The six-title Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist carries forward four of the eight debuts that were included in its late-July longlist.
Coronavirus: Leipzig Book Fair Is Canceled; London Still On, Pan Mac Now Out with Hachette Livre
Developing story: Leipzig Book Fair shutters its planned March 12 to 15 show; London Book Fair still hanging fire amid more cancellations.
The €100,000 International Dublin Award Highlights Ireland’s Tramp Press
Tramp Press, a small publisher in Ireland, found a winner with Mike McCormack’s ‘Solar Bones’. The book, passed over by larger publishers, has won the International Dublin Award.
Christmas In October: UK Rights Rustler Matt Haig Sleighs to Frankfurt Book Fair
Canongate flies in author Matt Haig to meet his international publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Haig’s previous titles sold into 22 countries.
Nielsen’s Mo Siewcharran Remembered as ‘a Force for Good’
In humor and praise, Nielsen Book’s Mo Siewcharran is remembered in London as someone ‘who always saw the bigger picture.’
Ahead of the Booker Shortlist: Canongate’s Jamie Byng
‘Lazy publishing,’ says Canongate’s Jamie Byng, ‘is just a disservice to what books can be.’ The publisher talks Man Booker, reading, and ‘Letters Live.’
BookExpo Distribution Notes: Canongate, PGW, Spink, Casemate, OCLC
Among the many partnerships being announced this week during BookExpo in New York City, many include international elements.
Rising Star Rafaela Romaya: ‘A Very Clear Vision for the Book’
‘There’s always an element of surprise and unpredictability regarding what draws people to covers,’ says Canongate art director and Rising Star Rafaela Romaya.
Context in Publishing: Perspectives on the ‘Wall of Content’
Has book production outpaced readership and what can publishers do about it? Porter Anderson’s opening editorial for Publishing Perspectives explores this.
Hay Festival Panel Ponders Our Digital Future
by Tolu Ogunlesi HAY-ON-WYE, WALES: While many in the publishing industry were in New York last week for BookExpo America, other book lovers gathered on the Welsh border for the annual literary extravaganza known as the Guardian Hay Festival. This year, amid the author presentations featuring figures as diverse as Desmond Tutu and Stephen Fry, a publishing panel entitled “Brave …
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