The United Kingdom’s Exact Editions opens a new ‘Ukraine Digital Book Collection’ to the public, free to read to April 15, hashtagged #PublishersForUkraine.
Simon & Schuster Canada To Open a Canadian Scribner Imprint
The Canadian arm of Simon & Schuster is to open its Scribner Canada imprint with works of Iain Reid and Deborah Thompson.
Patrick Radden Keefe Wins the UK’s Baillie Gifford Prize for ‘Empire of Pain’
Patrick Keefe’s big-pharma exposé of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family’s role in it wins the Baillie Gifford’s £50,000 award.
South Africa’s Damon Galgut Wins the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction
Calling himself ‘a writer fascinated by the edge of the map,’ South Africa’s Damon Galgut finally wins the Booker on his third shortlisting.
Pre-Frankfurt: The Booker Prize Outlines Its Winner Ceremony, Partnered With BBC
The November 3 event this year makes wider use of the BBC’s visual, audio, and digital channels in a 45-minute program.
Canada’s Governor General, Mary May Simon, Announces She’ll Attend Frankfurt
Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, Mary May Simon, is to include Frankfurt Book Fair in her state visit to Germany this month.
Peter Frankopan Opens Lecture Series in Athens on ‘Global Connections’
Looking at ‘well-studied subjects in different ways,’ Peter Frankopan inaugurates the Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series in Athens, October 7.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2021: Publishing Perspectives’ Guide
Our Event Picks from Frankfurt’s B2B Program: Date/Time (CET) Session (with links to register/attend) Oct 11 14:30 – 17:00 Frankfurt Conference: Academic TrackAn impressive group of speakers from across the academic publishing field each share share brief, clear opinions on a single, focused topic. These topics have been chosen by top experts from around the world, who are executing on …
The UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2021 Shortlist
The six novels chosen for the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction represent an even split this year between women and men.
Nonfiction: The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 Longlist
The 13-title longlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction includes two translations. A shortlist is due October 15.