A total 2,661 authors, illustrators, and translators question London’s consultation on post-Brexit copyright.
The UK’s Goldsboro Books Names ‘Glass Bell’ Award Longlist
The Goldsboro ‘Glass Bell’ award is selected by the booksellers of one of London’s most prominent independent retailers.
In London, the Society of Authors Names Its 2021 Winners
Thirty-five winners are named in this year’s round of specialized book awards administered by the Society of Authors.
UK Book Publishing Industry Raises Copyright Alarm: ‘Save Our Books’
‘The biggest threat to our industry post-Brexit,’ says the Publishers Association, is an ‘international copyright exhaustion framework.’
Translators in the UK Call for Racial Equality in Literary Translation
The UK’s Translators Association issues a statement on debates about who should translate whom–and ‘institutional barriers.’
UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’
Citing ‘a sharp rise in complaints’ about companies that charge writers to produce their work, author-advocacy unions open a study.
UK: Society of Authors Names Translation Prize Winners
Jhumpa Lahiri is the headliner on this list of 2020 awards, for her translation of ‘Trick’ by Domenico Starnone for Europa Editions.
Three Authors’ Associations Address Status of Audible.com Talks
A coalition of author organizations in the US and UK calls for more transparency from Audible to give authors ‘a true picture of how their income is being calculated.’
UK: Translator Kay Heikkinen wins the 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize
Kay Heikkinen wins the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for her English translation of Velvet by Huzama Habayeb, about ‘ordinary Palestinian women.’
UK: The Society of Authors Opens 2021 Grant Applications
As the coronavirus intensity triggers a new and severe level of lockdown in the UK, the Society of Authors opens grant applications.