Publishing News [Global]

The Training Programme for Arab and African Publishers 2025 brought together 161 publishers; including 75 from across Africa; along with authors and publishing professionals from around the world. The programme addressed key industry…

Lyndal Roper has won the 2025 US$75,000 Cundill History Prize for Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War. (John Murray Press / Basic Books).Fellow finalists, Marlene L. Daut and Sophia Rosenfeld, will each be awarded US$10,000.…

The Philippines’ Guest of Honour presentation at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025 featured more than 100 authors, illustrators, creatives and diverse voices from across the archipelago. At the fair, the Guest of honour handover ceremony was held,…

On November 17-18, the IPA Educational Publishers Forum was held in Antwerp and was hosted by the IPA member, the Flemish Educational and Scientific Publishers Association (GEWU). Later in November, the African EPF held an online meeting.…

The London Book Fair (LBF) has revealed the Authors of the Fair line-up for 2026, as well as their first ever Narrator of the Fair.The line-up will feature: author, illustrator and creator of the sensational Heartstopper series Alice…

The Sharjah Publishing Sustainability Fund (Onshur), founded by Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), has launched the ‘Disrupt’ track, the region’s first platform that brings…

The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) Publishers Conference, held before the main SIBF event, attracts leading rights professionals from over 100 countries. The 15th Sharjah Publishers Conference will take place from November 2-4,…

BookRix, the independent, community-focused self-publishing platform has launched its first subscription app for readers and listeners. Developed in partnership with Beat Technology—an international leader in subscription and streaming…

Maua Books, an imprint of eKitabu, has launched Prix de l’édition jeunesse africaine, a new literary prize dedicated to celebrating excellence in French-language children’s publishing in Africa, while building vital bridges between…

The first edition of the Shanghai Illustration & Pop Show (SIPS) will take place from 29 to 31 May 2026 at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre. Organized by BolognaFiere China Ltd., with the support of the Shanghai International Culture…