Publishing News [Global]

The 2023 Miles Franklin literary award went to Shankari Chandran for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, an intergenerational epic that confronts Australia’s tense relationship with multiculturalism and postcolonial trauma. Recently, Chandran—a…

Penguin Random House and Kalimat Group, a prominent publisher of Arabic books, have announced a new strategic publishing partnership to increase the range of titles available in international markets and bring more Arabic literature to…

Sharjah International Book Fair has announced Sharjah Award for the Best International Fiction Book (AED 50,000) and the Best International Non-Fiction Book (AED 50,000). The nominated book must be new and unique in its field and the first…

On June 27, 2023, IPA’s Copyright Committee held a webinar on enforcement featuring the experiences of the publishers’ associations in the UK and France with Z-Library. Both associations had pursued the Z-Library at national level through…

Writer and performance poet Michael Rosen has been awarded this year’s PEN Pinter Prize. Established in memory of Harold Pinter, this annual prize honours a writer based in the UK, Ireland, the Commonwealth and former Commonwealth who – in…

Established in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards (known as the IPPYs) have been awarding the best in independent, small press and academic publishing for almost 30 years. “In a world that welcomes millions of new book titles…

Taylor & Francis has announced the results of Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 2023, with support pledged to convert over 50 book titles to open access (OA). Titles to benefit from this support cover a broad range of humanities and social…

From April 19-23, 2003, the 16th bi-annual Reykjavík International Literary Festival transformed Iceland’s capital city into a global hub of books, storytelling, literature, and ideas. A celebration of literature and storytelling, this…

Publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are applying to Italy’s cultural institutes for grants to translate titles that will be published in conjunction with Italy’s appearance as Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024. The…

The founder of the children’s book publishing company Usborne, Peter Usborne, passed away at the age of 85. He died peacefully in the company of his family. Usborne established his publishing company in 1973 and was honored with a CBE for…