“Leonardo Padura has transformed Cuban reality into literature with global resonance,” Liber reps said in a statement announcing the honor.
Libraries from the U.S., Türkiye, and Spain Take Top Honors at IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress in Korea
The awards were announced this week at the conclusion of IFLA’s 90th World Library and Information Congress, in Busan, South Korea.
At the Halfway Point of 2026, Hachette Reports Solid Earnings Despite ‘Challenging’ Market Conditions
Despite an overall soft publishing market, company officials reported “a solid first half” in a July 28 earnings call, and, looking ahead, confirmed that the publisher is in line to receive a substantial windfall from the recently approved Anthropic settlement in the U.S.
Around the Book World: Monday, July 13th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Around the Book World: Monday, June 22, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
At Readmagine 2026, Stakeholders Gather for an Increasingly Vital Publishing Industry Summit
The popular Madrid-based event proved to be yet another valuable opportunity to rally around the values and practices that sustain the international book business.
At the London Book Fair, a Look at Translations from Spain and the Balkans
Two panels at the LBF’s Literary Translation Center last week explored getting languages from two regions into English, and the difficulty of coming from a small yet complex territory.
Kristenn Einarsson Is Stepping Away: Almost
The Freedom to Publish lead at IPA, the founding managing director of WEXFO, the World Expression Forum, will focus on the ‘democracy-reading’ connection full-time now. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Give the Readers What They Didn’t Know They Wanted’ t will seem odd at first. So central a personality has Kristenn Einarsson been to the International Publishers Association, to …
Richard Charkin in London and Bilbao: Publishing and Change
‘Adaptability in a changing world is the key to success,’ according to Frankfurt-bound Richard Charkin.
Spain’s 43rd Liber: A Four-Fold Focus on Tech and Innovation
Spain’s industry-facing Liber returns to Madrid in October with AI and other familiar issues to discuss.