When over 33,000 publishing professionals and book lovers walk through the same doors, you know the books on display matter. Studio of Books was proud to bring such masterpieces at the much-anticipated 2026 London Book Fair.
“Gramma’s Pink Harley” by Marilyn Dunkel McGloin stepped onto the international stage at the 2026 London Book Fair, held 10–12 March at Olympia, London. This year, the book fair welcomed 1,005 exhibitors and more than 33,000 visitors.
The London Book Fair (LBF) is one of the most prestigious events in the publishing world, uniting authors, publishers, literary agents, and industry professionals from over 100 countries. Far beyond a traditional book fair, it is a global marketplace for the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, film, and digital media — where deals are made, voices are amplified, and new stories find their readers.
This is where authors meet publishers, literary agents pitch to foreign buyers, and book lovers discover their next great read. It is, above all, where ideas become movements.
Eight children. Five degrees. One pink Harley. And not a single dull moment.
Gramma’s Pink Harley is the irresistible true story of Marilyn McGloin, a woman who raised a household full of spirited, strong-willed kids, each one convinced they were the favorite, and somehow managed to make all of them right. She survived a strict upbringing, opened her home to a struggling niece, dedicated years to teaching students with learning differences, and held it all together with the kind of quiet, unshakeable love that doesn’t make headlines but changes lives.
And then, once the children were grown, Marilyn got her turn.
What followed was seventeen years of college, five earned degrees, a career as an Educational Therapist, and a few detours that nobody saw coming: skydiving, open highways, and a pink Harley that became her signature. Not a midlife crisis. A long-overdue arrival.
Packed with laugh-out-loud moments, jaw-dropping adventures, and the kind of resilience that only comes from a life fully lived, this is the story of a woman who refused to let obligation be the whole of her story. Meet Motorcycle Gramma, unstoppable on two wheels, boundless in heart, and proof that the best chapters sometimes come last.
