The Pakistani British author of ‘The Last White Man,’ ‘Exit West,’ and ‘Moth Smoke’ gives a keynote address on October 18 at Frankfurt.
USA: Louise Erdrich Wins the $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize
In its fourth year, the 2021 Aspen Words Prize goes to Louise Erdrich for her fiction on the Native American struggle for self-determination.
Aspen Words’ $35,000 Literary Prize Names Its 2021 Finalists
The shortlist for this year’s Aspen Words Literary Prize features three novels and two short story collections.
Year’s End Surprise: Spiegel & Grau, a Once-and-Future Publisher
Two of the best-known publishers of New York’s Big Five scene are promising a media-spanning concept at their new independent press.
‘Groundbreaking’: A Few Words With Laura Perciasepe on Spanish Work in Translation
‘Book discovery has changed a lot over the years,’ says Riverhead’s Laura Perciasepe, who sees boundless opportunity for works in translation.
Looking Up: Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Open Star Watch 2016 Nominations
For a second year, Frankfurt Book Fair (FBM) and Publishers Weekly (PW) are teaming up to produce the PW Star Watch program. Nominations are open.
Riverhead Gets ‘Unexpected, Bold, and Unforgettable’ New Look
Riverhead Books revealed a “strong, contemporary, and timeless” new colophon designed by their award-winning art director Helen Yentus.
Wenguang Huang’s Intimate, Edifying “The Little Red Guard”
Wenguang Huang’s memoir The Little Red Guard, is an authentic and edifying depiction of China in the 70s and 80s as goes through massive societal upheaval.
Review: The Surf Guru by Doug Dorst
By Edward Nawotka The Surf Guru shows off what Doug Dorst does best, which is channel an array of lifelike voices that seem to be simultaneously of and not of this world. Much like his debut novel, 2008’s Alive in Necropolis, which featured a cast of fictional and historical characters, some who were alive and most who were dead, his latest book …