The new Sustainability Lounge at London Book Fair – its concept led by Elsevier’s Rachel Martin – will run throughout the week.
Tom Benn Wins England’s Young Writer of the Year Award
The £10,000 Young Writer of the Year award from the UK’s Sunday Times goes to Tom Benn for his fourth novel, ‘Oxblood.’
Digitizing ‘Christmas Books’ at the UK’s Cambridge University Press
Produced between 1930 and 1973, Cambridge University Press’ Christmas gift books were testaments to the company’s capabilities.
At Guadalajara, Guest of Honor Sharjah’s Biggest Stand
Guadalajara’s book fair has closed with 806,805 visitors, and Sharjah Book Authority’s guest of honor pavilion drew at least 450,000.
Rights Edition: Taiwan in Frankfurt With Three Stands, Translation Funding
Taiwan at Frankfurt this year features three stands and a program at Frankfurt Studio, with translation funding to support rights sales.
The UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2022 Shortlist
Half the shortlisted books for the £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction are from independent publishers. The winner will be known October 17.
In the UK: 16,000 Books for Young Ukrainian Refugees
In the UK, Publishers Licensing Services (PLS) and the printing firm Halstan partner to produce Ukrainian-language children’s books.
The UK’s Kraszna-Krausz 2022 Awards: Warhol, and Women
The annual Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Awards, based in London, honor a photography book and a book on moving imagery.
The UK’s Society of Authors Adds a New Disability-Focused Book Award
The Society of Authors in London opens its 2023 submission program, having awarded 32 writers and illustrators with 2022 prizes.
In the United Kingdom, TikTok Announces Its Own Book Club
The social-media success of #BookTok has prompted TikTok in England to open a ‘TikTok Book Club’ featuring a different title monthly.