Trade

Indie books store Book-ish – which won Independent Bookshop of the Year at the 2020 British Book Awards – is poised to open a second store in Wales.

Marleigh Price is joining HarperCollins’ HQ in the role of senior commissioning editor, non-fiction. 

The Booksellers Association has appointed Temi Ayorinde as its new conference and events manager. 

Authors including Katherine Rundell, Robert Tregoning and Lesley Parr have spoken about their upcoming books at Bloomsbury Children’s Books’ annual showcase in London.

Campaigns for titles by Bolu Babalola, R F Kuang and Bonnie Garmus are among those shortlisted for this year’s Publisher’s Publicity Circle (PPC) Awards, which celebrate the best campaigns carried out by publicists in 2022.

Nick Barley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, has announced he will step down in September after 14 years.

Quercus has promoted Kerry Enzor to publisher, non-fiction, taking responsibility for the narrative trade list in addition to her role leading the Greenfinch and Laurence King Student and Professional imprints.

Seven books including works by Gabrielle Zevin and Olga Tokarczuk have been shortlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize.

The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre's 10-person scientific committee aims to present ideas that will 'strengthen the presence of the Arabic language.' The post Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre Forms Its 2023 Scientific Committee appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'The future for Indian publishing is bright,' writes Richard Charkin, reviewing its evolution 'from carbon paper to digital innovations.' The post Richard Charkin on India: ‘A Million Mutinies Now’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.