London Fair partnership

Gateway College said it was recognized as a HarperCollins Partner School at the London Book Fair, putting a Sri Lankan school into a publisher-backed education network with 18 schools globally. (newswire.lk) The school said the recognition was announced at the fair at Olympia London, where the 2025 event ran from March 11 to March 13. London Book Fair organizers describe the event as a global meeting place for publishers, agents, rights professionals and licensors. (newswire.lk, londonbookfair.co.uk, eventbrite.co.uk) Gateway said it is the first school in Sri Lanka and South Asia to receive the designation. HarperCollins, through its Collins education business, sells school resources across primary, secondary and international curricula. (newswire.lk, collins.co.uk) That pairing places a school announcement inside a trade fair built largely around rights sales, licensing meetings and commercial networking. HarperCollins says its rights teams handle translation, audio, television, film and other subsidiary rights, while London Book Fair markets itself as a place to develop publishing relationships. (harpercollins.com, londonbookfair.co.uk) Trade coverage from the fair described a market that was active but selective. AceShowbiz said agents were chasing “the next Normal People or Lessons in Chemistry hit,” a shorthand for books that can travel across literary, commercial and screen markets. (aceshowbiz.com) Publishers Weekly framed the same fair as the first major rights fair of the year and said its 2025 program expanded attention on artificial intelligence and youth reading. Its daily deal coverage called the week one of the busiest periods on the publishing calendar. (publishersweekly.com, publishersweekly.com) For Gateway, the announcement also fits the school’s broader strategy of tying its brand to outside partners. The school’s website lists other recognitions and partnerships in education technology and telecommunications, and says its programs are benchmarked to qualifications from the United Kingdom and Australia. (gatewaycollege.lk, gatewaycollege.lk) For the fair, the episode shows how a book-industry marketplace now carries more than manuscript pitches and translation deals. At Olympia in March 2025, the same event hosted rights conversations, reading initiatives and a school partnership announcement under one roof. (londonbookfair.co.uk, newswire.lk, publishersweekly.com)