Multiple honorees in many of the prize categories this year provide more writers with wins, if smaller cash awards for each winner.
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Industry Notes: Serial Box’s Foreign Rights, Amazon’s Summer Reading List
Bookcase Literary Agency is handling international rights sales for Serial Box–which has an ‘Orphan Black’ series coming–and Amazon’s ‘Best So Far’ 2019 list is out for summer reading.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content Plans 10th Edition in September
Themed on diversity, the program–unusual for its mix of professionals and parents–has Myanmar as its focus and an illustrators’ show for the public.
AAP Warns Trade Commission: Trump Tariffs on China Will ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Publishing
Imposing tariffs on books printed in China would ‘severely compromise’ industry capabilities and ‘upend decades-long US policy’ on the freedom to publish.
Brazilian Photographer Sebastião Salgado Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize
During the Berlin Book Days events this week, the Börsenverein has praised Salgado for ‘raising worldwide awareness for the fate of laborers and migrants as well as for the living conditions of indigenous peoples.’
In the Shadow of Potential Tariffs on China, AAP StatShot Logs a Good Q1
As representatives of the Association of American Publishers testify on Trump’s proposed tariffs on books and other goods from China, US book sales for the first quarter are positive.
Norwegian Author Jo Nesbø Set To Appear at Frankfurter Buchmesse
Supporting his new novel ‘Knife,’ Jo Nesbø’s presence at Frankfurt will highlight the fair’s Norway Guest of Honor year and the 2019 BookFest program.
F+W Media To Present Winning Community Bids to Bankruptcy Court
A list of successful bidders on F+W Media community properties goes to bankruptcy court for approval in a hearing. Highest bid: $2.9 million for crafts.
Marrakesh Named Host of 2020 IPA African Publishing Seminar
As the IPA plans for its Morocco seminar, it has new backing from the African Publishers Network and Association for the Development of Education in Africa.
Bodour Al Qasimi to IPA’s Africa Seminar: ‘Everyone Is Equally Responsible’
Africa is ‘one of the most under-represented regions in global literature,’ Bodour Al Qasimi tells IPA’s Nairobi seminar. ‘We want you to reverse these facts.’