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Set to culminate on the United Nations' Arabic Language Day, Abu Dhabi's new Arabian Days festival runs December 15 to 18. The post UAE: Abu Dhabi’s Arabic Language Centre Debuts ‘Arabian Days’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Ian Chapman, c.e.o. of Simon & Schuster UK, has been appointed chair of The Book Trade Charity as Jonathan Nowell steps down.  

Becca Day is joining Jericho Writers as head of marketing and membership at Jericho Writers, as Anna Burtt leaves the company.

Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting (Hamish Hamilton) has been named the winner of the overall An Post Irish Book of the Year 2023.  

Bloomsbury announced that revenue is now expected to be "comfortably ahead and profit before taxation and highlighted items materially ahead of current market expectations" for the year ending 29th February 2024.

Jessica Leeke is moving from publishing to agenting, joining Madeleine Milburn’s agency in January 2024.

NoViolet Bulawayo among authors paying tribute to independent publishing house that shook up the country’s literary sceneWhen the Zimbabwean editor Irene Staunton and her husband Murray McCartney set up their publishing business in 1998, it seemed natural to call it Weaver Press. Their modest HQ, in the back garden of their home in Emerald Hill,…

The Börsenverein is raising the alarm again about falling reading-skill levels in Germany in the wake of new OECD 'PISA' test results. The post Reading Skills in Germany: New Study Results Concern the Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Looking for a more sustainable process, Richard Charkin partners with Ingram for an all-print-on-demand list for Mensch Publishing. The post UK: Mensch Publishing and Ingram in Print-on-Demand Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Small- and medium-sized publishers make up 50.1 percent of the Italian book market, reports AIE at today's Più Libri Più Liberi opening. The post Italy: Più Libri Più Liberi Opens Today in a ‘Stable Market’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.