2009 | |
January | |
| 27/01 | Costa First Book Awards winner announced - www.costabookawards.com |
February | |
| 26/02 | BMS Open Meeting - One Alfred Place, WC1E 5.30-6.30. Announcement of the winner of BMS Best Marketing Campaign |
March | |
| 05/03 | World Book Day - www.worldbookday.com |
| 06/03 until 08/03 | Independent Publishers Guild Annual Conference - www.ipg.uk.com |
| 08/03 until 18/03 | Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival - Click here |
| 11/03 until 13/03 | APSBG Conference & AGM - www.booksellers.org.uk |
| 17/03 until 22/03 | Abu Dhabi Book Fair - http://www.adbookfair.com |
| 23/03 until 26/03 | Bologna Children's Book Fair - Click here for more details |
| 29/03 until 05/04 | Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival - Click here for more details |
| 31/03 | BML's Annual Books & Consumer Conference 2009 - 9.30am - 12.45pm, One Birdcage Walk, London SW1. See here for more details |
April | |
| April | Irish Book Awards - www.irishbookawards.com |
| 03/04 | Galaxy British Book Awards - www.britishbookawards.com |
| 20/04 until 22/04 | The London Book Fair - www.londonbookfair.co.uk |
| 24/04 until 26/04 | Cambridge Wordfest - www.cambridgewordfest.co.uk |
| 20/04 | BBIA Shortlist announced - www.britishbookindustryawards.co.uk |
May | |
| 22/05 | Deadline for entries for BMS Best Marketing Campaign for period Jan-Apr 2009 - Click here for more details |
| 21/05 until 23/05 | The Guardian Hay Festival - Click here for more details |
June | |
| 1/06 | BBIA Awards ceremony - At the Wellcome Trust Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge. For further details of this please contact Naomi Gane at The Booksellers Association, email Naomi.gane@booksellers.org.uk |
| 17/06 | BMS Open Meeting - Foyles Gallery, Charing Cross Rd, London.- Announcement of the winner of BMS Best Marketing Campaign for Jan - Apr 2009 |
| 30/06 | Orange Prize for Fiction Awards Ceremony - Click here for more details |
July | |
| Jul until Aug | Best Audio books of the Year 2009 - www.20bestaudiobooks.com |
| 2/07 until 16/07 | London Literature Festival |
| 17/07 | Deadline for Christmas Books Catalogue 2009 - The deadline for publishers to submit entries to the 2009 catalogue is the 17th July. Further information is available from johenry@publishingnews.co.uk 0203 089 4460. |
August | |
| 15/08 until 31/08 | Edinburgh International Book Festival - www.edbookfest.co.uk |
September | |
| 08/09 | Man Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist announced - www.themanbookerpri ze.com |
| 10/09 | BMS Forum Meeting - Details to be confirmed |
| 25/09 | BMS Submission deadline - for Best Marketing Campaigns run between May - Aug 2009 |
October | |
| 06/10 | BMS Judging lunch - judges of the BMS Best Marketing Campaign meet to discuss shortlist |
| 06/10 | Man Booker Prize for Fiction winner announced - www.themanbookerpri ze.com |
| 08/10 | National Poetry Day - www.nationalpoetr yday.co.uk |
| 09/10 until 19/10 | The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival 2009 - www.ch eltenhamfestivals.com/literature |
| 14/10 | Frankfurt Book Fair - www.frankfurt- book-fair.com/en/ |
| 20/10 | BMS Open Meeting - Details to be confirmed |
November | |
| 05/11 | BMS Forum meeting - Discussion on possible backlist promotions. Click here. |
| 05/11 until 8/11 | Bratislava International Book Fair - www.incheba.sk |
| 11/11 until 22/11 | Shajah World Book Fair - www.swbf.gov.ae |
| 25/11 until 29/11 | International Book Fair for Non-Fiction (Moscow) - www.expopark.ru |
December | |
| 02/12 until 6/12 | Sofia International Book Fair - www.abk.org |
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