Knights Of, also known as Knights Of Media, is a London-based independent publishing house, specialising in publishing inclusive children's books.

History

Knights Of was founded in 2017 by Aimée Felone and David Stevens, who previously worked for Scholastic.[1] In 2018 the company set up a pop-up bookshop, #ReadTheOnePercent, on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton,[2] and in 2019 they established a permanent bookshop, Round Table Books, in Brixton.[3] In 2020 Knights Of and Jacaranda Books launched a crowdfunding appeal to try to assure their survival in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Winner of Children’s Publisher of the Year 2022 at the British Book Awards.

Authors published

Knights Of authors include the BAME writers Jason Reynolds and Sharna Jackson and deaf author Samantha Baines. In 2020 Knights Of published A Kind of Spark, the debut novel of Elle McNicoll, Scottish Children’s writer that follows the efforts of an eleven-year-old autistic narrator, Addie.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Caroline Carpenter, Inclusive children's publisher Knights Of launches, The Bookseller, 27 October 2017. Accessed 7 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Alison Flood, ‘Mum this is me!’: the pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books, The Guardian, 14 December 2018. Accessed 7 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Jontathan Prynn, Inclusive bookshop to open permanent branch in Brixton, The Evening Standard, 25 March 2019. Accessed 7 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Alex O'Connell, Children's Book of the Week: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll, The Times, 6 June 2020. Accessed 7 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Nicolette Jones, Children’s book of the week: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll, Sunday Times, 7 June 2020. Accessed 7 June 2020.


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