Akutagawa Prize 2025 Winners Announced
The 172nd Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize winners were announced on January 15, 2025, during the...
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London Book Fair 2025: Keynotes and Big Themes Unveiled
LBF25 reveals Main Stage keynote speakers, Charity of the Year for 2025, and Seminar Programme...
PRH Secures Tsubaki Stationery Store
The trend towards ‘healing lit’ or ‘quiet lit’ continues with Hutchinson Heinemann, part of PRH,...
56th Cairo Book Fair: A Global Celebration
The 56th Cairo International Book Fair Starts From January 24 Under the theme “Read…...
ARTICLES
How Digitalization Saved Australian Literature from Extinction
A million or more words — more than 160 substantial titles of Australian authorship, including six...
The Literary Legacy of President Jimmy Carter
Former US president Jimmy Carter, who has died at the age of 100, was one of the most literary of...
Syrian Libraries: Preserving Cultural Heritage Against All Odds
Syria is one of the oldest regions in the world to have embraced civilization and writing, making...
Audiobooks Worth Listening To
Tom Lake By Meryl Streep Not only is this a phenomenal book of generational storytelling, but...
Interviews
Once Upon a Time: Jamila and the Enchanted World of Books
Jamila Hassoun: children’s inability to access books motivated me to provide them Moroccan...
Once Upon a Time: Jamila and the Enchanted World of Books
Jamila Hassoun: children’s inability to access books motivated me to provide them Moroccan...
Big Bad Wolf Books is Roaring Again
Meeting the Big Bad Wolf himself. Malaysia’s Andrew Yap The Malaysian bookseller snappily called...
Amelia Smith Exclusive interview “Behind the Sun”
Amelia Smith Interview Amelia Smith is a journalist and a writer with a focus on the Middle East...
Book Reviews
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin: Book Review
When Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut novel ‘Ayesha At Last’ was first published, it was hailed as a...
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota – Book Review
China Room is a tale of injustice that narrates the story of an alienated youth who travels to...
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson : Book Review
Open water is British-Ghanian writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelsons debut novel .It...
Events
IBBY Congress, Trieste, Italy
IBBY Congress, Italy From August 30, 2024 to September 1, 2024 Website:...
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, DUBAI, UAE
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Jan 29-Feb 2, 2025 The Emirates Airline Festival of...
International Publishers Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico
International Publishers Congress 4-6 December Website:...
Più Libri Più Liberi, Italy
Più Libri Più Liberi, Italy 4 – 8 December Più libri is the first Italian fair dedicated...
Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP), Brazil
Paraty International Literary Festival (FLIP), Brazil...
FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico
FIL de Guadalajara, Mexico 30 November – 8 December...
Salon du livre de Montréal, Canada
Salon du livre de Montréal, Canada 27 November – 1 December ...
Baku Book Fair, Azerbaijan
Baku Book Fair, Azerbaijan 20 – 24 November...