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Bologna Offers Training for Agents, More in BookPlus Program
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair, scheduled for March 21-24, is again offering Bologna BookPlus, a affiliate conference that will focus on professional development.
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Bologna Affirms In-Person Plans, Opens Awards to Non-Exhibitors
Organizers of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair report that they still intend to hold an in-person event this coming March 21-24.
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Sights and Highlights from the Guadalajara Book Fair 2021
The Guadalajara International Book Fair, which opened on November 27 and runs through Sunday, December 5, welcomed some 25,000 people each day, including 299 exhibitors and representatives from more than 1,000 companies. 'PW' was there earlier this week and captured some of the sights and highlights.
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Guadalajara Returns with Strong Sales, Narco Wives, Politics and Parties
This year’s Guadalajara International Book Fair returned with a live event after having gone virtual in 2020 and more than 1,000 publishers were represented.
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Planeta in the Americas: PW Talks with José Calafell Salgado
The largest Spanish-language publisher in the world recently revealed a relaunch of its U.S.-based publishing program. We spoke with José Calafell Salgado, Grupo Planeta’s CEO of Latin America, about the company and its operations throughout the Americas.
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Three Hot Spanish Titles Waiting to Be Translated
Translator Samantha Schnee shares three recent books that she is most excited to see translated into English.
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Searching for Spanish Gems: PW Talks with Katie Whittemore
A translator discusses finding new Spanish voices for English-language markets.
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Guadalajara Returns as a Hybrid Event
The biggest Spanish-language book fair returns with a hybrid event.
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Shanghai Children’s Book Fair Postponed to Next Year
The Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair has been postponed from November 19-21 to March 20-22. The new dates will coincide with the 59th Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
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The Madrid Book Fair Returns, Smaller but with Style
The city's just-concluded book fair was one of the first in-person industry events since the pandemic began.
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Beijing Book Fair 2021 Gets Back on Track
After being postponed in late August, the 2021 Beijing Book Fair is nearing the end of its five-day run. The hybrid event is taking place against a backdrop of numerous policy changes implemented by the Chinese government that are impacting the publishing industry.
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Beijing Book Fair Postponed at Last Minute
The Beijing International Book Fair will be postponed to a later date as a result of the spread of the coronavirus around Beijing, organizers announced today. The fair, which was holding both in-person and virtual exhibitions, was originally scheduled to start tomorrow.
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Bologna Children's Fair Sees Increase in Online Visitors
The Bologna Children's Book Fair's virtual events program wrapped up last week and organizers cited a 55% increase in pageviews compared with last year's fair. Some 16,000 professionals participated.
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Bologna Conference Seeks Answers from the Pandemic
The opening day of the Bologna Children's Book Fair offered the day-long, virtual conference “Forging Forward - An Interruption, or an Opportunity to Rethink," which focused on the impact of the global pandemic and related topics.
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Levine Querido Among Bologna's 2021 Publisher of the Year Winners
Levine Querido was among six winners of the Bologna Children's Book Fair's BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year Awards, which also included winners from Colombia, Iran, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Tanzania.
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Global CEOs Discuss Silver Linings, Consequences of the Pandemic
BolognaBookPlus, the new online trade conference of the Bologna Book Fair, brought together publishing CEOs from Australia, Mexico, Sweden and the U.K. to discuss how their businesses have fared recently.
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Beijing Book Fair Remains a Hybrid Event
During the 28th edition of the Beijing Book Fair, the physical show will be limited to local companies. For international publishers, BIBF has launched Smart Assistant, a service that provides on-site assistants to help international publishers present their titles physically at the show.
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Abu Dhabi Book Fair to Hold Hybrid Event
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for May 23-29 as a hybrid event, with both virtual events and a live exhibition. Germany is the guest of honor.
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Suited to Change: Spotlight on the Jerusalem International Book Forum
Known for its mix of intellectual and informal gatherings, the forum embraces cultural diversity and fosters inclusion and open dialogue. (Sponsored)
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Bologna Children's Book Fair Will Be Virtual
For a second year in a row, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair will be an exclusively virtual book fair. Organizers had held out hope that the event, scheduled for June 14–17, could be an in-person show, but continuing Covid concerns forced the cancellation of all live plans.
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