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Singapore’s Anugerah Persuratan Announces Malay Literature Winners
April 13, 2021 at 2:15 pm

The Singapore Book Council hosts a new biennial round of the Malay literature awards, yielding six honors, one of them posthumous. The post Singapore’s Anugerah Persuratan Announces Malay Literature Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Report: Russian Book Market Down 20 Percent in 2020
April 13, 2021 at 12:54 pm

Publishers in Russia talk of little hope of a turnaround in 2021, describing a book market that was sliding before the pandemic. The post Report: Russian Book Market Down 20 Percent in 2020 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Richard Charkin: Chronicling Publishing’s Digital Disputes
April 13, 2021 at 11:25 am

John B. Thompson's new title 'Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing' gets a look from Richard Charkin. The post Richard Charkin: Chronicling Publishing’s Digital Disputes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Richard Charkin: Chronicling Publishing’s Digital Disputes
April 13, 2021 at 11:25 am

John B. Thompson's new title 'Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing' gets a look from Richard Charkin. The post Richard Charkin: Chronicling Publishing’s Digital Disputes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The rise of Black speculative fiction
April 13, 2021 at 1:45 am

The blockbuster success of “Black Panther” in 2018 was probably the global breakthrough that showed the extent of the popularity of Black speculative fiction. Although it was based on a Marvel comic, the series, written by the heavyweight award-winning journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, has created a legacy out of the world of Wakanda. It has spawned…

Priscilla Mante | 'It was really important for me to challenge the status quo'
April 13, 2021 at 1:45 am

Entering a stadium among a sea of equally boisterous and kitted-out fans, kicking around a weather-worn ball in the park, impressing friends with yet another newly mastered trick—these little nuances of what has come to be widely known as The Beautiful Game feel like almost a lifetime ago. However, in the midst of all our…

Ready, steady...
April 13, 2021 at 1:45 am

This time last year, I wasn't sure how long our bookshop in a small market town in mid-Wales would survive. Alongside many indie bookshop owners up and down the land, I had no idea when (or even if) we would open our doors again. There were very many tears and very many sleepless nights.