News: international

Four UK authors vying for Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for Unpublished Work

Four UK-based writers are shortlisted for the Best Unpublished Manuscript award for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, vying for a contract with Bonnier Books... Read more

Remote working is chance to reconfigure industry, US Book Show hears

Remote working has led to longer hours and isolation for many but also represents a chance to reconfigure the industry, the US Book Show was... Read more

Jalal Barjas wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction

Jordanian poet and novelist Jalal Barjas has won the 14th International Prize for Arabic Fiction with his novel Notebooks of the Bookseller (The Arabic Institute for Research... Read more

Dohle supports 'comeback' of bookshops but says Amazon is vital

Penguin Random House c.e.o. Markus Dohle says Amazon must be seen as a vital component of the industry “ecosystem” but he still supports the “comeback” of... Read more

UK indies rally for destroyed Gaza bookshop

Independent bookshops and publishers have joined a crowdfunding appeal to rebuild a community bookshop in Gaza, after it was destroyed by an Israeli missile last week. ... Read more

Newton pays tribute to Bloomsbury India colleagues after Covid-19 deaths

Bloomsbury c.e.o. Nigel Newton has paid tribute to Bloomsbury India's Aravind Murthy and Yogesh Sharma after they passed away from Covid-19.... Read more

Luiselli wins Dublin Literary Award for Lost Children Archive

Mexican author Valeria Luiselli has won the €100,000 Dublin Literary Award for her novel Lost Children Archive (4th Estate), the world's most valuable prize for a single... Read more

Abibiman Publishing launches with African and Caribbean focus

Abibiman Publishing, a UK-based publisher focused on writing from Africa and the Caribbean, has launched, vowing to "change the narrative". Read more

Beijing reveals hybrid book fair plan

The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) has announced this year's event will be a hybrid of digital and physical, with Chinese assistants available to represent... Read more

Atlantic signs Mouth to Mouth from Wilson at auction

Atlantic is to publish Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson, after securing the "smart and deliciously engrossing" novel at auction.... Read more

Elliott buys US chain Paper Source with Daunt to oversee company

Waterstones and Barnes & Noble owner Elliott Investment Management is buying the assets and operations of US stationery and gift retailer Paper Source, with James... Read more

Bertelsmann's $2.2bn deal for S&S cleared by CMA after investigation

The UK's Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann's acquisition of Simon & Schuster after carrying out an investigation. ... Read more

News Corp completes Houghton Mifflin Harcourt consumer division deal

HarperCollins owner News Corp has completed its $349m (£252m) acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's consumer division. Read more

S&S sees 8.8% sales rise in first quarter

Global sales at Simon & Schuster hit $185m (£133m) in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of $15m (£10.8m) and 8.8% on last year,... Read more

Lara Clift joins Books Everywhere

Lara Clift is to join global rights and co-editions agency Books Everywhere as the sales manager, looking after territories across Europe, Asia, the Middle East... Read more