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The Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) has been shortlisted for the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards 2021 in the “The Library of the Year Award” category.
The GhLA was shortlisted alongside the Kenya National Library Services of Kenya and the Public Library Koprivnica of Croatia.
Purpose
The award is being organised by the London Book Fair, in partnership with the Publishers Association (United Kingdom), to celebrate publishing achievement across seven categories.
Additionally, it is also to recognise organisations and individuals who have demonstrated originality, creativity, and innovation within the industry.
Categories
A press release copied to the Daily Graphic, listed the other categories as “The Audiobook Publisher of the Year; The Bookstore of the Year Award; The Educational Learning Resources Award; The Literary Translation Initiative Award and The Rights Professional Award.
London Book Fair: The 2021 International Excellence Awards Shortlist
The eighth annual iteration of these awards includes recognition for rights professionals, audiobook publishers, bookstores, educational learning resources, and more.
An April 27 shot at London’s Paddington Central, where boat restaurants and bars have opened for outdoor dining. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Kauka Jarvi
Lotinga: ‘Publishers, Booksellers, and Librarians’
Fifteen nations are represented on the shortlist for this year’s all-digital London Book FairInternational Excellence Awards, announced this morning (May 10) in the United Kingdom.
As we reported on Thursday (May 6), London’s digital edition in June now spans three weeks, with events between June 7 and July 1, forming a kind of Bologna Children’s Book Fair sandwich, with that leading children’s trade show running June 14 to 17.
In last year’s International Excellence Awards from the London Book Fair, Bonnier took the inclusivity prize and Spain’s Casanovas & Lynch Literary Agency won the agents’ award.
On London’s Regent Street, January 5. Image – iStockphoto: VV Shots
Nomination Deadlines: January 22
While the 2021 edition of London Book Fair has moved its dates from March to June 29 to July 1 as we reported in November the submission deadline for this year’s round of the trade show’s International Excellence Awards arrives on Friday (January 22).
Winners of the 2020 round of awards were reported on March 11, meaning that many world publishing industry players haven’t necessarily had this program on their minds or calendars for a while and this week’s deadline for submissions may catch up with them.