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It's Happening! The 30th Annual Gardners Trade Show and BA Conference on Sunday 1st October, at The Leonardo Hotel, Hinckley Island.

Plans are well under way for our annual Trade Show this October! This is a great opportunity for you to meet publishers and the Gardners team. It is also a great opportunity for you to network with other booksellers and get a hands-on look at hundreds of new titles and ranges. 

We will have 60+ publishers ready and waiting to greet you, and the Gardners Team will be on site eager to welcome you through the doors. 

As ever, we are delighted to be once again holding our Trade Show in conjunction with the Booksellers Association Annual Conference that directly follows our event. We are also proud to once again be sponsoring the BA Conference allowing booksellers to attend for free!

We can't wait to be able to see you all again, and meet some of our new customers too!

Discover our author guest list for 2023
We are delighted to be welcoming......


Guest Author:
Adrian Edmonson 

Ade Edmondson is an English actor, comedian, musician, writer and television presenter. He is well known for his charaster Vyvyan in The Young Ones. Ade writes of life, his career and his comedy partner Rik Mayall in his new book.

Adrian will be signing copies of his new book Berserker: An Autobiography.

 


Guest Author:
Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author whose novels for children have won countless awards. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Katherine will be speaking talking about her new book coming in September.

Katherine will be signing copies of her forthcoming book  Impossible Creatures at the Trade Show. 

 


Guest Author:
Caroline Quentin

Caroline Quentin is a renowned figure in British comedy, well known for her lead role in award-winning British sitcom Men Behaving Badly amongst many others.Caroline will be talking about her upcoming book Drawn to the Garden.

Caroline will be signing on the day and have some exciting giveaways too!

 


Guest Author:
Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels: Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World.

Show bookings are now CLOSED

Due to such a high demand for tickets this year, we are now fully booked for this years event. .

If you would still like to come along, you are welcome to sign up to our waiting list, we'll let you know if any spaces become available. to join the list email: here:

Our venue for 2023 – The Leonardo Hotel (formerly Jurys Inn) Hinckley Island

  • In the heart of Leicestershire
  • Surrounded by beautiful countryside
  • 9 minutes from Hinckley Train station, or 15 minutes from Nuneaton. 
  • 35 minutes from Birmingham Airport
  • 600 complimentary parking spaces on site
  • The Trade Show & Conference, all in one building
More about the hotel

Finding the Venue

The Leonardo Hotel Hinckley Island is a 20 minute drive from Coventry, a 25 minute drive from Leicester and a 30 minute drive from Birmingham city centre. Hinckley train station is a short 9 minute drive to the hotel. Nuneaton is about 15 minutes in a taxi with better connections. The nearest airports are Birmingham airport, which is a 35 minute drive, and East Midlands International Airport, a 40 minute drive. The Leonardo Hotel Hinckley Island is just 57 minutes from London Euston via Nuneaton station.

Getting to the venue couldn’t be easier with complimentary parking spaces, a helipad and close to both Hinckley and Nuneaton train stations.

Parking information:

There is complementary on-site parking for 600 cars

Find more details about how to get there here:

Booksellers Association Conference

Gardners are pleased to be holding the Trade Show in partnership with the Booksellers Association Annual Conference. 

Events will begin on Sunday with the Gardners Trade Show which will segue into BA Conference activity including an afternoon tea with HarperCollins, a drinks reception sponsored by BatchLine and Batch, and a dinner for all conference delegates sponsored by The Independent Alliance. 

Throughout Monday there will be a number of Skills Labs on a range of bookselling topics, and of course it wouldn't be the conference without our brilliant publisher Fever Pitch - we have some brilliant publishers joining us to present their season highlights.

Gardners sponsor this event allowing booksellers to attend for free!

Find out more about the conference here:

 

We look forward to seeing you at our 2023 Trade Show!

For more information please contact:
tradeshow@gardners.com or your usual sales contact

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