The chief of St. Petersburg’s comics and graphic novels publisher Bumknigo says it’s unlikely the sector will find the traction it has in France or the US.
Jurors Named for the UK’s 2020 Booker International Prize
This year’s winner, ‘Celestial Bodies,’ had a 30-fold increase in sales in the week following the Booker International ceremony. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson First Year Under Crankstart Sponsorship urors for the 2020 International Booker Prize have been announced today in London (July 11), as submissions for the prize open. Keep in mind that this is not the Booker Prize …
The 2019 Firecracker Award Winners: CLMP Honors Magazines and Books
The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses’ 2019 Firecracker Awards mark five years in honoring fiction, nonfiction, poetry and literary magazines.
Kenya’s Peter Kimani: When African Publishers ‘Lack Imagination’
A ‘lack of imagination on the part of publishers is hampering the development of a reading culture in Kenya,’ says the Kenyan author Peter Kimani.
New Report Looks at Translated Literature in Some World Markets
Called a ‘Diversity Report,’ a new study looks at the status of translated literature various book markets, with emphasis on Austria and Slovenia.
During BookExpo: BookBrunch Announces American ‘Selfies’ Awards
Even as the London Book Fair brings its CAMEO Awards this week to BookExpo, BookBrunch does the same with its Selfies Awards for self-publishing authors.
Five Questions for Russia’s Boris Kuznetsov: Netflix and ‘Fashionable Reading’
Reading in Russia, says publisher Boris Kuznetsov, is ‘a fashionable and intellectual trend’ for a new generation of consumers—who may be watching Netflix.
Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize
The Man Booker International has its first Arabic-language winner. Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Boston-born translator Marilyn Booth split the £50,000 award.
British Book Awards’ Top 2019 Prize Goes to Ireland’s Sally Rooney
The annual ‘Nibbies,’ as the British Book Awards are known, this year are led by the acclaimed Irish author, Sally Rooney, who calls herself ‘astonishingly lucky.’
The UK’s CrimeFest 2019 Honors Shukla, Lippman, Rowling
Led by Nikla Shukla’s contemporary story of young people trying to work out corruption in an inner city housing scam, the CrimeFest awards are announced in Bristol.