By Siobhan O’Leary Chinese novelist and poet Liao Yiwu expected to participate in the LitCologne festival in Germany, which takes place March 10-20, but he has instead been placed under house arrest. Liao, whose work is banned in China, had already boarded the plane in Chengdu on Monday when he was escorted off by authorities. BuchMarkt reported that although Liao …
Cookbook Trade Fair Pleases the Palate
By Olivia Snaije PARIS: The first edition of the Paris Cookbook Festival wrapped up on Monday with most participants judging the specialized trade fair a delicious success, barring minor complaints about lack of signage and poor heating. While for some smaller French publishers with books aimed specifically at the French market, it was less of a positive experience, the larger …
Gourmand Awards at Paris Cookbook Fair
By Olivia Snaije PARIS (FEBRUARY 11): The first Paris Cookbook Festival kicked off tonight on Paul Bocuse’s birthday. It was sleeting in Paris but the auditorium for the Gourmand Cookbook Awards was packed with invitation-only authors, publishers and people from the trade coming from countries as far as Australia, Cambodia and Argentina. Three women won honors for their lifetime careers …
Chew on This: Paris Inaugurates a Book Fair for Foodies
By Olivia Snaije PARIS: It makes perfect sense that the first international cookbook trade fair will be held in Paris — a city that, to many, remains the culinary capitol of the world. The Paris Cookbook Fair runs this week, from February 12-15, and its founder, Edouard Cointreau, hopes to unite the cosmopolitan network of food lovers and professionals he …
Paris Celebrates North African Authors
By Olivia Snaije The 16th edition of Maghreb des Livres, a book festival celebrating authors from North Africa or relating to the region, is being held this weekend auspiciously at the three-year old Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris. Algeria is the country of honor this year and literary cafés will be held to discuss authors such as …
Why Mumbai’s Hot for Mills & Boon
By Liz Bury MUMBAI: Of the numerous UK publishing houses to set up new operations in India during the past few years, Mills and Boon has perhaps the best brand recognition among its target audience. The publisher’s special formula of boy-meets-girl romance found a loyal readership in India during the 1980s and 1990s, when English language editions were first exported …
“Trust Me” Isn’t a Good Sales Pitch (for a Lover or a Book)
Editorial by Kevin Smokler “Move along!” That’s what my meaner self tells me to say when I meet publishers, event producers and literary magazine editors whose mission/passion is “bold new fiction.” Move along. I’ve no room for you in this life and probably not the next one. I feel terrible about this. I write about and discuss books for fun, …
Oh, To Be in Rajasthan Today
By Edward Nawotka The Jaipur Literature Festival starts today and looks to have a stellar line-up of authors, ranging from local celebrities such as Shobhaa De and Chetan Bhagat, to international starts like Alexander McCall Smith and Roberto Calasso. The event, now it its fifth year was co-founded by Indian writer Namita Gokhale and British travel writer William Dalrymple, and is …
Leipzig Book Fair’s New Tune
By Siobhan O’Leary The Leipzig Book Fair has announced that it will have a new exhibition area for publishers in the field of music at next year’s fair, scheduled for March 18 – 21, 2010. The 300 sq.-meter space will feature around 20 publishers of musical scores and literature and will include a professional program for booksellers, as well as …
Art Book Entrepreneur Tests “Team Publishing” Model
By Edward Nawotka TUCSON: How does one man launch a niche publishing company in a credit-and-cash strapped economy, while incurring limited expenses in overhead and even less in personnel? For Greg Albers, founder of Hol Art Books—a new niche press focused on books about visual arts, ranging from art history to original fiction—the answer is “collaboration.” “Our business model is …