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Will Smith has revealed the cover of his memoir Will, published by Century this November, at a community block party in Miami.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has pushed back the publication of Richard Cohen’s The History Makers for nine months, days before its UK publication, following concerns by its US publisher it did not include enough Black perspectives. 

Adam Kay is joined by Katie and Kevin Tsang on the shortlists for this year's Laugh Out Loud Awards, better known as the Lollies, celebrating the "funniest children's books".

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elif Shafak and Max Porter are among the authors and activists headlining English PEN’s centenary celebrations at the Southbank Centre this autumn.

The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is to receive the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her work that examines 'global questions of justice.' The post Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is to receive the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for her work that examines 'global questions of justice.' The post Zimbabwe’s Tsitsi Dangarembga Wins German Book Trade Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

French and Italian book publishers are engaging in a 3-day translation rights event, each the other's second-largest rights export market. The post France and Italy’s Publishers Open Three-Day Bilateral Rights Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

French and Italian book publishers are engaging in a 3-day translation rights event, each the other's second-largest rights export market. The post France and Italy’s Publishers Open Three-Day Bilateral Rights Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Budapest's new bill banning school content on homosexuality and transgender issues prompts three organizations to call for an EU response. The post Publishers Call for EU Condemnation of New Hungarian Censorship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The book business is in the early stages of its third great disruption in the past quarter century. The first two both changed the shape of the industry and created winners and losers across the entire value chain: touching every step from how authors got money to how readers got books. Significant institutional players were…