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Children's Books in China 2018: Flying High with Winnie the Witch
In April 2018, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) will publish Winnie and Wilbur: The Naughty Knight, the 18th title in the Winnie the Witch series. Plans are also in the works for illustrator Korky Paul to do a three-week tour of China, giving several lectures, including one to 3,000 primary school teachers in Guangdong Province.
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Children's Books in China 2018: Top 10 Children's Books in China - A Quick Market Analysis
The two biggest online book retailers in China are Dangdang and JD, which combined take up nearly two-thirds of the market. However, despite serving the same readership, their top 10 bestseller lists tend to differ greatly. Interestingly enough, for 2017, their charts share not even one title.
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Children's Books in China 2018: All Our Coverage
The 2018 Special Report on children's publishing in China, plus related coverage.
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Events Highlighting Chinese Publishers and Content Creators at Bologna
With China as the country of honor at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this March, a citywide program to celebrate Chinese arts and culture, as well as top authors and illustrators, is already in motion.
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Children’s Books in China 2018: Beijing Dandelion Children's Book House
The contradictions embodied in the folk symbol of the witch captured the attention of Sally Yan, founder and editor-in-chief of 11-year-old publishing company Beijing Dandelion. “The witch is a popular figure in Western classics: sometimes as the protagonist; other times, in the periphery. The Western witch can be bad or good, frightful or funny—there is no specific mold to cast her. Not so in Chinese folktales and oral traditions. The Chinese witch is bad and scary, never lovable or even the slightest bit endearing. Chinese kids often equate her with a monster or demon. Why? That is my question and the reason behind this new book from Peng Xuejun,” Yan says, flipping through a copy of Granny Xiu and Peach-Blossom Fish.
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Children’s Books in China 2018: Kids Media
This low-profile multimedia company, established in 2014, collaborates with some of biggest brands in the world, including Disney, Dreamworks, and Lego. Kids Media excels at promoting and marketing these products.
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Ferrante Scores in Germany, France
Elena Ferrante’s "The Story of the Lost Child" landed in the top spot in France at the end of January and was in second place on Germany’s bestseller list last month. The novel was published in the U.S. in fall 2015 by Europa Editions.
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U.K.'s Booksellers Association Restructures
Tim Godfray, chief executive of the U.K.-based Booksellers Association (BA) since 1984, is stepping back his day-to-day management responsibilities. Meryl Halls is moving is becoming managing director, while Godfray transitions into the role of executive chair of the BA Group.
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Popular Fiction Topped December International Bestseller Lists
Eric Vuillard’s Goncourt Prize–winner The Agenda, a historical novel about the Nazi annexation of Austria, remained at #1 in France.
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Canadian Book Sales Down in 2017
Unit sales of print books fell 4% in Canada in 2017, compared to 2016, while dollar sales dropped 3%. The figures were released by BookNet Canada’s sales tracking service.
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Prix Goncourt Winner Tops In France
In France, the fiction bestseller list at the end of November was crowned by a pair of prizewinning novels about World War II.
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Michael Redhill Wins 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Redhill was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and its attendant C$100,000 purse for his novel 'Bellevue Square' (Doubleday Canada) on November 20.
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‘Origin’ Rules The World
Dan Brown’s latest novel, "Origin," was in the top spot on the fiction bestseller list in France at the end of October.
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Catalonia’s Book Industry Is Small But Vibrant
The city of Barcelona may only have 1.6 million residents, but it dictates much of what Spanish speakers around the world read.
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Amanuta’s Coming-of-Age Story
The Chilean picture book publisher Editorial Amanuta, which explores off-the-beaten-path topics in Latin American history and the folktales of indigenous people, is broadening its reach.
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Australia: The Big Not-So-New Thing
Over the past couple of years, Australia has hatched a raft of authors whose work is selling around the globe.
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‘Column of Fire’ Hot Abroad
Ken Follett’s latest novel has taken the top slots on the fiction bestseller lists in both France and Germany
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For Greystone Books, Hopes for a Follow-Up Bestseller
Four years after relaunching as an independent press, Greystone Books is working hard to replicate the success of 2016’s huge hit, 'The Hidden Life of Trees,' with a sequel from German environmentalist Peter Wohlleben.
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Heather Reisman, Canada’s Most Influential Reader
The founder and CEO of Indigo Books & Music has a Midas touch when it comes to bestsellers.
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These Canadian Voices Are Global Bestsellers
Rupi Kaur and Lilly Singh are superstars around the world—and their influence is only growing stronger.
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