Updating our coronavirus coverage: With Bologna Children’s Book Fair postponed in virus-struck Italy, London Book Fair commits to going ahead.
COVID-19: Bologna Children’s Book Fair Postponed to May
The latest in how coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting world publishing events, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair is postponed until May.
Spain’s New Bookish Habits Report: 68.6 Percent Reading
The 2019 data just released on trends in Spain’s reading habits shows that among those who don’t read books, ‘lack of time’ is the most cited reason.
At CONTEC Mexico, Publishers Are Told ‘We’re Multi-Platform Beings’
Saying that the book is no longer a business model in itself, Roger Casas-Alatriste insists on a transmedial approach for publishers.
China Bestsellers January 2020: Educational Boosts in Tough Times
The January charts for book sales in China strongly reflect the reading recommendations of the national education system.
Québec Édition’s Many Points of Outreach: ‘We’re Quite Busy’
French-Canadian literature sees a larger-than-ever presence on the collective stands of ANEL’s Québec Édition, ahead of Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Canada.
CONTEC Mexico 2020: Focus on Storytelling, AI, and Transmedia
The 2020 CONTEC Mexico conference spends two days examining the potentials of transmedia and artificial intelligence for book publishing.
Andrew Keen Speaks At Germany’s Berlinale: ‘Creativity and Human Agency’
The iconoclastic author, documentary filmmaker, and critic of the digital era’s challenges gives a keynote on cultural integrity at EFM Horizon for Frankfurt’s The Arts+ and DLD.
UK Society of Authors Names 2019 Translation Prize Winners
The program honoring 2019 winners of the Society of Authors-administered Translation Prizes was held in London at the British Library.
Books at Berlinale 2020: Twelve Temptations for Tinseltown
With one chosen publisher this year talking of ‘loud and distinct, disproportionate and epic voices,’ Books at Berlinale has a strong cohort of 12 books.