Asking this year ‘if abuse and bigotry are anything but the norm,’ the annual VIDA Count for 2017 looks at how women are represented and reviewed in US literary publications.
Authors Guild Honors VIDA, Announces ‘Boot Camps’ for Authors Outside New York
US-based Authors Guild announced a series of traveling workshops for writers around the country and honored ‘VIDA: Women in Literary Arts’ with its most prestigious award.
Gore Vidal: Our Montaigne, Our Wilde, Our Edmund Wilson
Gore Vidal was our contemporary Montaigne, our Wilde, our Edmund Wilson. Many of his books will last, with the essays being among the most vital.
These Ithacas: On David Davidar’s “Publishing Tell-All”
Indian publishing exec David Davidar’s tepid novel Ithaca offers little more than cliches for publishing insiders, but could serve as a 101 course for neophytes.
Ex-Penguin Canada President David Davidar Launches Aleph Book Co. in India
Ex-Penguin Canada President David Davidar will be focused on Aleph Book Company, a new publishing house headquartered in New Delhi, India.
Ex-Penguin Canada Prez Davidar Promises Fictional Int’l Publishing Exposé
by Edward Nawotka This past summer former president of Penguin Group Canada David Davidar was embroiled in a sex scandal that forced him to leave his job. Today comes the news that he’s just sold a fictional publishing tell-all to McClelland & Stewart in the fall of 2011. There have been several blasé exposes of life in publishing and the ones …
Frankfurt Aims for 70 Percent of Its Pre-Pandemic Size
In today’s German and international news conferences, key elements of Frankfurt Book Fair were spotlighted by organizers.
Frankfurter Buchmesse: 4,000 Exhibitors Registered to Date
The outlook for the 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse, October 19 to 23, sees some 4,000 exhibitors on hand from more than 80 countries.
Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Spain Presents Its Pavilion Plans
A ‘theory of cherries’ informs the Guest of Honor Spain pavilion design at Frankfurter Buchmesse, as more programming is announced.
Rights Trading in Brazil: São Paulo’s Professional Program
Like the 2022 São Paulo International Book Fair itself, its rights-trading professional program this year returns to a fully physical format.