Not all international audiobook markets are evolving at the same pace, say speakers in the second online Frankfurt Rights Meeting event.
Nigeria’s Aké Festival Wins First Aficionado Award
A project of the Frankfurt Book Fair and Torino Book Fair, the first Aficionado Award goes to Lola Shoneyin and her Aké Arts and Book Festival
Italy’s Publishers Ask Rome to Raise Family Schoolbook Funding
The Italian Publishers Association and the market’s booksellers are appealing for more government funding for poorer students’ books.
Italy: Publishers Call for Pandemic-Era Library Funds to Continue
Italy’s publishers are joined by their bookselling and library colleagues in an effort to make COVID-era library funding perpetual.
Rights Roundup: Chinese-Language Words-to-Screen
Our Rights Roundup features rights-trading news from Taiwan, Italy, the Czech Republic, Canada, Croatia, and Norway.
Rights Edition: Frankfurt Names the Philippines Its 2025 Guest of Honor
The Philippines in 2025 will become the second Southeast Asian book publishing market to be a Frankfurt Book Fair guest of honor.
Italy’s Publishers and Artificial Intelligence in Europe
As the European Parliament works through its ‘AI Act’ legislation, Italy’s publishers back the country’s industrial sector’s position.
Europe’s ‘Culture Vouchers’ for Teens: The RISE Report
The RISE Bookselling project with the EIBF assesses the value of Europe’s four ‘culture pass’ programs for young readers – and the industry.
Mauro Mazza Gets Started as Italy’s Frankfurt 2024 Commissioner
The newly appointed commissioner from Rome for the 2024 Frankfurt Guest of Honor Italy has met with AIE on plans for the program.
World Refugee Day: Italian-Ukrainian Bilingual Books Distributed in Naples
The ‘Tales of EUkraine’ project from the Federation of European Publishers and Ukrainian Book Institute is in Naples with AIE’s support.