Dec Jan 20

Canada is the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse in 2020 (14-18 October 2020). The country will showcase their diversity and culture.Canadian books are the product of a mature industry that is national in scope, with approximately…

A total of 1,900 nominations from 49 countries have been submitted for the 14th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, SZBA, across its nine categories. The two categories that witnessed the highest nominations were firstly Young Author…

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, named Tbilisi (Georgia) World Book Capital for the year 2021, based on the recommendation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, which met in Switzerland in June, 2019. Around the…

Pearson, the world’s learning company, has acquired Lumerit Education, an ed tech company that helps address the issues of college degree completion and affordability in the consumer and corporate markets. Lumerit uses data and analytics to…

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018 is awarded to the Polish author Olga Tokarczukfor a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life. While, The Nobel Prize in Literature…

The International Publishers Association(IPA) has signed an official agreement with Emirates Airline to become its Exclusive Global Transport Partner as the Association ramps up its international programme of events. The agreement will see…

Five innovative African projects have each won a $20,000 grant, while a library restoration initiative is to receive $50,000,and $20,000 will be allocated to Rural library restoration from the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund created by…

The University of Guadalajara and representatives from the Sharjah Book Authority announced that Sharjah and the Arab culture will be the guests of honor at Guadalajara International Book Fair 2020. Named 2019 World Book Capital by UNESCO,…

Published by Yatra Books, Lithuania Ka Itihas is the Hindi version of The History of Lithuania. The book was recently released in New Delhi by the Embassy of Lithuania, in presence of a panel of dignitaries including Lithuanian foreign…

A thriller novel KaalKoot - The Lost Himalayan Secret written by S Venkatesh has recently entered into a book-to-screen adaptation optioning deal with a renowned producer. An Amazon #1 bestseller has received acclaim for its combination of…