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Forecasting a broader purview for Kagge Forlag, Politikens' Juul Lenne announces the merger with Erling Kagge's company. The post Denmark’s JP/Politikens Acquires Norway’s Kagge Forlag: ‘Synergies’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

ALTA has shortlisted work translated from Spanish, French, Arabic, Kannada, Bengali, Chinese, Italian, Croatian, Tamazight, and Korean. The post ALTA’s 2021 National Translation Awards: Shortlists in Prose and Poetry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

As an autobiographical novel by the writer is published for the first time in English, Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir – the adopted daughter with whom Simone shared the last 26 years of her life – talks about their bond“Simone de Beauvoir was haunted by the death of her childhood friend Zaza… I think she…

The author likes small bookshops. So he won’t let the online giant sell his new hardbackThe plight of the high street bookshop, struggling against the power of the online giants, is a common complaint either side of the Atlantic. But not often do the prominent players, the authors and publishers, put their words into action…

Today's Rights Roundup features work from England, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, and a film in pre-production with Jake Gyllenhaal. The post Rights Roundup: Frankfurt Anticipation Picks Up Speed appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Today's Rights Roundup features work from England, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, and a film in pre-production with Jake Gyllenhaal. The post Rights Roundup: Frankfurt Anticipation Picks Up Speed appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Carlo Collodi’s version of Donkey Skin, by French author Charles Perrault, will appear in a new collection of Italian fairytalesCarlo Collodi is remembered today for Pinocchio, his 1881 children’s story about a puppet who turns into a real boy, immortalised on screen by Disney. Now another magical tale from the author is set to be…

Eleven translators have been chosen for the National Centre for Writing's mentorship program originally founded by Daniel Hahn. The post The UK’s National Centre for Writing Announces Translation Mentorships appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Eleven translators have been chosen for the National Centre for Writing's mentorship program originally founded by Daniel Hahn. The post The UK’s National Centre for Writing Announces Translation Mentorships appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Racial diversity has gradually increased, after no black authors were shortlisted in four of the years between 1996 and 2009More than a fifth of the authors shortlisted for British literary prizes last year were black, a turnaround for an industry in which no black authors were shortlisted in four of the years between 1996 and…