The centerpiece of English PEN’s year-long celebration of its 100th year is September’s three-day program of events in London.
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Tbilisi International Book Festival Returns to Physical Production
With a full schedule of in-person events and activities, the 2021 Tbilisi International Book Festival in Georgia takes place this week, and attendee registration is now open.
NPD Books: US Sales of Social Justice and Race Books Soar in 2021
In the first five months of 2021, books on race and social justice sold 700,000 more units than in the same part of 2020.
Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize
The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is to receive the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her work that examines ‘global questions of justice.’
France and Italy’s Publishers Open Three-Day Bilateral Rights Event
French and Italian book publishers are engaging in a 3-day translation rights event, each the other’s second-largest rights export market.
Publishers Call for EU Condemnation of New Hungarian Censorship
Budapest’s new bill banning school content on homosexuality and transgender issues prompts three organizations to call for an EU response.
In the States, the Young Lions Fiction Award Goes to Catherine Lacey
A book the jury says ‘challenges us to interrogate what we see when it pertains to sex and gender, ‘Pew’ has drawn a lot of award attention.
Bodour Al Qasimi on the IPA at 125: ‘A Sense of Solidarity’
‘Cultural globalization and digitization trends have accelerated the publishing industry’s own globalization,’ says IPA’s president.
The UK’s Young Writer Award Gains Charlotte Aitken Trust Sponsorship
The Young Writer Award led by the Sunday Times in the United Kingdom now is sponsored by the Charlotte Aitken Trust.
Bologna’s Finale: 75,000 Visitors, 300 Hours of ‘Initiatives’
The second digital evocation of the world’s largest children’s book trade show closes with big numbers and lots of programming on video.