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Slovenia’s guest of honor director Katja Stergar says she takes pride in ‘the fact that our families haven’t evicted us.’ The post Behind the Slovenian Guest of Honor Success: Katja Stergar appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

A new survey on literary agents' experience surfaces concerns about the business model's viability, diversity, and burnout in a demanding job. The post Outside Frankfurt’s LitAG: A New Report on Agenting appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Richard Charkin, now on his 51st Frankfurt, continues his observations with a look at the fair, the industry, and how it's all holding up. The post Richard Charkin in Frankfurt: Day Two appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The industry in Frankfurt's 75 years has changed, a lot. But some faithfully recall their personal highs – those 'moments' at Buchmesse. The post Buchmesse Veterans Recall ‘Frankfurt Moments’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Emma Styles has won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Best Published Novel for her thriller debut set in the Australian outback, No Country for Girls (Sphere).

A panel in Guest of Honor Slovenia's professional program looked at why cultural funding is essential for small-market publishers. The post Frankfurt: Do Small Book Markets Need Government Funding? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlashThe children’s book publisher Scholastic said it will separate titles in its elementary school book fairs by race, gender and sexuality, allowing school districts to include or exclude the list.The decision is a response to…

The tennis champion has signed a two-book deal with Penguin Random House, saying it will be the first time she has paused and reflected on her remarkable career Serena Williams is set to publish two books, the first of which, a memoir, will take an “intimate” look at her childhood and remarkable tennis career.The 42-year-old,…

Poets Jason Allen-Paisant, Momtaza Mehri, Malika Booker and Bohdan Piasecki have been awarded Forward Poetry Prizes. 

This time the fair director has emphasised his sympathy with innocent people in both Israel and Palestine.