Publishing News [Global]

For the 75th time, Frankfurter Buchmesse (18–22 October 2023) will be celebrating new books, inspiring authors and moving stories: on the first literary stage jointly hosted by broadcasters ARD, ZDF and 3sat, in the Congress Center’s main…

Nihar Malaviya has officially taken the role of CEO at Penguin Random House (PRH) on a permanent basis, following his nine-month tenure as interim chief executive. This transition comes in the wake of Markus Dohle’s departure shortly after…

Taylor & Francis is marking an open access (OA) milestone with a showcase of ‘must read’ books and chapters highlighting the role of OA in driving progress on global issues. Negotiating Bioethics became the first fully open access…

Books took center stage in the SDG Media Zone ahead of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, in a session titled “Books as a tool for action” held on September 18, 2023. IPA President Karine Pansa and Vice President Gvantsa Jobava,…

The 2023 Miles Franklin literary award went to Shankari Chandran for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, an intergenerational epic that confronts Australia’s tense relationship with multiculturalism and postcolonial trauma. Recently, Chandran—a…

Penguin Random House and Kalimat Group, a prominent publisher of Arabic books, have announced a new strategic publishing partnership to increase the range of titles available in international markets and bring more Arabic literature to…

Sharjah International Book Fair has announced Sharjah Award for the Best International Fiction Book (AED 50,000) and the Best International Non-Fiction Book (AED 50,000). The nominated book must be new and unique in its field and the first…

On June 27, 2023, IPA’s Copyright Committee held a webinar on enforcement featuring the experiences of the publishers’ associations in the UK and France with Z-Library. Both associations had pursued the Z-Library at national level through…

Writer and performance poet Michael Rosen has been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. Established in memory of Harold Pinter, this annual prize honours a writer based in the UK, Ireland, the Commonwealth and former Commonwealth who – in…

Established in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards (known as the IPPYs) have been awarding the best in independent, small press and academic publishing for almost 30 years. “In a world that welcomes millions of new book titles…