In the week that Han Kang becomes the first Korean Nobel Prize laureate in literature, a new rights guide for Korean literature arrives.
Kristin Cochrane Names Marion Garner Penguin Canada Publisher
PRH Canada CEO Kristin Cochrane says that helming Penguin Canada herself for seven months guided her choice of leadership.
Scholastic Makes a Five-Nation Dav Pilkey ‘Dog Man’ Release
Scholastic flexes its international reach in the five-nation release of Dav Pilkey’s 13th ‘Dog Man’ series book.
Bloomsbury Opens an Audiobook Distribution Agreement With Spotify
Bloomsbury titles are to go to the Spotify ‘Audiobooks in Premium’ offering, and to a-la-carte availability for those without subscriptions.
South Korea’s Webtoon To Release Tactile Digital Comics
Two Webtoon digital comics series are being produced and released free of charge in Dot Inc’s ‘Dot Pad’ technology for sight-impaired readers.
Kathleen DuVal Wins the $75,000 Cundill History Prize
The US$75,000 Cundill History Prize goes to Kathleen DuVal, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for ‘Native Nations.’
Canadian Copyright Crisis: IFRRO Calls on Ottawa For Reform
The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations joins Access Copyright and Copibec in their demand on lawmakers.
Canada’s Cundill History Prize Names Its 2024 Finalists
Historians Kathleen Duval, Dylan Penningroth, and Gary Bass are in contention for Montreal’s US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.
The UK’s £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction Names Its 2024 Shortlist
In its 55th year, the United Kingdom’s Booker Prize for Fiction names its first shortlist to include a Dutch author’s work.
Canada’s US$75,000 Cundill History Prize Names a 2024 Shortlist
The Montreal-based Cundill History Prize at McGill University releases its eight-title shortlist with three ‘finalists’ to come on October 3.