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Ukraine Update: Frankfurt Suspends Work With Russia, IPA Responds
After a request from Baltic book organizations, the Frankfurt Book Fair has suspended working with state-run Russian publishing organizations. The International Publishers Association condemned the invasion of Ukraine and publishers in neighboring countries are offering to assist refugees.
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Russia’s War of Words with Ukraine
As many publishing institutions in Europe condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian publishers explain how Russia has been conducting a proxy war for a generation by attempting to undermine the success of the country's national publishing industry.
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S&S Canada Launches Scribner Imprint
The new S&S Canada Scribner imprint will echo the longstanding imprint in the U.S., while offering literary fiction and nonfiction from Canada, as well as works from abroad and in translation.
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French Dominates 2022 BolognaRagazzi Book Awards
The winners of the 2022 BolognaRagazzi Book Awards, given in six categories, have been announced.
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Bologna Announces Plans, Shortlists for Publishers of the Year Award
The Bologna Children's Book Fair, back in person this year for the first time since 2019, will not be a “minor book fair,” said program manager Elena Pasoli.
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Ken Follett Still Hot in Europe in December
English novelist Ken Follett’s geopolitical thriller 'Never' topped the combined bestseller list in Italy at the end of December. At #2 in Italy was Donato Carrisi’s 11th novel, 'The House Without Memories,' a mystery about an amnesiac boy.
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Italian Book Sales Jumped 16% in 2021
Italian trade print book publishing generated €1.701 billion ($1.866 billion) in sales in 2021, a jump of 16% over 2020. Sales of manga more than doubled last year and translated fiction grew in popularity as well, with sales jumping 15% over the previous year.
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Books Sales Rose in U.K., France and Germany in 2021
Revenue from book sales in the U.K. and Germany were both up 3% in 2021, while France saw growth of 20% overall, in part resulting from generous government incentives.
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Gabaldon and Follett Are Hits Across Europe
The latest installment of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, 'Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone,' topped Germany’s fiction bestseller list at the end of November.
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Amazon Asks France to Nix New Shipping Regulations
Amazon officials met with the French government in August to ask that they not pass a proposed law that would require a minimum shipping price for books ordered online. In exchange, Amazon would raise its shipping rates from one euro cent to as much as two euros.
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Mexico’s Indie Publishers and Booksellers Rise
Mexico's indie publishers and booksellers have found strength in numbers.
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Musso, Fitzek, and Rowling on Top Across Europe
In France, 'The Unknown of the Seine' by Guillaume Musso, about a woman who seemingly returns from the dead, was the #1 title in late October.
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Finland’s 'Outsider' Bookstore Opens Its Flagship Shop
Helsinki's popular pop-up chain, Rosebud Bookstore, has opened a new store on the campus of the University of Helsinki. The store is among the largest in the Nordic countries, and is the largest in Finland.
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Canada FBM 2021: We Contain Multitudes
Canadian authors Esi Edugyan, Catherine Hernandez, and Kim Thúy talk identity and writing.
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Canada FBM 2021: Innovative Margaret Atwood
The author of 'The Handmaid’s Tale' reflects on writing in a time of crisis.
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Canada FBM 2021: Canada’s Literary Wilderness
Canadian literature explores the relationships between people and the land.
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Canada FBM 2021: Singular Plurality—Singulier Pluriel
Canada’s organizing committee, Canada FBM2021, produced Singular Plurality—Singulier Pluriel, a magazine highlighting some of the best aspects of Canadian literary life in celebration of Canada being the Guest of Honor country at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Publishing in Canada 2021: Bestseller Jesse Thistle on Finding Sudden Stardom
The following is the prologue for a new edition of 'From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way' by Jesse Thistle, originally published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster.
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Publishing in Canada 2021: Rick Wilks on Mentoring Underrepresented Authors
A new program from Annick Press aims to break down barriers.
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Publishing in Canada 2021: Translator Rhonda Mullins on Bridging French and English
Translator Rhonda Mullins discusses bringing her country’s literary cultures together.
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