Begun in January of 2017, the National Book Foundation’s ‘Book Rich Environments’ program and its partners distribute free books for young readers.
International Publishers Association Partners With UAE’s Dubai Cares on African Challenges
The new IPA-Dubai Cares partnership provides close to $1 million for efforts ‘to address pressing African publishing ecosystem challenges.’
Industry Notes: Wales’ Hay Festival Opens 2019 School Program’s Booking Applications
Booking applications, just opened, will run to April 30 in the Hay Festival’s Program for Schools series of events, which take place on the first two days of the main festival.
Bulgaria’s ‘BookMonster’ Intends to Make Youngsters Game for Reading
Responding to falling reading comprehension in Bulgaria, BookMonster is testing a new site that offers kids book quizzes and rewards accomplishment.
London Book Fair Names BAFTA Kids Roadshow With Place2Be Its 2019 Charity
London Book Fair’s 2019 charity is a partnership of BAFTA Kids and Place2Be, which combines film and tv school tours with mental health programming.
Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up
Scholastic’s biennial Kids & Family Reading Report finds American families are reading books aloud to their children more often.
PEN America Files an Amicus Brief on the Right to Literacy in the States
In their filing PEN’s attorneys write that ‘One clear effect of the lack of access to literacy education is the inability to critically analyze “fake news.”‘
Bodour Al Qasimi Announces Candidacy for Vice President of the International Publishers Association
In opening her bid for leadership in the International Publishers Association, the UAE’s Bodour Al Qasimi says publishing ‘shouldn’t be an industry stuck in time in how it treats the majority of its workforce.’
Industry Notes: Man Booker’s Shortlisted Authors, London Book Fair’s Literacy Charity
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (October 16) is preceded by a series of events with shortlisted authors, and London Book Fair has opened its search for its official 2019 literacy charity.
Timely International Publication Credited as Part of Romania’s Stronger Market
A new study finds that Romanian publishers have increased book sales by releasing Romanian translations of foreign books parallel to launches in other key markets.