{{Short description|London-based independent publishing house}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Knights Of | type = Independent publishing house | industry = Publishing | genre = Inclusive children's literature | founded = 2017 | founders = Aimée Felone<br>David Stevens | key_people = Aimée Felone<br>David Stevens | products = Children's books | website = {{URL|https://knightsof.media}} | hq_location = London, England, United Kingdom }}
'''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.<ref>Caroline Carpenter, [https://www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusive-children-s-list-knights-launches-660421 Inclusive children's publisher Knights Of launches], ''The Bookseller'', 27 October 2017. Accessed 7 June 2020.</ref> In 2018 the company set up a pop-up bookshop, #ReadTheOnePercent, on Coldharbour Lane in Brixton,<ref>Alison Flood, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/14/readtheonepercent-brixton-bookshop-knights-of ‘Mum this is me!’: the pop-up bookshop that only sells diverse children's books], ''The Guardian'', 14 December 2018. Accessed 7 June 2020.</ref> and in 2019 they established a permanent bookshop, Round Table Books, in Brixton.<ref>Jontathan Prynn, [https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/inclusive-bookshop-to-open-permanent-branch-in-brixton-a4100031.html Inclusive bookshop to open permanent branch in Brixton], ''The Evening Standard'', 25 March 2019. Accessed 7 June 2020.</ref> 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.
It won 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, a Scottish children's writer; the book's plot follows the efforts of an eleven-year-old autistic narrator, Addie.<ref>Alex O'Connell, [https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/a-kind-of-spark-by-elle-mcnicoll-review-wsxwbxs36 Children's Book of the Week: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll], ''The Times'', 6 June 2020. Accessed 7 June 2020.</ref><ref>Nicolette Jones, [https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/childrens-book-of-the-week-a-kind-of-spark-by-elle-mcnicoll-6g63q0qm7 Children’s book of the week: A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll], ''Sunday Times'', 7 June 2020. Accessed 7 June 2020.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://knightsof.media/ Knights Of website] * [https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Knights-Of-Reviews-E8363958.htm/ Employee's Reviews]
Category:British companies established in 2017 Category:Publishing companies established in 2017 Category:Book publishing companies based in London Category:Children's book publishers
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