Our Rights Roundup carries news of deals on books from the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Turkey, and South Korea. A meeting on the Thames & Hudson stand at the Beijing International Book Fair. Image: BIBF By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Two Key Asian Festivals Feature Trading This Month As many of our readers know, […]
European literary organizations see the Archipelagos project as a way to identify and promote translations from lesser-used languages. Participants in a 2024 Berlin meeting of Ukrainian literature translators. Image: Atlas-CITL By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows Open for ‘Scouting Residency’ Applications Today (June 16), a collective open call for scouting residencies for literary translators is announced by
The three 2025 Prix Albertine Jeunesse winners were chosen by more than 15,000 students in 70 schools, organizers say. Covers of the nine books in contention for this year’s Prix Albertine Jeunesse. Image: Albertine By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Voting in 672 Classes The French Institute’s Albertine in New York City has announced the
An ‘unconventional longlist’ opens the International Booker Prize’s cycle: authors and translators of 15 nationalities on five continents. Image: Booker Prize Foundation, Yuki Sugiura By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Thirteen Books Translated from 10 Languages The 13-title 2025 longlist being released this afternoon in London (February 25) includes an interesting first—a 43-year-old book first
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi names its 19th iteration shortlists, with a winner’s ceremony set for April 28. Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners speak at the 2024 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Image: ADIBF By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson A Programming note: The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is supporting a program
Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Philippines program has programming, authors, and translators headed for Leipzig Book Fair. Authors and translators from the Philippines scheduled to appear at Leipzig Book Fair include, top row from left, Daryll Delgado; Jessica Zafra; Renren Galeno; and Paolo Herras. On the lower row from left are J. Philip Ignacio; Stephanie Coo;
Our pre-Bologna Rights Roundup includes the work of authors from Finland, China, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, and more. Rights meetings and discussion on the BIEF French collective stand at Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2024. Image: BCBF By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson See also: Rights Edition: Bologna Children’s Book Fair’s Evolving Rights Hubs At
A first: The six shortlisted contenders in the 2025 International Booker Prize all have been produced by independent publishers. Image: Booker Prize Foundation, Yuki Sugiura By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson The Winner To Be Named May 20 at the Tate Modern Today in London (April 8), the six-title shortlist has been announced for the
Rising markets for ebooks and audiobooks are opening new rights opportunities in the 2023 Frankfurt guest of honor, Slovenia. Ljubljana’s Tromostovje or Triple Bridge on the Ljubljanica River at the Franciscan Church of the Annunciation. Image – Getty: Jelena By Jarosław Adamowksi | @JaroslawAdamows ‘Print Runs Are Gradually Decreasing’ As many of our Publishing Perspectives readers
Christopher Merrill in March reported the termination of US State Department grants for Iowa’s International Writing Program, which he directs. Christopher Merrill, director of the International Writing Program, speaks in March 2022 at the University of Iowa’s 39th Presidential Lecture. Image: University of Iowa By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson International Writing Program: A Loss
