The 11 longlisted submissions for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Translation category came from six Arab nations.
Taina Tervonen’s ‘Les fossoyeuses’ Wins Switzerland’s 2022 Jan Michalski Prize
The 50,000-franc Jan Michalski Prize-winner is Taina Tervonen’s ‘The Gravediggers,’ called by jurors ‘an incredibly powerful book.’
Sheikh Zayed Award Names More Longlists: Criticism and Nations’ Development
Two categories’ longlists have just been released in the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, based in Abu Dhabi.
Rights Roundup: On the Other Side of Frankfurt
As the year wends its way toward its exit, we have new rights action reported to us for today’, in this chilly post-Frankfurt autumn.
The US National Book Awards: Celebrating the Winners
The 2022 National Book Awards fundraising gala was a boisterous and profound coming-back-together after two years of digital editions.
Scotland’s National Book Awards: The 2022 Shortlists
For more than 80 years, the Saltire Society and its awards have ‘inspired culture and provoked responsible debate.’
China Bestsellers in September: ‘Humor and Wisdom’
Writerly craft, online serialization, television appearances, and studies of loneliness propelled titles onto the September bestseller lists in China.
Sheikh Zayed Award Names Longlists: Literature, Children’s Literature, Young Authors
The first three categories’ longlists have been released in the 17th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, based in Abu Dhabi.
NPD BookScan: The US Market, Early 2022 Holidays
In a trend reflecting reader behavior more than supply-chain issues, the American book market heads downward in NPD’s BookScan data.
Kim de l’Horizon Wins 2022 German Book Prize for ‘Blood Book’
As Frankfurter Buchmesse is readied for its opening, the German Book Prize spotlights a daring debut novelist as its 2022 laureate.