Swedish readers are finding themselves in a widening conversation around gender relations based in a debut, ‘Letters to Men.’
Rights Roundup: Frankfurt Anticipation Picks Up Speed
Today’s Rights Roundup features work from England, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, and a film in pre-production with Jake Gyllenhaal.
In London, a Call for Publishers to ‘Name Translators on the Cover’
Authors including Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Olga Tokarczuk, Max Porter, and Bernardine Evaristo lead the Society of Authors’ appeal.
China Bestsellers in August: Familiar Authors With New Success
The school systems’ reading lists were put away in August, but China’s charts continued to turn over slowly. The fastest movers were in fiction.
Rights Roundup: Quick Sales for a Vietnamese Conservationist and Her Sun Bear
Environmental activist Trang Nguyen is releasing her first book for young readers. She and Sorya the sun bear are making rights sales.
US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Young People’s Literature
These 10 longlisted titles include verse, illustration, and prose about gender, sexual identity, race, politics, family history, world events.
Rights Roundup: Thrillers by Women, and Garden Travels
This Rights Roundup features work from France, Finland, India, the United States, Denmark, and Italy, starting with a thriller from Helsinki.
The UK’s BookTrust Revitalizes Its ‘BookStart Baby Bag’ Program
The British charity BookTrust refreshed its Bookstart Baby Bag program which donates new board books to families with babies.
Rights Roundup: Cycles of Oppression and Courage
The work in our Rights Roundup comes from Norway, Finland, France, and from Spain by way of an Italian tale of bravery.
China Bestsellers: July Was Driven by Summer’s School Reading Lists
With the return to school on the horizon, classroom reading lists dominate the mid-summer charts in China for July.