Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya talks of ‘an environment where all employees are empowered to grow’ in PRH’s first DEI report.
Cassava Republic: A $30,000 Nonfiction Prize for Black Women
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf’s new nonfiction award for Black women writers offers a contract and advance to the author of an unpublished manuscript.
PublisHer Holds a First Rio Event During the Bienal do Livro
The international network of women in publishing, PublisHer, has its first gathering in Rio during this month’s 21st Bienal do Livro.
Germany’s BücherFrauen, Book Women, Issue Their Prize’s Shortlist
The second cycle of the biennial BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis – Book Women Prize – will name a winner during Frankfurter Buchmesse.
PublisHer Opens a Korean Chapter at Seoul’s Book Fair
PublisHer’s Bodour Al Qasimi leads the opening of a Korean chapter in Seoul, advancing women ‘without having to change who we are.’
Barbara Kingsolver Wins the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction
The American author Barbara Kingsolver has become the only writer to win the United Kingdom’s Women’s Prize for Fiction twice.
England’s Emerald Publishing Names Teleen North American President
Formerly at Wiley and its US$500 million subscription business, Terri Teleen becomes president of Emerald’s North American division.
In England: The Women’s Prize for Fiction Names Its 2023 Shortlist
The Women’s Prize 2023 shortlisted books are called by the jury ‘ambitious, diverse, thoughtful, hard-hitting and emotionally engaging.’
From Richard Charkin’s ‘My Back Pages’: ‘The Culture of Bloomsbury and Industry Progress’
A ‘Miss Pergamon’ contest, Bloomsbury, and ‘prominent roles taken by women,’ in this excerpt from Richard Charkin’s forthcoming memoir.
International Women’s Day: PublisHer’s Bologna Stand
The new PublisHer pavilion at Bologna International Book Fair co-hosts an International Women’s Day breakfast with Kids Can Press.