The book fair where creativity meets the future, London Book Fair, opened its doors last March 11-13, 2025, in Olympia, London. Drawing around 30,000 attendees, this year’s London Book Fair showcased the vibrant world of publishing and creative content, marking a significant milestone in the industry. The fair not only maintained its impressive attendance figures but also celebrated a 10-percent boost in rights-center table sales compared to 2024.
Citi of Books is proud to have been part of this prestigious event, representing the incredible works of our talented authors in stand 7B94. In our assigned booth, a range of books—from fiction to nonfiction—would be on exhibit. A book included in the gallery was “Alisa in Washerland (Korean Edition)” by Marian Flores.
Author and illustrator, Marian Flores attended Paier School of Art, where she earned a certificate in Advertising and Commercial Art. After working for many years as a graphic artist, she returned to college in 2002, graduating from Naugatuck Valley Community College in 2004, where she received an A.S in General studies.
In preparation for a career teaching art, she will graduate Central Connecticut State University in December 2006, with a B.S. in Art Education. Marian currently resides in Wolcott, CT, with her husband, Pete, and son Richard.
“Alisa in Washerland” is a contemporary twist and plays on words with the classic book, Alice in Wonderland, inspired by the author’s dislike for washing dishes as a child, and her nieces’ disdain for putting dishes into the dishwasher. When Marian’s sister had a dream that she was living in the dishwasher, she found a way to combine all these things into this whimsical fable.
This story is focused on a ten-year-old girl, Alisa, who dislikes doing the dishes and wishes never to do the dishes again. After wishing, she shrank in size and was pulled into an enchanted world inside the dishwasher, where she encountered mysterious creatures cleaning the dishes. Alisa missed her family and friends and wished to return to the real world. From there, she promised to never complain about washing dishes again.