Andersen Press celebrated the 90th birthday of its founder and chairman Klaus Flugge last month, inviting key authors, illustrators and friends from the near 50 years of the company.

To continue the celebrations into 2025, and honour Klaus, Andersen Press is launching The Klaus Flugge Salon, a fitting initiative to be hosted in its new offices in Bloomsbury.

These events will be open to anyone from the public who wants to meet others in the publishing industry, enjoy a glass of wine and listen to an author or illustrator talk about their work. They are a celebration of all that is good about the world of children's publishing today and an opportunity to make new friends, learn about new books and discuss ideas.

Limited to 30 tickets, the salons will cost £8 and ticket price includes a signed book by the featured creator and refreshments.

The inaugural salon on Thursday 23rd January will feature author William Hussey talking about his highly-anticipated and beautiful new LGBTQ novel The Boy I Love as well as an exhibition of WW1 letters and artefacts.

The Boy I Love is a LoveReading4Kids January 2025 Book of the Month. Our editorial expert, Joy Court described it as, "so much more than the love story proclaimed by the title, it is also a remarkable work of historical fiction and a valuable addition to the canon of World War One novels".

Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are available from Ticket Tailer via the link: https://bit.ly/KlausFluggeSalon1

All are welcome, old friends and new.

Also this year The Klaus Flugge Prize, set-up to recognise new children’s book illustrators in honour of Klaus’ contribution to the landscape, celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025, with entries now open for submission. More information can be found at the Klaus Flugge Prize website here.

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