Knights Of

Knights Of, also known as Knights Of Media, is a London-based independent publishing house, specializing 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. Appeal donations increased dramatically in the wake of the George Floyd protests.[4]

Authors published

Knights Of authors include the BAME writers Jason Reynolds and Sharna Jackson. In 2020 Knights Of published A Kind of Spark, the debut novel of Elle McNicoll, which follows the efforts of an eleven-year-old autistic narrator, Addie, to establish a memorial to the witch trials in her Scottish hometown.[5][6]

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. Alison Flood, Donations to inclusive publishers' appeal leap after George Floyd killing, The Guardian, 4 June 2020. Accessed 7 June 2020.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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