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I've had more serendipitous meetings here than I've had in years.


Nic Cheetham
CEO, Head of Zeus

London's publishing industry is truly world-leading!


Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London