Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Libraries from the U.S., Türkiye, and Spain Take Top Honors at IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress in Korea
The awards were announced this week at the conclusion of IFLA’s 90th World Library and Information Congress, in Busan, South Korea.
Around the Book World: August 3, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Shortlist Revealed for the IFLA, James Bennett Public Library of the Year Award
The annual award celebrates a newly built or expanded public library that has “best managed to combine open and functional architecture with sustainable and creative IT solutions” and “has included both digital developments and local culture.”
With New Competition, IFLA Is Looking For the Next Masters of Library Science…Fiction
With its 100-year anniversary on the horizon, IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations) is asking librarians to use their imaginations when contemplating the future of librarianship…literally.
After Baker & Taylor Collapse, Australian Library Supplier James Bennett to Sponsor IFLA Public Library Award
IFLA reps said James Bennett’s sponsorship will ensure the “ongoing celebration of excellence in library design and function.”
International Publishers Congress: Keynote from Oleksandra Matviichuk
Head of Ukraine’s Nobel-laureate Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk will keynote in December’s International Publishers Congress at Guadalajara.
At London Book Fair: ‘A Trinity of Freedoms’
London Book Fair is the launch point for a new five-organization international statement on freedom of expression and publishing.
SDG Book Club Issues First Reading List on Sustainable Goals at Bologna
Works by Ángela Lago, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and Omaima Ezadeen are on the first reading list announced by the United Nations’ new SDG Book Club.
IPA’s Sustainable Development Goals Book Club Welcomes Bologna, Others
The first selection of children’s books in the International Publishers Association’s SDG Book Club with the United Nations is due on April 2 at Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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