LONDON_ The London Book Festival announces their 2025 book awards and Headline Books titles win nine awards at the London Book Festival! The London Book Festival judged books in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian in the competition. Entries were judged by a panel of industry experts, who looked for the following criteria: general excellence, the author’s passion for telling a good story, and the potential of the work to reach a wider audience. The story of a man who went from novice circus clown to starting his own traveling circus has won top honors in the 2025 London Book Festival, which honors the best of international publishing. Author Rob Mermin’s Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic (Rootstock Publishing) is a personal story of the wild characters, fascinating personalities, remarkable histories, and behind-the-scenes world of traditional traveling circuses. Headline Winning Titles Are: GENERAL FICTION – HONORABLE MENTION – A Life Saving Bullet – Krista Beggan GENERAL NONFICTION – RUNNER-UP – Mission Out of Control – Dr. Charles Camarda MEMOIR – HONORABLE MENTION – The Undiscovered Showman – Wayne Olivieri CHILDREN’S BOOKS – RUNNERS-UP
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
HOW-TO- RUNNER-UP: Becoming Semi-Famous – Burke Allen
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