In its second stage of a multiyear study, Elsevier looks at pressures, challenges, and potentials in research in the next 10 years.
In London: Women’s Prize for Fiction Names Its Shortlist
The 2022 shortlist for the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction is headlined by work of Ruth Ozeki, Elif Shafak, and Louise Erdrich.
Going Up: UK Publishers Say 2021 Book Sales Rose 5 Percent
The biggest format jump in the UK’s 2021 report was downloaded audio, up 14 percent to £151 million. Fiction and kids’ books rose 7 percent.
London Book Fair: Minister of London Visits UK Publishers Association
A seven-year member of parliament, the minister of London Paul Scully, tours LBF, the guest of the Publishers Association.
Heading to London Book Fair: Diversity in UK Publishing
As the UK publishing industry prepares for its annual encounter with many colleagues from other markets, a look at UK book business diversity.
Windham-Campbell’s Michael Kelleher: ‘Not a Book Award’
Ten years after its inception, the Yale-based Windham-Campbell Prizes program is uniquely focused on ‘the love of writers and writing.’
Bologna Outlook: Stephanie Barrouillet of SB Rights Agency
Despite ongoing COVID concerns and Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Stephanie Barrouillet looks ahead to an upbeat in-person Bologna.
Edwige-Renée Dro and Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘1949’ Library of Women’s Writings
International Women’s Day: Côte d’Ivoire has a library centered on literature written by African and Black women.
International Women’s Day: ‘The Female Publisher’
Interview: ‘The Female Publisher’s’ Anne Friebel says that she and co-founder Josefine Podei have created the network they saw was needed.
Awards: The UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Jury Names Its 2022 Longlist
On International Women’s Day, the Women’s Prize for Fiction names 16 novels to its £30.000 longlist for 2022.