Knights Of, also known as Knights Of Media, is a

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-based independent publishing house, specialising in publishing

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History

Knights Of was founded in 2017 by Aimée Felone and David Stevens, who previously worked for Scholastic. In 2018 the company set up a pop-up bookshop, #ReadTheOnePercent, on

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, and in 2019 they established a permanent bookshop, Round Table Books, in Brixton. In 2020 Knights Of and

Jacaranda Books Jacaranda Books is a Black-owned British independent book publishing firm launched in 2012 and known for their effort promoting diversity in United Kingdom's publishing industry. History Jacaranda Books was founded in December 2011 in Lo ...

launched a

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appeal to try to assure their survival in the face of the

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. It won Children's Publisher of the Year 2022 at the

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Authors published

Knights Of authors include the

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writers

Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author of Novelist, novels and poetry for Young adult literature, young adult and Middle grade literature, middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill ...

and Sharna Jackson and deaf author

Samantha Baines Samantha Louise Baines (born 1987 in Southwark, London) is an English actress, author and comedian. She is best known for her appearances in ''Magic Mike Live London'', ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' (Netflix), ''Lee Nelson's Well Funny ...

. In 2020 Knights Of published '' A Kind of Spark'', the debut novel of

Elle McNicoll Elle McNicoll (born 5 October 1992) is a Scottish children's literature writer. She has been described as "undoubtedly an outstanding new talent in children's books howill inspire readers young and old for generations to come". Early life M ...

, a Scottish children's writer; the book's plot follows the efforts of an eleven-year-old

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narrator, Addie.Nicolette Jones
Children’s book of the week: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
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References

External links

Knights Of website

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