Under the European Union Prize for Literature’s new regime, the main prize for Martina Vidaić’s book is flanked by five special mentions.
VIDA Count 2017: How Are Women Represented in Top US Literary Publications?
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 …
Open Road’s ‘Free Voices’: Selling Banned Books in a New Initiative
The idea behind Open Road’s new ‘Free Voices’ is to market banned books to consumers through the company’s ‘Ignition’ channels.
England’s Women’s Prize Adds a Nonfiction Award
Twenty-eight years after being established, the Women’s Prize for Fiction is to get a nonfiction sister award in the United Kingdom.
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.