The English PEN announces a fascinating programme of events at the English PEN Literary Cafe at this year's London Book Fair, 20th-22nd April at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre.
Thanks to the generous support of HW Fisher & Company and Reed Exhibitions, English PEN will once again be at the heart of this world-class event, hosting author talks in the Café and offering free consultations with specialist authors’ accountants, Barry Kernon and Andrew Subramaniam – see below for more details.
Authors speaking at the Cafe will include William Boyd, Amit Chaudhuri, William Dalrymple, Umberto Eco, Ramachandra Guha, Girish Karnad, Prue Leith, Azar Nafisi, Anita Nair, Andrew O'Hagan, James Patterson, Meg Rosoff and Sarah Waters. The Cafe will also be the venue for major literary events such as the announcement of the Orange Prize shortlist and the presentation of the Hessell-Tiltman Award for History and the Academia Rossica Translation Prize.
Full listings of events at the English PEN Literary Café.
English PEN literary cafe in partnership with the British Council
LBF 2009 will host a Literary Café on the show floor that is sponsored by English PEN. The cafe plays host to a series of author interviews where authors talk about their latest book.
Authors will sign copies of their books in the Foyles Bookshop, part of the Literary Cafe.
English PEN is the founding centre of the worldwide writers' association, working to promote literature as a means of international understanding and intercultural dialogue. Supported by authors, publishers, booksellers and others engaged in the literary business, English PEN runs a year-round programme of campaigns, events, publications and projects to ensure that the value of literature is widely recognised, and that writers enjoy full creative freedom to explore the world around them. To find out more about English PEN, and to see how you can get more involved, visit www.englishpen.org or contact Jonathan Heawood, Director, on jonathan@englishpen.org .
Literary Cafe 2009 Schedule
Monday, 20th April 2009
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8.30am-9.30am The Author Breakfast organised by the Booksellers Association
By invitation only
10.00am-10.30am Author of the day - James Patterson
Interviewed by Jonathan Heawood, Director, English PEN
11.00am-11.30am Andrew O'Hagan
Interviewed by Lisa Appignanesi
1.00pm-1.30pm Girish Karnad & UR Ananthamurthy Interviewed by Maya Jaggi (TBC)
2.00p.m.- 2.30p.m. Azar Nafisi
Interviewed by Lisa Appignanesi
3.00pm-3.30pm K Satchidanandan & Amit Chaudhuri Interviewed by Boyd Tonkin (TBC)
4.30pm-5.30pm Silver PEN Publishing Partners reception
Tuesday, 21st April 2009
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09.00am-11.00am Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Shortlist Breakfast
Join Fi Glover, chair of the 2009 judging panel, as she announces the shortlist for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction.
The Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman, celebrating excellence, innovation and accessibility and the best of outstanding international fiction in women’s writing. Click here to register for this event
This form is to register for the Orange Prize and will also grant you access to the London Book Fair.
11.00a.m.-11.30a.m. Umberto Eco interview and book signing Interviewed by Jonathan Heawood, Director, English PEN
11.30a.m.-12.00p.m. Tarun Tejpal Interviewed by Claire Fox
1.30pm-2.00pm Lydia Cacho
Interviewed by Jo Glanville
2.30pm-3.00pm Sarah Waters
Interviewed by Lennie Goodings
3.30pm-4.00pm William Boyd
Interviewed by Danuta Kean
4.00pm-5.00pm TBC
Wednesday, 22nd April 2009
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9.30am-10.30am The Rossica Translation Prize:
This prize is the only in the world for literary translation from Russian into English. It is awarded by Academia Rossica, our Committee include Boyd Tonkin (The independent), Susie Nicklin (British Council), Christopher MacLehose, Amanda Hopkinson (British Centre for Literary Translation) amongst others.
