The five-year-old International Excellence Award-winning ‘Inspiring Readers’ program reaches nearly 300,000 students in the new school year.
Emirates Publishers Association Sends Team to Ghana Book Fair
The UAE’s Emirates Publishers Association met with key African publishing organizations at the Ghana International Book Fair last week.
Auma Obama To Give the German Book Trade Peace Prize Lecture
The sociologist and activist Auma Obama gives the October address as Tsitsi Dangarembga wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize.
Book Aid International Announces Partnership With the Novus App
The Novus banking app allows users to choose which charities will receive support, based on their purchases.
World Refugee Day Observances: Book Aid Highlights Its Outreach
The United Kingdom’s Book Aid International has made donations of more than 160,000 books in nine countries to refugee youngsters.
Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize
The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is to receive the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her work that examines ‘global questions of justice.’
Africa Publishing Innovation Fund Seeks 2022 Proposals
The fund in its new cycle is looking to stimulate ‘a diversified book sector and its many satellite industries.’
The New SDG Book Club African Chapter Releases Its First Reading List
Selections for the African chapter of the Sustainable Development Goals Book Club include two titles in Indigenous African languages.
IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi Stresses Opportunity in African Publishing
The IPA president has made trips to four African markets, meeting with publishing leaders on challenges in the pandemic’s lessons.
Keiichiro Hirano Leads Amazon Publishing’s World Book Day Titles
To celebrate World Book Day, Amazon Publishing is offering ‘At the End of the Matinee’ by Keiichiro Hirano and other translations for free download through April 24.