Reports indicate that seven are dead and at least 20 injured at the Factor-Druk printing house in the latest Russian attack on Kharkiv.
Republic of Georgia: Publishing Industry Criticizes ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill
Georgia’s foreign agents bill is drawing criticism from PEN Georgia, the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association, and others.
Ukraine’s Chytomo Announces Its Inaugural Winners
The first Chytomo Awards for ‘outstanding achievement in the Ukrainian publishing and literary sphere’ have been named in Kyiv.
Frankfurt: Ukraine’s Chytomo Award Names a Shortlist
The new award from Ukraine’s publishing trade news medium, ‘Chytomo,’ names its first shortlist in three categories.
Ukraine: ‘Chytomo’ Opens New Award for Ukrainian Publishing
Ukraine’s ‘Chytomo’ opens a new award with support from Germany’s ministry of culture, Frankfurter Buchmesse, and the Börsenverein.
Germany Funds Book Industry Exchange With Ukraine at €900,000
This exchange program, coordinated by the Börsenverein, brings together organizations in Germany and Ukraine to promote the book industry.
Recalling Ukrainian Writer and Activist Victoria Amelina
The writer and war-crimes researcher Victoria Amelina has died of wounds sustained in the June 27 Russian attack in Kramatorsk.
In Ukraine: Kyiv’s Book Arsenal Festival Draws 28,000
The 11th Book Arsenal Festival–prevented in 2022 by Russia’s attack–has been staged successfully in Kyiv this week, with Zelensky on-hand.
Boos and Budianta: ‘Celebrating Diversity’ in Jakarta
The closing panel of the 2022 IPA International Publishers Congress looks the responsibility to increase diversity in book publishing.
Georgia’s World Book Capital Program Stages Its Black Sea Conference
The inaugural Caucasus and Black Sea Basin conference was the centerpiece of the UNESCO World Book Capital closer in Tbilisi.