The original ‘Llyfr Glas Nebo’ by writer-translator Manon Steffan Ros wins the Yoto Carnegie in translation as ‘The Blue Book of Nebo.’
Rights Roundup: Mind Your Metadata
The titles featured in this edition of our Rights Roundup are from Australia, Sweden, Norway, England, and France.
Frankfurt Guest of Honor Slovenia: A ‘Honeycomb of Words’
Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Slovenia program is to draw on the market’s natural setting as well as its publishing industry and culture.
The 2023 Bilingual ‘Prix Albertine Jeunesse’ Winners
The Prix Albertine Jeunesse winners are chosen in four age-defined groups of bilingual French- and English-language students in North America.
New Scottish Books Showcase: Focus on Germany
The Scottish Books International program stages authors in Germany in its Scottish Books Showcase series, with music by Assynt.
Gospodinov and Rodel Win the International Booker Prize
Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel have won the 2023 International Booker Prize for ‘Time Shelter,’ the program’s first win from Bulgaria.
At Abu Dhabi: The 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony
The Egyptian composer and musician Omar Khairat, is probably the best known of the winners of the 17th edition of the award program.
Abu Dhabi’s ‘Spotlight on Rights’ Grants Program Opens
Since 2009, Abu Dhabi’s ‘Spotlight on Rights’ has supported more than 1,030 books with at least 140 publishers.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Events: Abu Dhabi Book Fair
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award has seven events planned for Abu Dhabi’s book fair, with speakers from its 2023 winners’ roster.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Won by Zahran Alqasmi
‘The Water Diviner’ wins the US$50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction purse, plus translation, for the Omani novelist Zahran Alqasmi.