Nero Book Awards Announce 2026 Winners
Booker-longlisted author Benjamin Wood has won this year’s Nero book award for fiction for his...
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Google Accused of Historic Copyright Infringement
Hachette Book Group (HBG) and Cengage have moved to intervene in a class action lawsuit against...
Cairo Book Fair Marks Largest Edition in Its History
The 57th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair opens on 21 January and runs until 3...
Adelaide Festival Faces Censorship Backlash
An Australian writers’ festival is facing backlash after it announced it had removed an...
ARTICLES
Books you need to read in 2026
As we start 2026 we have picked some exciting books that will be published this year which should...
Winter and the Return to Reflective Reading
With the arrival of winter, it is not only the weather that changes, but the rhythm of life...
Beyond 2025: How Is the Publishing Industry Preparing for a New Year?
As 2025 ended, the publishing industry stands at a moment of reflection and reassessment, not as a...
How Does the New Generation Read Gibran Today?
On his birth anniversary on January 6, the name of Gibran Khalil Gibran returns to the cultural...
Interviews
The Story Behind Gaza I Spy: An Interview with Sunono’s Founder
A powerful book of images of Gaza’s children has been published by Scottish independent children’s...
The Story Behind Gaza I Spy: An Interview with Sunono’s Founder
A powerful book of images of Gaza’s children has been published by Scottish independent children’s...
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...
Book Reviews
Book Review- The Eyes of Gaza by Plestia Alaqad
The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience by Plestia Alaqad Plestia Alaqad is an award-winning...
Book Review – What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama
What You are Looking For is in the Library focuses on a mysterious librarian who helps individuals...
The Aesthetics of Grief in Yoko Ogawa’s Work: How Pain Becomes Art
In the literary worlds crafted by Japanese author Yoko Ogawa, grief is never a fleeting emotion or...
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...