Pictures of the week

Naomi Howarth centre celebrated the publication of her third picture book The Night Dragon (Lincoln Children's Books) at Hatchards on Thursday 2nd August. Howarth is pictured alongside Hatchards' Aimee Bratt left and her editor Katie Cotton.

Alex Box held a Play Date Workshop at this year’s Port Eliot Festival, which saw 10,000 people descend on the Cornish estate between Friday 27th and Sunday 29th July. (© Sarah Louise Bennett)

Guest speakers at Port Eliot included Helen Pankhurst, Reni Eddo-Lodge and Robert Webb, who read an excerpt from memoir How Not To Be A Boy (Canongate) to a packed out tent. (© Louise Roberts)

The Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC) celebrated its fifth birthday at Olympia London between Friday 27th and Sunday 29th July, with appearances from authors including Juno Dawson and Tom and Giovanna Fletcher.

Author Rachel Cotton centre joined press officer Lina Langlee left and sales account manager Sarah Barnard to celebrate Ink Road exhibiting at YALC for the very first time.

The recipients of the 2018 Print Futures Awards celebrated alongside Neil Lovell and The Printing Charity at the House of Lords on Thursday 26th July. (© Ray Schram)

Dr Janina Ramirez left launched her debut children’s book Riddle of the Runes (OUP) at Hatchards Piccadilly on Thursday 5th July, alongside guests including historian Amber Butchart. (© Sarah Darby)