Penguin Random House’s site focused on the publisher’s social outreach has a 2020 update on international projects and growth in diversity.
The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Announces 2021 Longlists
Longlists of both published and unpublished comedic writing from women have been announced in the Comedy Women in Print Prize’s third year.
Scholastic Signs Multi-Book Deal with Colin Kaepernick
The former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick writes in his first book in the series about differences between himself and his adoptive family.
In-Person, Online: Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Business of Books
Amid some 250 events in August’s hybrid edition of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, a group of programs welcomes industry players.
Richard Charkin: An Age of Aquarius
‘Changing the world is hard and the highest ideals may have unintended consequences,’ writes Richard Charkin in his column of queries.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content Draws More Than 3,000 Views
Making quick adjustments when a new level of COVID-19 alert went into effect, Singapore’s Book Council mounted the AFCC digitally.
Children’s Publisher Lee & Low Buys the Bilingual Cinco Puntos Press
The multicultural publisher of children’s books Lee & Low buys the 130-book list of El Paso’s bilingual Cinco Puntos Press.
New US Political Publisher, All Season Press, Announces Opening
Publishers formerly with Hachette and Simon & Schuster open politically conservative All Seasons Press ‘to take head-on the cancel culture’ decried by Trump’s advocates.
Amazon Literary Partnership Expands Grantee List to 80 This Year
In 2021, the Amazon Literary Partnership is giving 80 grants totaling more than $1 million to literary organizations in the United States.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content: Fast COVID Adjustments
Having planned its program in a hybrid format, the Asian Festival of Children’s Content is delaying in-person events amid new coronavirus cases.