Book Marketing Society : Events Calendar

BMS forthcoming events calendar

2008
April
02/04	International Children's Book day- Held every year to commemorate the birth of Hans Christian Anderson in 1805, this day is coordinated by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People). Details available at: http://www.ibby.org
09/04	Galaxy British Book Awards: Winners announced
14/04-16/04	London Book Fair: Details available at: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk
24/04	Irish Book Awards at the Mansion House, Dublin. Details available at: http://www.irishbookawards.ie
May
13/05	British Book Industry Awards Ceremony: Details available at: http://www.britishbookawards.com
23/05	BMS Submission deadline for Best Marketing Campaigns run between January - April
Late May	Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Winner announced. Last year's winner was Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip (Penguin)
June
04/06	Orange Broadband Prizes: Winners announced. Last year's fiction winner was Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun (HarperPerennial)
05/06	BMS Judging Meeting - Judges meet to discuss the Best Marketing Campaigns run between January - April 2008
12/06	BMS Open Meeting
July
08/07	BTBS Charity Walk "The Walkies" Details available at: http://www.booktradecharity.demon.co.uk
05/07-19/07	The London Lit Plus open literary festival. Details available at: londonlitplus.com/
10/07	The Best of the Booker winner announcement - After two months of public voting, the winner will be announced today at the London Literature Festival.
August
09/08-25/08	Edinburgh International Book Festival www.edbookfest.co.uk/
19/08	BMS Forum Meeting
September
09/09	Man Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
18/09	The Bookseller Retail Awards- www.thebookseller.com
19/09	BMS Submission deadline for Best Marketing Campaigns run between May - August 2008
19/09-23/09	Small Wonder Short Story Festival - www.charleston.org.uk/smallwonder/
October
01/10	BMS Judging Meeting - Judges meet to discuss the Best Marketing Campaigns run between May - August 2008
08/10	BMS Open Meeting
09/10	National Poetry Day - launched in 1994 by William Sieghart of The Forward Arts Foundation and The Poetry Society to fuel the nation's enthusiasm for verse, and provide a platform for poets and poetry of all kinds. www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/
10/10-19/10	The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival - Now in its 59th year. http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/literature_festival.html
14/10	Man Booker Prize for Fiction winner annouced - The winning author and title for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 will be announced today. http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
15/10-19/10	Frankfurt Book Fair - The winning author and title for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 will be announced today. https://en.book-fair.com/fbf/journalists/press_releases/fbf/result.aspx
November
04/11	BMS Forum Meeting

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