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The shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2024 have been unveiled, with prize director Sunny Singh calling the chosen books “necessary, urgent and timeless”.

Maison Valentino will sponsor the International Booker Prize 2024 while a new partnership with English PEN will support translators from the global majority. 

Glasgow’s Aye Write has confirmed standalone events will take place with a smaller-scale version of Wee Write this year following an unexpected £65,000 donation, featuring the likes of David Nicholls, Val McDermid and Murdle author G T Karber.

Bodour Al Qasimi talks about her first year as chair of the Sharjah Book Authority and her outlook for the emirate's place in world publishing. The post Sharjah Book Authority: Bodour Al Qasimi’s First Year as Chair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ravi Mirchandani is leaving Picador after a decade to head the newly revived Summit Books imprint for Simon & Schuster (S&S) UK this September. 

The administration of Frankfurt Book Fair is accepting program proposals for its various stages with a May 15 deadline. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Applications for Program Proposals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Creator with his design partner Colin Banks of corporate identities for clients including Royal Mail and British TelecomThe typographer and designer John Miles, who has died aged 92, had a partnership with Colin Banks that was responsible for some of the most high-profile public sector identity schemes of the 1970s and 80s. Chief among them…

Around 100 people gathered on Tuesday evening (16th April) to celebrate The Borough Press’ 10th anniversary. 

Carrie Bloxson has been promoted to the senior vice-president of culture and diversity, equity and inclusion for Hachette Book Group (HBG) and Hachette UK.

The latest Bored of Lunch book turned up the heat, but genre fiction was most popular overall last week with a mix of crime, romance and SFF making the Top 50.