London Book Fair not only goes to the digital option but also adds early-June dates to its previous late-June schedule.
Springer Nature Reports on 2020: ‘Sustainable Business’
In both corporate social responsibility and in content production as a major academic publisher, Springer Nature had a big 2020.
Book Aid International Partners With African Parks in Malawi
The book charity provides close to 10,000 copies of ‘Planet Earth II’ to the Nkhotakotar reserve’s ‘Reading Around the Reserve’ program.
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.’
Faber & Faber: Stephen Page Names Mary Cannam to Managing Director
The promotion of Mary Cannam to the operational leadership of Faber sees Page continuing to work with her, now as executive chair.
London Book Fair 2021: Final Decision in Mid-April
Organizers of the show say they’re assessing ‘ongoing uncertainty around international travel’ in the coronavirus pandemic.
PRH’s Markus Dohle on Bertelsmann’s 2020 Profit Report
‘Globally, people turned to books’ in 2020, Markus Dohle says, and Penguin Random House parent Bertelsmann reports on a strong year.
International Booker Prize Announces 2021 Longlist
This year’s longlist for the International Booker Prize includes its first self-translating author, Kenya’s Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
Wales’ Dylan Thomas Prize Names Its 2021 Shortlist, Reduces Prize Money
Now offering a still-substantial purse of £20,000 for the winner, the Dylan Thomas Prize names its 2021 shortlist of ‘bold, inventive’ novels.
‘In the Dream House’: Carmen Maria Machado Wins the Rathbones Folio Prize
Author Carmen Maria Machado wins the Rathbones Folio Prize, which honors influential voices from American LGBTQ literature.