The video game writer and media developer Dan Houser of California’s Absurd Ventures speaks on March 12 at London Book Fair.
The International Booker Prize Names Its 2025 Longlist
An ‘unconventional longlist’ opens the International Booker Prize’s cycle: authors and translators of 15 nationalities on five continents.
In Italy, Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s Evolving Rights Hubs
Bologna’s rights-business structure is evolving along with creative industries’ growing engagement with book publishing.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Names Its ‘Books at Berlinale’ Titles
The 2025 edition of Books at Berlinale on February 17 will introduce a curated selection of as many as 150 film producers.
China Bestsellers: Han’s Nobel, and International Fiction
In young people’s self-help, a November trend was spotted in specialized guidance for male and female teens in China’s market.
Scholastic Makes a Five-Nation Dav Pilkey ‘Dog Man’ Release
Scholastic flexes its international reach in the five-nation release of Dav Pilkey’s 13th ‘Dog Man’ series book.
At Frankfurt: Friday Will Be Book-to-Screen Day 2024
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Book-to-Screen Day on October 18 will include an adaptation prize for filmmaker Aslı Özarslan (‘Ellbogen’).
China Bestsellers in July: Dreams of Red-Hot Book Sales
As China’s school reading lists sell the classics, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ is being newly adapted in dance, museum shows, and on screens.
Spain’s Liber 24 Names Its Reading-Promotion Winner: Espazo Lectura
This year’s recipient of the Liber Prize is the Galician reading promotion organization, Espazo Lectura in Gondomar, Spain.
China Bestsellers: May’s Television-Fueled Nonfiction Win
On China’s nonfiction list in May, Fei Zhi’s army of ‘Cats’ books were held at bay by the TV-powered arrival of Li Juan’s ‘My Altay.’