Brisk springtime rights trading is reported from Scandinavia, with nonfiction hits as well as fiction highlighted in Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway.
A Few Words With Digital Book World’s International Fellows
From Greece, Norway, Iceland, and the UK, the DBW 2017 Fellows speak about their successes, their challenges, and why they’re traveling to the conference.
Holiday Retail: Iceland’s Jolabokaflod, or Christmas Book Flood
The Icelandic publishing industry has a somewhat extreme emphasis on the holiday sales push, with Jólabókaflóð this year carrying more than 840 titles.
Suspense at Frankfurt: Can Iceland’s ‘Blood Drop’ Winner Go the Distance?
Oskar Guðmundsson’s ‘Hilma’—with its strong female characterization and mind-of-the-murderer insights—took Iceland by storm, ‘in spite of very scarce advertising.’
Malta’s Moxie: A Few Words With Mark Camilleri at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
‘The increasing globalization of information has made people aware that they have their own indigenous culture and literature,’ says Mark Camilleri of Malta’s National Book Council.
Illustration to Thrillers, Fiction and Nonfiction: International Titles on Offer at London 2016
We asked a few publishers which international titles they are especially excited to present to the publishing world at the London Book Fair this spring.
Ahead of LBF at IPA Congress: Many Publishers, Great and Small
Dichotomies of local and global, major and modest, resonated throughout the International Publishers Association’s 31st Congress, convened in the run-up to London Book Fair.
Icelandic Author Prompts Global Campaigns to Take in Syrian Refugees
Icelandic author Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir’s Facebook initiative urging Iceland to accept Syrian refugees has prompted similar campaigns across the globe.
Breaking Bulgarian: Why Translation Can Be Heartbreak
Bulgarian translator Izidora Angel conveys the heartbreaking frustration of trying to render cultural nuances in English translation.
Iceland, We Have a Jólabókaflóð Problem: Too Many Books!
Though the annual jólabókaflóð (Christmas Book Flood) is a tradition, Icelandic publishers are rethinking the logic of pushing so many book out at once.