11.00am-11.30am Meg Rosoff
Interviewed by Danuta Kean
12.00pm-12.30pm Author of the day - Prue Leith Interviewed by Jonathan Heawood, Director, English PEN
1.00pm-1.30pm Anita Nair & Javed Akhtar Interviewed by Pablo Mukherjee
2.30pm-3.00pm Ramachandra Guha Interviewed by Patrick French
3.00pm-3.30pm William Dalrymple
Interviewed by Ravi Mirchandani (TBC)
Contact the official PR Agents for The London Book Fair:
Midas Public Relations Limited
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London
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Contact: Midas Public Relations on:
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7584 7474
Fax: +44 (0)20 7584 7123
www.midaspr.co.uk
Market Focus- Indian Exhibitors
Exhibitor Name Stand Number Info
Abhinav Publications T520
Aegean Offset Printers W524
Ajanta Offset & Packagings Ltd X270
Ananda Publishers Private Limited U540
Aptara V535
Association of Publishers in India U475
Bafna Exports V460
Bhavana Books & Prints T470
Bibliophile South Asia U450
BJain Publishers Pvt. Ltd D625
BPB Publications T460
Brijbasi Art Press Ltd D405
Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd. U475
CAPEXIL U450, V480
CBS Publishers N510
Chowdhry Export House V454
D C Books V485
D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd U510
Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd U535
Eastern Book Company U480
Elsevier A Division of Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. U475
Full Circle Publishing & Hind Pocket Books U450
Galgotias A670
GBS Publishers & Distributors (India) U490
Globex Medicons U450
Gobind Sadan Publications U450
Goodword Books Pvt.Ltd U547
Gopsons Papers Ltd. Q704
Har - Anand Publications Pvt Ltd U545
Hemkunt Press V465
Heritage Impex Worldwide V475
IK International Publishing House Pvt Ltd T500
India Book House Publishing F430
India Trade Promotion Organisation V535
IndiaNIC Infotech Limited Y582
Jayant Printery X507
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd O480
JJ Offset Printers U460
Kalyani Navyug Media Pvt Ltd U525
Laserwords Private Limited V535
Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd V505
Macmillan India Ltd. U475
Mandira U450
Manipal Press Limited W507
Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. V495
McGraw-Hill Education (India) Pvt ltd U475
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (P) Ltd U495, U455
Multivista Global Limited T540
National Book Trust, India V482
Navayana Publishing U450, H110
Neelkamal Publications Pvt Ltd W467
New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd. U492
Niyogi Books T510
Nutech Photolithographers W483
Om Books International H205
Outsource Publishing U530
Oxford University Press India U475
Paras Offset Pvt. Ltd V450
Pearson Education (A division of Dorling Kindersley India Pvt. Ltd.) U475
Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. U475
Prints India V455
Pustak Mahal W477
Rakesh Press K610
Ratna Sagar P.Ltd T492
Red Ink Literary Agency / representations 19o
Replika Press Pvt Ltd U565
Repro India Ltd V655
Research Press U475
Roli Books K700
Rupa & Co T530
SABDA U470
Sahaja Exports International U450
Sahitya Academy T480
Saraswati Printers W457
Springer (India) Private Limited U475
Star Publishers Distributors U497
Sterling Publishers P Ltd C410
TARU - Books & Journals U450
Thomson Press (India) Ltd S555
Thymus Solutions Ltd W479
Total IT Solutions Pvt.Ltd W489
Tulika Publishers V535
UBS Publishers' Distributors Pvt. Ltd U542
Vadehra Art Gallery K610
Veeswa Exports U515
Wisdom Tree U505
WITS Interactive Pvt.Ltd U500
Xact Studio International A564
Zubaan
Tickets to London Book Fair are £25 in advance, or £40 on the door. A limited number of complimentary tickets for LBF are available for English PEN members, who are also invited to a free consultation with leading authors' accountants, Barry Kernon and Andrew Subramaniam of HW Fisher, who specialise in advising authors on tax matters.
To reserve your complimentary ticket to LBF and make your appointment for a free consultation with Barry or Andrew, please contact Amy Oliver on 020 7713 0023, or email amy@englishpen.org .
Barry Kernon acts for a great many authors, journalists and others in the media world, and is an acknowledged expert in the tax treatment of individuals in the creative industries. Barry has been in private practice since 1972, and joined HW Fisher & Company in 2002. He is Honorary Treasurer of both English PEN and the Society of Authors, and is a Trustee of the Poetry Society.
Andrew Subramaniam specialises in advising authors, journalists and musicians. He joined H W Fisher & Company as an audit trainee in 1991. Since qualifying as a chartered accountant he has been promoted rapidly and became a partner in May 2006.
The English PEN Literary Café is at the London Book Fair, Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA
Dates: Monday 20th – Wednesday 22nd April 2009
How to Book: visit www.englishpen.org or www.londonbookfair.co.uk /.
Earlier the news about London Book Fair was posted at http://penreporter.blogspot.com/2009/03/london-british-council-indian-authors.html
