As founder Kristenn Einarsson prepares to step away, Ingunn Trosholmen is named to lead the World Expression Forum forward.
Rights Roundup: On a Comfortable and Non-Alarmist Approach to Frankfurt
Our Rights Roundup features two works from Norway, plus books of note from Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Slow down and enjoy.
Denmark Drops Its 25-Percent VAT on Books
In a belief ‘that we must put everything at stake’ to raise its flagging reading levels, Copenhagen drops its VAT on books to zero.
Interview: Egypt’s Ahmed Bedeir on the Prix Voltaire
Dar El Shorouk’s view: IPA’s award tells courageous publishers that ‘a global community sees them, values them, and stands with them.’
Rights Roundup: August’s Look at Deal News
A prelude to the start of the 2025 Frankfurt Rights Meeting, this month’s Rights Roundup focuses mainly on adult fiction.
At Norway’s WEXFO, a Vow To Fight ‘Disinformation, Censorship, Polarization’
Urgently essential ‘higher-level reading’ and a new construct built on democracy and literacy, ‘Dem Read,’ came into focus at WEXFO.
IPA’s Prix Voltaire: Dmitri Strotsev and Nadia Kandrusevich
Dmitri Strotsev of the Hochroth Minsk and Nadia Kandrusevich of Koska are the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates.
IPA on Reported Moscow Arrests: ‘The Risks Publishers Now Face in Russia’
The International Publishers Association alerts its world membership to reports of Russian actions against ‘LGBT propaganda.’
Rights Roundup: ‘Faithful Readers’ of Max Seeck Have a TV Series Coming
Patience has paid off for Max Seeck as one of his ice-thawing Nordic noir novels is set to start production for television this year.
Norway’s World Expression Forum in a ‘Year of Resistance’
This year’s World Expression Forum (WEXFO) in June brings frank, targeted questions to the stage across myriad walks of life.