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The annual Books at Berlinale program now is accepting submissions from film-rights holders for novels with high adaptation potential. The post Books at Berlinale Issues Its 2022 Call for Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Evans and Rankin elected to Society of Authors management committee

The new iteration of the francophone book fair in Beirut was designed 'to have the author meet the public' in beleaguered Lebanon. The post Beyrouth Livres: A First Staging in a Troubled Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

To raise funds for its outreach work Stratford Literary Festival is offering hand-drawn bookmarks by authors such as the late Dame Hilary Mantel, the festival’s patron Maggie O’Farrell, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and Jaqueline Wilson.

Bloomsbury’s Alexandra Pringle, who was named Editor of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards, author and journalist Nesrine Malik, historian and broadcaster Alex von Tunzelmann and freelance editor Faiza Khan have launched the Silk Road Slippers Book Club.

Welsh independent publisher Graffeg is donating 100 picture books to Bookmark charity, which helps children improve their reading skills and confidence.  

"Permacrisis", a term that describes “an extended period of instability and insecurity”, has been named Collins Word of the Year 2022, as it “sums up quite succinctly just how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.

The German book industry is entering the most important time of the year full of anxiety. Drastically rising costs of living, an inflation rate standing at 10% by end-September and the scenario of an energy crisis unfolding over the winter months have all led to a slump in consumer confidence.

The Booksellers Association (BA) has donated £40,000 to kickstart Book Trade Charity’s Cost of Living Appeal, which it launched to support workers across the industry. 

Endlessly curious and knowledgeable, the Guardian columnist was renowned for his interest in the industrial working class from which he cameNo one can fill the hole left in British journalism by Ian Jack. He had a huge body of work behind him, of course, as a reporter, feature writer, author and editor. Yet to demonstrate…