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Madrid's book fair director Eva Orúe is the first woman in the role in 80 years. And she has a UNESCO World Heritage venue to protect. The post Madrid’s Eva Orúe: ‘A Mood for a Book Fair’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Madrid's book fair director Eva Orúe is the first woman in the role in 80 years. And she has a UNESCO World Heritage venue to protect. The post Madrid’s Eva Orúe: ‘A Mood for a Book Fair’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Bookouture has promoted head of publicity Kim Nash to the newly created role of digital publicity director, effective immediately. 

Online sales for The Works have slowed by 16.9% according to its half-year trading update, although they remain 50% above pre-Covid levels, while a 2.1% total increase in sales is being attributed in part to the “great success” of its frontlist books.

Tensions are running high at the Goncourt Academy, which awards France’s most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt.

Japanese crime writer Natsuo Kirino has warned that editors in her country are seeking to censor the work of their authors by asking them to avoid controversial subjects, “in order to gain readers”.

CLPE research and development director Farrah Serroukh discusses the findings from the latest Reflecting Realities report on representation in children’s books.

Natasha Soobramanien and Luke Williams have won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for their “extraordinary” novel Diego Garcia (Fitzcarraldo Editions), becoming the first duo to win in the award’s 10-year history.

New survey finds steep rise in recent years but presence of minoritised characters is often ‘poorly executed or insignificant’Almost 20% of children’s books now feature characters of colour, according to a new survey, but many still put forward “poorly represented characters” and contain “difficult and damaging portrayals”.The Reflecting Realities survey, conducted by the Centre for…

Booklaunch, a free magazine of new book extracts, is suspending publication while it seeks investment from potential partners.