The second round of the Women Poets’ Prize ups its purse to £1,500 for each of three winners, an award that honors the late Rebecca Swift.
FutureBook Opens Its Week-Long Run, Daily From London
Cleanly produced, the FutureBook 2020 conference has opened today with users only a click or two away from any event.
Aspen Words’ Issue-Driven Literary Prize: The 2021 Longlist
The Aspen Words Literary Prize is focused on authors whose work deals in cultural relevance and contemporary conditions.
Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions
Supporting everything from PEN America to the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Amazon Literary Partnership focuses on author development.
PRH Sponsors CLMP’s New Black Literary Publishing Award
The award for ‘Black-led presses and other presses that champion the work of BIPOC authors’ names its first winners in the spring.
Nigeria’s Digital Aké Arts and Book Festival Opens Today
The seventh Aké Arts and Book Festival in Lagos is all online and available for all to see. Events are free and open to the public.
Penguin Random House’s Global Social Impact: Claire von Schilling
Vowing to address its own workforce demographics, Penguin Random House releases a Global Social Impact site on corporate responsibility.
Bernardine Evaristo to UK Publishing: Hire More Diverse People
At the Frankfurt Book Fair conference, writer Bernardine Evaristo delivered a forceful keynote on the systemic bias against people of color in the UK publishing industry.
Bernardine Evaristo To Open Frankfurt Conference ‘Publishing Insights’ Track
The widely awarded author and inclusivity champion gives her keynote on the third day of the Frankfurt Conference program.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2020: A COVID-Aware Edition
Singapore’s 2020 Asian Festival of Children’s Content draws from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas for its programming.