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Frankfurt’s LitAg in Sight: A Rights Roundup
Here’s news of Frankfurt, Ukraine’s Andrey Kurkov, and rights sales in this Roundup from Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, France, and Norway.
Rights Roundup: Finland, France, Brazil, Spain, and Norway, Pre-Frankfurt
As we get closer to this year’s robust-looking Frankfurt, rights news is here from France, Finland, Spain, Brazil, and Norway.
Oslo’s Tragedy Reinforces WEXFO’s Importance
Norway’s weekend shooting raises the stakes for the World Expression Forum as an arena for constructive disagreement and debate.
Rights Roundup: A New Look at Southern Italy’s Ancient Paestum
News from publishers and agents today comes from England, Norway, Italy, Germany, and Finland–where Max Seeck rules in rights sales.
IPA and PEN America on Myanmar’s Closure of a Publisher
The publishing house, Lwin Oo Sarpay, was shuttered by Myanmar’s junta reportedly for distributing a book on the Rohingya genocide.
Readmagine: Luis González on Publishing’s Own Narrative
Formulating Readmagine in Madrid, the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez’s Luis González is impressed with what ‘outsiders’ may offer.
Ukraine’s Oleksandra Matviichuk at WEXFO: The ‘Interconnected World’
One of WEXFO’s most compelling presentations in Lillehammer came from a Ukrainian human-rights attorney, Oleksandra Matviichuk.
At Norway’s WEXFO: IPA Prix Voltaire Names Its Shortlist
At Lillehammer’s World Expression Forum, the International Publishers Association names its Prix Voltaire shortlist.
WEXFO Opens in Norway: Victor Pickard on Technology, Free Speech, Journalism
‘We’ve basically handed over our core communication and information infrastructures to a handful of oligarchs,’ says Victor Pickard.