The shortlist for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2019 has been announced, with USA leading the way with five nominations, closely followed by Brazil and India with three each - and 26 countries represented.
The awards, which are held in partnership with the UK Publishers Association (PA), celebrate publishing success in seventeen categories, representing the best publishing ambassadors, innovative publishing, and ground-breaking initiatives in the industry. In each award category, the judging panel was comprised of experts in that sector.
The new International Book Trade Journalist Award will see a tight contest between shortlisted Anja Sieg - Buchreport (Germany), Leonardo Neto - PublishNews (Brazil) and Porter Anderson - Publishing Perspectives (USA). BOA Bookstore (Vietnam), Fang Suo Commune (China) and Unity Books (Wellington) Ltd (New Zealand) will all hope to take home the Bookstore of the Year, sponsored by Gardners. Festivals across the world are nominated for Literary Festival of the Year, with Book Arsenal Literature Festival (Ukraine), International Literature Festival Utrecht (Netherlands) and Makassar International Writers Festival (Indonesia) all in the running. Virtual Reading Gym (South Africa) is nominated twice in the Educational Initiatives and Educational Learning Resources, supported by The China Publishing & Media Journal, categories.
USA (5), Brazil (3), India (3), Canada (2), France (2), Germany (2), South Africa (2) and Market Focus Indonesia (10) all received multiple entries. Africa has a strong presence with nominations for Botswana (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (2) and Zambia (1).
The winners of several other Awards will also be presented on the night including: The Simon Master's Chairman Award and The Association for Publishing Education (APE) Student Awards.
The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award will also be presented at the ceremony.
The LBF International Excellence Awards ceremony is an invitation-only event, and takes place on March 12, 2019 in The Conference Centre, Olympia, London.
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