Publishing News [Global]

Independent publishers dominate the Polari Prize shortlists, with poetry, literary fiction and a graphic novel featured across the two adult shortlists. Tales of transition feature strongly on the Polari First Book Prize shortlist, which…

The 2024 China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) is scheduled from November 15-17, 2024 in the vibrant city of Shanghai. CCBF stands as the leading fair entirely dedicated to books and specific contents for children in Asia…

Lithuania’s largest book retailer and part of Alma Littera group, Pegasas,which also includes country’s largest publisher, has gone live with an app experience, using Beat Technology, for its growing audiobook buyers and furnished it with a…

The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has officially opened registration for the 14th edition of the Publishers Conference, scheduled to take place from November 3-5, 2024, and serving as a precursor to the highly anticipated 43rd edition of…

What trends are emerging in international publishing? How is AI changing the book industry? And what opportunities do the film, streaming and games industries offer when it comes to rights and licensing? At Frankfurter Buchmesse…

Macondo Book Society in collaboration with eKitabu has announced that acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma will be among the distinguished authorsattending the fourth edition of the Macondo Literary Festival to take place from…

The International Publishers Association (IPA) announced the shortlist for the 2024 Prix Voltaire, honoring exceptional courage in upholding the freedom to publish. The shortlist includes Osman Kavala, Turkey; Dušan Gojkov, Balkan Literary…

Registration is now open for the 14th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) Publishers Conference, organized by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA, to be held from November 3rd to 5th 2024. The conference will once again…

Dipesh Chakrabarty is awarded the 46th European Essay Prize on the occasion of the French translation of his latest essay Après le changement climatique, penserl’histoire (Paris: Gallimard, 2023). The jury of the European Essay Prize pays…

The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO) recently concluded its highly significant annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Committee in Hong Kong, hosted by the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society…