The New Media Writing Prize is in its 13th year at Bournemouth University, and is open now for entries in digital, interactive works.
Emirates Literature Foundation To Host a Gulf WikiArabia Conference
The producing body of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature plans ‘a platform for the Arabic Wikimedia community.’
New Partnership: Wales’ Hay Festival and the USA’s National Public Radio
The long-running NPR Latin American storytelling program ‘Radio Ambulante’ will go the Hay Festival to Latin America this year.
A 2022 IPA Prix Voltaire Nominee is Arrested in Thailand
After an arrest of Same Sky’s publisher, the IPA Prix Voltaire’s administration calls for a stop to such ‘constant harassment.’
IPA Criticizes the UAE’s Anti-LGBTQ Pressure on Amazon
Having led many efforts in Arabic and Arab-world literary culture, the UAE reportedly is restricting LGBTQ-related products including books.
Desmond Elliott Prize Winner: Picador’s Maddie Mortimer
Administered by the National Centre for Writing in Norwich, the Desmond Elliott Prize honors an author’s first published novel.
NPD Group: United States LGBTQ Book Sales Are Surging
NPD’s Kristen McLean says the book sales data appears to reveal ‘a generational shift’ in attitudes toward LGBTQ literature.
IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi Speaks to Publishers in São Paulo
Bodour Al Qasimi spoke at São Paulo’s professional program about the IPA’s Inspire plan and the book industry’s important issues.
Germany’s 2022 ContentShift Shortlists Five Companies
The annual ContentShift start-up accelerator program concludes with a pitch session among the shortlisted five during Frankfurter Buchmesse.
‘Our Visions for the Future’: PageBreak Opens Early-Bird Registration
The successor to the popular ‘Books in Browsers’ conference in San Francisco, October’s PageBreak has opened up early-bird registration.