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Booker Foundation Announces Children’s Prize
Marking the organization's first new prize announcement since 2005, the Children’s Booker Prize will be administered annually beginning in 2027 for a work of fiction aimed at readers ages eight to 12 and published in the U.K. or Ireland.
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Ukrainian Rights Sales Surge, New Platform Promotes Books Abroad
Ukrainian publishers signed more than 160 licensing agreements in the first half of 2025, setting records, while Chapter Ukraine, an interactive platform, offers readers abroad information about Ukrainian books published in English translations.
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Freedom Letters Receives AAP’s International Freedom to Publish Award
The Russian- and Ukrainian-language publisher, founded by exiled journalist Georgy Urushadze, is the recipient of the Association of American Publishers annual award for international publishers defending freedom of expression.
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Hay Festival Brings Literary Stars to Ukraine, U.S., and Beyond
Wales-based Hay Festival is positioning itself at geopolitical flashpoints around the world, bringing top authors to this weekend’s Lviv BookForum. Later this month, A-listers will visit Dallas for Hay’s only annual event in the U.S.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: New Titles from Canada
A selection of the most anticipated books publishing in spring 2026.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Ken Whyte’s Journey from Broadsheets to Books
Ken Whyte’s acquisition of Fitzhenry & Whiteside transforms Sunderland House into a serious player.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Tundra’s Tara Walker Takes Risks and Reaps Rewards
Tara Walker, the publisher of Tundra Book Group, discusses turning Canada’s oldest children’s publisher into its most successful.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Toronto Literary Agents Sell to the World
Globalization and consolidation have complicated the selling of book rights.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Border Bookstores Bear Brunt of Trump Attacks
Indie booksellers say customers are supportive, but staying on their own side of the 49th parallel.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Carley Fortune Seduces Millions with Her Rural Romances
The Canadian author has become a global bestseller and inspired many to visit the settings of her novels.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Coach House Books Celebrates 60 Years
The Toronto publisher embodies the spirit of independent Canadian publishing.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: PRH Canada Waves the Flag
The company has seen a sales boost from patriotic interest in books by Canadians, including the prime minister.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: U.S. Book Bans Trouble Canadian Publishers
Annick, Kids Can, and Orca are among the publishers who have seen books pulled from shelves.
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Canadian Publishing 2025: Patriotic Pride Takes Hold Above the 49th Parallel
Historically, Canadian readers were not always inclined to read books by and about themselves. But our famously polite neighbors to the north have been “elbows up” since Trump not-so-casually suggested that the country might want to become America’s 51st state.
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Germany’s BookRix Launches Subscription-Based Reading App
The Munich-based self-publishing platform is rolling out a new subscription app for readers with a three-tiered pricing model. It will offer both self-published, or “community,” content as well as books from established publishers.
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Giller Prize Announces 2025 Longlist Amid Ongoing Financial Uncertainty
Fourteen Canadian authors, including three previous winners, have been named to the 2025 Giller Prize longlist, as the prestigious literary award continues to operate under the shadow of a severe financial crisis that threatens its future.
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Germany’s Bookwire Pushes into AI Content Licensing
The Frankfurt-based digital distribution company is now positioning itself as an intermediary to facilitate formal rights licensing agreements to AI companies.
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Spotify Launches BookTok Hub
The streaming platform has teamed with TikTok to roll out a dedicated landing page offering audiobook playlists based on viral book recommendations from the social media app.
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Global Illiteracy Is On the Rise, New Report Finds
In the last two years, global illiteracy rates have increased by an average of 2.2%, with 773 million people worldwide unable to read a single word, according to the World Literacy Foundation.
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WH Smith Revises Down Profit Forecast
Share prices have plunged at the U.K.-based WH Smith, which sold its bookstore chain earlier this year, after the company sliced £30 million off its £140 million profit forecast due to problems in its U.S. operations, now being investigated by Deloitte.



