The surge in book bannings has affected at least 1,207 authors, 268 illustrators, and 14 translators, per PEN America’s new report.
AIGA Names Its 2022 50 Best Book and 50 Best Cover Designs
This awards program, started in 1923, generates a gallery of design standouts published and ‘used in the marketplace’ in 2022.
Recalling Ukrainian Writer and Activist Victoria Amelina
The writer and war-crimes researcher Victoria Amelina has died of wounds sustained in the June 27 Russian attack in Kramatorsk.
The UK’s Yoto Carnegie Medal: A First Win for a Book in Translation
The original ‘Llyfr Glas Nebo’ by writer-translator Manon Steffan Ros wins the Yoto Carnegie in translation as ‘The Blue Book of Nebo.’
In England, the Yoto Carnegies Announce Children’s Books Shortlist
From the Yoto Carnegies, the Shadowers’ Choice Medals will again engage selected school programs, with sponsorship from Scholastic.
British Book Awards: Trade and ‘Book of the Year’ Shortlists
The British Book Awards contenders for Book Trade and Book of the Year are announced, with the shortlists consisting of 29 categories.
Rights Edition: Tove Jansson’s Moomin Characters Licensed to Barnes & Noble
Almost 80 years after the first of Tove Jansson’s Moomins appeared, the US market finds the durable characters at Barnes & Noble.
The Folio Society: At Bologna To Meet Illustrators
The 75-year-old Folio Society partnered with Bologna Book Plus to reach out to the book fair’s internationally active illustrators.
London’s Folio Society Teams With Bologna Book Plus on Illustrations
England’s Folio Society has partnered this year with Bologna Book Plus on programming and an award in the trade show’s Illustrators Café.
England’s Klaus Flugge Prize Names Its 2023 Longlist
Sixteen books are on the United Kingdom’s Klaus Flugge Prize longlist, which honors illustrators for their pivotal role in children’s books.