With 162 nominations, the library-based CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway programs are operating on diversity guidance from a survey of past selections.
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Announces 2019 Shortlist
‘There’s now a South Asia beyond South Asia,’ says jury chair Harish Trivedi in his London announcement of this year’s DSC Prize shortlist.
The PublisHer Women’s Network, at Frankfurt and Sharjah
As the Sharjah PublisHer Summit approaches, Bodour Al Qasimi and Tracey Armstrong talk about the international momentum of women in publishing.
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.
Amazon Literary Partnership Is Open for 2020 Grant Applications
Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership funding nonprofit organizations supporting authors’ work and development has made more than US$12 million in grants.
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.
The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Adds Graphic Novel Category
Funny women who write, Helen Lederer decided, needed award recognition. So she started a prize program, Comedy Women in Print. This is its second year.
In London, the Polari Prize Goes to Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan
The previously shortlisted Andrew McMillan and debut author Angela Chadwick are this year’s honorees in the LGBT-themed awards program in the UK.
Marie Tomičić at Sweden’s Olika: Winning Football Books for Girls
The Swedish publisher Olika’s series of books about Sweden’s top women’s football stars got a kick in visibility this summer with the World Cup in France.
Frankfurt 2019: Big Crowds, Upbeat Industry, Social Purpose
Overall visitor numbers were up at the 2019 Frankfurter Buchmesse, where rights trade was brisk and events addressed timely topics including Brexit, feminism, racism, and climate crisis.