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Joël Dicker Scores in France (#3) and Spain (#1)
In France, 'Gone in the Night' by Guillaume Musso, about a murderous group of school friends whose secrets are about to be revealed, was the top fiction title in July.
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Turkish Agent Issues Warning, Requests Patience
With the Turkish economy collapsing, Nermin Mollagoglu of Istanbul's Kalem Agency discusses the impact on the publishing industry, noting a reduction in rights deals and delayed payments.
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Africa Publishing Passion Project Expands Scope
The Mantle, a New York publisher focused on African fiction, has just published its first work of from outside the continent: the novel 'Sweden' by New Zealander Matthew Turner.
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Canadian Publishing 2018: Canada Prepares for Frankfurt 2020
The country will be the guest of honor at the world’s largest book fair in two years.
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Canadian Sales Stable So Far in 2018
Sales of English-language print books in Canada, for the first six months of 2018, were down 1% compared with the same period last year.
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PRH Canada Combines Marketing and Publicity
Penguin Random House Canada has announced a new combined marketing and publicity team under the leadership of Beth Lockley, v-p, marketing and communications.
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Setting Up a New CBA
Canadian indie booksellers are working to form a national organization.
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U.K. Reports 2017 As Record Year for Publishing
The U.K. publishing industry had a record-breaking year in 2017, with income up 5% to £5.7 billion, according to figures released by the Publishers Association in its annual Yearbook.
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Camilleri Returns in Italy, Slaughter Goes Dutch
'The Catalanotti Method' is the 26th installment of Andrea Camilleri’s Commissioner Montalbano series and was on top of Italy’s bestseller list in June.
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French Book Sales Fell 1.6% in 2017
French publishing sales were down in 2017, falling 1.6% to $3.6 billion. Comic books and literature had a good year, while sales of children's books dipped slightly compared to 2016.
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Author Earnings Sliding Fast in U.K.
Median annual income of professional writers is now under £10,500—down by 15% since 2013—according to ALCS research, with hourly rates well below minimum wage.
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Levy Rules Again in France
Superstar author Marc Levy hasn’t hit it big in the U.S., where he has been published by AmazonCrossing and Europa Editions, but he’s back on top at home in France.
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Cochrane to Succeed Martin as PRH Canada CEO
Kristin Cochrane will be elevated to CEO of PRH Canada on July 1, as Brad Martin retires after five years in the role.
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Isabel Fargo Cole Wins 2018 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
Cole has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for her translation of 'Old Rendering Plant' by Wolfgang Hilbig, the Goethe-Institut announced.
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Arts Groups Speak Out Against Travel Ban
The National Coalition Against Censorship has joined more than 30 other prominent arts organizations in a friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down the third version of the Trump travel ban issued in September 2017. The case is going before the court today.
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New Releases Top Lists in Europe
Swiss author Joël Dicker returned to the French fiction bestseller list in March, landing in the top spot with The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer, a thriller set in the Hamptons in the 1990s.
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A U.K. Oral History Documents Women in Publishing
An oral history project just launched in the U.K. to document the history of women in publishing has collected interviews with a pioneering generation of female book industry professionals.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Giants of Lithuanian Publishing Weigh In
Two of Lithuania's most prominent publishing figures are optimistic about the future.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Lithuania's Alvydas Šlepikas on the Timeliness of History
Among the forgotten stories of the past century is that of the "wolf children" of Lithuania. It is the tragedy of children in East Prussia who were orphaned at the end of World War II and left to fend for themselves as the Red Army conquered the territory. On their own, they took to hiding in the forests, and many of them fled into neighboring Lithuania and adopted new identities.
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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Finding Lithuania's Present in Its Past
The London Book Fair Author of the Day discusses the inspiration for her bestselling work.
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