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London Book Fair 2025: Stage Rights
Feel-good fiction and self-help nonfiction remain center stage going into the first major rights fair of the year.
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London Book Fair 2025 to Focus on AI, Developing Readers
The first major rights fair of the year has expanded its programming (and its meeting space) for its March 11–13 run.
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Final PubWest Conference Focuses on Finance, Fostering Best Practices
Publishers Association of the West held its final annual conference in New Orleans February 11–13 before it joins forces with the Independent Book Publishers Association this July.
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WI2025: Children’s Authors to Meet
The forecast for Denver includes a wintry mix of children’s and YA creators, with a flurry of picture books, middle grade reads, and teen novels.
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WI2025: Adult Authors to Meet
This year’s authors range from debut stars to award-winning industry regulars, writing books in a range of categories and all certain to fly off bookstore shelves.
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WI2025: Colorado Is Indie Bookstore Country
New bookstores are thriving in the Centennial State alongside beloved older stores.
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WI2025: ABA Offers Pre-Conference Program for BIPOC Booksellers
BIPOC booksellers will gather before WI2025 for education and networking opportunities.
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WI2025: Indie Booksellers to Gather in Denver for Winter Institute
ABA celebrates its 125th year as booksellers prepare to convene February 23–26 in Denver for the 20th Winter Institute.
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Hub City Press to Host Southern Literary Convening This May
A coalition of Southern literary organizations, led by Hub City Press, has announced the Deep South Convening on the Future Success of American Writers, scheduled for May 24 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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LibLearnX 2025 Preview
As librarians prepare to gather in Phoenix for the ALA’s final LibLearnX conference, this year’s event looks to be going out on a high note.
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Publishers Weekly’s 2025 Book Business Events Calendar
Our annual Google calendar, updated throughout the year and to which readers can subscribe, keeps track of the dates of dozens of book business events of interest.
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Comics Arts Los Angeles Is Back in Business
The independent comics festival, which runs December 14-15 this year, returns live and in-person to the City of Angels for the first time since 2019.
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Educating Global Publishers About BookTok and Meta
Andrea Chambers, associate dean of the Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts at the NYU School of Professional Studies, argues that understanding Facebook and TikTok is an essential element in a publisher's education.
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McConaughey, Gladwell Headline 2024 Texas Book Festival
The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin November 16-17, featuring more than 280 authors across some 220 sessions, including Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell.
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Comics Still Ruled at New York Comic Con 2024
Despite fewer comics companies exhibiting than ever before, comics still stood out amid an ever more pop culture–focused show, with new players hitting the scene, beloved brands getting a refresh, and newcomers emerging from the wings.
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Kate McKinnon to Host 2024 National Book Awards
The actor, comedian, and author will preside over the November 20 ceremony, held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. McKinnon will be joined by Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste, who will be featured as the event's first-ever live musical guest.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Are We Publishing the Right Stories for Kids?
PW talks with Lawrence Schimel, host of Frankfurt’s second annual children’s publishing conference.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Program Highlights
The main event of the global book publishing calendar is upon us, and this year’s professional program will feature a strong slate of panels and conversations about such issues as AI, the booming international audiobook market, and more.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Where the World Comes Together
The 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair will feature one of its most expansive and diverse programs yet.
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International Publishers Call on Frankfurt to Cut Ties with Israel
Publishers for Palestine, a coalition of more than 500 publishers in 50 countries, issued an open letter demanding that organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair, slated for October 16-20, "refuse collaboration with complicit Israel book publishers."



