David Szalay becomes the first Hungarian-British writer to win the Booker Prize for Fiction, having been shortlisted once before.
China Bestsellers: Flashes of New Titles in the Slow Season
Those school-driven sales of the “classics” on the mainland’s reading lists have room for a couple of newer works this season.
At Frankfurt: Taiwanese Fantasy Is ‘Much Closer to Our Everyday Lives’
The special fiction recognized as Taiwanese fantasy comes to Frankfurt, with a leading literary rights agent as one of its best representatives. (Sponsored)
Frankfurt: Elmiger Wins the €25,000 German Book Prize
Just days before Frankfurter Buchmesse opens, the German Book Prize goes to ‘The Dutch Women’ author Dorothee Elmiger.
The £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction’s 2025 Shortlist
Mature authors on ‘individuals trying to live with other people’: A rather grownup shortlist is announced by the Booker Prize.
China Bestsellers: Summer Reading Rules the Charts
July’s summer-reading-list among students in China may yet yield some newcomers to the mainland’s bestseller lists.
The €25,000 German Book Prize Releases Its 2025 Shortlist
The German Book Prize winner is to be named during Buchmesse week on October 13 in the Kaisersaal of the Frankfurt Römer.
China Bestsellers: Charts Boost Keigo Higashino and Ma Boyong
The mainland’s June 2025 charts demonstrated some strong reader loyalty for both a Chinese and a Japanese author releasing new books.
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.
The €25,000 German Book Prize Issues Its 2025 Longlist
A jury statement says ‘the full spectrum of our precarious reality’ is reflected in the German Book Prize’s 20 longlistees.