‘Women need to almost un-condition themselves,’ says Emerald’s Vicky Williams, who joins The Markets’ panel at Frankfurt Book Fair on women in publishing.
Women in Translation Month: Three Percent’s Chad Post Runs the Numbers
‘Keep an eye on Danish,’ Open Book and Three Percent’s Chad Post advises. ‘That seems to be the hot language for women writers’ in translation.’
Arpita Das on Women in Publishing: ‘Such a Non-Level Playing Field’
“For women not to be a stronger part of fields like education and publishing is ridiculous,” says publisher and CEO Arpita Das in India.
At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: Why Aren’t There More Women Executives in Publishing?
From France and India: two female executives, two contrasting perspectives, in interviews on the challenges of women in executive roles in publishing.
Sophie de Closets on Women in Publishing: ‘What Troubles Me Is the Lack of Men’
Fayard CEO Sophie de Closets says the problem is less about women reaching executive roles than about finding ‘men who want to work in publishing.’
The UK Has a New Prize for Women in Translation: The Warwick
‘It’s markedly more difficult for women to make it into English translation,’ says English PEN’s Maureen Freely, who leads the Warwick Prize development. First award to come in the autumn.
Sisters in Crime on Diversity: Multiculturalism, They Wrote
The writers’ support organization Sisters in Crime releases a new report on diversity in mystery writing and today’s book publishing industry.
NSK Neustadt Prize Announces an All-Women Slate of Finalists
The Neustadt Prize’s biennial recognition of children’s and YA literature has, for the first time, chosen an all-female finalist roster. The winner will be announced in October.
At London Book Fair: The Unfunny Plight of Women in Comics
Tuesday, April 12, at #LBF16 in Olympia London’s National Hall Gallery: “Women in Comics: Is the Graphic Novel Industry Failing To Recognise Female Creators?”
20 Years of ‘New Books in German’
For twenty years, journal ‘New Books in German’ has provided insight and guidance about German literature to editors and publishers from around the world.