January’s China bestseller lists show business and the education that supports it drawing book consumers in a changing economy. Image Getty – ImTmPhoto By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Seven years of China Bestsellers in our Archives A Dynamic in Nonfiction and Children’s Books In an interesting article by Yoko Kubota on February […]
The Portuguese network of libraries has launched a new program for digital book access, provided by Québec City’s De Marque. The facade of the Livraria Lello & Irmão, in English referred to as the Lello Bookshop, in Porto. Image – Getty: Giorez By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Lisbon’s New Platform for Library E-Lending Lisbon’s
For the first time in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s ‘Creative Writing Nadwa’ event series: a workshop on editing. From left at the IPAF workshop on literary editing are Ridha Hasni, Nizar Al-Hmoud, Yara Elmasry, and Muhamad Jamal in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s editing workshop. Image: Showman Foundation, Abdul Hameed By Porter
Bologna’s rights-business structure is developing along with creative industries’ growing engagement with book publishing. Rights trading meetings at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024. Image: BCBF By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Business Shaping a Trade Fair’s Structure Among the key distinctions of Elena Pasoli‘s Bologna Children’s Book Fair (March 31 to April 3) is an evolving
Today’s reports come to us from Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Poland. Not the Valentine’s Day type, perhaps, 5-year-old Emma dislikes her relative’s fond kisses until Titanic the dog comes to live with her, in Anita Lehman and Kasia Fryza’s ‘Slobber Slobber Kiss Kiss.’ Image: KaBooks Agency By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief |
Grin Publishing, focused on ‘India’s timeless stories and wisdom’ enters a new distribution partnership with PRH India. A ‘Chair Poetry Evening’ set at the 2024 Kolkata International Poetry Festival, a program normally held in February since 2018. Image – Getty: Partha Kar By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Meaningful Stories for Readers Across the Subcontinent’
Leading the UK Publishers Association’s export services for more than 40 years, Gloria Bailey is to get the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award. Trading on the Hachette UK stand at London Book Fair 2024. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Conway: ‘Commitment, Kindness, and Energy’ Those in the “traveling publishing” cohort
