Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: August 17, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
China Bestsellers, June 2026: Fantasy and Comics, Personal Growth, and a Focus on Cities
Beijing based OpenBook shares June 2026 book sales across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s titles, with insight into what books by foreign authors are also selling well.
Around the Book World: Monday, July 20th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s ‘Grand Tour’ Continues to Build Opportunities
In June, BCBF rounded out its world tour by visiting New York, Beijing, and Annecy to promote the rights trade in children’s publishing and invest in cross-media promotion.
At the Beijing International Book Fair, Rights Trading Gives Way to IP Licensing
The 32nd Beijing International Book Fair closed on June 21 with solid numbers: 2,835 copyright agreements signed across 82 countries. But the real story was how China’s publishing industry is rebuilding itself around streaming commerce, AI-assisted editorial workflows, and transmedia IP.
Winner Announced for New Chinese/English Literary Translation Prize
The new award seeks to champion ‘translators as vital cultural connectors,’ and to bring ‘contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English-language readers worldwide.’
Shortlist Announced for New Chinese/English Literary Translation Prize
The winner of the inaugural “Voices of Today Literary Translation Award,” which seeks to bring contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English language readers worldwide, will be announced at the Beijing International Book Fair later this month.
Around the Book World: Monday, May 25, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Beijing International Book Fair Celebrates 40th Anniversary in June
Next month, the Beijing International Book Fair will welcome 1,700 exhibitors from 82 countries and regions to discuss the impact and innovation of AI, expansion and opportunity of global licensing, and the evolution of reading.