‘Prejudice is prejudice, no matter who is at the receiving end,’ IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi tells the Estoril Conferences audience in Cascais.
São Paulo’s Professional Days: Language Challenges
Ahead of the São Paulo International Book Fair, publishers explore key market hurdles for the Portuguese-language world.
Rights Trading in Brazil: São Paulo’s Professional Program
Like the 2022 São Paulo International Book Fair itself, its rights-trading professional program this year returns to a fully physical format.
Germany’s Bookwire in Distribution Deal with Spain’s Editorial Planeta
The new agreement with Bookwire will see the distribution of some 30,000 ebooks and 1,200 audiobooks from Planeta’s Spanish-language catalogue.
Portuguese-Language SDG Book Club: Open for Business
The Portuguese-language SDG Book Club is divided into an effort in Portugal and a sister program in Brazil, each announcing its reading list.
European Union Prize for Literature: The 2021 Winners
This year, the honors go to writers from countries including Bulgaria, Latvia, Iceland, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden.
Publishing Scotland Announces £23,000 in New Translation Grants
The second 2020-2021 round of translation funding from Publishing Scotland supports literary works translated into 10 languages.
SDG Book Club for Young Readers: A Portuguese-Language Expansion
Two years into its work, the book program for children devised by the United Nations and IPA gets a lusophone wing.
Guest of Honor Portugal at Guadalajara: A Language Divided by a Sea
It can be easier to get Portugal’s books into Latin American via Spanish translations than to sell them in the original Portuguese-language editions in Brazil.
Reuters’ International Survey: Don’t Bet the Farm on News Video
A strong reading culture frequently has a tendency to robust news consumption, as well. The Reuters Institute’s new Digital News Report has many revelations to offer, from 26 countries.