For the first time, a translator will chair the International Booker Prize jury, with Singapore-born translator Jeremy Tiang aboard, as well.
Welbeck Preps England Football History; Harper Expands Rights With Jeffrey Archer
Industry Notes: HarperCollins announces new rights territories for Jeffrey Archer’s work; Welbeck has a license for England Football.
Richard Charkin: An Age of Aquarius
‘Changing the world is hard and the highest ideals may have unintended consequences,’ writes Richard Charkin in his column of queries.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content Draws More Than 3,000 Views
Making quick adjustments when a new level of COVID-19 alert went into effect, Singapore’s Book Council mounted the AFCC digitally.
Russia’s 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Longlist: Contemporary Prose
The 2021 edition of Russia’s Yasnaya Polyana literary competition includes a 45-book longlist in contemporary Russian prose.
Independent Publishing: CLMP Honors 2021 ‘Firecracker Award’ Winners
A work by Aoko Matsuda in its English translation by Polly Barton leads the 2021 CLMP ‘Firecracker Awards’ honorees.
London’s ‘Author HQ’ Programming To Be Led by Bestseller Matt Haig
The digital edition of London Book Fair on June 29 features an eight-hour sequence of programming headlined by author Matt Haig.
Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre in Partnership With the Netherlands’ Brill
‘The Journal of Arabic Studies’ premieres in January, in a new partnership between Brill Publishing and Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre.
China Bestsellers: TikTok Helps Boost Michaelides’ ‘Silent Patient’
Recommendations on TikTok and other media push Alex Michaelides’ bestselling debut onto the charts in China in May.
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.’