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News
Iraqi Publisher Wins IPA's Prix Voltaire, Slain Ukrainian Author Honored
Mazin Lateef Ali, founder of Baghdad's Dar Mesopotamia, was awarded the 2023 International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire, and a Prix Voltaire Special Award was announced for the late Ukrainian children’s book author and poet Volodymyr Vakulenko.
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AUP, De Gruyter Offer Support for Ukrainian Scholarly Publishing
The Association of University Presses is actively working with the Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery initiative, which offers translation, tech development and training for Ukrainian academic presses. De Gruyter has given SUPRR $10,000 to begin work.
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News
Booksellers from Around the World Gather in Sharjah
The second Sharjah Booksellers Conference attracted some 200 booksellers, including a wide variety of booksellers from such far-flung markets as French-speaking West Africa and the steppes of central Asia.
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Trade Shows
Turin Book Fair Amps Up Rights Center, Offers New Prize
Next week's Turin International Book Fair will offer 2,000 events for 200,000 visitors. A professional program and a robust rights center will host more than 400 participants.
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Trade Shows
Abu Dhabi Book Fair Honors Turkey, Gathers Publishing Pros
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair runs May 22-28 and will offer more than 2,000 events, including a program for publishing professionals. Turkey is this year's guest of honor, and the theme of the fair is sustainability.
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News
Changes Come to Literary Iceland
Despite its diminutive size and remote location in the Arctic Ocean, Iceland has attracted the attention of global readers.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2023: Video Sharing Drives Sales Boom for Chinese Publishing
Business consultant Alicia Liu sits down with Miao Hui, deputy editor-in-chief at Xiron, one of the largest private publishers in China, to discuss recent sales patterns.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2023: Some Advice for Literary Translators
Translator Samantha Schnee offers some advice for literary translators.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2023: The Folio Society at 75
The Folio Society is a small independent publisher with a brand that punches well above its weight, writes its publishing director, Tom Walker.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2023: 50 Million Book Buyers You Probably Didn't Know Existed
Outside of Europe and North America, a thriving book fair scene finds millions of book lovers heading to book fairs worldwide and spending millions of dollars on books—often while barely noticed by western publishing interests.