As director-general of Mexico’s Guadalajara International Book Fair, Marisol Schulz keeps a wary eye on the world industry for programming cues.
India in Guadalajara: ‘Translation is Part of Our Mental Makeup’
India has sent Spanish translations and more than 100 authors to Mexico’s Guadalajara International Book Fair as the show’s guest of honor.
China’s Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair Reports 16,145 Trade Visitors
Organizers of the 2019 China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair say that 1,498 rights trade agreements were made during the fair.
On World Children’s Day, the UN and IPA Highlight the SDG Book Club
On UNICEF’s World Children’s Day, the IPA reminds international publishers that their children’s books can be part of the SDG Book Club.
Rights Sellout in Beijing: Why Albatros Media Won’t Be in Shanghai
Having sold the Chinese rights to every children’s title the Czech house took to Beijing, Albatros has nothing left to sell this weekend at Shanghai’s fair.
Rights Roundup: Purpose-Driven Reads on the International Rights Market
Our Rights Roundup today brings you eight titles written by seven women and one man from seven countries, each book with a clear goal.
The UK’s CILIP 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals: Diversity Aware
With 162 nominations, the library-based CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway programs are operating on diversity guidance from a survey of past selections.
The UK’s Tom Fickling, a ‘Sudden’ Publisher of Philip Pullman
Tom Fickling finds himself the publisher of one of the UK’s most successul authors and a partner of the world’s largest trade book publisher.
Agent Stephanie Barrouillet: Nonfiction Leads Global Children’s Book Scene
Publishers in many countries are finding success with nonfiction children’s books that offer illustrated explanations of complex concepts.
Ghana’s Deborah Ahenkorah Wins Canada’s Global Pluralism Award
Devoted to showing African children, ‘Your story is just as important,’ Deborah Ahenkorah this month receives one of Canada’s proudest international honors.