Publishing News [Global]

PEN Belarus recently launched a new platform dedicated to books banned in Belarus. At present, more than 258 books are banned for political or ideological reasons, over 208 authors face publication prohibitions, 5 independent publishers…

PublisHer, the global movement advancing gender equality and women’s leadership in publishing, has appointed of six new board members, effective 1 December 2025. Four new members join the PublisHer Advisory Board as industry experts,…

Jaipur BookMark (JBM) 2026 returns from the 15th - 19th January 2026, with a lineup of speakers from across the literary and publishing spectrum in India and the world. This edition features names such as Ananth Padmanabhan, Arcopol…

The Jaipur Literature Festival,celebrated globally as an iconic celebration of books, ideas and storytelling, announces another set of distinguished speakers for its upcoming 19th edition. The Festival will take place from January 15-19,…

Publishing Perspectives Editor-in-Chief Porter Anderson passed away recently, leaving behind an irreparable loss for the global publishing community. A distinguished career journalist, Anderson contributed to an extraordinary range of news…

Organized by the Sharjah Book Authority, the Sharjah Festival of African Literature will be held in January 2026 at University City Hall, Sharjah. It will have regional focus on Eastern and Southern Africa: Zanzibar, Ethiopia, South Africa.…

PublisHer returned to Europe with the PublisHer Lounge at the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair. “PublisHer continues to mature and grow into an international change movement,” said Bodour Al Qasimi, PublisHer’s Founder. “We’ve evolved from…

PublisHer has partnered with Shimmr AI, a pioneering platform in AI-powered Autonomous Advertising, to expand access to high-quality AI education, mentorship and visibility for women-led publishing businesses around the world.Through this…

The Training Programme for Arab and African Publishers 2025 brought together 161 publishers; including 75 from across Africa; along with authors and publishing professionals from around the world. The programme addressed key industry…

Lyndal Roper has won the 2025 US$75,000 Cundill History Prize for Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants’ War. (John Murray Press / Basic Books).Fellow finalists, Marlene L. Daut and Sophia Rosenfeld, will each be awarded US$10,000.…