Avidly read history-and-humor series continued their hold on the nonfiction book consumer base in China at the end of 2021.
Rights Roundup: ‘Wordless Comics’ and Cat Pictures
Today’s Rights Roundup features writings from France, South Africa, Greece, Finland, and the United Kingdom.
The 2022 German Nonfiction Prize: 205 Titles Submitted by 130 Publishers
The second cycle of the German Nonfiction Prize has again drawn submissions from publishers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
PEN’s 2022 Longlists Include International Poetry, Prose in Translation
The 2022 PEN America Literary Awards will confer a total of more than US$350,000 in prize winnings.
In London, Costa Book Awards Names Its Category Winners
The Costa Book Awards program, in its 50th year, names winners in five categories: first novel, novel, biography, poetry, children’s books.
English PEN Announces Its Year-End Translation Grant Recipients
Titles receive English PEN grants to support translation into English from Arabic, Farsi, Catalan, Spanish, French, Chinese, Hindi, more.
Author and Scientist Peter Hotez’s Vaccine ‘Corbevax’: Authorized in India
The author of ‘Preventing the Next Pandemic’ releases a new COVID-19 ‘vaccine for the world’ – which may also help slow down new variants.
Rights Edition: Translated Titles in China, First Half of 2021
The first half of the year in foreign rights bought by Chinese publishers, January to June, suggests slow going for adult fiction.
Rights Roundup: Giving Credit Where It’s Due
The works in our last Rights Roundup of the year were originally published in Switzerland, Iceland, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.
China Bestsellers: A Tall ‘Dune’ Appears on November’s Charts, Driven by Film
The Frank Herbert series may be finding a footing in the Chinese market, where series and relatively recent ‘classics’ are prized.