Titles in this Rights Roundup come from Turkey, Spain, France, Finland, and Sweden, and include work for adults and young readers.
In London, the Folio Society Opens an Illustration Award
The UK’s Folio Society, at 75, creates a new award program for illustrators and issues a call for submissions.
Children’s Books Edition: The UK’s Branford Boase Award 2022 Shortlist
The Branford Boase program annually awards a debut novel for children–and the winning author’s editor is honored, too.
Children’s Books Edition: A Spring Rights Roundup
Our children’s and YA titles in this Rights Roundup come from South Korea, Spain, France, Estonia, Norway, and the UK.
Penguin Random House, Authors Guild on Book Bannings
As book-bannings sweep the United States, two campaigns from the industry demonstrate different styles and tones of response.
An Easter Surprise in the States: 30 Million More Books Sold Than in 2019
Holiday print sales in children’s books helped the US market gain 3 percent in the week ending April 16.
China Bestsellers: Film and TV Support Fiction in February
Three significant books on China’s bestselling fiction lists early in the lunar new year are buoyed by film and television.
Rights Roundup: Ukraine’s Andrej Kurkow and ‘Grey Bees’
Even amid the excitement and pleasure in an in-person staging of Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Ukraine nightmare was never forgotten.
More Children’s Books Awards: Carnegie and Greenaway Shortlists
The United Kingdom’s book award duo, Carnegie and Greenaway, have 16 shortlisted titles between them.
China Bestsellers in January: Reading Lists and Romance
Driven by winter-break extracurricular reading lists, China’s charts see familiar classics in fiction, humorous history titles in nonfiction.