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The Barcelona-based literary agent Karolina Jaszecka heads for Bologna with a specialty in Polish literature for young readers. (Sponsored) The post Children’s Books Edition: Agent Karolina Jaszecka’s Outlook for Bologna appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Author Larysa Denysenko wrote introduction to Maya and Her Friends while sheltering from missiles in Kyiv“As I write to you, rockets are flying outside my windows, and at a distance of 20km from my house, Russian aggressors are destroying the suburbs of Kyiv,” author Larysa Denysenko says in an email. “Mariupol, home to more than…

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award's scientific committee has reviewed the jurors' recommendations, with more than 3,000 submissions in hand. The post Awards: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Receives Record Submissions in 2022 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 13-title 2022 International Booker Prize longlist includes three books each from Tilted Axis Press and Fitzcarraldo Editions. The post Awards: The International Booker Prize 2022 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The 31 Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship participants at the Jerusalem International Book Forum will begin their week on May 13. The post Jerusalem’s Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship Names 2022 Participants appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The creator of the Books in Browsers conference series returns with a new program, 'PageBreak,' for October in San Francisco. The post Peter Brantley Announces a New US Conference for October: ‘PageBreak’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

International Women's Day: Côte d'Ivoire has a library centered on literature written by African and Black women. The post Edwige-Renée Dro and Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘1949’ Library of Women’s Writings appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

On International Women's Day, the Women's Prize for Fiction names 16 novels to its £30.000 longlist for 2022. The post Awards: The UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Jury Names Its 2022 Longlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Since 2011, all my book editors have been white. Why wouldn’t I want another perspective on the characters I invent?Until a few years ago, only publishing industry insiders would have understood the role of the sensitivity reader. Then came American Dirt. The Jeanine Cummins novel sold to a US publisher for a seven-figure advance, was…

The leadership of 14 international book fairs in 13 nations agree to suspend contact with Russian state institutions and agencies. The post Book Fair Directors on Ukraine: ‘We Cannot Remain Silent’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.