Authors including Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Olga Tokarczuk, Max Porter, and Bernardine Evaristo lead the Society of Authors’ appeal.
Authors in 22 Nations Issue Statement for Colleagues: #FreeWordsBelarus
More than 120,000 writers in 33 unions and associations are represented in a new statement of support for Belarusian writers.
The UK’s Tom Fickling, a ‘Sudden’ Publisher of Philip Pullman
Tom Fickling finds himself the publisher of one of the UK’s most successul authors and a partner of the world’s largest trade book publisher.
Hay Festival Opens Early Bird Access to Public for 2018 Events in Wales
Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Bridget Christie and those surprise ‘Letters Live’ performers are among personalities set for the Hay Festival 31st season special events in Wales, with early bird tickets going on sale to the public today (January 16).
Hardinge’s ‘Lie Tree’ Wins Costa’s Second Big Nod to Children’s Books
For the second time in its history, the Costa Awards has chosen a children’s book as its book of the year: The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge.
Publishers Training Abu Dhabi, Day 4: Quality Control, Enhanced E-books
Salwa Shakhshir, a children’s book publisher from Amman, Jordan, attended the second annual Publishers Training program organized by KITAB and The Center for Publishing at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies in Abu Dhabi. She’s documented her experiences for Publishing Perspectives. Read coverage of Day 1, Day 2, Day 3. By Salwa Shakhshir Our final day of training focused …