Publishing News [Global]

Despite the state of war, with its challenges and limitations, the Mystetskyi Arsenal team is organising the 11th Book Arsenal Festival, hoping it will once again unite the book, literary, and art scenes in its space, and become a meeting…

Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House US has resigned. Earlier, Global CEO, Markus Dohle, and Gina Centrello, Group head, Random House Publishing Group had also resigned. McIntosh was appointed as CEO in 2018.

Prince Harry’s autobiography – Spare has become the UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction bookever, recording figures of 400,000 on its first day of sale. The controversial memoir made headlines in the weeks leading up to its publication, finally…

HarperCollins Publishers and the Association of HarperCollins Employees affiliated with Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW), which represents over two hundred HarperCollins employees, have reached a tentative labor agreement. The…

Taylor & Francis (T&F), a global leader in academic publishing, and National Communication Association (NCA) are launching a new journal, Communication and Race, adding even more robust scholarship to their strong communication…

The American Library Association (ALA) opened registration for the 2023 Annual Conference & Exhibition, to be held at the McCormick Place Convention Center and surrounding hotels in Chicago, Illinois, June 22–27, 2023. The 2023 ALA…

Tiya Miles has been announced the winner of the 2022 Cundill History Prize for All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack,a Black Family Keepsake (Random House). In a unanimous decision, the 2022 jurors decided to award the Harvard…

The 33rd International Publishers Congress was jam-packed with two days full of discussions, powerful keynotes, award ceremonies and a vibrant atmosphere of publishers coming together from around the world. One of the highlights of the 33rd…

The 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse (19–23 October, 2022) attracted 93,000 trade visitors (2021: 36,000 trade visitors) and 87,000 private visitors (2021: 37,500 private visitors), Over 4,000 exhibitors from 95 countries were present in the…

The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international distinction in the field of books for young people. Given every other year by IBBY, the Awards recognise lifelong achievement and are given to a writer and an illustrator whose…