‘Writing and art are the kind of thing that’s going to bring us together,’ says Mohammed Hasan Alwan, on winning the Arab world’s biggest literary award.
Can Better Writing Make Climate Change Less Polarizing?
How do writers and publishers handle charged topics like climate change? Environmentalist Jamie Clarke makes a case for including more perspectives, both for the sake of book sales and the planet.
Nujeen Mustafa’s Journey from Syria to Literary Stage
With the help of Christina Lamb, co-writer of ‘I Am Malala,’ Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa brings her story to the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The Author and His Translator: Working Together Is All the ‘Rage’
‘Translators are wonderful readers,’ says Poland’s top bestseller, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, whose ‘Rage’ is out today (August 1) in its English translation from AmazonCrossing.
‘Bourne and I Have Bonded’: Author Eric van Lustbader
‘Bond was, and is, pure escapism. Bourne reflects the world around him,’ says author Eric van Lustbader, who is at work on the 11th Jason Bourne novel.
Tradition and Identity: Q&A with Catalan Author Tony Sala
Catalan author Tony Sala discusses his award-winning novel The Boys, recently translated into English, and its themes of tradition, identity and the clash of generations.
Should Publishing Embrace Misfits and Outlaws?
Misfits and outlaws know how to survive and there are lessons to be learned from them in a time of change, argue the authors of the book, The Misfit Economy
Translating Steve Jobs’ Life into a Graphic Novel
Jessie Hartland knew many people interested in Steve Jobs wouldn’t read Walter Isaacson’s 630-page biography, so she depicted Job’s life in a graphic novel.
Farouk Mardam-Bey Travels to the Heart of Arab Gastronomy
The publisher of Actes Sud’s Sinbad and Babel lines of Arabic lit is also the not-so-secret historian of Arabic cuisine, Ziryab, now translated to Arabic.
IPAF-winner Shukri Mabkhout: Defending Freedom and Arabic
Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Shukri Mabkhout spoke of his inspiration in the Tunisian revolution and use of Modern Standard Arabic.