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.
Shehan Karunatilaka’s ‘Seven Moons’ Wins the 2022 Booker
A tale of a war photographer’s post-death search for truth in Sri Lanka’s violence wins the UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction.
Rights Roundup: On to Frankfurt’s Fairgrounds
The business of the book takes centerstage at Frankfurt, but it’s those gleams of artistry, even fleeting, that finally compel rights sales.
US National Book Awards Program Names Its 25 Finalists for 2022
The five winners among the US National Book Foundation’s 25 shortlisted finalists are to be named on November 16 in New York City.
Romania’s Mircea Cărtărescu to Receive Guadalajara’s $150,000 Literature Prize
The 2022 Guadalajara Literature Prize, awarded by Feria Internacional del Libro, goes to Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu.
China Bestsellers in August: ‘Live Streaming’ Drives Sales
New Oriental’s e-commerce ‘live streaming’ product pitches in China are credited with moving books onto the bestseller charts.
The German Book Prize Announces Its 2022 Shortlist
Shortlisted authors will learn only when the winner is announced on October 17 who has been selected the German Book Prize laureate.
US National Book Awards 2022 Longlist: Fiction
The titles on the National Book Awards’ fiction longlist were chosen from an initial pool of 463 submitted books. Shortlists come October 4.
China Bestsellers in July: Classroom Classics Go Big
That reading list your teacher sent you home with can do great things for sales of several ‘great classics’ in a hot July in China.