Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
At Peter Mayer’s Memorial Service: Appreciation for a Publishing Giant
The late Peter Mayer is remembered as the man who made the Penguin Group ‘the world’s most admired and successful publishing company.’
$50,000 DSC South Asian Lit Prize Shortlist, Festival
By Ed Nawotka The shortlist for the inaugural $50,000 DSC South Asian Literature prize — open to books published in English, or in an English-translation, on South Asian topics — includes: Amit Chaudhuri: The Immortals (Picador India) Musharraf Ali Farooqui: The Story of a Widow (Picador India) Tania James: Atlas Of Unknowns (Pocket Books) Manju Kapur: The Immigrant (Faber & Faber) …