The 50,000-franc Jan Michalski Prize-winner is Taina Tervonen’s ‘The Gravediggers,’ called by jurors ‘an incredibly powerful book.’
Rights Roundup: On to Frankfurt’s Fairgrounds
The business of the book takes centerstage at Frankfurt, but it’s those gleams of artistry, even fleeting, that finally compel rights sales.
Frankfurt’s LitAg in Sight: A Rights Roundup
Here’s news of Frankfurt, Ukraine’s Andrey Kurkov, and rights sales in this Roundup from Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, France, and Norway.
‘Loving Highsmith’: Switzerland’s Eva Vitija on Her Biopic
‘Access to the girlfriends’: ‘Loving Highsmith’ by filmmaker Eva Vitija offers a new glimpse of the elusive author Patricia Highsmith.
International Children’s Books Edition: A Rights Roundup
Titles in this children’s Rights Roundup originally were published in Spain, Finland, the United Kingdom, Turkey, India, and Switzerland.
Germany’s Bookwire Reorganizes Its Audiobook Approach
‘Pooling our energies even more to focus on audio,’ Bookwire announces a restructured unit for audiobooks and podcasting.
Stephan Malinowski Wins the €25,000 German Nonfiction Prize
‘Combining social and political contemporary history with a family portrait,’ Stephan Malinowski wins the German Nonfiction Prize.
German Nonfiction Prize To Offer NFTs With the Creatokia Marketplace
In a pilot program with Bookwire’s Creatokia, the Börsenverein offers NFTs related to the German Nonfiction Prize.
German Nonfiction Prize Names its Shortlist for 2022
All told, the German Nonfiction Prize awards a total €42,500 to its winner and to the remaining seven shortlistees.
International Women’s Day: ‘The Female Publisher’
Interview: ‘The Female Publisher’s’ Anne Friebel says that she and co-founder Josefine Podei have created the network they saw was needed.