Looking at ‘well-studied subjects in different ways,’ Peter Frankopan inaugurates the Thalia Potamianos Lecture Series in Athens, October 7.
Book Aid International Announces Partnership With the Novus App
The Novus banking app allows users to choose which charities will receive support, based on their purchases.
Cambridge’s New Look at Ancient Greek: A 23-Year Project
Faculty lead on the Cambridge Greek Lexicon James Diggle says ‘It took over my life’ during the effort’s final 15 years.
Book Aid International’s Year: 867,567 Books to 19 Countries
Solar lamps as well as hundreds of thousands of books were in play in 2020 for Book Aid International’s logistics team and donor-publishers.
‘Let’s Talk’ Program Opens Monday, Aligned with the Thessaloniki Book Fair
Frankfurter Buchmesse presents seminars on COVID-era bookselling, translation, and publishing, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and the Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
UK-based Book Aid International Donated 1.2 Million Books in 2019
The charity last year was at work in 23 refugee camps, 38 prison libraries, 1,567 schools, 635 public libraries, and more.
Rights Roundup: New Titles Entering the International Marketplace
From Germany, Spain, Cameroon and France, the United States, Québec, Greece, Majorca, and the United Kingdom, our titles today are in the early stages of their rights sales.
Coronavirus: Malaysia Cancels Its Kuala Lumpur World Book Capital Opener
New national restrictions on citizens’ movements require the Kuala Lumpur edition of UNESCO’s World Book Capital program to change its plans.
Coronavirus Worklife: Dioptra’s Rights Staff and Colleagues Go Remote in Greece
Told that they’d need to work at home, the team at Athens-based Dioptra Publishing begins the remote working transition during the coronavirus outbreak.
Greek Cypriot Wartime Story in Translation Wins 2019 Commonwealth Prize
Author Constantia Soteriou has won the 2019 world Commonwealth Prize in short stories. Lina Protopapa’s English edition is the first translation to win.