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A memoir from the Nazi era, ‘A German Life’ has been bolstered by the documentary film on its subject, the late Brunhilde Pomsel. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Publishers’ Journalistic Obligation’ t’s a very fast takeoff in international sales for the April publication of Brunhilde Pomsel’s book, written with Thore D. Hansen, A German Life:…

'A language is glorified through its literature,' says K. Jayakumar, and a university program in Kerala is focused on that goal for Malayalam. The post In India’s State of Kerala, Working To Translate Malayalam Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

After the success of self-published authors like Andy Weir and EL James, Hollywood is scooping up the rights to books as fast as it can. But why – and is it always good for the author?After watching Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, self-published author Mark Dawson was inspired to create his own answer to the film’s…

Elif Shafak and Lucy Hughes-Hallett are named judges in London; the public is one of five judges in the Alabama-based Harper Lee Prize. The post Competition Notes: Sunday Times Prize Judges, Harper Lee Legal Fiction Prize Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

My father, Kenneth Mason, who has died aged 95, was of a generation we can only marvel at, going straight from school to fight in the second world war. Aged 18, he joined the aircraft carrier HMS Vindex as an air direction officer, helping to protect merchant convoys supplying the Russians on the infamous Murmansk…

The digital revolution was expected to kill traditional publishing. But print books are ever more beautifully designed and lovingly cherishedBooks have always had a fetishistic quality to them, with their dusty secretiveness. Now, though, it feels like we’re living through a special moment in the history of book design and beautiful books are everywhere.Take George…

In its 10th year, ‘PalFest’ travels through various military checkpoints and prepares for the publication of an anniversary book from Bloomsbury. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘This Is Not a Border’ Releases in July n its 10th year, the Palestine Festival of Literature—called PalFest—opens today (May 13) to run through Thursday (May 18), and will…

Despite uneven progress–the Russian team reportedly lagging its Chinese counterparts–a Moscow-Beijing partnership pursues a tall order in translation. The post A Chinese and Russian Translation Project: Aiming for 200 Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The UK's Publishers Association lays out demands to the government that it says are necessary for UK publishers to be successful post-Brexit. The post The UK’s Publishers Association Takes Its Stand: ‘No Tax on Books’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

After two Hollywood failures, 2000AD’s British publisher Rebellion is planning ‘one of the most expensive TV shows the UK has ever seen’ with Mega-City OneAfter two attempts to bring classic British comic character Judge Dredd to the big screen, the publishers of 2000AD have decided that the only way to properly adapt the leather-clad lawman…