Richard Charkin | The Bookseller

Kerridge and Rowling help Bloomsbury achieve 'exceptional year'

Bloomsbury’s total revenues soared by 13% in 2017 while its profit grew 10% in an "exceptional year" for the publisher, boosted by particularly strong performances... Read more

Charkin tells IPA Congress: 'Big tech companies need copyright education'

Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin says the world’s biggest tech companies need educating about the importance of copyright, and that publishers must talk to them... Read more

Charkin to lead Bloomsbury China

Richard Charkin will lead a new publishing enterprise, Bloomsbury China, that aims to help the country “reach out and communicate with the rest of the world”... Read more

Kalimat boss hails exchange

The founder and c.e.o. of Sharjah publishing house Kalimat Group has said the translation and exporting of Arabic children’s books is vital in order to... Read more

Bloomsbury to launch China imprint; Charkin honoured in Beijing

Bloomsbury has announced the launch of an English language China imprint next year, while its executive director Richard Charkin has been given a major honour... Read more

IPA condemns closure of Turkey’s Evrensel publishing house

The International Publishers Association has condemned the closure of yet another Turkish publishing house, Evrensel Basım Yayın (Evrensel Publishing House). Read more

Kolman to lead IPA

Michiel Kolman, senior vice-president of global academic relations at Elsevier, will succeed Bloomsbury’s Richard Charkin as president of the International Publishers Association. Read more

IPA expands 'global footprint' with five new members

The International Publishers Association General Assembly has voted to admit five new national publishing organisations from Iraq, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Morocco and Senegal, to extend its "geographical and cultural footprint" broader than it has ever... Read more