The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature honors Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Arab-African cultural roots. The post Sharjah’s New African Literature Festival Honors Wole Soyinka appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-28 16:29:55 UTC ]
The new Sharjah Literature Festival has opened as 'a celebration of our shared stories and a platform to nurture Emirati creativity.' The post UAE: Staging the Inaugural Sharjah Literature Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-23 00:35:02 UTC ]
Readying its second year, the new Singapore Children's Book Festival is staged by the Singapore Book Publishers Association The post Singapore Children’s Book Festival Calls for Programming Proposals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-01-13 23:00:45 UTC ]
The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin November 16-17, featuring more than 280 authors across some 220 sessions, including Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Stewart Collins says support for the Petworth literary festival in West Sussex is growing, and Kathryn Streatfield suggests local events are the solution for a changing festival worldLaura Barton’s piece paints an understandably downbeat picture of where we are now in the world of the literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-29 16:25:30 UTC ]
Increasing number of black authors forced to self-publish or promote work on social media, says Selina BrownThe founder of a book festival celebrating black authors has said they are “forced” to pave their own way into the publishing world because of a lack of diversity within the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-02 16:06:33 UTC ]
The inaugural Aspen Literary Festival, slated for September 2025, will feature more than 40 authors in a multi-day celebration of books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been a rough year for the literary festival. Sparked by a campaign from Fossil Free Books (FFB), nine festivals that previously relied on support from the Baillie Gifford Foundation dropped or lost that company’s sponsorship after the firm failed to divest from fossil fuel companies and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-19 16:14:49 UTC ]
The second annual Queen’s Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace celebrated what Queen Camilla has called the “great adventure” of the written word. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-07-03 09:01:09 UTC ]
Now in its seventh year, the Deep Water Literary Festival will return to Narrowsville, N.Y., in the Catskills June 21–23. This year, it has added a new independent book fair and expanded its programming to year-round. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
The 12th edition of the Singapore Book Awards announces its shortlist, with the winner to be presented at the first Singapore Children’s Book Festival later this month. The post Singapore’s New Children’s Book Festival: 2024 Award Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-05 19:26:13 UTC ]
If you’ve ever loved a book so much that you wanted to eat it, or driven your loved ones crazy with puns, The Edible Book Festival might be for you. The festival started in 2000 and has expanded into many, loosely affiliated annual events, all taking place around April 1st. Created by librarian... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-01 14:00:36 UTC ]
This year's Texas Book Festival, ran on Veteran's Day weekend, November 11 and 12, in Austin. The event was well attended, drawing tens of thousands of people for talks and panel discussions with more than 300 authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Following the departure of cofounder and coproducer Carolyn Greer, this year Liz Koch took the festival's helm solo, spearheading New York City's largest free literary celebration as it returned to its pre-pandemic size. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Now in its third year, the event stepped up its ambitions and aims not only to spotlight authors but to change audiencesAs a child, Selina Brown had a Saturday routine: her mother would go shopping and leave her at the library, where she would speed her way through novels by Jacqueline Wilson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-20 12:55:16 UTC ]
The Brooklyn Book Festival was held on October 1 in and around Brooklyn Borough Hall with more than 200 authors and 200 vendors participating. Our editors captured the day in photos. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Starting this weekend, to coincide with Banned Books Week, The New Republic and their partners will be kicking off a month-long Banned Books Tour—sending a bookmobile around the country to share books, celebrate reading, and fight book banning. If you want to help, and you’ll be at the Brooklyn... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-09-29 14:00:14 UTC ]
Stops in the states of Texas, Colorado, and New York are planned for the Jaipur Literature Festival's international tour in September. The post India’s Jaipur Literature Festival Heads for Three US Cities appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-28 18:36:15 UTC ]
Readers respond to Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of the Edinburgh book festival and threats by authors to boycott itRegarding your article (Authors threaten boycott of Edinburgh book festival over sponsors’ fossil fuel links, 11 August), collaboration and creativity are key to addressing the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-15 15:13:57 UTC ]
An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024Authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell have called on the Edinburgh International book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-11 12:45:25 UTC ]