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The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair's programming, including authors and professional discussions, is to be streamed online May 23 to 29. The post Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Outlines Its 2021 Programming appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Naver's US$600 million acquisition of Wattpad is completed as potential competition arrives from Amazon's new Kindle Vella and Seoul's Kakao. The post South Korea’s Naver Completes Its Acquisition of Canada’s Wattpad appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Naver's US$600 million acquisition of Wattpad is completed as potential competition arrives from Amazon's new Kindle Vella and Seoul's Kakao. The post South Korea’s Naver Completes Its Acquisition of Canada’s Wattpad appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

HarperCollins is releasing a previously out of print police thriller trilogy by The Eagle Has Landed author Jack Higgins as a single volume.

Clays c.e.o. Paul Hulley is retiring from his role next year, to be replaced by Edoardo Cuomo.

Quercus has signed What Is Your Problem? by Jack Dee, a book of "hilarious" advice compiled after the comedian took a four-hour online course to retrain as a psychotherapist. 

The screen rights for Kirsty Capes’ debut novel Careless (Orion) have been snapped up by Neal Street Productions, the company behind "Call the Midwife".

Transworld has signed two new novels by Hazel Prior, author of last year’s Away with the Penguins (Black Swan). 

Welcome to our highlights from the mailbag of books published in May. We're a little late to the party here, so we'll keep things brief.

When Awais Khan’s In The Company Of Strangers came out in 2020, I couldn’t wait to support rising local authors. After all the Pakistani literary industry has been in the slumps for far too long, so any change was welcome. But as reviews started piling in, I came across more than a few comments claiming that…