The winners of this year’s publishing-house awards are based in Tanzania, Switzerland, Iran, the United States, Colombia, and New Zealand.
Afshin Molavi at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: ‘West to East’
The Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute fellow speaks with Mina Al-Oraibi about pandemic-era dynamics in the Arab region.
‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ Is Now Underway in Its Fifth Edition: Online
The Tehran Book Fair Uncensored program is online this week, with as many as a dozen independent publishers of Persian literature.
Coronavirus Worklife: Iran’s Blue Circle Literary Agency
The world health crisis has had tangible impact on a new literary agency in Tehran, one of its core staffers contracting the virus during reopenings.
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Announces 2020 Exhibition Illustrators
A two-year tour of the 2020 Bologna Children’s Book Fair exhibition of illustrations is to follow its initial show in March and April.
Asli Erogan and Ali Dorani Open Norway’s Daily ‘Hour of Freedom’ in the Guest of Honor Pavilion
Kicking off Guest of Honor Norway’s daily focus on freedom at the Frankfurt Book Fair, a panel discussed freedom of expression and migration.
Fourth Tehran Book Fair Uncensored Moves Next to Germany
The Tehran Book Fair Uncensored—now in its fourth year showcasing Persian literature free of Iranian censorship—has opened London and Paris.
Freedom To Publish: Interview with Iranian Publisher Azadeh Parsapour
Azadeh Parsapour, the Iranian publisher and champion of work censored by Tehran, talks about the dangers her company and its authors must navigate to bring suppressed writings to a Persian-language audience.
‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ Adds an Anthology of Writings Forbidden in Iran
The third year of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers’ Tehran Book Fair Uncensored program includes an anthology of writings censored in Iran but not yet published outside the country.
In Iran, an Appetite for International Fiction Among Younger Readers
At the Tehran Times: Media access leads Iran’s young readers to want more complexity in fiction, say publishers, and ‘slightly altered’ translation.