Rights Roundup: Spring Brings Busy and Buzzy Book Fairs

This month’s roundup features a children's book about a girl befriending her demon, a collaboration between two great artists, and why human knowledge is even more important in the age of AI.
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Our COO, Nina Tscheke, and Global Business Development Director, Stuart Cooper, had a great time in London meeting colleagues from across the scholarly publishing and research community.

Thanks to everyone who met with us at #LBF26.
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London book fair roundup: Idris Elba’s thriller deal, the rise of romcom, and fights against censorship

The actor led the starry book deals, while publishers assessed whether US-style bans are spreading to the UK The annual London book fair wrapped on Thursday, marking the end of three days that saw 33,000 people connected to the book industry – agents, publishers, authors, among others – gather at Olympia to make deals and discuss the state of the publishing world, and its future. Here’s our roundup of the biggest deals, trends and takeaways from the fair. The starriest book deal of the week was a new thriller series co-authored by Idris Elba , featuring an MI6 field operative who gets deployed to Mauritius to investigate an attempted…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/london-book-fair-roundup-idris-elbas-thriller-deal-the-rise-of-romcom-and-fights-against-censorship

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News Summary: 10,000 Authors Publish Blank Book Protesting UK AI Copyright Legislation

Remember how I started the week by contrasting the Paris Book Festival, where threatened boycotts over AI flooding the market had forced Amazon to withdraw its sponsorship, with London Book Fair, hosted in the less radical home of the open letter?
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‘Don’t Steal This Book’: Authors protest AI at London Book Fair with ‘empty’ book

Thousands of authors feature in a new “empty” book titled “Don’t Steal This Book” – a protest over AI firms using creative professionals’ work without their permission.

“The UK government must not legalise book theft to benefit AI companies,” reads the back cover of a new book being distributed at this year’s London Book Fair.

International Insider: London Book Fair; A Conundrum For Cannes; Tim Davie’s Swansong
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https://deadline.com/2026/03/international-insider-london-book-fair-2026-1236751234/

London Book Fair 2026: At the LBF’s Literary Translation Center, Panels Address Ongoing Concerns for Translators

The packed sessions at the London Book Fair's 16-year-old Literary Translation Center are confirmation that literary translators are always seeking new ways to improve their situation.
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