Three of the 25th Women’s Prize for Fiction jurors are authors, and the German Nonfiction Prize’s jury is the first for this new award.
Frankfurt Notes: Spain’s New Translation Funds; Germany’s Book Prize Broadcasts
Frankfurt 2021 Guest of Honor Spain roklls out €230,000 (US$252,383) in translation funding this week, and the German Book Prize announces live streaming.
German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Shortlist: ‘Generational Shift’
Jury chair Jörg Magenau says that issues of family relationships and contemporary male identity are at play in the German Book Prize 2019 shortlist.
Metabooks Brasil Reaches 100,000 Active Titles in Its Database
Announcing at Rio’s book fair its coming introduction of Pubnet in Brazil, Metabooks Brasil reports it now accounts for 75 percent of the market’s sales.
German Book Prize Releases Its 2019 Longlist: A ‘Stimulating Discussion’
Citing ‘so many successful debuts to discover’ among its list of 20 titles, the jury of the German Book Prize has released its 2019 longlist.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces Centerpiece Event for ‘Create Your Revolution’ Campaign
In looking for ‘solutions and people who make a positive difference,’ Frankfurt this year is assembling speakers on challenge and change.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Adds a Book Sales Day at the Fair
For the first time, exhibitors at the Frankfurter Buchmesse will be able to sell books on both the Saturday and Sunday of the fair.
Denmark, UK, and Germany Represented in ContentShift Competition This Year
This year’s ContentShift accelerator program includes both genuinely new startups and some companies that have, as organizers say, ‘market maturity.’
Germany’s GINT Competition for Emerging Translators Opens for Submissions
Geisteswissenschaften International translation competition is inviting emerging translators from German to English to submit applications by October 15.
Brazilian Photographer Sebastião Salgado Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize
During the Berlin Book Days events this week, the Börsenverein has praised Salgado for ‘raising worldwide awareness for the fate of laborers and migrants as well as for the living conditions of indigenous peoples.’