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.
China Bestsellers, March 2026: Cats Across Time and Space, AI, and the Classics
OpenBook shares insight into March 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, April 13, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world. By Carlo Carrenho, Contributing Editor mong the week’s headlines, a veteran publisher returns with a serious nonfiction imprint in Italy; an Argentine author lands the inaugural Aena Hispano-American Narrative Prize, and it’s €1 million purse; audiobooks appear to be catching …
Ahead of Bologna, Science and Nature Books Are Fueling China’s Children’s Book Market
Wang Linjun, President of Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, said the group is heading to the Bologna Book Fair looking to support “ecological education for a new generation of globally-minded Chinese readers.”
Paper Republic, Singing Grass Launch New Prize for Chinese/English Translators
The Voices of Today Literary Translation Award seeks to bring contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English language readers worldwide.
China Bestsellers, December 2025: Classics, Series, and Prescriptive Titles Top the List
OpenBook shares insight into December 2025 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, January 26, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
China Bestsellers: Double 11 Promotions and Living in an Era of Uncertainty Boost Sales
OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists from November, plus a look at what international authors are selling well in China.
China Bestsellers: Nobel Prize Boost, Aspirational Nonfiction, and Children’s Classics
Beijing’s OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their international, fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists.