Jokha Alharthi’s inventive multigenerational tale, “Celestial Bodies,” is also the first novel by an Omani woman to be translated into English. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-10-21 15:10:57 UTC ]
News and Events WLT Photo by J. Foley Opale World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday evening that Ismail Kadare is the 26th laureate of the renowned... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-10-16 22:21:35 UTC ]
Ethiopian writer, activist and co-founder of blogging platform Zone 9 Befeqadu Hailu has been named International Writer of Courage at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 20:42:42 UTC ]
Andrew Nurnberg Associates has promoted Doug Wallace to head up the agency’s international offices, including Eastern Europe and Asia. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 23:11:31 UTC ]
Northstar Travel Group is on a buying spree. The Secaucus, N.J.-based, private equity-backed B2B media company mainly serving the travel and hospitality space has acquired travAlliancemedia, Buying Business Travel Media and CAT Media in a trio of separate deals announced Monday and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-10-08 16:33:05 UTC ]
Sourcebooks has formed a new international sales group and hired Shawn Abraham as director of the new unit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The International Literature Showcase is a partnership between the National Centre for Writing and British Council. It aims to showcase amazing writers based in the UK to programmers, publishers and teachers of literature in English around the world. To do so, we have invited six leading writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-10-05 10:05:02 UTC ]
Headline Review has pre-empted world rights to the debut novel from Ruth Druart, with 11 international rights deals following for the "remarkable read". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 05:26:17 UTC ]
Zoe Nelson, foreign rights director at transatlantic literary agency Janklow & Nesbit, says honing in on fewer titles and embracing global thinking, is paying off as the world’s biggest rights fair nears. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 23:14:04 UTC ]
Rebel Girls has joined forces with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and will donate $100,000 to the organisation over the next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 15:28:50 UTC ]
Part of Sharjah's program of 'collaborations with knowledge-based cultural centers,' the deal was signed while the emirate was the Moscow fair's guest city. The post Sharjah and Russia Sign Cultural Agreement at Moscow International Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-08 21:23:19 UTC ]
The short film ''Reading Where the Wild Things Are in The Great Rift Valley' was released last October and has been singled out by London's EVCOM awards. The post Book Aid International’s Maurice Sendak Short Is Up for Two UK EVCOMs appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-30 05:30:44 UTC ]
Digital marketing approaches supported by 5G and edtech in early-age English-language training were key interests at the 2019 Beijing Book Fair. The post Beijing International Book Fair Cites 320,000 Visitors, High Tech Interest appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-27 05:30:18 UTC ]
Reporting US$2.62 billion in 2018 revenue, China's sprawling Phoenix Publishing & Media already has deals in 30 countries and wants to get only bigger. The post Beijing International Book Fair: Phoenix Publishing’s Global Strategy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-22 14:12:23 UTC ]
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) is to use new 5G technology to project a lifelike 3D image of an author into the Fair this weekend for a remotely conducted author event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-21 16:40:00 UTC ]
The Jaipur Literary Festival has New York City, Houston, and Boulder on its itinerary, having been to London and Belfast earlier this summer. The post India’s Jaipur Literary Fest Announces New York Stop on International Tour appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-19 06:30:42 UTC ]
Put your text here. image By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson subhed xxx The post International Publishers Association Outlines First Amman Regional Seminar appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-13 05:55:48 UTC ]
The International Literature Showcase is a partnership between the National Centre for Writing and British Council. It aims to showcase amazing writers based in the UK to programmers, publishers and teachers of literature in English around the world. To do so, we have invited six leading writers... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-08-10 10:05:02 UTC ]
The International Literature ShowcaseExceptional times call for exceptional writers. International bestselling crime novelist, journalist and Man Booker judge Val McDermid will reveal her selection of the most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working in the UK today. Val McDermid presents...10 August,... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-08-02 14:11:05 UTC ]
Spain’s publishers’ federation, in a series of meetings with government, educational, and cultural leadership, hammer out an approach to invigorate reading domestically and promote Spanish literature internationally. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Toward a ‘State Pact’... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-07-24 01:16:59 UTC ]