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Editor's Letter

Bologna builds back

After the largely successfully London Book Fair in March, this past week’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair confirms that, at least for the books sector, such events are back in busines.

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Censorship focus: Canada

by Amy Fallon

Book banning is on the rise in Canada but the resistance movement is gaining ground.

Re-versing the trend

by Tia Fisher

Verse novels could boost young people’s pleasure in reading.

The case for trigger warnings

by Lucy Nichol

Trigger warnings are a simple way to prevent harm. So why do people find them so... triggering?

Editor‘s Letter

Bologna builds back

After the largely successfully London Book Fair in March, this past week’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair confirms that, at least for the books sector, such events are back in busines.

READ LETTER IN FULL

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Seize the movement

by Chris McCabe

From the New Sincerity to Millennials of Resistance, publishers should tap into the trends shaping literary thought.

Horace Bent at Bologna: Scheffler's wounded paw fails to dampen the Gruffalo bash

by Horace Bent

Confessions of a self-proclaimed failure

by Kasim Ali

Why does publishing success so often feel like the opposite?

Backing Bologna

by Tom Tivnan

The auguries look good as the Bologna Children’s Book Fair rolls into its 2024 edition.

The value business

by Philip Jones

Indistinct career progression and low rates of pay within the industry raises questions over how committed book publishers are to retaining a young and diversified workforce.

A capital production

by Natasha Tripney

London-centric novels can be difficult to stage. Will the National’s new take on Dickens hit home or miss?

Stream gauge

by Mark Piesing

The streaming wars are over, but what does this mean for writers hoping to sell their work?

Getting my head out of the books

by Sam Taylor

Bookselling is brilliant but relentless. Let’s give ourselves a break.

Beyond Ferrante

by Richard Village

Italian literature in translation is ripe for a Renaissance in the UK.

London calling

by Philip Jones

With this year’s London Book Fair having come and gone, what most marks out the trade fairs these days is how constricted the big publisher stands are.